NRA makes new reactor safety regimen official

The Nuclear Regulation Authority officially approves new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing disasters like the catastrophe at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.

Ova bank presents legal issues

If things go smoothly, a Kobe-based private network will begin in vitro fertilization with ova from donors by yearend. Some legal problems are expected.

Dragons, mist and bouncy clouds await in west Tokyo

About 45 minutes from Tokyo’s skyscrapers, resting in the hinterlands of Tachikawa there is a land of mist and dragons. It’s a place where rolling hills tumble toward an Aztec pyramid, and children bounce on clouds. The place is called Showa Kinen Koen, and ...

Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT

Chatting about Japan with Snowden, the NSA whistle-blower

by Christopher Johnson

Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...

Entertainment

Hacker game's world now frighteningly familiar

Across the colorful show floor at last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, there were games on display where players could become all manner of things, like a throat-slashing 18th-century pirate, zombie killer, a guardian of the last city on Earth, music-making sorcerer, ruthless Roman general, ...

Soccer

Zaccheroni prepares to lead Japan against native Italy

During his three years as Japan manager, Alberto Zaccheroni has generally kept it dry, remaining a cool customer when speaking to the media. But on the eve of Wednesday’s Confederations Cup match against his native Italy, the normally reserved Zaccheroni admitted to being overwhelmed ...

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NRA makes new reactor safety regimen official

Ova bank presents legal issues

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY

Dragons, mist and bouncy clouds await in west Tokyo

by Jason Jenkins

Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT

Chatting about Japan with Snowden, the NSA whistle-blower

by Christopher Johnson

Entertainment

Hacker game's world now frighteningly familiar

Soccer

Zaccheroni prepares to lead Japan against native Italy

People | CLOSE-UP Jul 1, 2012

Author Lesley Downer's romance with Japan is no fleeting affair

by Victoria James