Hatoyama kicks the Japanese sales tax increase further down the road The prime minister decides that taxing consumption is still off the table despite what his finance minister had been hinting Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama poses with wandering ...

Cash for kids is proving difficult Senior Vice Finance Minister Naoki Minezaki says that the DPJ's planned ¥26,000 monthly child allowance may not be possible. In other news: Asashoryu's driver denies tabloid reports This nursery cart full of ...

Plus: Acid attack injures 30 in Hong Kong and Japan Airlines could go bankrupt Must see (or hear): Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki has set up a sound installation project in New Delhi named 'white noise machine'. more via Designboom Must know: At a ...

Daily Hitlist: Newly minted adults attack mayor in Nagasaki town Rebellious youth storm the stage and pummel the mayor with folding fans in their final act of defiance These 20 year-old tour guides had an early Coming of Age ceremony since they had ...

Hatoyama Hall: Virtual den of iniquity? The Hatoyama clan's family mansion makes an unexpected appearance as a background for an erotic video game A side-by-side comparison of the real Hatoyama mansion (left) and the video game recreation from ...

Hatoyama and his government plan a new stimulus effort to jump start the sluggish economy Hatoyama's approval rating has dipped under 60% but just wait until the stimulus plan makes the economy go gangbusters. Must know: After a cabinet huddle, PM ...

The PM's former aide takes the entire wrap for the fake donation scandal, so Hatoyama (and mother) get back to business No longer investigated for irregular campaign contributions, Hatoyama can return to the Herculean task of saving the Japanese ...

Daily Hitlist: Thanks, mom Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama faces further inquiry about shady donations, including millions from his own mother Yasuko Hatoyama poses here at APEC in Singapore but his mind seems to be elsewhere -- perhaps in communion ...

Daily Hitlist: Adulthood at 18... or maybe not Japanese government floats an idea about lowering the age of adulthood and then quickly retracts. Plus: 'Hitler Youth'? Sorry, girls, the Japanese government rescinded its invitation to adulthood. ...

Is Hatoyama a 2-channeler? The new Prime Minister apparently loves the Wild West of Japan's internet frontier An unflattering ASCII art portrait of PM Yukio Hatoyama as some sort of anthropomorphized dove-like creature. 2-ch is easily the most ...