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 ...
Even before she takes office Monday as South Korea’s first female president, Park Geun Hye’s campaign vow to soften Seoul’s current hardline approach to rival North Korea is being tested by Pyongyang’s recent underground nuclear detonation. Pyongyang, Washington, Beijing and Tokyo are all watching ...
Seoul will retaliate if Tokyo sends a senior official to an event held by Shimane Prefecture to promote Japan’s claim to a pair of South Korea-controlled islets, the South’s foreign ministry warns.
A growing number of South Korean corporations are turning their backs on a workaholic culture that once was seen as indispensable but increasingly is viewed as unhealthy, unproductive and inefficient. Long working hours, often followed by drinking sessions with the boss, have for years ...
Among the components that make up the conservative agenda advocated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one stands out for its potential to inflame international relations: a review of Japan’s official stance on the forced recruitment of Asian and European women and girls into wartime ...
The way North Korea sees it, only bigger weapons and more threatening provocations will force the U.S. to come to the table to discuss what Pyongyang says it really wants: peace. It’s no coincidence that the North’s third underground nuclear test — and by ...
South Korea saw Japanese visitors plunge in October-December to their lowest level in six quarters, Yonhap news agency said. The drop reflected the won’s appreciation against the yen, in addition to frayed bilateral ties over the disputed Sea of Japan islets known as Takeshima ...
The first satellite launched from South Korean soil is working normally, officials in Seoul said Thursday, a day after the country achieved its space milestone amid high tensions on the Korean Peninsula following North Korea’s recent threat to test a nuclear device. A rocket ...
South Korea said Wednesday it successfully launched a satellite into space from its own soil for the first time, a point of national pride that came weeks after archrival North Korea accomplished a similar feat. The 33-meter, 140-ton Korea Space Launch Vehicle rocket blasted ...
Outgoing South Korean President Lee Myung Bak on Tuesday brushed off criticism from his successor and handed out pardons to a host of former close aides and confidantes jailed for corruption. The special pardons for 55 people included Lee’s longtime confidante and former Minister ...
Textbook publishers may one day no longer have to give "special consideration" to neighboring Asian nations when describing historical events they might find offensive.
South Korea’s low birthrate means the size of its youth population — those aged between 9 and 24 — will be slashed in half by 2060, a government report warned Monday. The number of young people peaked at 14 million in 1980, accounting for ...
North Korea has reported Park Geun Hye’s victory in the South’s presidential election a day late, with no mention of her name and no reference to the historic nature of her win. The official Korean Central News Agency, which had previously devoted considerable time ...
