Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) | Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge

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Utagawa Hiroshige is considered the last great master of the ukiyo-e tradition. The subjects of his work were atypical of the ukiyo-e genre, whose typical focus was on beautiful women, popular actors, and other scenes of the urban pleasure districts of Japan's Edo period.

Featured Artwork of the Day: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) | Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo | 1858 http://met.org/21mC4ni

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Utagawa Hiroshige, also Andō Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Wikipedia
Born: 1797, Edo
Died: October 12, 1858, Edo
Parents: Andō Gen'emon
Education: Toyohiro
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, more

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為2016夏參院選舉做出的政治決斷：引入輕減稅率制度，為高齡老人發放3萬日圓補貼

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引入輕減稅率制度，為高齡老人發放3萬日圓補貼

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為今夏參院選舉做出的政治決斷

2015年12月，自民、公民兩黨達成協議，在2017年4月將現行8%的消費稅率提高至10%之際引進輕減稅率制度，所有食品（酒類、餐飲類除外）保持8%稅率不變。面臨7月的參議院選舉，自民黨全面接受了選舉合作夥伴公明黨的主張。另一方面，安倍晉三政府在2015年度預算修正案中計入了約3,600億日圓，作為向低收入老年人發放每人3萬日圓臨時補貼的財源。這項補貼預計在參院選舉即將開始之前發放，因此被在野黨詬病為是「意在拉選票的撒錢行為」。

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由於引進輕減稅率，自民黨決定廢止2014年和2015年實施的「育兒家庭臨時特例補貼」（育兒補貼，2014年每個孩子1萬日圓，2015年每個孩子3千日圓）政策。取而代之的，是計入在2015年度補充預算案中的「臨時福祉補貼」，給65歲以上免徵居民稅的低收入者一次性每人發放3萬日圓現金，人數約為1,100萬人。沒有配偶的老人，年收入如果在155萬日圓以下，也有資格領取。

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Japan executes two prisoners amid protests

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Japan kills 200 pregnant whales

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