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Silvio Berlusconi has failed in his attempt to topple the Italian government, leaving him weaker than ever and zapping the aura of invincibility that has surrounded him for two decades as he faces the possible loss of his Senate seat and a ban from ...
Hatsudai has a lot going for it. This quiet low-rise residential neighborhood just minutes west of Shinjuku boasts a friendly traditional shōtengai (shopping street) and a lively annual Awa Odori dance festival. Now add to that a really outstanding restaurant. Anis opened in early ...
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
In the glitzy and gossipy world of Japanese celebrity, hardly a week goes by without revelations being made about — or made by — Ichikawa Ebizo XI. For years, the charismatic young star of the kabuki world has never long been out of the ...
Reigning champion Kei Nishikori made quick work of Feliciano Lopez, walloping the Spaniard in a straight-sets victory Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Rakuten Japan Open. The world No. 13 Nishikori needed little over an hour to put away Lopez, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 ...
Masahide Matsumoto, mayor of Katsurao, Fukushima Prefecture, said upon receiving a disaster response award from the United Nations this month that the worst-case scenario should always guide one’s thinking when preparing for and responding to emergencies. The 75-year-old mayor received the 2013 Green Star ...
Tepco says it dumped about 1,130 tons of tainted rainwater Monday into the Pacific after it accumulated at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant due to the passing typhoon.
The government is considering filing a suit with the World Trade Organization against South Korea’s all-out import ban on fisheries products from Fukushima and seven other prefectures, which was put into place following leaks of radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. ...
The government Monday came under criticism from some nuclear experts at a briefing held on the sidelines of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s annual assembly over its attempt to stem the leak of radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. At the ...
A responsibility-shirking government is ultimately the people's problem — and responsibility — just as much as the nuclear disaster and all the nation's other problems are, argues Colin P.A. Jones.
As Tepco plays "whack-a-mole" with myriad problems at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, readers offer their advice to the utility and Abe's government.
The Fisheries Agency sends a senior official to South Korea to request that it lift its radiation-related ban on imported Japanese fisheries products.
Tainted rainwater was discharged into the ocean Monday to prevent the damaged Fukushima No. 1 power plant from being flooded by the passage of Typhoon Man-yi, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The radioactivity of the rainwater, which had accumulated within circular barriers around makeshift ...
Tepco finds a radioactive cocktail of substances in a drainage ditch leading directly to the Pacific Ocean nearby the Fukushima No. 1 plant.
The radioactive water tainting the sea from the Fukushima No. 1 plant may be generating headlines, but an expert says its storage tanks pose a greater danger.
The head of the leaking Fukushima No. 1 plant expresses relief at Tokyo winning the 2020 Olympics while disclosing yet another leap in groundwater radiation.
One question that emerged among the public immediately after Tokyo won the right to host the 2020 Olympics was whether Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an incorrect statement, or told an outright lie, about the contaminated water issue at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear ...