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.
Review Sep 21, 2013
Protagonist returns with the burdens of later life
by J.P. O'malley
In popular Irish mythology it’s often said that the seeds of the Celtic Tiger were sown shortly after Italia ’90, when the country’s team reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup soccer tournament for the first time. THE GUTS, by Roddy Doyle. Jonathan Cape, ...