Live-action Pokemon trailer reaffirms Pikachu's enduring popularity
Ever since the original release of the “Pokemon” games for the Nintendo Game Boy back in 1996, the series’ central character — the electric, yellow rodent Pikachu — has found a permanent place in the world’s pop-culture zeitgeist. Pikachu has since shown up everywhere, ...
Flamboyant 'host club king' Takeshi Aida given an extravagant sendoff
An extravagant wake and funeral was held earlier this month in memory of host club Ai Honten's flamboyant founder, Takeshi Aida, who passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 78 after a prolonged illness. "At the request of the deceased, in addition to ...
'The Tale of the Heike' delivers a path for salvation
Some wars spawn myths. Some spawn epics. Some spawn both; others, neither. The 13th-century Mongol invasions of Japan spawned a myth — the "divine wind" that repulsed the invading fleet — but no epic. The 12th-century Genpei War spawned an epic — the "Heike ...
Keidanren faces flak for falling behind the times despite change in leadership
The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) published an article on June 17 that was critical of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), a lobbying organization made up of more than 1,300 of the country's biggest companies. The Nikkei has always been in Keidanren’s corner, so it ...
Japan Post seeks law revision to end delivery of ordinary mail items on Saturdays
Shinzo Abe chats with Xi Jinping, Moon Jae-in on fringes of APEC meet in Papua New Guinea
Future foreign worker influx met with hope and concern in Kansai business world
Despite perceived progress, Japan and Russia remain far apart in territory dispute
Argentine Navy sub with 44 aboard is found deep under South Atlantic a year after going missing
Argentine Navy officials announced early Saturday that searchers have found the missing submarine ARA San Juan deep in the Atlantic a year after it disappeared with 44 crewmen aboard. The vessel was detected 800 meters (2,625 feet) under the surface off the Valdes Peninsula in ...
Supporters, opponents clash over Dutch character 'Black Pete'
U.S. nuclear dump site managers: There was waste near ceiling collapse
Warring parties in Yemen agree to meet in Sweden for talks, U.N. envoy says
Stacey Abrams ends Georgia governor bid but plans to sue over how state's elections are run
U.S. politician set to win seat in state legislature by one vote
Ikea Japan K.K. said Thursday it will open an outlet in front of Harajuku Station in Tokyo in spring 2020. It will be its first urban outlet in Japan, according to the unit of the Swedish furniture retailer. The 2,500-sq.-meter store will occupy the first and ...
Japan aims to launch flying car prototypes in 2019: draft road map
Toyota and Mazda break ground on $1.6 billion plant in American South
Trump opens door to trade deal with China soon as friction threatens to damp economy
Brexiteers bet U.K. can defy gravity in post-divorce trade
Tokyo stocks extend losses in thin trading, dropping to 21,680
North Korea's Kim inspects testing of newly developed 'tactical' weapon
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the test of a new "ultramodern tactical weapon," the North's state-run media reported Friday in the first mention of such a test in months. Kim hailed the "great success," which he said "serves as another striking demonstration ...
South Korea says Chinese leader Xi Jinping plans to visit North Korea next year
Asia's top directors, actors and actresses gather for Chinese-language 'Oscars' awards ceremony
Top hotel chains in China apologize after dirty-cleaning expose goes viral
To what extent will Japan's 2014 downturn repeat with the new tax hike?
The wallets of Japanese residents may get a little lighter next year, as the prices of most goods and services are set to rise under a new consumption tax system starting in October 2019. Under this new system, consumers may have at least some reprieve, ...
Can Tokyo's new Toyosu market live up to the Tsukiji brand?
Japan continues to rely on coal-fired plants despite global criticism
Wild boar carcasses found in Gifu dull prospects for declaring containment of swine fever
Yusaku Maezawa: Japan's corporate enfant terrible with the world's first ticket to the moon
U.S. base relocation top issue in Okinawa gubernatorial election
The man standing between Abe and his ambitions: Who is Shigeru Ishiba?
