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 ...
After protests erupted across China last year over the Senkaku Islands, sales of Japanese-branded cars there plummeted. Nissan Motor Co.’s prescription for winning back Chinese drivers: a quieter ride and better gas mileage. Nissan introduced its new Teana sedan Tuesday in the southern city ...
Suzuki Motor Corp. said Tuesday it wants to secure a 30 percent share of the domestic minicar market in fiscal 2013 in the face of fierce competition from its rivals. Suzuki’s share for minivehicles, with engines of 660cc or less, dropped below 30 percent ...
Among the 780,000 people employed in Japan’s auto industry, only three are women responsible for the rollout of new models. They all work at Nissan Motor Co. Mie Minakuchi is behind the newest Note hatchback, Nissan’s top domestic seller, which has seen sales triple ...
Nissan Motor Co.’s luxury Infiniti unit said it is aiming to turn profitable in the next three to four years as it begins production in China and introduces entry-level vehicles to attract customers. Infiniti, which last year relocated its headquarters to Hong Kong from ...
Nissan Motor Co. opened a research center Monday in California’s Silicon Valley that the carmaker plans to make its hub for research on self-driving vehicles and Internet-connected auto technology. The facility will be staffed by more than 60 engineers and technicians within three years, ...
Nissan Motor Co. will more than quadruple the number of high-speed battery charging stations for electric vehicles in the United States in the next 1½ years. The automaker said Thursday it plans to set up more than 500 new charging stations in the U.S., ...
Nissan Motor Co. said it will transfer its medium and heavy commercial vehicle business to its Chinese partner, Dongfeng Motor Group Co., to concentrate on passenger and light commercial vehicles. Nissan did not disclose the sale price in the Saturday disclosure. The medium and ...
