Cesium-laced baby formula sparks concern, but risk low
Manufacturers and mothers with young children were quick in reacting Wednesday to news of cesium-tainted baby formula being sold in markets, even though the reported contamination levels were well...
View Article9 students sickened by daffodil gyoza
Nine sixth-graders at a primary school in Kamiyamacho, Tokushima Prefecture, suffered food poisoning after eating gyoza containing poisonous daffodil leaves that had been mistakenly put in the...
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Japan megaquake shifted gravity satellite orbits
The Tohoku earthquake that rattled Japan on 11 March changed Earth's gravitational field enough to affect the orbits of satellites. The satellites' altered courses suggest that the earthquake was...
View ArticleJapan mulls $12.9 bln capital injection in Tepco
The Japanese government is considering injecting at least 1 trillion yen ($12.9 billion) into Tokyo Electric next year to shore up the depleted capital of the Fukushima nuclear plant operator, the...
View ArticleSmart phone fever takesover Japan
Riding on one of Tokyo's metropolitan subways anytime any day, you are most likely to see a futuristic scene that will be common across Asia pretty soon. Most passengers are on their mobile gadgets,...
View ArticleJapan police search for missing American woman
Police in Japan are searching for an American woman who has been missing for six weeks, they said Wednesday. Kelli Abad, 27, was last seen October 26, leaving Kadena Air Base, a major U.S. Air Force...
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Huge Japanese earthquake cracked open the seafloor
The March 2011 megaquake off the coast of Japan opened up fissures as wide as 6 feet (3 meters) in the seafloor, a new study finds. The fissures now scar the seafloor where peaceful clam beds once lay,...
View ArticleJapan plans to expand contaminated rice ban
Japan will extend a ban on rice shipments from a third city in Fukushima prefecture after local authorities found more tainted grain, deepening food-safety concerns nine months after a nuclear...
View ArticleJapan may see casinos as Diet seeks quake aid
Japan's record earthquake may achieve what Las Vegas magnate Sheldon Adelson has been trying to do for years: Persuade the government to allow casinos. Adelson, chief executive officer of Las Vegas...
View ArticleTepco may dump decontaminated water into sea
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is considering dumping water it treated for radiation contamination into the ocean as early as March, the firm said on Thursday, prompting...
View ArticleJapanese Stocks Drop as Nikkei Futures Expire Amid Europe Woes
Japanese stocks fell, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average slipping from a one-month high, as investors closed out futures on the last day of a contract ahead of meetings in Europe aimed at resolving the...
View ArticleJapan funding whaling hunt with disaster budget
Japan is spending 2.3 billion yen ($29 million) from its supplementary budget for tsunami reconstruction to fund the country's annual whaling hunt in the Antarctic Ocean, a fisheries official confirmed...
View Article'Alibi firms' get away with it / Police powerless to zap companies making,...
More than 30 firms across Japan are producing and selling false employment and tax documents, but the police are powerless to crack down on the shady business that could be used for criminal purposes,...
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Olympics: Is Japan's 2020 Olympic bid going up in smoke?
Visitors to Japan are often surprised to see the kind of cigarette advertising that has long been outlawed in most countries. Ads at sporting events, in particular, seem especially out of place. At...
View ArticleMan arrested over hit-and-run that left victim's body in drainage ditch
A 45-year-old man has been arrested over the hit-and-run death of a man whose body was found in a drainage ditch in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Nov 29. According to NTV, the suspect-who is the...
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Baseball: Valentine left his mark on Japanese baseball
From "Bobby Beer" and "Bobby Burgers" to turning a perpetual doormat into a must-watch team, Bobby Valentine certainly left his mark during his time as a manager in Japan's baseball league. Valentine...
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American woman missing in Japan threatened suicide, husband says
The husband of an American woman, who has been missing for six weeks in Japan, said Thursday that she had threatened to kill herself the night she disappeared after the two argued. Vince Abad, an...
View ArticleJapan's huge nuclear cleanup makes returning home a goal
Futaba is a modern-day ghost town - not a boomtown gone bust, not even entirely a victim of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that leveled other parts of Japan's northeast coast. Its traditional...
View ArticleJapan allegedly pledges to reject North Korean defectors
Japan has allegedly promised in a written document to the Chinese government that it would not take in North Korean defectors at its diplomatic buildings in China. The government refrained from...
View ArticleMany in Japan are again heading for the hills
In the weeks following the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11, real estate transactions came to a halt across much of the country, including Tokyo. Especially affected were the...
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