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 29, 2013
Oda captures Nebelhorn Trophy title
Nobunari Oda won his second straight title at the Nebelhorn Trophy on Saturday, easily beating junior world silver medalist Jason Brown. Oda finished with 262.98 points, more than 34 in front of the American. Jeremy Ten of Canada, who has been battling injuries for ...
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” ...
Figure Skating Aug 5, 2013
Ando warns media to back off
Two-time former world figure skating champion Miki Ando, who gave birth to a baby girl in April, has asked the media to respect her privacy as she continues her preparations to return to competition for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Appearing at her first ...
Media | MEDIA MIX Jul 20, 2013
Ando's joy brings up an old taboo
by Philip Brasor
The morning after TV Asahi’s evening news show “Hodo Station” ran an interview with figure skater Miki Ando on July 1, the media was buzzing over the revelation that Ando had given birth in April. The baby was not the ostensible reason for the ...
More Sports May 31, 2013
Ando eager to compete again
Former world champion Miki Ando said Thursday she wants to return to competition next season as she prepares to take part in her first exhibition ice show in nine months in Tokyo this weekend. “I want to compete as a skater,” Ando said at ...
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 ...