Topic: Yasukazu Hamada

By Sachiko Sakamaki and Takashi Hirokawa . Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda says doubling the consumption tax is a necessary remedy to...
The foreign ministers of Japan and Russia agreed Saturday to strengthen economic and security cooperation but made no progress on resolving a ...
The Cabinet approved a bill Friday to create a new child allowance system starting April 1, replacing the present framework that expires at the end...
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the main opposition force, the Liberal Democratic Party, began making adjustments Friday prior to the...
The U.S. Trade Representative's office said Friday it had reached a nonbinding agreement in principle with Japan that provides for the loosening of...

Japan did not keep nuclear notes

The Japanese government has admitted it failed to keep records of key meetings during the nuclear crisis last year.. . Deputy PM Katsuya Okada has...
Temple in Kyoto, Japan (Courtesy amukatis/myBudgetTravel). . Here's more proof that there's no such thing as a free lunch, let alone free airfare...

Links for 2012-01-22

The Least Refuse Of A Squirrel - Paul Krugman Asking the right question about fiscal policy - Nick Rowe Four Keys to a Better Tax System - Greg...

Japan News This Week 11 December 2011

?????Japan Poll Finds Record Good Will for U.S.New York TimesWorries over Japanese food safetyBBCJapan nuclear operator scraps plan to dump...
Jacques Demarthon / AFP / Getty Images. A man in a Grim Reaper costume walks among people lying in body bags in Paris in January. The protest was...