Sony to ship new sensors for phones
Sony Corp., Japan's largest exporter of consumer electronics, said Monday it plans to start shipping new sensors in October that produce sharper images than current ones as it seeks to win more orders...
View ArticleTokyo cosmetic surgeon found guilty in fatal liposuction case
The Tokyo District Court on Monday found a surgeon at Shinagawa Cosmetic Surgery guilty of causing the death of an elderly woman who underwent liposuction surgery in 2009. (Yomiuri)
View Article3/11 seabed ruptures rattle quake-fault theory
Fault ruptures in the seabed caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 occurred in shallows where two plates meet, calling into question the common notion that fault slips are unlikely, a...
View ArticleSoftbank bets on credit card tieup
In an attempt to change the deep-rooted cash culture in Japan, Softbank Corp. is hoping to create a business opportunity here by teaming up with U.S.-based PayPal Inc. (Japan Times)
View ArticleSales at power suppliers down 6.3%
Electricity sales by the nation's 10 major power utilities in July fell 6.3 percent from a year before to 68.482 billion kwh, down for the second straight month, the Federation of Electric Power...
View ArticleIwo Jima final transmission radio found
A military radio found in a bunker on Iwo Jima was likely that used by the Japanese army to send their final message before the island was overrun by US soldiers, a report said Monday. (The Standard)
View ArticleMika Yamamoto, veteran war correspondent for the Japan Press, killed in Syria...
A Japanese journalist has been killed in Syria while covering the civil war there, Japan's government said Tuesday. Mika Yamamoto, a veteran war correspondent with the Japan Press, an independent TV...
View Article16-year-old boy held for allegedly stabbing mother to death
Police on Monday arrested a 16-year-old boy following the discovery of the body of his 43-year-old mother, who was found stabbed to death at her apartment Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture. (Japan Today)
View ArticleStocks close mixed
Tokyo stocks were mixed Tuesday amid lackluster trading due to absence of any trigger affecting market sentiment. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange slipped 0.16%, or 14.24 points, to...
View ArticleSurvey: Smartphone growth surging in Japan, Android use double IOS
Japan's smartphone users have surged 43 percent this year, and two-thirds now use Android devices, according to a survey conducted by comScore. (PC World)
View ArticleSmartphone-social media ties thrive
Social media such as Twitter and Facebook are mainly used in Japan via personal computers by businessmen in their 30s and 40s and through smartphones by teens and those in their 20s. (Japan Times)
View ArticleJapanese men discover their feminine side
Japan is seeing an explosion in sales of male beauty products and the spread of male cross-dressing. (abc.net.au)
View ArticleThis man loves Japan. His name is Tommy Lee Jones
You might like Japan. But if you are Tommy Lee Jones, you totally *heart* it. Who loves Japan? Why Tommy Lee Jones, that's who! (Kotaku)
View ArticleChina and Japan: two nations locked in mutual loathing
The large-scale demonstrations that erupted across China on Sunday, in response to activists from Japan landing on disputed islands in the East China Sea, were a fierce reminder that it takes little...
View ArticleReporter killed in Syria a tough, careful veteran
Mika Yamamoto, an award-winning veteran journalist who was killed Monday during fighting in Aleppo in northern Syria, had a reputation of being a tough and careful reporter, according to her peers....
View ArticleEfforts to sterilize insufficient at pickling plants
At least five people were confirmed to have died in a mass outbreak of E. coli O-157 food poisoning in Hokkaido as of Monday, with 110 others likely suffering from O-157 contaminated Chinese cabbage...
View ArticleOlympic gold medalist Yoshida vying for 10th world title at worlds
Three-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida will feature among seven wrestlers who will compete in the women's world wrestling championships next month in Canada, the Japan Wrestling Federation said...
View ArticleRecord radiation levels found in fish caught off Fukushima
A pair of rock trout have shown the highest level of radioactive cesium detected in fish and shellfish caught in waters off Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, its operator said Tuesday....
View ArticleJapan returns ambassador to S.Korea amid island dispute
Japan is sending its ambassador back to South Korea, one week after recalling him in the wake of an intensifying island dispute between the two Asian neighbors. (VOA News)
View ArticleNikkei retreats after recent hefty gain
Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Wednesday as investors cashed in gains after a recent sharp run-up on mounting expectations that the European Central Bank will soon act to tackle the euro zone...
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