Transport authorities launched a full-fledged investigation Sunday into the derailment of a bullet train on the Akita Shinkansen Line in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on Saturday afternoon.
It's a dangerous, unpredictable world. Twice in January Chinese warships in the East China Sea challenged Japan's Maritime Self Defense Forces patrols in a manner deemed threatening. And on Feb. 12 came North Korea's nuclear test.
Here's an open secret: Japanese men have a bad international reputation on the romance front.
SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
Kenta Maeda shook off worries about his form with five shutout innings as Japan beat China 5-2 in first-round Pool A of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at Fukuoka Dome. Japan improved to 2-0 following a tough win over Brazil in Saturday evening’s ...
To curb student suicides, the Saitama city board of education has drawn up a manual to help schoolteachers recognize the warning signs. The manual, which runs more than 20 pages, breaks down the signs of potential suicide into three increasingly serious levels, based on ...
It is a rarity for a young person to turn a startup into a corporate success story in Japan, but the nation’s future growth may in fact depend on such youthful entrepreneurs. Unlike in the United States, where Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates serve ...
The nation’s business leaders Monday urged the new government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to pull the country out of its economic doldrums and deregulate more to boost foreign investment in Japan. They also called for an early declaration of Japan’s intent to join ...
Even as anti-Japan rioters were busting the windows of Japanese stores and demolishing Japanese cars in Beijing and other cities in China in mid-September, young fathers in the subprovincial city of Xi’an were taking lessons in how to bathe their newborns with soap and ...
The potential for growth in the auto market isn’t limited to emerging economies like China, but is there to be tapped in the developed nations as well, according to Akio Toyoda, chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association. “People often say the car industry ...
Anti-Japan riots in Beijing, Shanghai and elsewhere in China in September triggered by Japan’s nationalization of the disputed Senkaku Islands brought vandalism and violence to Japanese restaurants, stores and car dealers and a boycott of Japanese products. The disturbances prompted Japanese companies to worry ...
Sharp Corp. on Monday changed its English translation of last week’s financial report, which stated there was “material doubt” in the company’s “assumed going concerns,” claiming there is no uncertainty about its ability to continue business. In a move considered rare, Sharp retracted the ...
If Japan’s electronics giants, which again posted deep losses this week, want to beat Samsung, LG and Apple, they need to quickly overhaul their business strategies and carry out further cost cuts, analysts said Friday, but prospects appear bleak that true soul-searching will come ...
Sharp Corp. announced Thursday its group net loss for the business year to March is expected to reach a record ¥450 billion due to shrinking demand for its main products. The forecast is worse than the ¥376.08 billion group net loss Sharp logged last ...
Tokyo Station is a major commuter hub that draws throngs of people who visit every day just to admire the Marunouchi side’s century-old red-brick and stone facade or stay in its nostalgic hotel. After undergoing a 5½-year renovation, the historic landmark formally reopened on ...
