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The education ministry instructs junior high and high school teachers to use newly revised manuals to teach their students that the Senkaku Islands and Takeshima islets are “integral parts of Japanese territory.”
Seeking to avoid a political minefield, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declines to comment on NHK Chairman Katsuto Momii’s recent explosive remark on wartime sexual servitude.
As Tokyo prepares for its Feb. 9 gubernatorial election, governors of prefectures with nuclear power plants are split over whether they believe the nation’s reliance on atomic energy should be a campaign issue.
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto comes out for NHK Chairman Katsuto Momii, who’s under fire for asserting that the wartime enslavement of women to provide sex for Japanese soldiers was wrong only by today’s standards.
When Tokyo won the bid last Sept. 7 to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, it was a mixed blessing to people in Okinawa, especially seniors. On the same day 50 years earlier, the Olympic torch arrived in Okinawa ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games. ...
The government is looking to grant Self-Defense Forces paramedics more discretionary authority in treating wounded service members if Japan comes under attack. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government wants the SDF to play a greater security role abroad as part of his drive to redefine the ...
JR Kyushu plans to introduce a Sweets Train service on the Omura Line in Nagasaki Prefecture and Kyudai Main Line connecting Fukuoka and Oita prefectures, targeting mainly female riders with local confectionery, officials said. The service, to debut in 2015, will be the first of ...
High school students in Northern California who sent a derelict fishing boat back to a tsunami-hit school in Iwate Prefecture will come over for a visit next month. The six students from Del Norte High School in Crescent City, California, along with some of their ...
Japan's goods trade deficit hit a record high in 2013, sparking fears that the country could fall into a constant current account deficit in the near future. If expectations intensify that the current account balance will remain in the red for an extended period, long-term ...
Gen Isayama grew up in Tokyo and then spent a decade working in the venture-capital business in Northern California. Now he's starting a $300 million fund aimed at blending the best of Silicon Valley and Japan. The 40-year-old Isayama is chief executive officer of WiL ...
The sculpted figures that advertise restaurants and other businesses in the bustling Dotombori shopping and entertainment district in central Osaka are a magnet for tourists. Among these so-called "3-D ads" are a green dragon above a ramen shop, a huge hand holding a piece of ...
Panasonic Corp. is in the final stage of talks with a real estate investment advisory company to sell its plasma display panel factory in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, according to sources. The deal with Center Point Development Inc. would give Panasonic several billion yen in proceeds, ...
Thirty years ago this month, little-known Apple Computer began to transform the world. Its signal event was a television advertisement broadcast during America's Super Bowl, announcing the introduction of a new product in two days.
On Dec. 9 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared that his government has abolished the subsidy system for reductions in rice acreage, yet subsidies for growing rice as animal feed will greatly increase.
Writing from Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says it is not twilight, but a new dawn, that is breaking over Japan, thanks to his administration's overcoming the notion that certain reforms could never be carried out.
"Soil is a living thing" is almost a mantra for Sakae Suka, wife of Kazuo Suka, who has practiced shizen nōhō (natural farming) in Kamisato-machi, Saitama Prefecture, for more than 60 years. Truly the father of natural farming in our Kanto area, Kazuo has ...
Advances in technology have made it possible for people as far away as Japan to enjoy the best of France's chocolate delights. "We can send our product quickly by airplane and it will arrive in just two or three days," says Clément Groisne, managing director ...
If you are visiting friends in Nagoya and they are treating you to dinner, it would be a safe bet to assume they are taking you to one of the many branches of Yamachan that are scattered around the city. Although there are now ...
SAS Plus inaugural sale SAS is offering its first discount sale for the SAS Plus seat, through March 30. SAS Plus is the airline's premium economy class, which allows customers to have several extra services, including more luggage, more seat space and use of the airline's ...
Most journalists hope to get a few decent quotes from an interview. Steve Goodman ended up getting a record label. It was 2003 when the Glasgow-born DJ, producer and sometime music writer interviewed fellow bass enthusiast Kevin Martin for XLR8R magazine. The latter was promoting ...
On Jan. 16, 2014, the musician and producer Masahide Sakuma died after losing his battle with cancer. He was 61. I only had the pleasure of meeting Sakuma on a couple of occasions, but I was lucky enough on one of them to see him ...
The armed forces isn't a typical place to form a band, but that's exactly where the latest combination of the Slovak Trio first met. Cellist Ludovit Kanta, violinist Ewald Danel and pianist Norbert Heller all played together as part of the Slovakian Military Art Ensemble ...
Toshiba Brave Thunders' Naoto Tsuji is arguably the most prolific player among the NBL's sophomore class in the 2013-14 season. But it's not because he made a sudden growth in year two. Tsuji quickly came through as a rookie last season playing in the JBL, ...
Wladimir Balentien, who was arrested in Florida this month on charges of domestic violence, arrived in Japan on Tuesday in time for the start of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows' spring training. The 29-year-old has pleaded not guilty to charges following an incident with his wife, ...
Going into the 2014 Hatsu Basho all eyes were on ozeki Kisenosato and his quest to be promoted to yokozuna.
When you work in this business, there is nothing more rewarding than watching an athlete truly come into their own. When the point of critical mass is reached, the individual begins to fully realize their full potential with strong performances and their confidence soars, making ...
Despite turning 41 last summer, Noriaki Kasai is showing no signs of slowing down and a recent World Cup win suggests the ski jumper nicknamed "Kamikaze" could emerge as a surprise medalist in his seventh Winter Olympics appearance at next month's Sochi Games. Kasai made ...
J.League first-division side Nagoya Grampus will go ahead with their training camp in Thailand despite a wave of civil unrest in the country, the team said Tuesday. "We are receiving information from there and as long as the airport remains open, we don't think there ...
What would a Super Bowl be without a mountain being made of out a molehill? You know, a huge controversy growing out of a relatively insignificant occurrence. Like Joe Namath predicting an upset, Eugene Robinson arrested for solicitation or Thomas Henderson belittling Terry Bradshaw's brain. Well, SB ...
