social security

The government's draft economic plan lays out the usual financial goals, such as cutting debt and creating a surplus, but it provides few concrete measures for achieving them.

China’s “Chunyun” period, or the spring festival travel season around the time of the Chinese New Year (Chunjie), when some 800 million Chinese make trips to their...

Shinzo Abe, who will become prime minister next week, has decided on the framework for a new unit to coordinate public policy as Japan seeks economic "rebirth."

Eighty percent of our health-care needs are related to everyday illnesses such as colds, high-blood pressure, diabetes or depression.

Ichiro Ozawa, former chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, and his group of followers within the party are poised to vote against government-sponsored bills to raise...

It's the sort of reform that entails a lot of pain, but can't be avoided.

Long criticized as indecisive, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda now appears so determined to pass tax hike legislation that he is willing to discard his party’s flagship...

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his Cabinet for the second time on June 4.

The government has finished explaining the aims of the seven bills it has drafted and submitted to the Diet to carry out integrated tax and social security reform. During Lower ...

Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada said other tax hikes--in addition to planned increase of the consumption tax rate to 10 percent--will be required to improve Japan’s...

The tax debate among government and ruling party policymakers involved in the development of a draft plan for integrated tax and social security reform is coming to a head....

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda pledged to revive a large middle class by creating a broad social safety net and more employment, but failed to offer details of what his planned...