Tokyo to tout 'washi' for UNESCO list
Japan will propose its traditional paper-making techniques this year for the UNESCO list of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, the Cultural Affairs Agency said Wednesday....
View ArticleJapan returned to growth in fourth quarter in boost for Abe
Japan returned to growth in the fourth quarter, bolstering Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's campaign to end 15 years of deflation and revive the world's third-biggest economy. (Bloomberg)
View ArticleNikkei 225 erases losses from Lehman collapse on yen, GDP
Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average (NKY) erased losses from the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. after the yen slid to a 3 1/2-year low against the dollar and data showed Japan's economy...
View Article3 men killed in Kyoto car accident
Three men were killed late Thursday night when the car they were riding in crashed on a highway in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture. (Japan Today)
View ArticleJapan police arrest siblings over skeleton 'mother'
Three siblings lived for up to three years with what is thought to be the skeleton of their mother, police in Japan said today, with a report adding they believed she had not died but become a god....
View ArticleAbe urges N. Korea abide by U.N. resolution
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe demanded in the small hours of Friday that North Korea abide by the latest U.N. Security Council resolution. (Jiji Press)
View ArticleData signals end to Japan's recession
Japan's economy performed better in the fourth quarter than previously thought, according to revised government data released Friday that could add fuel to the government's stimulus efforts. (CNN)
View ArticleCurrent account deficit logged for 3rd month
Japan ran a current account deficit for the third straight month in January, the longest streak on record, the Finance Ministry said Friday. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleOspreys return to Okinawa after drills on mainland Japan
Three MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft returned to the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Friday afternoon, after finishing drills on mainland Japan. (Jiji Press)
View ArticleJapan mouse cloned 26 generations and still going
Japanese scientists have produced 26 generations of clones from a single mouse, the lead researcher said Friday, possibly paving the way for the mass replication of valuable livestock. (rawstory.com)
View ArticleBaseball: Japan gets extra-inning win over Taiwan in World Baseball Classic
Sho Tanaka drove in the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning as Japan beat Taiwan 4-3 in the second round of the World Baseball Classic. (guardian.co.uk)
View ArticleAso denies Japan's intention to weaken yen
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso told U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Thursday that Japan's monetary easing is not intended to weaken the yen. (Jiji Press)
View ArticleRate of thyroid lumps in Fukushima no higher than in others
Lumps in the thyroid glands of children in Fukushima Prefecture, home to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, virtually appear at almost the same rate as in children from three other...
View Article'The Kirishima Thing,' 'The Intouchables' win at Japan Academy Awards
High school drama Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo (The Kirishima Thing) won best picture and best director for Daihachi Yoshida at the 36th Japan Academy Prize on Friday, with other honors widely shared...
View ArticleFukuoka gears up for China's smog cloud
The average daily amount of the toxic air pollutant PM2.5 was forecast to reach 42 micrograms per cubic meter in the city of Fukuoka on Friday, topping the national environmental standard of 35...
View ArticleColleges to double foreign students
Japan's national universities intend to double their admissions of overseas students to 10 percent by 2020 and to also increase the number of courses offered in English two-fold to around 24,000....
View Article50 bil. yen planned for Cool Japan fund
The government plans to allocate 50 billion yen for the creation of a Cool Japan fund aimed at helping companies better market their anime, food and other Japanese products overseas, according to...
View ArticleMissing Japanese mountaineer found alive in Indonesian ravine
A Japanese mountaineer who went missing last week while scaling a mountain in Indonesia's North Sumatra Province was found alive at the bottom of a 300-meter ravine Saturday, a local search and rescue...
View ArticleThousands in Japan demand end to nuclear power
Thousands of people rallied in a Tokyo park Saturday, demanding an end to atomic power and vowing never to give up the fight, despite two years of little change after the nuclear disaster in...
View ArticleEvents held in memory of 2011 disaster victims
The municipal government of Rikuzentakata in northeastern Japan on Sunday held a memorial service for more than 1,500 city residents who lost their lives in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami...
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