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Farmers in the city of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, have begun planting rice in a district once designated a no-go zone because of radioactive fallout ejected by the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
Recently I was asked to write a blurb for a new liquid plant-nutrient. As soon as I saw the name of the product, 早根早起 （Hayane Hayaoki), I smiled at this example of linguistic creativity.
Life in Japan just seems tailor-made for certain foreign residents, who slip into the fabric of this society as smoothly as a hand slides into a glove. American Curtis Patterson, a professional koto player and music teacher, is a case in point. Not only ...
Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune “Only Teardrops,” despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Juries and television viewers across Europe awarded the barefoot, ...
One team’s quest for a first title has ended. The other team’s fight will continue next season. The Yokohama B-Corsairs outplayed the Rizing Fukuoka in Sunday’s bj-league championship game, controlling the tempo for larger stretches and making enough timely baskets to fill an instructional ...
Stocks fell back Thursday as profit-taking gained the upper hand. The Nikkei 225 average closed down 58.79 points at 15,037.24 after hitting a 64-month intraday high of 15,155.72 in early trading. On Wednesday, the key gauge surged 337.61 points. The Topix dropped 7.62 points ...
The Nikkei 225 average rose sharply Wednesday and ended above 15,000 for the first time in more than 64 months, thanks mainly to the weaker yen. The Nikkei closed 337.61 points, or 2.29 percent, higher at 15,096.03, its best closing level since Dec. 28, ...
The Nikkei 225 stock average gains more than 2 percent to end above 15,000 for the first time since December 2007, propelled by a falling yen and buoyant global equities.
Stocks pulled back Thursday, weighed down by selling to cash in gains amid a sense of market overheating. The Nikkei 225 average lost 94.21 points to close at the day’s low of 14,191.48. On Wednesday, the key market gauge climbed 105.45 points. The Topix ...
The Nikkei 225 average rewrote on Wednesday its highest finish in more than 58 months, with investor sentiment brightened by higher overseas equities. The Nikkei climbed 105.45 points to close at 14,285.69, the highest closing since June 18, 2008. The Topix climbed 5.77 points ...
Kanon Mori, Yuki Sakura, Hinako Kuroki and Jun Amaki have been following the Nikkei 225 stock average obsessively since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December. The oldest of the foursome is Mori, but she is still only 23. The youngest is Kuroki, ...
Stocks lost further ground Thursday, pressured by a drop on Wall Street overnight brought on by worries over a slowing U.S. economic recovery and position-adjustment selling ahead of the four-day weekend here. The Nikkei 225 average closed 105.31 points lower at 13,694.04, extending its ...
Stocks fell modestly Wednesday, pressured by profit-taking after the yen climbed further against the dollar. The Nikkei 225 closed down 61.51 points at 13,799.35, extending its losing streak to a third session. The Topix fell 6.76 points to end at 1,158.37. Selling gained the ...
The Nikkei 225 lost ground Tuesday as mainstay export-oriented issues came under selling pressure due to the yen’s rise. The average closed down 23.27 points at 13,860.86. On Friday, the key market gauge slipped 41.95 points. The market was closed Monday for Showa Day. ...
Stocks climbed higher Thursday on the back of investors’ strong buying appetite, allowing the Nikkei 225 to end above 13,900. The key gauge rose 82.62 points to close at 13,926.08, its best finish since June 20, 2008. On Wednesday, the Nikkei surged 313.81 points. ...
Stocks rose sharply Wednesday, boosted by rosy U.S. equities and a weakening of the yen. The Nikkei 225 average surged 313.81 points, or 2.32 percent, to end at the day’s high of 13,843.46, its best close since June 24, 2008. The Topix shot up ...
Stocks turned lower Tuesday, pressured by profit-taking amid the yen’s strengthening against other major currencies. The Nikkei 225 closed down 38.72 points at 13,529.65. On Monday, the key market gauge surged 251.89 points. The Topix slumped 1.82 points to end at 1,143.78 after rising ...