Economy
Fed to start tapering bond purchases this year: Bernanke
The Federal Reserve maintains its $85 billion-a-month asset purchase program, but says it could begin scaling back later this year.
National Jun 14, 2013
Reconstruction official hit for 'offensive' tweets
The Reconstruction Agency may punish its senior bureaucrat responsible for providing support to people affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, for allegedly posting disparaging tweets against Diet lawmakers and civic groups.
National Jun 13, 2013
Japanese media open photo exhibit charting Tohoku's disaster recovery
Kyodo News and four newspapers in the Tohoku region, whose coast was ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, opened an exhibition in Madrid on Tuesday for photos depicting citizens’ disaster recovery efforts. An opening ceremony took place in the presence of Spanish ...
National Jun 4, 2013
Tokyo-area frequency of quakes still high
The frequency of quakes measuring magnitude 3 or stronger in the Tokyo area at the end of last year remained higher than before the massive Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011.
Lifestyle May 28, 2013
281_Anti Nuke's anger at authority is at a critical mass
by Jon Mitchell
More than two years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, hundreds of thousands of residents of the Tohoku region of northeastern Honshu remain displaced, the power station teeters on the brink of further disaster and large swaths ...
National May 7, 2013
Fukushima debris disposal falling short
by Jun Hongo
The Environment Ministry admits that disposing of disaster debris in Fukushima Prefecture will not be completed by the April 2014 target.
Community Mar 9, 2013
Power of poetry penned by survivors of 3/11 is showcased by ASIJ project
by Kris Kosaka
Kathy Krauth, a social studies teacher at the American School in Japan, admits she was never a huge fan of tanka, traditional Japanese poetry. “Tanka never really spoke to me. I dismissed it as early Japanese history with cherry blossoms.” That all changed when ...
Events In Tokyo Mar 1, 2013
Choral tribute to March 11
by Chiho Iuchi
Coinciding with the second anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tokyo Opera City will be filled with the powerful voices of Japanese choir group Ritsuyukai, featuring new Japanese choral works. Comprising 15 amateur choirs under the direction of Japanese conductor Fumiaki Kuriyama, Ritsuyukai ...