The opposition parties may have smelled blood over the recent Cabinet minister funding scandals, but they now have a spending irregularity of their own to deal with.
The complicated and inadequate way in which political funds are declared in Japan makes it hard to unearth irregularities in how elected officials raise money and spend it.
The government should replace its controversial foreigners' trainee program with a system that invites interns from abroad to settle in Japan, a Tokyo think tank says.
The physical and psychological abuse Yuito Murayama had long suffered at the hands of his stepfather included a demand that he hang himself, police allege.
A citizens’ group in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, is working on making pumpkins grown from seeds taken to space into a local specialty. The city, which came up with the idea, asked Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, a Matsudo native, for cooperation. In 2010, Yamazaki took ...
An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff from a commercial launchpad in Virginia on Tuesday, marking the first accident since NASA turned to private operators to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. Officials said no one was hurt. The 14-story rocket, built ...
Nomura Holdings Inc. says its four years of losing money abroad may soon be over as it rebuilds businesses outside of Japan after cutting costs. Japan’s biggest brokerage is on track to achieve its goal of becoming profitable in Asia, Europe and the United ...
A couple hundred fans stood behind the Royals dugout for more than a half-hour after the final out, screaming and waving white rally towels. Bring on Game 7! Yordano Ventura, a 23-year-old rookie pitching with a heavy heart and the initials of late St. ...
The landmark quality of the Supreme Court ruling cannot be overstated. If women can be demoted for getting pregnant, then women who care about their careers will hesitate to have children at all.
This year, many people in Japan celebrated Halloween early. Last weekend saw parades, parties and trick-or-treating at special events across the country, but for those who grew up in places that historically celebrate the holiday, Oct. 25 may have been a bit too soon ...
News in March that 38-year-old Chiaki Soma had suddenly been removed from the post of program director of Festival/Tokyo, which she had held since it started in 2009, set many theater lovers worrying about the future of the flagship drama event whose stature at ...
Before the government jumps on the casino bandwagon, careful consideration needs to be given to the negative aspects of legalizing this form of gambling.
The Abe administration's move to meet business demands for more irregular workers without establishing the principle of "same work, same pay" will only increase the job insecurity of many of the nation's workers.
Placing a priority on entertainment in preflight safety videos may not be the best way to teach first-time fliers emergency procedures.
Critics of the World Health Organization say its inability to fight Ebola thus far can be traced not only to its own organizational problems but also to its "collusive relations" with the pharmaceutical industry.
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