Reported child abuse in Japan rises to a record in fiscal 2016, adding stress to overstretched welfare workers

Juvenile consultation centers struggle to keep up as child abuse cases have spiked fivefold over the past 15 years.

National

Four MSDF servicemen treated after helicopter flips over at Iwakuni Air Base
National

Famed Japanese engineer's effects sell for $100,000 at auction to Taiwanese businessman
National

Wild otter filmed alive in first Japan sighting since 1979
National / History

Little-known ferry tragedy recalled 72 years after war

by Tai Kawabata
National / Politics

South Korea's Moon speaks out on wartime forced laborers' right to seek redress from Japanese firms
National / Science & Health

Working cancer patients face pay cuts, mounting medical bills, lack of awareness, study shows

by Mizuho Aoki
National

First 57 temporary homes built for displaced residents of disaster-hit Fukuoka
National

Central Tokyo sees longest period of August rainfall in 40 years

Trump's crisis over response to hate groups spurs talk of White House departures

U.S. President Donald Trump's turnabout on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, has rocked his administration, leading to rising speculation that some top officials may be looking for a way out. A parade of business executives broke ties with Trump on Wednesday, a day after he ...

Business News

Business

U.S. talks tough on trade deficit as talks on NAFTA revisions begin

The United States drew a hard line for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement on Wednesday, demanding major concessions aimed at slashing trade deficits with Mexico and Canada and boosting U.S. content for autos. At the start of talks in Washington, U.S. President Donald ...

Asia Pacific News

Asia Pacific

Critics cry foul as Joshua Wong and other young Hong Kong democracy leaders get jail

A Hong Kong appeals court jailed three leaders of the Chinese-ruled city's democracy movement for six to eight months on Thursday, dealing a blow to the youth-led push for universal suffrage and prompting accusations of political interference. Joshua Wong, 20, Alex Chow, 26, and Nathan ...

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Some Japanese brand legacies stand to profit from geographical indication; others, not so much

by Shusuke Murai

In the not so distant future, Kraft Parmesan, a household name for grated cheese with its distinctive green package sold by a Japanese dairy company, may disappear from shelves in Japan or reappear bearing a different name. That is one example of what may happen ...