A radioactive coolant water leak at one of the idled reactors at the Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture was caused by insufficient tension of a bolt in a valve ...
A cross-party group of Upper House lawmakers resumed exchanges with China’s parliament for the first time in four years this week, in yet another sign of a general improvement in ...
One month after an expert panel proposed key electoral reforms to correct wide vote-value disparities between urban and less-populated areas, major political parties remain divided on the issue.
Amid ongoing preparations to relocate Tokyo's world-famous Tsukiji fish market, wholesalers and consumers voice fury over the plan to move the market to a new site that has significant soil ...
The Fisheries Agency is considering adopting annual catch limits for Pacific bluefin tuna, which according to an international conservation body is facing extinction, government sources said. The new total allowable catch quotas, to be tested nationwide from July, would replace the existing framework of ...
Thousands of migrants were left stranded in Greece on Monday after Macedonia abruptly closed its border to Afghans, creating a fresh bottleneck as European countries scrambled to respond to the continent’s refugee crisis. About 8,000 people were trapped on Greece’s northern frontier and at ...
U.S. auto safety regulators are examining whether an additional 70 million to 90 million Takata Corp. air bag inflators should be recalled because they may endanger drivers, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. That would nearly quadruple the 29 million inflators ...
Jubilo Iwata might be back among the J. League elite, but manager Hiroshi Nanami is not expecting instant miracles. Three-time champions Jubilo booked their return to the first division after a two-year absence last season, scoring in injury time to beat Oita Trinita 2-1 ...
Opportunities abound for people of African descent to shine in a land where their story is barely known.
Where in English something is just "cold," in Japanese it's not so simple.
Japanese audiences have long responded tepidly to the use of extensive computer graphics (CG) in anime. Even as CG has become the global standard for animation studios, anime fans prefer their homegrown artists to stick to labor-intensive 2-D illustration techniques and cel animation — ...
President Barack Obama is correct to go to Cuba next month: Only engagement will bring about change in Cuba.
Freezing a woman's eggs so she can give birth later in life opens up important questions that should be addressed before the technology becomes even more widespread.
The amount of wasteful government spending in the Tohoku reconstruction effort is truly staggering.
Trump's win in South Carolina shows he commands such a fervent following that episodes that would undo conventional candidates don't hurt him.
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