Honda will close a car factory in western England with the potential loss of 3,500 jobs, British media and a local lawmaker said Monday, in another blow to a British ...
Japan approves world-first trial using iPS cells to treat spinal cord injuries
The health ministry on Monday approved the world's first clinical test in which artificially derived stem cells will be used to treat patients with spinal cord injuries.
A team of researchers ...
Upping the ante in 'comfort women' row, South Korea speaker brands Japan a 'brazen thief'
In interviews with several South Korean media organizations, he doubles down on his demand for an apology from Emperor Akihito.
Driver arrested after man fell from truck, having clung on for 6 km, in Miyagi road rage incident
Police say he should be charged with attempted murder.
Trump to Venezuelan military: Side with Guaido or stand 'to lose everything'
Columbia climate scientist who popularized term 'global warming' dies at 87
Americans among group arrested in Haiti with arsenal, drones, satellite phones: media
Israeli leaders' Nazi comments derail European summit in Jerusalem as Poles pull out
Re-enactment of Korematsu v. U.S. heats up debate on Trump's immigration policy
A re-enactment in New York of Korematsu v. United States, a 1944 Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime incarceration of some 120,000 Japanese-Americans, was recently staged with a new ending that takes into account the court's decision to overrule the notorious decision last ...
Dispute panel dismisses Okinawa complaint over U.S. base relocation
Global coal phase-out raises difficult questions for nuclear-averse post-Fukushima Japan
Likely Trump visit from May 26 could make him first foreign state guest to meet new Emperor
Spring decorations announcement to be pushed back due to Imperial succession
In Diet grilling, Abe refuses to deny nominating Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Carlos Ghosn readies trial counterpunch with new dream team of defense lawyers
Can Carlos Ghosn beat the rap? With a trial looming this year on charges of aggravated breach of trust and filing false statements to regulators regarding $80 million in deferred income, the former chairman of Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA needs a new strategy. ...
Struggling Norwegian Air sets big discount for share sale after U.K. carrier drops bid
U.S. auto industry lines up against possible Trump tariffs on imports, slams secret report
Facebook behaving like 'digital gangsters' who spread fake news: British lawmakers
U.S. sanctions force Russia to delay MC-21 jetliner roll-out: Rostec CEO
Japan's machinery orders dipped again in December, showing firms' reticence amid risks
No need for Abe — Trump already nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is not saying whether or not he nominated Donald Trump for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but the question may be moot: the U.S. president has been put forward by others for the prestigious award. During a White House news conference ...
Yemeni combatants agree on first stage of pullback from key port of Hodeida
Presidents Day protests decry Trump's emergency declaration seen as power grab
Besieged Islamic State militants in Syria village refuse to surrender, demand corridor to Idlib
Philippines says 136 people, mostly kids, have died in measles outbreak amid vaccination fears
Mexico to close infamous island penal colony, create cultural and environmental education center
Orimo continues to speak mind about Japan
Legendary star player Takehiko Orimo has always been brutally honest and outspoken about Japanese basketball, and his stance on the Akatsuki Five is no different. The Japanese men's national team will face Iran and Qatar on Thursday and Sunday, respectively, with a ticket to the ...
French fencing federation recognizes lightsaber dueling as competitive sport
Lions need Imai to step up with Kikuchi gone
Team LeBron rallies to beat Team Giannis in NBA All-Star Game
Kobayashi leaps into rarefied air with 11th World Cup win of season
Whitewashing racial bias: The ball's in Japan's court
In what felt something like a case of deja vu from last year's Masatoshi Hamada blackface fiasco, Japan welcomed in 2019 with yet another racially insensitive controversy, this time in the form of an ad from food company Nissin. The commercial, which has since been ...
Starting fresh in Tokyo is easier than you think
The man who set the bar for British pubs in Yokohama
Money talks: Can you understand what it's saying?
Digital currencies and smartphone apps are changing the way we do business with the yen, but some monetary habits die hard.
Understanding 'choshi' is a condition you should strive for
Japan bolsters steps to aid non-Japanese in event of a quake
A commitment to learning and growing with Japan
'Japan Story': History enlivened at every turn with flashes of wit
Christopher Harding's comprehensive "Japan Story" is an ultra-progressive account of modern Japanese history, ushering the often-ignored maverick women, socialist thinkers and doubters of the state version of modernity to the front.
'Test prep on steroids': First-ever 'Jeopardy!' team contest draws top champs
Lee Radziwill, stylish jet-setting socialite sister of Jackie Kennedy, dies at 85
Japanese director Hikari's '37 Seconds' wins prizes at Berlin Film Festival
Berlin film festival gives top award to drama on fractured Israeli identity, 'Synonyms'
Private-sector companies should make efforts through capital investments to shore up domestic demand, while offering their workers more substantial wage hikes to boost personal consumption.
The government, lawmakers and other parties concerned should hold broad discussions on the issue to reach a concensus.
To avoid being left behind again, Tokyo needs to deal directly and catch up with the rapidly changing European socio-political realities.
The immediate outcome is reduced to two routes, neither very attractive but at least going forward.
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