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FINANCE 4

EDITORIALS
Mar 13, 2014
Regulating bitcoins
Japan will have to cooperate with other countries to prevent the use of bitcoin for illegal purposes. Some people, though, look forward to the convenience of bitcoin.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2014
Cabinet: Bitcoin is not a currency
Under Japanese law, bitcoins are not recognized as currency and transactions using it should be taxed based on the income, corporate and consumption tax laws, the Cabinet announces.
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2014
Capital gains spark 21.5% revenue lift
Tax revenues surged 21.5 percent in January from a year earlier to ¥4.110 trillion on the back of a growth in recipients from taxes on capital gains, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 26, 2014
It's their plan for your money, so assume deception
An expat approaching a financial adviser with money to invest could be considered akin to the proverbial duck innocently waddling up to a nabe party with a bundle of leeks slung over his shoulder.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2014
Debt soars to record over double 2012 GDP
The government's debt stood at ¥1.0179 quadrillion at the end of December, breaking its previous record of ¥1.0112 quadrillion set just three months earlier, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 9, 2014
Getting the colors clear when filing taxes in Japan
Filing a tax return isn't easy at the best of times, but doing it in another country can be particularly challenging. Fortunately, if you work for a company and that's your sole source of income in Japan, they will take care of everything for you. However, those who are self-employed or have multiple sources of income will have to file a tax return (kakutei shinkoku, 確定申告).
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 27, 2014
Record trade deficit of ¥11.47 trillion set in '13
Japan's trade deficit shot to a record high of ¥11.47 trillion ($112.07 billion) in 2013 as a weakened yen and an insatiable demand for energy drove up import costs.
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2013
Finance talks with S. Korea to resume
South Korea plans to resume the annual finance minister talks with Japan in January after halting them over diplomatic tensions, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 2, 2013
Capital spending up second quarter as low yen ups profits
Capital spending by Japanese firms rose for the second straight quarter in the July-September period, as the weaker yen helped bolster corporate profits, prodding companies to beef up investment, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2013
Japan Finance Ministry to call for end of farm protection
A Finance Ministry panel will propose that the government end protective measures for farmers in a bid to bolster the competitiveness of Japan's agricultural sector ahead of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, ministry sources said.
EDITORIALS
Nov 16, 2013
Wrongheaded cuts in salaries
The Finance Ministry's recent proposal to cut annual salaries and numbers of teachers at public elementary and junior high schools is mistaken and misguided.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2013
Japan to outsource management of some forex reserves
Japan plans to let private-sector financial institutions manage part of its $1.27 trillion in foreign exchange reserves, a finance ministry official said Sunday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 12, 2013
Aso says G-20 finance heads praised sales tax increase to tame fiscal debt
The Group of 20 finance leaders appreciated Japan's decision to hike the sales tax to restore its public finances, Finance Minister Taro Aso says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 8, 2013
New tax-free investment scheme not likely to increase investment
New individual saving system creates a battleground for competing bureaucratic organs.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2013
First female head of regional tax bureau takes appointment in stride
Harumi Kobe, the first female chief of a regional tax bureau under the Finance Ministry, says gender is of no importance in her work.
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2013
G-20 to discuss how to keep emerging economies healthy
Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 nations are likely to discuss how to prevent emerging economies from stalling when they gather Friday for a two-day meeting in Moscow, with market volatility casting a shadow over their future economic prospects.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2013
App planned to help ID bank notes for blind
The Finance Ministry and the Bank of Japan plan to offer a free smartphone application that will allow the visually impaired to identify the value of bank notes through sound from November.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 1, 2013
Aso vows 'drastic' action on deflation
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration will take "drastic" measures to revitalize the economy, Finance Minister Taro Aso pledged Thursday, suggesting that previous policies had been insufficient to beat back more than a decade of deflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 4, 2013
Aso bids for accord on budget
Finance Minister Taro Aso on Monday asked the opposition for prompt cooperation in passing the bill on the supplementary budget to "solidify the recovery of Japan's economy."
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 4, 2013
Teach your teens basic life skills
Everyone graduates from high school knowing how to read, write and do basic math (you would hope). But to be a self-sufficient adult, those skills are not enough. In fact, they're nowhere close to enough.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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