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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 ...
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
Tokyo’s success in landing the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics was thanks to the country’s all-around effort involving athletes, lawmakers and business leaders, Gov. Naoki Inose said after returning from the International Olympic Committee’s general assembly in Buenos Aires. “Our bid came to fruition as ...
One question that emerged among the public immediately after Tokyo won the right to host the 2020 Olympics was whether Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an incorrect statement, or told an outright lie, about the contaminated water issue at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear ...
For Tokyo, forecasting the election results of the International Olympic Committee’s general session was always part of the game plan.
Tokyo held its second official rehearsal Thursday for its final presentation before International Olympic Committee members vote Saturday on the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The rehearsals were held in the same hall where the actual 45-minute presentations will take place. Rivals ...
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday he was distressed by remarks Imperial Household Agency Grand Steward Noriyuki Kazaoka made regarding Princess Hisako’s attendance at the upcoming International Olympic Committee meeting in Buenos Aires. On Monday, Kazaoka said it was a “difficult decision” for ...
The radioactive water leaking from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant will not affect Tokyo, Tsunekazu Takeda, head of Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic Games bid, said late last week. Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s poorly protected six-reactor plant suffered three core meltdowns in March 2011 after it ...
Tokyo prepares to make its last pitch to the International Olympic Committee before Saturday’s vote on the host of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
It’s been more than 50 years since Tokyo was awarded the 1964 Summer Olympics, and it was done before several landmark events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Consider the following: ■ The IOC’s decision on May 26, 1959, occurred in ...
Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid, the three cities bidding to host the 2020 Olympics, made presentations to and answered questions from members of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday. Tokyo is bidding to host the Games for the first time since 1964. The bid committee’s ...
The much-anticipated IOC 2020 Evaluation Commission Report, which was made public on Tuesday, shines the spotlight on the strengths and weaknesses of the three candidate cities. Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul now have a little more than two months to find ways to increase support ...
The International Olympic Committee has released its Evaluation Commission report for cities vying to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, giving Tokyo high marks for its proposal for a compact games in which 85 percent of the competition venues would be within an 8-km radius