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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.
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 ...
It carried hippies through the 1960s, hauled surfers in search of killer waves during endless summers and serves as a workhorse across the developing world, but the long, strange trip of the Volkswagen van is ending. Brazil is the last place in the world ...
Passengers screamed “Stop! Stop!” seconds before their bus crashed through a crossing barrier and into a commuter train during morning rush hour in Canada’s capital on Wednesday, killing six people and injuring 34. “He smoked the train,” witness Mark Cogan said of the bus ...
A businesswoman linked to China’s disgraced Railway Minister Liu Zhijun faces charges of illegal business activities worth 180 billion yuan ($29 billion), state-run media said Monday, indicating far vaster industry corruption than previously revealed. Ding Shumiao will face trial in Beijing for bribery and ...
Transport ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum gathered Thursday in Tokyo to discuss ways to enhance transportation and increase the free flow of people, goods and capital across the region. In the first APEC transport ministers’ meeting held in Japan, ministers and minister-level ...
Kaizen here is organic, ubiquitous and attuned to the physical and psychological needs of human beings. At its best, this "human-scale kaizen" eliminates or eases many of the mundane uncertainties, annoyances and embarrassments of daily life.
Australia’s Labor government Monday pledged to press on with plans for a high-speed rail network linking major east coast cities, saying it would diversify the economy as the mining boom slows. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, battling a strong candidate in conservative opposition leader Tony ...
A South Korean city has begun testing an “electrified road” that allows public buses to recharge from buried cables as they travel, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology said Thursday. The institute, which developed the system, said it would be tested over ...
Makers of cars and mobile electronics are pushing a tempting vision of the future, one in which you can stay fully connected while driving. In the name of safety, they provide hands-free wireless setups for your cellphone, so you can talk with both hands ...
The horrific train crash in Spain that killed 78 people comes at the worst time for the recession-hit nation’s railway sector, which is pushing to win new markets for its high-speed trains. Spain is in the running for a contract worth $16.4 billion for ...
Spanish police said Friday they had detained the driver of a speeding train that hurtled off the tracks in the nation’s deadliest rail accident in decades, accusing him of criminal recklessness. The country was in mourning over Wednesday’s tragedy, which police said had killed ...
There have been many economy road shows over the past 4½ years, a mix of presidential pageantry and salesmanship to convince the United States and Congress to do more to create jobs and improve future economic prospects. President Barack Obama began another one this ...
London Mayor Boris Johnson said he will submit plans to close the British capital’s Heathrow Airport on the grounds that it’s too noisy and replace it with a four-runway hub in one of three locations east or north of the city. The government could ...