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.
More Sports Sep 27, 2013
Ando begins comeback
Competing for the first time in two years, two-time world champion Miki Ando took the ice on Thursday in the Nebelhorn Trophy and finished second in the short program. The 25-year-old Ando, who is still looking for a coach, landed all her jumps: a ...
Figure Skating Sep 26, 2013
Kim to miss Grand Prix events: report
Two-time world figure skating champion Kim Yu-na of South Korea will sit out upcoming Grand Prix events because of a foot injury, Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday. The Korea Skating Union said Kim suffered an injury to her metatarsal on her right foot during ...
More Sports | ICE TIME Sep 6, 2013
Kim selects program music as road to Sochi begins
by Jack Gallagher
Defending world and Olympic champion Kim Yu-na has selected the music for the programs she hopes will carry her to a second straight gold medal next year at the Sochi Games. Kim, who turned 23 on Thursday, will skate to “Send in the Clowns” ...
More Sports | ICE TIME Jun 5, 2013
Earliest Mao, Kim can face off is at GP Final in Fukuoka
by Jack Gallagher
The Olympic season officially began with the release of the 2013-2014 Grand Prix assignments on Monday by the International Skating Union. With the Sochi Games just nine months away, fans hoping to see an early showdown between 2010 Olympic gold medalist and defending world ...
More Sports | ICE TIME Mar 20, 2013
Kim serves notice she is still force to be reckoned with
by Jack Gallagher
It is as if time has stood still. Three years after her record-setting performance in winning the gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics, Kim Yu Na put on a sensational show in capturing her second world title last week in London, Ontario. It was ...