Nearly 30 percent of voters plan to cast ballots for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s LDP in the Lower House election expected next month, versus 8 percent for the Democratic Party, ...
Japanese scientists invent an approach to quantum computing that renders a far larger number of calculations more efficiently than existing quantum computers.
With the possibility of providing about $3 billion to Bain Capital, Apple Inc. is playing the role of kingmaker in the battle for Toshiba Corp.’s memory chip business.
The government eyes using nearly ¥2 trillion per year from the planned 2019 consumption tax hike to support child-rearing.
A panel weighing around 4 kg fell off a plane shortly after takeoff Saturday at Kansai International Airport and hit a car on a road in Osaka, the transport ministry said. No one was injured by the object. The ministry will send safety inspectors to ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aiming to tighten an economic noose around North Korea, days after he threatened to "totally destroy" the country if forced to defend the United States or its allies. The new order enables the U.S. to sanction individual ...
On Japan's newest exchange, fame can pay off. That may not be so great for investors though. Last month, Hikaru, a Japanese YouTube star so famous he can go by a single stage name, listed himself on Valu, a platform for people to raise money, ...
Tadahito Iguchi had insisted that one of the reasons why he was hanging up his cleats was that he could no longer hit home runs as often as he used to. But in the final game of his prolonged professional career, Tadahito Iguchi hit one ...
Considering constitutional issues and the risk of creating 'martyrs,' the current law strikes the right balance.
As a conductor for the City Theater of Bremerhaven in the north of Germany, Tonio Shiga is used to being at the center of the action whenever he leads a musical performance with his orchestra. He is equally at home, however, sitting behind a ...
Question: Is it really the case that for a large part of the 20th century Japan enjoyed a golden age of literature? Or is this just misty-eyed nostalgia? One of the hallmarks of a golden age is an atmosphere of competitive creativity in which a ...
When the Chinese Communist Party holds its convention next month, President Xi Jinping, who has already been given the designation of "core" leader, is expected to make every effort to concentrate power with himself. Japan needs to work out its strategy toward China by ...
The government should not rely on planning, not predictions, when it comes to earthquake preparation.
Flexible working styles like telecommuting would benefit Japan on many levels.
Jean-Claude Juncker's plan to accelerate eurozone accession threatens to re-create in spades the chaos of the past decade.
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