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.
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Aug 12, 2013
Ainu fight for return of plundered ancestral remains
by Simon Scott
Shigeru Kayano, one of the most well-known and respected Ainu figures of modern times, writes in his autobiography “Our Land Was a Forest” about the loathing he felt as a young man for the shamo (Japanese) researchers who used to visit his village and ...
Science & Health Feb 9, 2013
Squid in fright take flight, really bolt
Some squid can fly more than 30 meters through the air at speeds faster than sprint king Usain Bolt if they need to escape predators, Hokkaido University researchers say.