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 ...
A byproduct of Honda Motor Co.’s development of the Asimo humanoid robot may be about to come to the aid of Japan’s aging population. “The Stride Management Assist device helps the elderly lengthen their stride when they walk and in doing so helps them ...
The countdown to raising the sales tax officially began Friday with the Diet passing the necessary legislation, but the move is just the start of a long road that still lies ahead. Even the welfare ministry acknowledges that the consumption tax must be increased ...
Scrutiny of the 150 hours of teleconferencing footage recorded by Tokyo Electric Power Co. in the initial days of the March 2011 meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 plant shows that crucial decisions were being made hastily. Tepco on Monday started letting journalists view ...
As the 67th anniversary of Hiroshima’s atomic bombing approaches, the prefecture is trying a new tactic to achieve the goal of global nuclear disarmament. A prefectural official told The Japan Times on Tuesday that Hiroshima will conduct its own research and analysis of nuclear ...
When the 293 Japanese athletes compete in the London Games that start Friday, they will represent a century of the participation in the Summer Olympics, starting with marathoner Shiso Kanakuri and sprinter Yahiko Mishima in Stockholm in 1912. Here are some questions and answers ...
The push by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his administration to raise the consumption tax is a key step that “will make the Japanese economy more agile and efficient,” Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said Friday in Tokyo. Appearing at ...
Business sentiment among large manufacturers improved for the first time in three quarters in the three months through June, reaching minus 1, according to the Bank of Japan’s quarterly “tankan” index released Monday. The business index for major manufacturers — companies capitalized at ¥1 ...
In addition to causing historic rainfall across the nation Tuesday that forced thousands to evacuate, Typhoon Guchol was distinctive for being the first typhoon in eight years to make landfall in June. Usually the typhoon season reaches its peak in August and September, when ...
Students in Japan may soon be able to qualify to apply for foreign universities by attending educational programs taught in Japanese, according to the education ministry. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, offered to students aged 16 to 19, is currently provided in English, French ...
The yen fell against the euro and Asian stocks rose after proausterity New Democracy won the national elections in Greece on Sunday, but pundits warned that it is too early for Japan to breathe a sigh of relief. The outcome “is a big step ...
