Japan hails Olympic medal haul
Japan fell far short of its gold-medal target at the Olympics but still rejoiced Monday in a record medal haul, hailing it as a boost to the country's recovery from last year's quake-tsunami disaster....
View ArticleNadeshiko Japan fly home in business class
Members of the Japan women's soccer team returned home on the weekend and got upgraded to business class after winning a silver medal at the London Games. (Japan Today)
View ArticleJapanese oil tanker, U.S. Navy ship collide
A Japanese-owned bulk oil tanker collided with a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer near the Strait of Hormuz early Sunday, but no one was injured on either vessel. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleMakers rush to develop 'smart community' technology
The nation's heavy electric machinery makers are rushing to develop technologies essential to creating "smart communities," which maximize the efficiency of energy consumption through information...
View ArticleStrong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit northern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (Reuters)
View ArticleVenus eclipsed by Moon seen in Japan for 1st time in 23 years
A rarely seen eclipse of Venus by the transiting Moon was observed by sky watchers in Japan in the early hours of Tuesday, for the first time in the country since 1989, though the viewable regions were...
View ArticleDocomo mobile phone's roaming services disrupted globally
NTT Docomo Inc. said Tuesday its international roaming services for subscribers traveling outside Japan had been disrupted since the previous evening Japan time, affecting its World Wing coverage area...
View ArticleHeavy rains cause flooding, severe damage in Kinki region
Violent storms lashed Japan's Kinki region on Aug. 14, bringing flooding and destruction during the country's Obon festival to honor the dead. (Mainichi)
View ArticleMissing school party found in Nara mountains
Police located a school group Tuesday that had gone missing a day earlier while on a camping trip in a mountainous area of Nara Prefecture in western Japan. (Mainichi)
View ArticleJapan, North Korean officials to meet for first time in four years
Diplomats from Japan and North Korea will meet for the first time in four yours later this month for talks that could touch on the contentious issue of the North's abduction of Japanese citizens...
View ArticleShares close 0.50% higher
Shares closed 0.50% higher on Tuesday amid a lack of fresh trading cues, with many investors staying away from the market during a traditional summer holiday. (Japan Today)
View ArticleJapan needs a new economic miracle
Has Japan'spolitical paralysis finally lifted? The agreement last week between the government and leading opposition parties to double the consumption tax - the sales tax - from 5% to 10% by 2015...
View ArticleReporter fired for leaking cop bribe info
The Yomiuri Shimbun said Tuesday it has fired a reporter in its Fukuoka bureau for inadvertently releasing sensitive information he had gathered about a police officer who allegedly took bribes from...
View ArticleSouth Koreans swim to disputed islands amid Japan row
More than 40 South Koreans have begun a relay swim of more than 200km (124 miles) to islands also claimed by Japan amid a serious diplomatic row between the two neighbours. (BBC)
View ArticleJapan's poverty gap has politicians calling for rise in minimum wage
As Japan's corporations struggle to compete with lower-cost Asian rivals, along with the yen at a record high, they are increasingly moving factories abroad and acquiring foreign companies. The biggest...
View ArticleJapan fifth in Bloomberg healthiest countries rankings
The Bloomberg news agency on Monday placed Japan fifth in its ranking of the world's healthiest countries, measured by average life expectancy, cigarette smoking rates, mortality and other factors....
View ArticleDespite flaws, Rakuten is 1e_SEnD 0 against Amazon in Japan's e-book wars
Rakuten, Japan's largest online shopping mall - and a head-to-head rival of Amazon Japan that also hopes to expand its business globally - launched its first e-book reader, the Rakuten Kobo Touch, on...
View ArticleQuasi-legal herbs get more scrutiny
As concerns mount over the growing use of quasi-legal herbs as narcotics, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has started monitoring Internet sales of the herbal mixture - but to limited effect as...
View ArticleJapan marks 67th anniversary of WWII's end
Japan is marking the 67th anniversary of its World War II surrender with a somber memorial led by its emperor and other commemorations. (Jakarta Post)
View ArticleWoman breaks leg after getting it caught between train and platform at...
A woman in her 20s broke her leg after it got caught between a departing train and the platform at Shibuya Station on Wednesday morning. (Japan Today)
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