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The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Tuesday that Nissan Motor Co. CEO Hiroto Saikawa is voluntarily refraining from activities connected with his role as association chairman amid a safety check scandal at the automaker. Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, vice chairman of JAMA, has ...
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday forecast Japan's economy will grow 1.5 percent this year, up 0.2 percentage point from its estimate in July, as the "broad-based" global recovery has gathered steam. In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF raised its global growth projection ...
In second ruling of its kind among 30 similar lawsuits, court says 3/11 quake and tsunami were foreseeable.
Just hours before his announcement last month that he would dissolve the Lower House for a snap election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was blindsided by his biggest political adversary of late: Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike. The telegenic, populist governor had upstaged Abe by announcing ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s LDP faces a reorganized opposition, including Yuriko Koike’s Kibo no To and a new liberal party led by Yukio Edano.
It's been five years since politics captured much attention from the foreign-exchange world in Japan, but traders are now gaming out potential scenarios for the yen after the Oct. 22 general election. The consensus view is still for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition to sail ...
Voters, including teens who will cast ballots for the first time, expressed their hopes and concerns as official campaigning for the Oct. 22 Lower House election got under way on Tuesday. In the city of Fukushima, where Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched his campaign, Tetsuo ...
Natural disasters could become more destructive in the Asia-Pacific region, where a person is already five times more likely to be affected than in other area of the world, the United Nations warned Tuesday, urging countries to invest in resilience plans. Home to 60 percent ...
An offbeat baby shower gift evoking one of Japan's most famous culinary exports is a sales hit. Orders for "diaper sushi," which combine white nappies as "rice" and pink bibs as "shrimp" topping, are nonstop for seller Wire Mama, publisher of a child-care information ...
Prosecutors say defendant, alleged to have laced victims’ drinks with cyanide, is mentally competent and can be held responsible for her actions.
Revelations renew concerns about the integrity of Japanese manufacturers, and follow scandals involving rupturing Takata air bags and unauthorized inspections at Nissan.
Japan successfully launched its fourth and final quasi-zenith satellite into orbit on Tuesday to help create a new system to improve the accuracy of GPS data for a range of applications, including smartphones and vehicle navigation systems. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace ...
For over a decade, retired elementary school teacher Kimiko Iino has been involved in the rehabilitation of parolees, regularly inviting them into her home to provide guidance on probation rules and to listen to their concerns. Iino, a volunteer probation officer and president of the ...
Counselors in Nagano Prefecture were seen typing nonstop in September between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., as they replied to high volumes of consultation requests received via the Line messaging app. None of the 10 counselors had ever provided counseling via text-only social media. They ...
The promotion of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's 28-year-old sister to the country's top decision-making body is a sign he is strengthening his position by drawing his most important people closer to the center of power, experts and officials say. Kim Yo Jong was ...
Scientists have answered one of nature's most pungent questions: what gives the world's smelliest fruit its distinctive aroma. Scientists in Singapore said on Monday they have mapped the genome of the durian, known throughout Southeast Asia as the "king of fruits" for its unique smell, ...
Police started an investigation Monday after a woman's corpse was found in a Miyagi Prefecture park dedicated to victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. An autopsy determined that the woman sustained a broken thighbone and ribs, indicating the cause of death ...
The U.N. migration agency said on Monday it was trying to provide assistance to large numbers of migrants who had been held in the smuggling hub of Sabratha as rival factions battled for control of the city. At least 4,000 migrants, including pregnant women, newborn ...
Google has discovered Russian operatives spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads on its YouTube, Gmail and Google Search products in an effort to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a person briefed on the company's probe told Reuters on Monday. The ads ...
Voters should see through recent dramatic events and identify what each party stands for in substance so they can make a rational decision.
When an emerging power attempts to supplant a hegemonic power in international politics, major conflict often ensues.
Neither Shinzo Abe nor Yuriko Koike are addressing Japan's most difficult threat: demographic devolution.
If Akio Aoki had his way, there would be one new word included in dictionaries across the globe: "Designart." The Tokyo-based designer is one of a team of high-profile creators united in their desire to transcend the boundaries of all things art and design with ...
This autumn, there are not one, but two extraordinary ceramic art exhibitions showing in Tokyo. The first highlights the solo works and private collection of Tokyo's Seimei Tsuji (1927-2008) at The National Museum of Modern Art Crafts Gallery, while the other is a dual-exhibition ...
Shinji Kagawa scored deep into injury time to save Japan from an embarrassing defeat in a 3-3 friendly draw with minnow Haiti on Tuesday night. Japan, which was playing its second game since qualifying for next summer's World Cup, went into the match at Nissan ...
Takayuki Kishi and three relievers, including left-hander Yudai Mori, combined on a four-hit shutout as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles blanked the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-0 on Tuesday to wrap up the Pacific League's regular season. After Kishi set the pace by getting the first ...
Rino Kasakake kept Japan's streak of earning at least one medal at every Junior Grand Prix this season alive by claiming the bronze at the JGP in Gdansk, Poland, on Friday. It was an impressive start for the debutante on the JGP circuit. Kasakake, a ...
Rakuten, Inc. is active in expanding its brand on a global scale, partnering with some of the world's most famous sports teams like soccer powerhouse FC Barcelona and the reigning NBA champion Golden State Warriors this year. Now, it has struck another big deal. The NBA ...
Y.A. Tittle, a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants, has died at the age of 90, the 49ers said on Monday. Tittle died on Sunday surrounded by his family, his former ...
