Rare white tiger cubs born in Japan
White tigers seem almost mythical in appearance, with their snow white fur and often larger statures than their fellow felines. They are also very rare; it is believed that they are only 100 to 200 in...
View ArticleJapan's central bank governor shows he can walk the walk as well as talk the...
The Bank of Japan means business. That was the clear message to be drawn from the debut of the bank's new governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, brought in with the specific task of lifting the world's third...
View ArticleNumber of tourists seen hitting record during Golden Week
A record number of people are expected to go traveling during Japan's Golden Week holidays from late April to early May, major travel agency JTB Corp. said Thursday. (Jiji Press)
View ArticleTo communicate in English, TOEFL is vital: LDP panel
English-language education at public schools should shift in emphasis to verbal communications skills, and for that purpose, universities must adopt the Test of English as a Foreign Language for...
View ArticleHeavy rain, high winds to slam China, Japan and South Korea
A storm system will bring showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall to much of southeastern China on Friday. (accuweather.com)
View ArticleJapan's Nikkei tops 13,000 for first time since 2008
Japan's stock market soared on Friday to a nearly five-year high after the central bank unveiled its boldest stimulus measures yet. (BBC)
View ArticleSchoolboy attacks grandmother with hatchet
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested for attempting to murder his grandmother with a hatchet at their home in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture. (Fuji News Network)
View ArticleNTT East site hacked
NTT East Corp. said Thursday the exclusive Web site for members of its Flet's Hikari optical broadband service has been hacked. (Jiji Press)
View ArticleJapanese web portals hacked, up to 100,000 accounts compromised
Two of Japan's major Internet portals, Yahoo Japan and Goo, were hacked earlier this week, with Goo warning that as many as 100,000 user accounts were compromised, including financial details....
View ArticleNorth Korean missile faces South Korea, Japan
North Korea has moved a medium-range missile, which could hit targets in South Korea and Japan, to its east coast, a report says. (presstv.ir)
View ArticleJapan nuclear plant's cooling restored after 2nd failure
Power was restored Friday to a cooling system at a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in Japan that failed for the second time in a month after an outage caused by construction work to keep out rats...
View ArticleSukiya, Matsuya to cut 'gyudon' prices
The operators of the Sukiya and Matsuya "gyudon" beef-bowl chains will cut prices for a week beginning Friday. (Japan Today)
View ArticleGovt wants H7N9 samples early
The government has asked China to promptly provide H7N9 bird flu virus samples so Japanese researchers can move quickly to make a new vaccine, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Norihisa Tamura said...
View ArticleBoar rampage leaves eight hurt in Hyogo town
A large wild boar went on a rampage Thursday in Taishi, Hyogo Prefecture, leaving eight people, mostly senior citizens, injured. (Japan Times)
View ArticleCyndi Lauper donates piano to Miyagi hospital
American pop star Cyndi Lauper showed her true colors by donating a restored piano--which was damaged when the 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastated Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture--to a hospital in the...
View ArticleSoros calls Japan's aggressive stimulus plan 'dangerous'
Thursday's announcement by the Bank of Japan to deepen its aggressive economy stimulus plan was a sensation for the markets. George Soros called the move "a very daring undertaking," anticipating...
View ArticleJapan whaling haul a 'record low', plans to keep whaling regardless
Japan's latest whaling season has drawn to a close with a record low haul due to "unforgiveable sabotage" by protestors, a government minister has said. (wired.co.uk)
View ArticleN. Korea tells embassies to consider evacuation amid tension
North Korea's Foreign Ministry on Friday requested the Russian and other embassies in Pyongyang to consider the possibility of evacuation amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the Interfax news...
View ArticleCerberus plans 45% Seibu Holdings stake
U.S. private equity fund Cerberus Capital Management LP said Friday it aims to raise its stake in Seibu Holdings Inc. to nearly 45 percent in an apparent bid to take the initiative in managing the...
View ArticleVandal cuts down 30 cherry blossom trees in Chiba
Police in Chiba said Friday they are looking for the person or persons responsible for cutting down 30 cherry blossom trees in the city's Chuo Ward. (Japan Today)
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