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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 ...
A woman is struck and killed by a train after dashing into a Yokohama railroad crossing and moving to safety a 74-year-old man lying on the tracks.
Beluga whales at a Yokohama aquarium are learning how to paint pictures as part of an autumn art program for visitors, an official said. The whales at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise will begin showing off their skills with specially adapted paintbrushes they are able ...
A Keikyu Line railway employee handed a violent passenger a surprise earlier this week at Yokohama Station by flipping him with a judo throw after the man punched her, the Kanagawa Prefectural Police said. Hiroshi Ebina, 34, an unemployed Yokohama man, allegedly hit the ...
The stir caused by a textbook's descriptions of the mass lynching of Koreans following the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake prompts Yokohama's board of education to order schools to collect the books from students.
What’s on show at this new, nature-themed high-tech museum should appeal to your senses — literally. Take in the smell of the ocean while watching penguins wander in the polar region. Feel the wild presence of the world’s biggest lizard right next to you ...
Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi beat two challengers in the mayoral race Sunday, securing a second four-year term, the election board said. Hayashi, a 67-year-old independent backed by the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Japan and New Komeito, garnered 694,360 votes. Among the ...
Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi was headed for re-election to a second four-year term Sunday as projections and early returns showed her defeating two fellow independents. Hayashi, a 67-year-old independent backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Japan and New Komeito, ...
Japan’s largest hacking contest, aimed at fostering engineers able to counter cyberattacks, began Thursday with a regional preliminary in Yokohama. SecCon 2013, organized by a nonprofit group and sponsored by the government, for the first time brought together university students and adult contestants who ...
A 19-year-old boy was arrested Friday for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death in her Yokohama apartment in what appears to be a breakup that turned violent, police said. Shiori Shiraki, a university student, was found lying on a staircase in her apartment building ...
In the shadow of an imposing highway bypass in Yokohama, laughter and excited voices mingle in the small playground of a day care center attended by 52 children no older than 5.
On June 25, 1863, a Royal Navy team drawn from officers on ships sent to protect British expats in Japan had plenty to worry about as the lanky James Campbell Fraser strode out to bat against them on an apology for a cricket pitch ...
The fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development opens with a look back over the forum's past 20 years and discussions about its future.