For Jody Godoy's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Since 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice has charged two dozen Japanese auto parts companies and 32 of their employees with rigging bids or fixing the prices for their products in what it calls its largest such investigation to date. The onslaught continued in April ...
When master craftsman George Nakashima looked at a piece of wood, he did not just see material to make furniture. "Dad listened to the spirit of the wood," said his daughter Mira Nakashima. George Nakashima's furniture, which brought out the beauty of rough edges, knotholes, ...
After more than 10 years of struggling to stay in the United States legally with her wife, Takako Ueda can breathe free: Her green card is here. Ueda, 58, a Japanese national, and her wife, Frances Herbert, 53, were among the first same-sex couples to ...
For the second year in a row Haruki Murakami has upset the bookies and been passed over for the Nobel Prize in Literature. For his translator, Jay Rubin, it's an indication that the Japanese author is still a literary force to be reckoned with. The ...
California rice farmer Charley Matthews Jr. remembers the excitement when Japan first started buying rice from the United States in 1993. "It really helped rice prices here," Matthews, chairman of the California Rice Commission, said. It was also the beginning of a learning experience for ...
Crime novelist Fuminori Nakamura might be a self-described pessimist with a dark personality, but one thing he's never had to worry about is writer's block. "I'm bursting with story ideas. It's not a talent, it's more like a disease," he told a small gathering through ...
The financial hit from hardware outlays for the PlayStation4 won't be as big as they were for the PlayStation3, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President and CEO Andrew House said Tuesday. He also said the PS4 was designed to "allow for an aggressive cost-down strategy" over ...
In early November, Sea Shepherd launched its ninth and most aggressive attempt to halt Japan's annual Antarctic whaling expedition, but for the first time, the controversial conservation group is sending four ships and planning to intercept the whalers near Japanese waters. Sea Shepherd leader Paul ...
A marathon is a grueling challenge for most runners, but Kyoko Tashiro was beaming as she crossed the finish line in the Los Angeles Marathon, her first-ever race. "The last 12 km were really hard but I had decided I would finish with a smile," ...
Pearl Harbor survivor James Dewitt was among more than 5,000 people who observed a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m. Wednesday. It was exactly 70 years after the beginning of the military strike by Imperial Japanese forces on Pearl Harbor. And it was 70 ...
