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.
Japanese Baseball | NPB NOTEBOOK Sep 29, 2013
Few issues left in play as season nears finish
by Jason Coskrey
Nippon Professional Baseball has crowned its 2013 league champions and most of the spots in the Climax Series have already been spoken for. Even so, there are still a number of questions remaining and storylines to be wrapped up as the season enters the ...
Japanese Baseball Aug 7, 2013
Asamura's sayonara blast saves Seibu
Hideto Asamura, the Pacific League’s player of the month for July, saved some magic for August, belting a three-run sayonara home run as the Seibu Lions pulled out a 7-6 victory over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Wednesday. Trailing by two runs with ...