Japan eyes picking senior diplomat as chief TPP negotiator
The government is arranging to appoint Koji Tsuruoka, deputy foreign minister in charge of economic affairs, as Japan's chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, government...
View Article18th anniversary of sarin gas attack
Wednesday marked the 18th anniversary of the sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway system. (NHK)
View ArticleJapanese researchers signal breast cancer regenerative medicine breakthrough
Japanese researchers have boasted a major breakthrough in regenerative medicine for breast cancer patients. (Japan Times)
View ArticleDoctor campaigns to raise awareness about surfer's ear disease
A Japanese doctor is working on raising public awareness of the disease called surfer's ear, an ailment that has become more common amid a surfing boom in recent years. (Japan Times)
View ArticleSwaziland government sells maize donated by Japan and banks the cash
Swaziland's government has sold maize donated by the Japanese government to feed hungry Swazis for $3m and deposited the money in the Central Bank of Swaziland. (guardian.co.uk)
View ArticleSeibu to reject tender offer by Cerberus
Seibu Holdings Inc. has indicated it will reject a planned tender offer by U.S. private equity fund Cerberus Capital Management LP. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleGuam court sets another pretrial hearing for murder rampage case
A Guam court set another pretrial hearing Wednesday for a local man charged with slaying three Japanese tourists and wounding 11 other people in a vehicular and knife rampage. (Japan Times)
View ArticleAirport security breach inconveniences 1,250
The unauthorized wanderings of a passenger at Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport on Tuesday forced about 1,250 passengers to undergo a second security inspection, according to airport authorities. (Yomiuri)
View Article19-year-old turns himself in over assault in Tokyo's Kita Ward
A 19-year-old man turned has himself in to police in connection with an incident in which a 39-year-old man was beaten unconscious in Tokyo's Kita Ward on Tuesday night. (Japan Today)
View ArticleJapan logs trade deficit for 8 months in row, 1st time since 1979
Japan's goods trade deficit stood at 777.5 billion yen in February, marking the eighth straight month of red ink, as the steep depreciation of the yen drove up costs of fossil fuel imports amid tepid...
View ArticleNikkei marks 4-1/2 year high as financials, exporters gain
Japan's Nikkei average climbed to a fresh 4-1/2 year high on Thursday as financials and exporters gained on the news of the U.S. Federal Reserve's pledge to maintain stimulus and hopes of more monetary...
View ArticleAnti-whalers return to Australia claiming win over Japan
The Sea Shepherd anti-whaling fleet docked in Australia on Wednesday claiming victory over Japan, as the activist group urged Canberra to grant fugitive founder Paul Watson free passage into the...
View ArticleNew BOJ chief pledges all-out efforts to combat deflation
New Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda pledged on Thursday to launch full-scale efforts to end deflation in the country, one day after he took the reins of the central bank. (Jiji Press)
View ArticleRat suspected of causing power problem at Fukushima plant
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant said Wednesday it suspects a rat-like animal of causing a short circuit in a switchboard that may have led to the power outage at the plant,...
View ArticleEasy money doesn't mean easy times for Japan's small businesses
New Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda started work Thursday with a daunting mission: pumping trillions of yen into the world's third-largest economy to encourage businesses and individuals to spend....
View ArticleJapanese utilities unable to devise plan on use of plutonium
A group of Japan's major utilities has given up on devising by the end of March a plan on how to use about 0.6 tons of fissile plutonium to be extracted by reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in the fiscal...
View ArticleFrench firm preparing to ship MOX fuel to Japan
French nuclear energy firm Areva says it is preparing to ship recycled plutonium fuel to Japan. The firm made the announcement on Wednesday. (NHK)
View ArticleSpike in turtles drifting ashore
An increasing number of stranded young sea turtles have been found along the Sea of Japan coast in recent months, with 119 confirmed since November, according to the Sea Turtle Association of Japan....
View ArticleThe new BOJ: First step in a long march
Japan finally has a central bank governor determined to chart a much more aggressive monetary policy in the battle to reverse 15 years of deflation - something many economists, particularly overseas,...
View ArticleJapan, U.S. eyeing joint operations for Senkaku contingencies
Japan and the United States have started mapping out joint operation plans to prepare for any contingency arising from conflicting claims between Tokyo and Beijing over the Senkaku Islands, sources...
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