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.
Style & Design Jun 11, 2013
For David Bowie, Japanese style was more than just fashion
by Helene M. Thian
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has scored a victory with its exhibition “David Bowie is…” for elucidating what many have probably always suspected: David Bowie is a bit of a Japanophile. From the kabuki-inspired costumes for Bowie’s early 1970s alien stage character, ...
Reader Mail Apr 26, 2012
Wide range of views on afterlife
Regarding Dipak Basu’s April 19 letter, “Buddhist explanation for flaws“: The idea that telling parents that their child is not looking down on them from heaven is “cruel” is Basu’s opinion, and he is entitled to it. However, others would argue that sometimes one ...
Global-related Mar 18, 2011
Disaster clobbers a helper
by Kanayo F. Nwanze, Jamie F. Metzl, David Gordon, Jerry Z. Muller, Timothy Cox, Lakhdar Brahimi, Carol Mann, Michael J. Boskin, Lester Tenney, Chris Patten, Pamela Cox, George Akerlof, Mkhaimar Abusada, and John J. Metzler
NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS — The massive earthquake and tsunami that rocked and ravaged large parts of northern Japan have caused near apocalyptic devastation to the land and the environment. The 9.0-magnitude shock, the largest ever recorded in the earthquake-prone country, was brutally magnified ...