China angry at Ishihara's suggestion about naming panda cub after Senkakus
China's Foreign Ministry slammed Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Friday for suggesting that if a giant panda on loan from China gives birth at a Tokyo zoo, the cub should be named after the Senkaku...
View ArticleNikkei jumps 1.5 pct to highest close in seven weeks
Japan's Nikkei average jumped 1.5 percent on Friday to close above 9,000 for the first time in seven weeks after European leaders agreed to take emergency action to bring down the borrowing costs of...
View ArticleFukushima octopuses back on the market
Octopuses caught off northern Fukushima Prefecture were auctioned Monday at the Sendai City Central Wholesale Market, marking the first time since the nuclear disaster erupted in March 2011 that...
View ArticleToto Washlet joins engineering heritage list
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers said Monday that it has selected Toto Ltd.'s Washlet G toilet seat with warm-water shower unit for cleaning launched in 1980 as an addition to its heritage...
View ArticleGovt team to help schools to fight bullying problems
A series of suicides related to bullying has prompted the education ministry to form a new team tasked with helping schools combat the problem, which shows no signs of ending. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleBaseball: Mariners honor Ichiro's wish for trade, deal him to Yanks
Seattle Mariners icon Ichiro Suzuki was traded to the New York Yankees on Monday. The 38-year-old outfielder, a 10-time All-Star with the Mariners, whom he joined in 2001, was dealt in exchange for...
View Article40,000 firms to feel effects of Renesas cuts
More than 40,000 companies that deal with Renesas Electronics Corp. may be affected if the ailing chipmaker makes cuts at 10 of its 18 domestic plants, a Teikoku Data bank Ltd. survey revealed Monday....
View ArticleElderly storytelling android debuts in Japan
The art of humorous storytelling in Japan, known as rakugo, isn't as popular as it once was. But now an android has joined the ranks of comics who kneel on cushions while spinning out jokes. (CNET)
View ArticleA land without guns: How Japan has virtually eliminated shooting deaths
In 2008, the U.S. had over 12 thousand firearm-related homicides. All of Japan experienced only 11, fewer than were killed at the Aurora shooting alone. And that was a big year: 2006 saw an astounding...
View ArticleMan arrested after robbing post office
A 63-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of robbing a post office in Tokyo. (Japan Today)
View ArticleMan stabbed in back while trying to stop fight in Shibuya
A man was stabbed in the back after he tried to break up a fight between two other men in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Tuesday morning. (Japan Today)
View ArticleJapan stocks edge lower in choppy trade
Japanese stocks swung between gains and losses in early Tuesday trading, with U.S. losses overnight limiting gains, and as lower commodity prices hit trading-house stocks. (MarketWatch)
View ArticleJapan says no flights until Osprey confirmed safe
Japan's prime minister says he will not allow any flights of the US military's latest transport aircraft in this country until its safety after two recent crashes has been confirmed. (abcnews.go.com)
View ArticleJapan's giant panda overcomes her grief at losing cub
Shin Shin, the mother of a baby giant panda cub that recently died in Tokyo, has overcome her grief at losing her young, and will be back in the public eye from July 25. ()
View Article4-year-old boy crushed to death by parking garage car elevator
A 4-year-old boy was crushed to death by an apartment parking garage automobile elevator in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Monday night. (Japan Today)
View ArticleBOJ Policy Board seats finally filled
The government on Tuesday officially appointed economists Takahide Kiuchi and Takehiro Sato as Bank of Japan policymakers, filling seats vacant more than three months. (Japan Times)
View ArticleToyota's worldwide cumulative vehicle production passes 200 million mark
Toyota Motor Corp on Tuesday announced that in June its worldwide cumulative vehicle production surpassed 200 million units. (Japan Today)
View ArticleSharp plans to slash thousands of jobs
Sharp Corp. plans to slash several thousand jobs through early retirement and take other measures in the face of massive after-tax consolidated losses for the April-June period this year, the first...
View ArticleOi plant's No. 4 reactor approaches full output
The No. 4 reactor at the Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture was set to start full-capacity power generation early Wednesday, Kansai Electric Power Co.'s said Tuesday. (Japan Times)
View ArticleHeatstroke patients doubled last week
The number of people taken to hospitals by ambulance in Japan due to heatstroke in the week through Sunday more than doubled from the preceding week to 5,467, preliminary data showed Tuesday. (Yomiuri)
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