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The consumption tax increase next April will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people's financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the impact of the hike, experts say.
Every parent is all too familiar with The Tantrum. The screaming, the flailing arms, the angry head butting — and the timing (normally in the most inconvenient public place possible).
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
Tucked away behind the main museums in Ueno, the Tokyo University Art Museum may not be on most people’s radar, but it is definitely one of the city’s top museums in terms of curatorial quality. Whenever I go there, I am always delighted by ...
Francisco Liriano showed up at PNC Park on Tuesday afternoon in a suit with his suitcase packed for a trip St. Louis. The message reverberated through the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse. After 21 years away from the playoffs, it was time for the best story ...
America's "liberal" president and his Democratic allies aren't fighting the good fight. The most liberal politician in America these days is the right-winger Rand Paul.
In novelist Victor Pelevin’s pungent satire on contemporary Russia, “The Sacred Book of the Werewolf,” its narrator, a 2,000-year-old shape-shifter, kisses Alexander, a brutish but alluring officer with the FSB, the Russian security service — who is a werewolf, like all his colleagues. In ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategic win over the U.S. in Syria vindicates his foreign policy at a time when he faces difficulties at home.
War is what America does best, war is what America does most. So why couldn't U.S. President Barack Obama get public support for a strike on Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin's end goal in his Syrian diplomatic initiative is to put the U.S. back into the U.N. Security Council box.
The real losers in the new Syrian agreement are the Syrian people, who will continue to be raped, tortured and slaughtered.
U.S. cruise missiles are no magical solution to the horror taking place in Syria.
The failure of the U.S.-Russia relationship "reset" should come as no surprise, owing to its deeply flawed foundations.
Outside intervention in Syria should go even further and seek to separate the warring factions.
No congressional vote about Syria can damage the U.S. presidency as much as Barack Obama has done by overreaching.
If Congress wants to limit President Barack Obama's ability to wage war on Syria, it must use its appropriations power.
The transfer of authority from the legislative branch to the executive branch has been, on the whole, a terrible thing for the U.S.