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The consumption tax increase next April will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people's financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the impact of the hike, experts say.
Every parent is all too familiar with The Tantrum. The screaming, the flailing arms, the angry head butting — and the timing (normally in the most inconvenient public place possible).
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
Tucked away behind the main museums in Ueno, the Tokyo University Art Museum may not be on most people’s radar, but it is definitely one of the city’s top museums in terms of curatorial quality. Whenever I go there, I am always delighted by ...
Francisco Liriano showed up at PNC Park on Tuesday afternoon in a suit with his suitcase packed for a trip St. Louis. The message reverberated through the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse. After 21 years away from the playoffs, it was time for the best story ...
Automakers rolled out their advanced driving technologies and IT-equipped vehicles for the opening of Japan’s major high-tech fair Tuesday. More carmakers are joining electronics companies at the CEATEC Japan exhibition this year as vehicles increasingly employ advanced information technology. Honda Motor Co. and Mazda ...
Seven Japanese firms made it onto the list of the top 100 most valuable brands in the world for 2013 compiled by U.S. consultancy Interbrand. Toyota Motor Corp. came in 10th, unchanged from last year, with a value of $35.3 billion, the best showing ...
The nation’s top three automakers cut domestic output in August by double digits after the “green car” subsidy program ended, data released Wednesday show. Toyota Motor Corp.’s output sank 10.9 percent on year to 233,514 vehicles, Nissan Motor Corp.’s output fell 11.7 percent to ...
Japanese automakers showcased their low-cost, environment-friendly cars at the 21st Indonesia International Motor Show that opened Thursday in Jakarta, hoping to capitalize on new tax exemptions for “green” vehicles. The luxury tax exemption, which is expected to boost sales of Japanese carmakers in the ...
Honda Motor Co. will debut its remodeled Fit hatchback Friday in Japan to challenge Toyota Motor Corp.’s lead in hybrid compacts. The third-generation Fit will be priced from ¥1.26 million for the gasoline version, Honda said in a statement Thursday. Sales are targeted at ...
Japanese automakers posted more than 20 percent sales gains in August in the United States, helping expand the overall market by 17 percent from a year earlier to 1.5 million vehicles, the highest for a single month since May 2007, Autodata Corp. said. Buyers ...
Honda Motor Co. announced Thursday that it plans to double its production capacity in Brazil as part of efforts to double sales in emerging markets. The maker of Accord sedans will spend about 1 billion Brazilian real (¥42.1 billion) to build a second factory ...
Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday its group net profit fell 7.0 percent from a year earlier to ¥122.50 billion in the April-June quarter, due to losses stemming from foreign exchange contracts. Consolidated operating profit rose 5.1 percent to ¥184.96 billion on favorable effects of ...
Domestic automakers led by Nissan Motor Co., producer of the zero-emission Leaf car, said they’ll team up to build up the number of the charging stations across the country to speed up adoption of electric cars. Nissan, Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and ...
Michimasa Fujino began working on Honda Motor Co.’s aviation project 27 years ago at a hangar in Mississippi. Next year, Fujino, now president of the aircraft unit, says the project may finally get off the ground. If so, Honda would become the first newcomer ...
Tensions were already running high at Honda Motor Co. in October 2011, two months after Consumer Reports ridiculed the onetime favorite Civic as a substandard car, when President Takanobu Ito saw drawings of the next Fit. He ripped up the plans and summoned his ...
The domestic motorcycle market is showing signs of pulling out of the prolonged doldrums as sporty, easy-to-maneuver machines, with an engine displacement of 250cc, are attracting young people, including women. Sales of new 125cc and bigger motorcycles totaled some 106,000 units in 2012, up ...