Bank of Japan nominees mix bold policies with caution
The Japanese government's nominees for the Bank of Japan's two deputy governors offered contrasting policy views on Tuesday, as one described a bold path to meet an inflation target and the other often...
View ArticleWorld's oldest woman turns 115 in Japan
The world's oldest woman celebrated her 115th birthday on Tuesday in a Japanese nursing home with her favorite mackerel sushi dish on the menu. (inquirer.net)
View ArticleOnline archive for March 2011 disasters to open Thursday
The Japanese internal affairs ministry said Tuesday that it will open a Web site Thursday to allow people to search for photos and video clips related to the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear...
View ArticleJapan coastguards arrest Chinese fishing boat captain in territorial row
Coastguards in Japan on Tuesday arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat in a region involved in an increasingly bitter territorial dispute between the two countries. (telegraph.co.uk)
View ArticleTokyo real estate tycoon arrested for tax evasion
Public prosecutors arrested Tokyo real estate tycoon Genshiro Kawamoto on Tuesday on charges of evading some 800 million yen in corporate taxes. (Jiji Press)
View ArticleTokyo 2020: Olympic committee checks out Japan's bid
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomed IOC inspectors to Tokyo on Monday, March 4, and said the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 Olympics was "second to none." (twincities.com)
View ArticleJapan man dies after hospitals reject him 36 times
A 75-year-old Japanese man died after 25 hospitals refused to admit him to their emergency rooms 36 times over two hours, citing lack of beds or doctors to treat him, an official said Tuesday. (AFP)
View ArticleKumamoto 1st in Japan to issue PM2.5 warning
The Kumamoto prefectural government has become Japan's first municipality to issue a warning over air pollution caused by PM2.5 under provisional state guidelines introduced last week. (Jiji Press)
View ArticleIwakuni residents protest Osprey drills
Residents of Iwakuni City in western Japan have protested planned low-altitude flight drills of Osprey transport aircraft. (NHK)
View ArticlePanasonic selling Tokyo building as part of turnaround
Panasonic Corp. is selling a building in Tokyo for about 50 billion yen ($537 million) as the electronics maker tries to recover from losses of more than 1.3 trillion yen in the past two years....
View ArticleOnodera: China defense budget needs transparency
Japan's defense minister has urged China to disclose the contents of its defense budget and increase transparency. (NHK)
View ArticleCrown prince leaves for New York for UN conference
Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito has left for New York to attend a UN conference on water and disasters. He is to become the first member of Japan's imperial family to take part in a meeting at the United...
View ArticleSamsung set to buy 3% stake in Sharp: report
South Korean electronics giant Samsung is set to buy a three-percent stake in struggling Japanese rival Sharp via a capital increase, a press report said Tuesday, a deal that would give Samsung greater...
View ArticleMan stabs neighbor in leg, slashes face over noise dispute
A 48-year-old man in Kawasaki has been arrested for the attempted murder of his 51-year-old neighbor over a noise disturbance, police said Tuesday. (Japan Today)
View ArticleRadiation in Fukushima 80km zone falls by 40%
Government officials say radiation levels within 80 kilometers of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant decreased by 40 percent in the 12 months leading up to November, 2012. (NHK)
View ArticleToyota i-Road city concept revealed ahead of Geneva
Toyota has unveiled a new three-wheeled i-ROAD city concept EV at the Geneva Motor Show this week. Billed as a Personal Mobility Vehicle (PMV), the i-ROAD features a tandem two seat configuration...
View ArticleTokyo court says vote disparity in 2012 election unconstitutional
The Tokyo High Court ruled Wednesday that the 2.34 times disparity in the weight of votes seen in a single-seat constituency in Tokyo in a House of Representatives election last December is...
View ArticleJapan and US agree on auto exemptions in free trade pact
Tokyo and Washington have agreed on exemptions for the auto industry in a mooted Pacific-wide free trade pact, as Japan readies to announce its entry into negotiations, reports said on Wednesday....
View ArticleMonument to 'miracle' pine tree unveiled in Japan
A monument to the so-called miracle pine tree, the only one to remain standing among tens of thousands on a beach inundated by the 2011 tsunami, was unveiled in the Japanese city of Rikuzentakata on...
View ArticleJapan, S.Korea leaders affirm cooperation over N.Korea
South Korea's new president Park Geun-Hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held telephone talks Wednesday and agreed to co-operate on their reaction to North Korea's latest nuclear test last...
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