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 ...
Railway operator and real estate developer Tokyu Corp. is helping create a “Japanese town” in Binh Duong, north of Ho Chi Minh City. Amid growing demand for development in the emerging market, the developer of many Tokyo railways and commercial complexes, such as Shibuya ...
In the end, Sony Corp.’s alliance in the medical equipment business with scandal-tainted Olympus Corp. will help the loss-making electronics giant, it’s just a matter of giving it enough time, analysts say. The two companies will set up a joint venture by yearend to ...
Clothing retailer Uniqlo and electronics retailer Bic Camera Inc. together opened a giant new outlet dubbed Bicqlo in the Shinjuku shopping district on Thursday. About 4,000 people lined up before the outlet opened at 9:45 a.m. In front of the eight-story building, a number ...
Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that it will introduce 21 new gasoline-electric hybrid models by the end of 2015 to meet the growing demand for fuel-efficient cars. The automaker globally known for its Prius hybrids aims to sell at least 1 million hybrids vehicles ...
Honda Motor Co. plans to double its global auto sales to more than 6 million units in the business year to March 2017, compared with 3.12 million last year, on the back of strong growth in emerging markets, President Takanobu Ito said Friday. At ...
The widespread protests in China appeared to ease Thursday as Japanese companies were left with yet another stinging reminder that doing business in China comes with risks. Experts said some manufacturers that depend on production in China are likely to accelerate plans to shift ...
Intensifying political tensions have begun to affect a wider range of Japan-related businesses in China through an apparent ban on book publishing in Beijing that may spread to other areas, Japanese publishing sources said Wednesday. The sources said several Chinese publishers in Beijing were ...
Mitsui Home Co. unveiled a “smart house” Monday equipped with temperature sensors and other high-tech gear that can help reduce electricity consumption by some 50 percent. The model home features sensors on the walls of each room that gauge temperature, humidity and internal sunlight. ...
Struggling Sharp Corp. said Thursday it has put up some of its properties, including its Osaka headquarters and flagship Kameyama plant in Mie Prefecture, as collateral for ¥150 billion in fresh bank loans, confirming earlier news reports. The move underlines the deteriorating finances of ...
When young people say “shukatsu,” they mean job-hunting. But nowadays, older people are grimly playing on the word by changing the kanji for “shu” to convey a different kind of activity: preparing for “the end.” How are people preparing for death? Why has the ...
