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.
National Aug 26, 2013
Matsue drops request to curb student access to A-bomb manga
The Matsue education board decided Monday to retract its request to limit student access to the comic book “Hadashi no Gen” (“Barefoot Gen”) amid reports that sales of manga are soaring. The board in the capital of Shimane Prefecture, had urged municipal elementary and ...
National Aug 23, 2013
Board's request to restrict 'Barefoot Gen' assailed
The Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, board of education is bent on covering up negative aspects of Japan’s wartime history, as evidenced by its decision to have local elementary and junior high schools curb student access to the longtime iconic anti-war manga “Hadashi no Gen” (“Barefoot ...
National Aug 22, 2013
Don't curb 'Barefoot Gen': Matsue principals
After the Matsue board of education caused a stir last week by restricting student access to an iconic manga about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and other wartime cruelties, it said Thursday that 44 of 49 school principals polled in the city ...
Reference | Q&A Aug 21, 2013
'Barefoot Gen' pulled as anti-war images strike too close to home?
by Jun Hongo
The decision by the board of education of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, to limit students’ access to the manga series “Hadashi no Gen” (“Barefoot Gen”) at school libraries continues to cause a stir. While some support the move, others say it disrespects the best-selling anti-war ...
National Aug 18, 2013
Matsue restricts student access to 'Barefoot Gen' A-bomb manga
Claiming it contains too many violent images, the education board of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, has asked all its public elementary and junior high schools to limit pupils’ access to “Hadashi no Gen” (“Barefoot Gen”), the manga series by the late Keiji Nakazawa that depicts ...