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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 ...
In a rare move, a senior U.S. military officer has questioned Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s drive to amend the pacifist Constitution, expressing concern it could adversely affect ties with China and South Korea. “That’s not helpful to the region, quite frankly,” the officer based ...
U.S. Osprey aircraft will be used Oct. 16 during an 11-day joint exercise with the Ground Self-Defense Force at a training area in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, Japanese officials said Tuesday. A senior Defense Ministry official said holding the exercise in Shiga will help reduce ...
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has attempted to dispel concerns that the Self-Defense Forces might use force in a far-off land if Japan lifts its ban on collective self-defense, saying such a scenario isn’t being entertained by current debate. The remarks Friday come as the ...
The Self-Defense Forces handed prosecutors their cases on five National Defense Academy cadets suspected of swindling insurance companies out of hundreds of thousands of yen in payouts, a Defense Ministry source said. The cadets falsely claimed they were hospitalized with injuries to illegally claim ...
Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada on Thursday officially endorsed the installation of an advanced U.S. military radar site in his prefecture, paving the way for the first American military facility to be installed in the Kinki region. The X-band radar to be set up on ...
The Defense Ministry has approved a draft plan for organizational reform that would include creating an agency to oversee procurement and management of equipment and facilities for the Self-Defense Forces. For more efficient and swift troop management, the reform plan adopted Friday also envisages ...
The Joint Staff of the Self-Defense Forces should be solely in charge of troop operations, a role currently divided between the top body of uniformed officers and a Defense Ministry unit made up of civilian officials, a draft SDF reform report says. The report, ...
Prime Minister Abe closes in on a long-held goal as a panel prepares to propose that the government change its interpretation of the Constitution to permit collective self-defense.
Japan has taken an increasingly proactive role in defending its territory since the end of the Cold War allowed it to shift its defensive posture to address threats from North Korea and China as public memories of the war begin to fade. With Prime ...
Japan will consider acquiring the ability to strike at enemy missile sites, given North Korea's enhanced missile technology program, an interim defense report says.
The government will consider purchasing unmanned surveillance aircraft, similar to the U.S. military’s Global Hawk, to enhance its high-altitude surveillance capabilities and better respond to the changing security environment in East Asia, according to a draft outline of the Defense Ministry’s interim report. In ...
One thousand members of the Self-Defense Forces have been learning how to recapture territory in the face of enemy fire, and while the shoreline may be California’s, the skills they are building could one day be used closer to home. During the two-week Dawn ...