Japan’s fiscal position also appears healthier following a rare burst of inflation, which has boosted tax receipts.

F OR YEARS Japan was a reassuring example for governments. Even as its net public debt peaked at 162% of GDP in 2020, it ...

Rice prices in Japan have doubled since last year partly due to supply shortages that began last year, triggering a national ...

A group of lawmakers has proposed scrapping Japan’s decades-long tax-free shopping system designed to lure foreign tourists to the country, arguing the benefit has been plagued by fraud and has ...

Japan’s 2025 tax reforms, then, are not a collection of fiscal adjustments but a statement of intent. Faced with unprecedented demographic pressures, geopolitical uncertainty, and the burden of ...

Fender Japan has launched the roster for its 2025 Made in Japan Traditional collection, featuring a suite of 1960s-inspired builds that are sure to seduce vintage enthusiasts. As the name suggests ...

In addition to these developments, what is noteworthy is that the so-called “tax cut dominoes” are falling even in Japan’s largest opposition parties. Noda Yoshihiko, the leader of the CDP ...

Bear run in the stock market and higher refund caused net direct tax collection to miss the revised estimates (RE) target for fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25) by around ₹10,000 crore. However ...

With a net tax collection rate of 81.58% achieved for the year 2024–25, making it the third-highest tax-collecting corporation in the State, Collector Raja Gopal Sunkara felicitated 58 ...

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Tuesday's reports said the arrests were Japan's first for allegedly selling AI-created obscene images, which police could not immediately confirm. Concern is growing worldwide over the use of AI ...

With any luck, this is just a taste of things to come and we'll get more drops from the Japan collection both in-person and online. In the meantime, if you can't make it to one of the pop-ups ...