How Japan got its swagger back

Helped by an escape from decades of deflation, the stock market is at a 33-year high and the economy rebounding. But can this rally last? ( read original story ...)

How summer became Japan’s ‘spooky season’

For many cultures that celebrate Halloween, costumes and scary stories do not come around until October, when the air becomes cooler to make way for the winter. In Japan, however, these things arrive about three months earlier — and right in the scorching heat of summer. ( read original story ...)