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WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2017
Republicans seen backing Steve Bannon plan for higher tax rate for rich, with tradeoffs
White House chief strategist Steve Bannon's plan to raise the top income-tax rate for America's highest earners could find some support among congressional Republicans as part of a populist message to sell a broader tax overhaul, according to one conservative lawmaker who has heard the proposal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2017
The happiest nations don't focus on growth
The world's happiest nations rank low in economic growth but high in social trust.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2017
An idea whose time has come?
An idea that might be the solution to runaway populism has suddenly gone mainstream.
EDITORIALS
Jan 18, 2017
Oxfam rings alarm bells
Oxfam shouldn't underestimate the power of 'big philanthropy' in helping the world's poorest people.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2016
Capitalism is for everyone?
Capitalism clearly doesn't work for everyone, but Louis Kelso's vision of social capitalism just might.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2016
Poverty: the dark side of the American empire
U.S. politicians must do more to help the 43 million Americans mired in poverty.
EDITORIALS
Nov 29, 2016
Wage hikes vital to sustained growth
Companies must to better at raising the wages of their employees.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 16, 2016
Economist questions report that income equality is holding steady
A Hitotsubashi University professor takes issue with a new report that indicates income inequality is not getting any worse in Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2016
Economic shift leaves many Chinese adrift
The yawning gap between winners and losers is making life much harder for a government seeking to boost growth and maintain stability.
EDITORIALS
Aug 19, 2016
Abe's 'work style' reforms
Shinzo Abe's newest pet policy could run into a lot of resistance from management and whether anything actually gets done will depend on just how serious he is.
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2016
Germany's middle class is endangered, too
The middle class is shrinking in both the U.S. and Germany, but the reasons for the contraction tell a lot about the different priorities of the two societies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2016
Five powerful forces are driving inequality
Income inequality is driven by both political and economic forces and it waxes and wanes over time.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 10, 2016
Trump balks on vow to up taxes on rich, pitches plan deemed 'impenetrable'
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday backtracked on his remarks about raising taxes on wealthy Americans, saying the rich might simply get a smaller tax cut than he originally proposed.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2016
The real reason women still get paid less
Despite progress in some areas of discrimination in the United States, the male-female wage gap persists, and it's big.
EDITORIALS
Mar 13, 2016
Equal pay for equal work is fair
The Abe administration is finally trying to address the wage gap between regular and irregular workers.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 26, 2016
Survey reveals money, health fears of single Japanese women in nonstaff jobs
Roughly one in three unmarried middle-aged women in nonstaff jobs have an annual income of less than ¥1.5 million, or about ¥4,100 a day, according to a study that underscores the problem of low pay in one of the world's most developed nations.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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