Renesas capital injection could exceed 150 billion yen
The government-affiliated Innovation Network Corporation of Japan said Monday that it will invest a total of 150 billion yen in struggling chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp., together with eight...
View ArticleSDF complete deployment in 8 days
The Self-Defense Forces completed deploying troops to intercept a North Korean long-range ballistic missile Sunday, eight days after Pyongyang announced the launch. Compared to two past cases, the SDF...
View ArticleSony loses science talent as student resumes go to dairies
Japan's science students are eschewing traditional high-powered employers such as Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. to help make ice cream and yogurt. They are applying to dairies. That says quite a bit...
View ArticleArticle exposes how the military keeps alcohol plentiful and cheap in Japan
The Stars and Stripes did an revealing article dealing with U.S. military's efforts to curtail, what they call an "entrenched culture of alcohol use" among U.S. service members serving in Japan....
View ArticleAnti-whaling activists unveil latest ship, bought from Japan
Anti-whaling activists unveiled on Tuesday their latest weapon against Japanese whalers in the frigid Southern Ocean, a $2 million ship funded by the producer of The Simpsons television series and...
View Article17-year-old dead, 16-year-old seriously injured following police chase
An investigation is underway to discover the cause of a motorbike crash in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, in which one teen was killed and another seriously injured. (Japan Today)
View Article2 Kanto Rengo members turn themselves in over Roppongi beating death
Two members of the boszoku motorcycle gang Kanto Rengo on Sunday turned themselves over to Tokyo Metropolitan Police over the beating death of 31-year-old restaurant manager Ryosuke Fujimoto in...
View ArticleScientists: Fault under Japan nuke may be active
A team of Japanese geologists says a seismic fault running underneath a nuclear plant in western Japan is likely to be active, which could force the scrapping of one of its two reactors. (abcnews.go.com)
View ArticleSoccer: Chelsea fever building in Japan
Chelsea have arrived in Japan to a warm welcome from a loyal band of supporters hoping that a strong showing at FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 will generate a wave of "blue fever" and widen the club's...
View ArticleLonger lives, lower incomes for Japanese women
When Hiroko Taguchi retired this past April, at the age of 64, from her job as an insurance sales agent, she joined the rapidly growing ranks of Japan's aging women who now outnumber their male...
View ArticleTokyo stocks close almost flat
Tokyo stocks have closed almost unchanged as investors await the outcome of a two-day US monetary policy meeting and talks aimed at averting the "fiscal cliff". (Trading Room)
View ArticleJapan firm recalls China tea on pesticide fears
Japanese food company Ito En on Tuesday issued a huge recall of Chinese-grown tea after some of it was found to contain illegal levels of pesticide residue. (AFP)
View ArticleJapanese researchers invent clothes that can power cell phones
Clothes that could literally light up your life were unveiled Tuesday by Japanese researchers who said their solar-cell fabric would eventually let wearers harvest energy on the go. (businessinsider.com)
View ArticleUFO crash reported off Japan coast sparks media interest
Over the last several days, a number of websites have reported that Japan's Nippon Television was covering a story of how a UFO crashed off the coast of Okinawa and that officials had released a...
View ArticlePower industry may suffer a blow
If it is decided to decommission the Tsuruga nuclear power plant, it will hit not only its operator, the Japan Atomic Power Co., but also electricity utilities that have invested in the company. It...
View ArticleStudents 4th in science, 5th in math, intl poll finds
Japanese primary and middle school students ranked fourth in science and fifth in mathematics worldwide last year, an improvement from four years before, according to an international survey released...
View ArticleYamanaka has a ball at glittering Nobel banquet
STOCKHOLM--Prof. Shinya Yamanaka, who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, attended a spectacular Nobel banquet with his wife and other family members Monday evening. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleCase against NHK anchorman dropped
Tokyo prosecutors have decided to drop a case against an NHK announcer who was arrested on suspicion of groping a young woman on a train, it has been learned. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleFriday's quake revised up to magnitude 7.4
The Japan Meteorological Agency has revised the magnitude of Friday's earthquake that rocked the Tohoku and Kanto regions from 7.3 to 7.4, after analyzing seismometer records and other data. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleJapan polls show LDP, ally set for big majority
With just days to go before Japan's lower house election determines the next government, local media polls showed Tuesday that the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party was on its way to a sweeping...
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