Beacon Reports

Pension reform must accompany consumption tax hike

First published by The Japan Times The heavily taxed Swedes reportedly are among the world’s happiest people. Their cheerful...

Japan will host the G20 Summit on the 28th and 29th of June in Osaka. The G20 is a yearly...

The gray-walled silent corridors were ominously foreboding. I had come to visit the man tasked with jump-starting creative innovation at...

One voice stood out amid the cacophony of Slush Tokyo 2019, the annual tech event which now defines Tokyo’s...

Conductor Zubin Mehta once told Robert Ryker that Mehta’s two orchestras, the Montreal Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic,...

First published by The Japan Times Quick test: Two banks “A” and “B” offer interest rates of 2 percent and...

Last year Panasonic Corporation asked Tokyo based Loftwork Inc. to help them build a café in a trendy part of...

First published by The Japan Times Japan’s history of rapid growth, bubble economy, followed by economic slowdown and deflation will...

First published by The Japan Times Shortly after becoming minister in charge of promoting “dynamic engagement of all citizens”...

We are at the dawn of the fourth industrial revolution. What are its implications and what measures should Japan...