Multilingual news organization Euronews S.A. of France plans to enter the Japanese market in December. Its programs, which range from reports on European affairs, science and technology to culture and sports, will be broadcast by teaming up with NTT Plala Inc., operator of the Internet-based ...

More Japanese businesses are taking steps to help sexual minorities feel comfortable in the workplace amid a growing movement in society to recognize and accept the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Although the Constitution is interpreted as recognizing only heterosexual marriages, many are ...

Analysts say Tokyo is excessively optimistic about U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election and his administration's strategic shift toward the Asia-Pacific region is unlikely to result in any dividend for Japan. Instead of trying to protect the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which ...

Panasonic Corp., retail giant Aeon Co. and four other domestic firms arranged a joint recruitment event Saturday in Tokyo, targeting Chinese students attending Japanese universities whom they view as critical to their success in China. The companies decided to hold the job fair at home ...

Although Myanmar is still closed to foreign banks, major Japanese financial institutions have stepped up their involvement in the country, preparing themselves for the time when the government will give the long-awaited green light to their full-fledged operations. "Currently we are limited to collecting and ...

Japanese government and business officials have flocked to Myanmar in recent months with a keen interest in the untapped investment opportunities in the country, which is embarking on democratic and economic reforms after decades of seclusion. Japanese entities that have been nurturing ties with Myanmar ...

A radiation measurement station in the city of Fukushima is drawing people skeptical about government information on the nuclear crisis and keen to find out quickly if their food is safe. The station, set up by a citizens' group, boasts a German device to check ...

Japanese mothers, many with no history of political activism, have started taking to the streets to urge the government to protect their children from radiation leaking from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. Using social networking media, they have organized antinuclear energy rallies nationwide ...

ISHINOMAKI — Cathartic flute melodies have been soothing the nerves of evacuees in the earthquake-hit cities of Sendai and Ishinomaki and the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture this week, during a series of charity concerts given by a popular South Korean musician at ...