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 Apr 14, 2013
Strong quake hurts 23 in echoes of Kobe '95
A powerful temblor with a magnitude of 6.3 strikes western Japan, causing at least 23 injuries and traumatic flashbacks to the lethal 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that destroyed much of Kobe.
Events Outside Tokyo Jan 24, 2013
Mountain retreat hosts a bevy of outdoor ice sculptures through January
by Eriko Arita
Visitors have the chance to see dozens of ice sculptures created by artists from across Japan at the ninth “Rokkosan Kori no Saiten” (“Mount Rokko Ice Festival”) being held at Rokko Garden Terrace. In addition to the outdoor art, some sculptors will demonstrate how ...
Our Lives | WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST Jan 19, 2013
Signs of Kansai
by Thomas Dillon
At the end of lunch with an old friend, I point out yet another hole in my Swiss cheese knowledge of Japan. “I’ve never really understood this whole ‘Kansai/Kanto’ thing. I mean, sure, I’ve traveled to Kyoto, Osaka and so on. But I’ve never ...