The Fukushima meltdowns and the continuing radiation crisis may have turned the public off of atomic energy at home, but it’s full steam ahead for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japan’s heavy industries when it comes to exporting that technology to power-hungry economies abroad. ...

Three London Olympics gold medalists gathered Monday at a shopping area in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, to celebrate the restoration of wrestling by the International Olympics Committee. Saori Yoshida, 30, Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu, 27, and Kaori Icho, 29, broke a decorative “kusudama” paper ball and celebrated ...

While Taylor Anderson’s life was cut short on March 11, 2011, along with thousands of others caught in the massive tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the coast of Tohoku, the full life she led was a source of inspiration for an American documentarian ...

The tourism industry is cheering the news that Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics since the major sporting event is certain to become a money-making bonanza. “The anticipated increase in foreign visitors will have a significant effect on the Japanese economy,” said an official ...

“Do you have an iPod?” Steve Ballmer: “No, I do not. Nor do my children. My children — in many dimensions they’re as poorly behaved as many other children, but at least on this dimension I’ve got my kids brainwashed: You don’t use Google, ...

Cambodia’s election committee Sunday handed victory in hotly disputed polls to the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen, prompting the opposition to say it will boycott parliament and stage further protests over allegations of widespread fraud. The kingdom has been stuck in a ...

A businesswoman linked to China’s disgraced Railway Minister Liu Zhijun faces charges of illegal business activities worth 180 billion yuan ($29 billion), state-run media said Monday, indicating far vaster industry corruption than previously revealed. Ding Shumiao will face trial in Beijing for bribery and ...

Deep below the streets of Mexico City, Julio Cesar Cu is hard at work swimming in dark sewer waters in a diving helmet and dry suit, surrounded by rats, feces and condoms. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it. For the ...

With revenue from its mainstay railway business slowing, Kyushu Railway Co. is aiming to generate annual sales of ¥1 billion from its farming ventures in two years, a roughly fivefold increase from fiscal 2012. JR Kyushu entered the farm business in 2010, looking for ...

When Britain bans the herbal stimulant khat, Mohamod Ahmed Mohamed will lose his livelihood. But he fears most for his small Somali community without the leaf that fuels its social life. “I can switch to another business, but what about the youth, where are ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has a baby daughter named Ju Ae, according to former NBA star Dennis Rodman, who labeled the supreme ruler of the isolated, authoritarian state a “good dad.” Rodman, who calls Kim a friend and just returned from his ...

The 2020 Olympics and Paralympics are coming to Tokyo, so Japan can expect greater global pressure to rectify the Fukushima nuclear debacle. Experts on Monday credited Tokyo’s success over Istanbul and Madrid to the safety of the capital and its passion to hold the ...

The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama wins new international endorsements for a military strike against Syria as President Bashar Assad denies his regime used chemical weapons.

In a mayoral election that tested the Kremlin’s strategy against its opposition, and that brought some of the divisions within the Kremlin itself close to the surface, charismatic anti-corruption Moscow mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny made a far stronger showing than expected Sunday. Incumbent Mayor ...

Australian Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott begins the transition to government, but faces potential hurdles in the Senate to drive through his reform agenda.

Louis Vuitton is celebrating six of its designer's "muses" in an interactive exhibition at the Tokyo Station Hotel. "Timeless Muses" honors supermodel Kate Moss, film director Sofia Coppola, French actress Catherine Deneuve, novelist Françoise Sagan, architect Charlotte Perriand and, to bring the "timeless" into ...

Two years ago, when Los Angeles’ Louis DeMenthon was trying to bulk up, he encountered the ubiquitous challenge faced by those seeking physique changes: meal planning. In vain, DeMenthon searched for an online planner that would tell him exactly what foods to eat in ...

Communicating in Japanese is not all that difficult. What's difficult is communicating with Japanese people, writes Debito Arudou.

Ian Thomas Ash has won acclaim and awards at film festivals around the world for "A2-B-C," the second of a pair of documentaries about children living in towns a stone's throw from Fukushima No. 1.

Tokyo residents share their stories about their dealings with Japan's Immigration Bureau on entry, exit and at visa-renewal time

A night after having a dreadful start mercifully aborted by rain, Chiba Lotte lefty Takuya Furuya (7-1) allowed two runs in seven innings in the Marines’ 4-3 win over the Seibu Lions. By winning the game, a makeup of Sunday’s contest that ended with ...

Japan manager Alberto Zaccheroni urged his players to hone their touch in front of goal against Ghana on Tuesday — or risk being embarrassed by another of the world’s top teams. The Asian champions coasted past Guatemala 3-0 on Friday in Osaka, but Zaccheroni ...

Details of the six men bidding to replace outgoing International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge in vote by fellow IOC members on Tuesday: Thomas Bach — Germany Perceived for years as the man most likely to succeed Rogge, and still the favorite. The Olympics ...