A potential scandal involving the abuse of a tax incentive program for companies has come to light. It is suspected that a group of companies used the corporate version of the “furusato nozei” ...

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 ...

Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture through the corporate version of furusato nozei, a Japanese hometown tax donation program. On April 6, 2026, transcosmos received a certificate of appreciation during a ...

Amazon Japan has entered the “furusato nozei” (hometown tax) program’s intermediary business, just in time for the year-end ...

Japanese may not be known as the most charity-minded people in the world. But if there is one charitable activity that has proved a hit in this country in recent years, it's the "furusato nozei," or ...

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, ...

Taiyo Furusato has officially made it a clean sweep in the 2021 Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup, the Japanese rider rounding out the season in style with another win. It was another duel against Danial ...

This mountain-ringed city in Japan’s Tohoku region has long been proud of its reputation as a producer of top-quality Yonezawa wagyu beef, world-class Yonezawa-ori fabrics, sake, hidden onsen, and its ...

Baseload Capital has announced a strategic investment in Japan’s Furusato Netsuden, a geothermal developer and operator, in a move aimed at scaling community-based geothermal power generation and ...

‘Tis the season for the great outdoors again, especially if you’re into catching the autumn foliage and flowers. The cosmos, a herbaceous plant that grows into a meadowland producing colourful flowers ...