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Adding to Japan’s list of corporate scandals, Subaru Corp. says it also let uncertified staff perform final quality checks on finished vehicles.
Democratic Party President Seiji Maehara steps down over his failure to unite the opposition camp ahead of the general election.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls on the private sector to chip in ¥300 billion toward his vow to provide free child care.
One of Japan's oldest and most visited shopping streets in the heart of Tokyo's touristy Asakusa district is bracing for a massive rent hike. The 89 stores lining the narrow 250-meter-long Nakamise dori shopping strip leading up to Sensoji Temple sell anything from senbei (rice ...
In caves in Brazil there lives a tiny insect with the most extraordinary story. It feeds on bat droppings and chews on the dead carcasses of fallen bats. When it copulates, it does so slowly — a single sexual act takes up to 70 ...
Apple Inc. began accepting early orders for its iPhone X and shipping times quickly lengthened to as much as five weeks in the U.S., signaling supplies will likely remain tight as the new device goes on sale Nov. 3. Hong Kong appeared to run out ...
The police on Friday sent to prosecutors the case of a former lawmaker who made headlines earlier this year for verbal abuse, on suspicion of assaulting and injuring her former secretary. Former House of Representatives member Mayuko Toyota, 43, left the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...
Glen Wood, an equity sales manager at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., filed a harassment claim against the brokerage and asked a Tokyo court to order the firm to withdraw its decision to put him on unpaid leave. The Canadian national claims he was ...
Kikuno Kashima, a Tokyo geisha, couldn't get a bank loan to open a club for her patrons and select guests until a tiny credit union agreed to lend her the money. Now she's part of a lending model that's doling out cash to startup ...
Sharp Corp. upgrades its forecasts after logging a fourth consecutive quarterly net profit under the guidance of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.
Toru Hashimoto, the former Osaka governor, mayor and co-founder of Osaka-based Nippon Ishin no Kai, has cut ties with the national party following its poor performance in the Oct. 22 Lower House election. "I'm resigning as Nippon Ishin's legal adviser," Hashimoto said on his Twitter ...
Three survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will attend the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in December, the recipient body said Thursday. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won this year's peace prize for efforts that led to the adoption in ...
Two bodies have been found in the wreckage of a Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter that was raised from the seabed after crashing off northeastern Japan in August, the Maritime Self-Defense Force said Friday. The MSDF confirmed the deaths of Lt. Cmdr. Yuki Sato, 36, and ...
Two infants died Thursday in an apartment fire in Sapporo, police said. The brothers, Hibiki Kimura, 2, and Ibuki Kimura, 3, were taken to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead, the police said. Their mother, Ruka Kimura, 22, was treated for smoke inhalation. The blaze ...
Japan's core consumer prices marked a ninth straight month of annual gains in September but failed to accelerate from the previous month, underscoring the central bank's huge task as it struggles to meet an ever-elusive 2 percent inflation target. Most of September's scant inflation was ...
A combination of escalating violence, worsening health and poor access to conflict zones in Myanmar's Rakhine state is fueling a humanitarian crisis that is "spinning out of control," senior aid officials said on Thursday. "We've seen a massive increase in violence not just between armed ...
Apple Inc., General Motors Co., Best Buy Co. Inc. and others have joined a coalition of top companies lobbying the U.S. Congress for young, illegal immigrants to have a path to permanent residency, the group said on Thursday. The Coalition for the American Dream counts ...
The opposition camp needs to find a way to put its forces together to serve as a viable contender to the ruling coalition.
Many analysts have written about the arrival of Xi's "New Era." Few have explored the foreign policy implications.
Last week's Lower House election was quite different from the contests the ruling alliance won in recent years.
While words may be a barrier to fully understanding an artistic performance abroad, Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo on Thursday urged spectators from overseas to enjoy the traditional Japanese art for the beauty of its "form." "There is the language barrier. When I go abroad and ...
Sometimes, it's all about the numbers. Case in point: The Chiba Jets shot the ball nearly 20 percent better than the host Ryukyu Golden Kings on Friday night from 2-point range. That proved to be a significant factor in the Jets' 72-61 victory in Okinawa City. Gavin ...
While one team is no stranger to the biggest stage, the other squad returned there for the first time in nearly two decades. For both teams, the mental approach for the 2017 Japan Series is essentially the same: Try to keep playing the way they ...
Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez had one message for his players on the eve of what will be the first Japan Series appearance for many of them. Vamos. Let's go. Ramirez and his upstart BayStars arrived at Fukuoka's Yafuoku Dome on Friday, taking the field after ...
Sara Takanashi expects Germany's Carina Vogt to raise her game once again and be the one to beat in the women's ski jumping competition at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. While Takanashi has dominated the World Cup circuit, winning the overall individual title four times, she ...
