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A Japanese engineer who helped build reactor 4 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant says such plants are inherently unstable, urging Taiwan to ditch atomic energy for renewable resources.
The Tokyo District Court orders the metropolitan government to pay ¥90.2 million in damages to 17 Muslims for violating their privacy by leaking their personal data in 2010.
Chinese lawyers and experts are considering filing lawsuits against Japanese companies to seek compensation for victims of wartime forced labor.
The Bank of Japan on Thursday upgraded its assessment for five of the country's nine regional economies compared with three months earlier and used the word recovery for every region on the back of solid consumer spending before the consumption tax increase in April ...
A team of researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture has found a mechanism in which bad bacteria within mice intestines exacerbates asthma, fueling hope it can lead to a treatment for asthma in humans. The team, headed by Akira Shibuya, a professor ...
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. will name Vice President Kosei Shindo as president on April 1, replacing Hiroshi Tomono, the company said on Thursday. After performing favorably since the merger of Nippon Steel Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. (NSSMC) in October 2012, the ...
Makoto Hirata, one of the last Aum Shinrikyo cultists yet to be tried, on Thursday played down his involvement in the 1995 kidnapping of a Tokyo notary, telling the Tokyo District Court in his first trial session that he only drove the getaway car ...
After educating children since 1956, Kiyokawa Elementary School stands abandoned, its walls and roof crumbling because there are no longer enough pupils to fill it and the town can't afford to demolish the building. The school, in Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture, is one of thousands of ...
Colleagues and family members of those killed in the hostage crisis in Algeria marked the first anniversary Thursday, while the government vowed to improve its crisis management. The national and company flags were hoisted at half-staff at the headquarters of engineering firm JGC Corp. in ...
Expect the question of whether Japan should rely on nuclear power generation in the future to be a main theme of the Feb. 9 Tokyo gubernatorial election after former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa announced his candidacy.
Nearly three years after its transition from military to civilian rule, Myanmar faces difficult challenges in its path to democratization and economic reform, including the infrastructure necessary to attract business investment and a military-centered constitution.
The Kremlin's dismay at the scale and longevity of protests in Moscow and other cities, following the fraudulent election in December 2011, is forcing Putin to find new ways to shore up his presidency.
The fact that a member of Thailand's royal family — a daughter of the king — has gotten caught up in politics would seem to guarantee that the current political strife will go on for some time.
Over the course of my adult life, I've made — and forsaken — countless New Year's resolutions. So many that by my mid-30s I had stopped making them altogether. Then a few years ago, I began using Jan. 1 to commit myself to small ...
Kutchan, near Niseko, is probably the only town in Japan where convenience stores stock pinto beans and Vegemite. In fact, Hokkaido's ski paradise, internationally known for its powder snow, is steadily forging a new reputation, one bite at a time. Ten years ago, food fare ...
Question and answer sites have for a decade been one of the most popular user-contributed services on the Web — and Japan is no exception. On the traditional Web, the market has been occupied by a few big players, but the recent popularity of ...
The Imperial Hotel Tokyo has invited Laurent André, executive chef at Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris, one of the most renowned luxury hotels in Paris, to prepare a special fair from Jan. 20-26 at the hotel's traditional French restaurant, La Brasserie. Le Royal Monceau Raffles ...
Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn was a film-school dropout who gained sudden acclaim at the tender age of 24 with his ultraviolent 1996 film "Pusher," which was eventually developed into a trilogy. He reached wider audiences with "Fear X" (starring John Turturro) and British ...
Have you ever wondered how it would look if a panda or maybe a swan pro-wrestled a clown or a GI soldier? Well, here's an opportunity for you to find out. Hanayashiki Pro-wrestling is one of those events that even if you aren't interested ...
Kisenosato's fresh bid for promotion to yokozuna suffered a major blow on Thursday with a second loss, while Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho moved into sole possession of the lead with a perfect 5-0 record at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Aiming for promotion to sumo's ...
Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien, who last year broke the Japanese home runs record, was released on bail on Wednesday following his arrest on charges of domestic violence. Balentien paid $50,000 bail and must stay away from his wife, Karla. The 29-year-old is scheduled ...
Bulgarian sekiwake Kotooshu has obtained Japanese nationality, it was learned on Thursday. The 30-year-old Kotooshu, whose real name is Kaloyan Mahlyanov, is the first European wrestler to become a naturalized Japanese. As a result, he has cleared the first hurdle toward becoming a sumo elder ...
Tsubasa Yonamine doesn't grab front-page headlines or dominate the highlights segment on TV sports shows. He helps his basketball team achieve success. Call him one of the bj-league's unsung heroes. Since 2006-07, the upstart circuit's second season, Yonamine has plied his craft for the Oita HeatDevils ...
The Bambitious Nara, a first-year bj-league franchise, have won back-to-back games for the first time in franchise history. For Nara coach Koto Toyama's squad, Thursday's 87-74 triumph over the visiting Saitama Broncos featured several key contributors. Rookie guard Tatsuya Suzuki had 20 points, drained 4 of ...
Athens Olympic marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi has pulled out of the Osaka International Women's Marathon for the third straight year due to injury, organizers announced Thursday. Just 10 days before the start of the race, the 35-year old Noguchi has withdrawn due to a stress ...
Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda opened his AC Milan account in front of incoming boss Clarence Seedorf in a comfortable 3-1 Italian Cup fifth-round victory over second-division Spezia on Wednesday. Making his first start since joining the club last week, Honda scored the third on 47 ...
Former Japan striker Tadanari Lee has joined Urawa Reds just days after having his contract terminated by English Premier League club Southampton, Reds said Thursday. The 28-year-old striker will sign with Reds after undergoing a medical on his return to Japan. Southampton announced Tuesday it ...
