Let’s face it: doing your taxes is no fun. This is especially true if you live in Japan, where it can come with all sorts of complications due to the language and an unfamiliar tax system. However, ...

Inside her home in Southern California, Mary Izumi sits at her piano flipping through the yellowed pages of her old songbooks. Along with her high school yearbook, they are the last remaining ...

Since its inception in 2008, the tax donation program known as furusato nōzei has seen steady growth in contributions from taxpayers, who are enticed by gifts and tax deductions. But until recently, ...

Taxation is universally regarded as a dull, tedious subject that will dampen the mood of any dinner party, but Japan has an interesting system for residents that makes filing taxes feel like a ...

A new online platform launched Wednesday for non-Japanese taxpayers in the nation with the intention of getting more foreign residents to discover various regional attractions — both food and ...