Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Voices | COMMUNITY CHEST Aug 19, 2013
‘Halfies’ and hapa the norm elsewhere
Hapa haole celebrated in Hawaii I’m writing about an article published in your newspaper and written by Ryan Surdick with the title “There is more to my son than the fact he’s a ‘half’ “(The Foreign Element, July 29). A perspective from Hawaii where ...
Asia Pacific Mar 26, 2013
'Combat-ready' North threatens U.S. mainland
North Korea's military places its "strategic" rocket units on a war footing, with a fresh threat to strike targets on the U.S. mainland, Hawaii and Guam, as well as South Korea.