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A district court on Friday rejected a plea to halt Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s planned restart of a reactor at the Ikata nuclear power plant in western Japan. Residents in Oita Prefecture, which faces the plant in Ehime Prefecture across the sea, had sought a ...
The Matsuyama District Court sentenced a 27-year-old man to four more years in prison on Friday over his escape earlier this year from an open prison in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture. According to the ruling and other sources, Tatsuma Hirao broke out of a dormitory for ...
With cases linked to student status doubling from a year earlier, an official said a rise in foreign students may have pushed up the figure.
The central government decided Friday to increase financial aid to quake-hit areas of Hokkaido and regions reeling from typhoons in order to help with reconstruction work. The government designated damage in Hokkaido and other areas as "extremely severe" and will provide 10 to 20 percent ...
Even as Japan Inc.'s influence has diminished under a series of internal scandals and international competition, the prevailing image of Japanese business remains tied to massive corporate conglomerates rather than innovative startups. But behind the scenes a unique mix of entrepreneurs are planting their flags ...
The maker of a shinkansen undercarriage on which severe cracks were found last year offered an apology Friday over the incident, which could have caused a derailment, citing a vulnerability in its quality management system. "We have relied too heavily on the judgment and discretion ...
Canada on Thursday shrugged off U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism that talks to modernize NAFTA were moving too slowly and made it clear that it had to keep negotiating as long as there was a chance of success. The prospects for a quick deal to ...
Major domestic travel agency H.I.S. Co. said Friday it has canceled wedding packages and tours for 260 couples who had booked to tie the knot at one of its venues in Hawaii from this month to September 2019, due to a construction delay. H.I.S. had ...
Bank of Japan policymakers discussed the possibility of making monetary policy more flexible in the future at their September meeting, a summary of their opinions showed Friday. The discussions, which followed the central bank's decision in July to allow long-term bond yields to move within ...
Women have long had fewer opportunities to pursue careers than men because of expectations they will become homemakers or focus on raising children.
The U.S. Air Force has sent a B-52 bomber over the East China Sea and Sea of Japan for a large-scale training mission involving 16 Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets, both countries' militaries said Friday. The mission, which took place a day earlier, was the ...
It is nearly impossible to imagine Tesla Inc. without Elon Musk — its chairman, CEO, largest shareholder and public face. But the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit Thursday has raised questions about the executive's future at the electric car company, sending shares spiraling. The agency ...
Japan and China agreed Thursday to cooperate in handling ship-to-ship goods transfers by North Korea in violation of U.N. sanctions, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said. During talks on the fringes of the U.N. General Assembly, Kono and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also confirmed that ...
Miyuki Kashima was one of the first female fund managers in Japan, with a career that dates back to the mid-1980s, before the country's bubble burst. Now she's outperforming the benchmark index by buying companies that hire and promote more women. For more than three ...
Canadian legislators, in a symbolic move, on Thursday voted unanimously to strip Myanmar's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, of her honorary citizenship in response to crimes committed against the Rohingya minority. The move by the House of Commons lower chamber has no immediate effect ...
A high court Thursday scrapped a lower court ruling and decided a Korean school in Osaka is not eligible for the government's school tuition subsidies. The Osaka Korean High School, which teaches in Korean and provides a Korean-style education, had earlier sought to annul the ...
America's allies and partners should be worried by both the incoherence and the guiding concept at the heart of U.S. foreign policy.
The Democrats' decision to ignore Kavanaugh's extreme positions on critical U.S. policies such as torture suggests they tacitly endorse them.
The commonplace gloom about Japan's prospects is grossly overdone — many countries would be lucky to have its problems.
Four years after its unexpected eruption, Mount Ontake's scenic hiking trails and summit are once again open for hikers. But will that be enough to bring back visitors?
Before watching his two former NPB clubs take the field in a crucial late-season game, the retiring Shuichi Murata urged them to give everything they had during the contest. They must've gotten the message, because they gave him a good show. Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano and ...
The Earthfriends Tokyo Z routed the host Hachioji Bee Trains 87-63 on Friday night, winning the second-division teams' 2018-19 season debut. The victory gave Earthfriends coach Satoru Furuta an impressive start with his new team. Five Tokyo players in scored in double figures, with Will Creekmore ...
Former major leaguer Kazuo Matsui said Thursday he feels "destined" to end his storied career with the Seibu Lions, where he started his professional baseball journey 25 years ago. In a news conference at MetLife Dome to announce his retirement, the 42-year-old player-coach said he ...
Shogo Akiyama provided the late-game heroics, blasting a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth, as the Seibu Lions came from behind to beat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 7-5 and move another step closer to the Pacific League pennant. The win over the second-place ...
Japan earned a 4-1 victory over France to capture the mixed team event title for the second straight year and added an eighth gold medal to a 17-medal haul as the World Judo Championships wrapped up on Thursday. On the final day at National Gymnastics ...
