Global help urged to avert reactor 4 pool fire
The risk of a fire starting in reactor 4's spent-fuel pool at the Fukushima No. 1 plant continues to alarm scientists and government officials around the world, prompting a leading U.S. nuclear expert...
View Article30% of Fukushima evacuees want their pets back
More than 30 percent of evacuees from around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant say they want to retrieve their pets that they were forced to leave behind. (NHKReloaded)
View ArticleJapan seeking to arrange talks with North Korea soon
Japan recently asked North Korea to hold high-level talks next Monday or even earlier, following their first intergovernmental talks in four years held last week, sources close to the matter said...
View ArticleJapan to help US, Canada dispose of tsunami debris
Japan has decided to offer 6 million dollars in total to the US and Canadian governments to help dispose of debris from the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on March 11th last year. (NHKReloaded)
View ArticleRussia, Japan ink crab, timber pacts
Russia and Japan say they signed a series of trade agreements Saturday, including pacts on crab poaching and a timber processing factory. (UPI)
View ArticleMan dies after being hit by roller coaster
A man doing maintenance work died after he was wedged between a running roller coaster and a rail at an amusement park in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Saturday. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleQuack doctor checked 2,300 patients
A man allegedly masquerading as a doctor conducted health checks on 2,300 people in fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2011 at a hospital in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, sources said Saturday. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleNationalism stokes island disputes around Asia
They are mere specks on the map. Many are uninhabited, and others sparsely so by seasonal residents. Yet the disputed ownership of these tiny constellations of islands is inflaming nationalist fervor...
View ArticleIto-Yokado to halve full-time workforce
Seven & i Holdings Co. plans to halve the number of full-time employees at its Ito-Yokado Co. supermarket chain, while sharply increasing the number of part-time workers by around fiscal 2015, with...
View ArticleThousands protest in Japan against Osprey aircraft
Tens of thousands of people rallied Sunday against U.S. plans to deploy Osprey hybrid aircraft on a southern Japanese island amid renewed safety concerns. (abcnews.go.com)
View ArticleJapan, S. Korea ministers agree to deal with tense ties calmly
Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and his South Korean counterpart Kim Sung Hwan agreed Saturday to deal with the elevated tension between the two countries over disputed islands as calmly as...
View Article77-year-old man arrested for threatening to start fire in Yodobashi Camera
Police said Sunday they have arrested a 77-year-old man for threatening to start a fire in appliance retailer Yodobashi Camera's store in Tokyo's Shinjuku district. (Japan Today)
View ArticleJapan, China leaders meet amid tension over islands
Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Sunday Japan should not make a "wrong decision" over a territorial dispute when he met Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda after weeks of tension between the...
View ArticleNikkei ends flat, exporters offset gains in China-linked shares
Japan's Nikkei average closed flat on Monday, with losses from exporters hurt by a strong yen cancelling out gains for China-related firms boosted by the country's infrastructure drive. (Reuters)
View ArticleNoda faces 3 challengers for DPJ leadership
Three men will challenge Yoshihiko Noda for leadership of the governing Democratic Party of Japan, it was announced Monday, with the prime minister widely expected to stay in the position. (Japan Today)
View ArticleJapan revises down growth numbers for second quarter
Japan has revised down its growth numbers for the second quarter, raising concerns about a slowdown in the world's third-largest economy. (BBC)
View ArticleMan abducts high school girl, demands ransom from mother
A 49-year-old man from Yokkaichi has been arrested for allegedly abducting a high school girl and demanding ransom money from her mother, police said Monday. (Japan Today)
View ArticleMinister Matsushita found dead at home in suspected suicide: police
Financial Services Minister Tadahiro Matsushita was found dead at his residence in Tokyo on Monday, police said, adding they suspect the country's top financial regulator committed suicide. (Mainichi)
View ArticleNHK Fukushima plant clean up efforts face challenges
Efforts to deal with problems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan still face many challenges more than a year after the meltdown. (NHKReloaded)
View ArticleNHK laboratory wins IBC award
An NHK research laboratory has won a prestigious award at the 2012 International Broadcasting Convention, or IBC, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (NHKReloaded)
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