Sumo: Stablemaster Tagonoura dead at 46
umo stablemaster Keihito Tagonoura, former makuuchi-division wrestler Kushimaumi, died of unknown causes at a Tokyo hospital on Monday, police said. He was 46. A native of Wakayama Prefecture, the...
View ArticleWanted suspect identified in fatal eatery shooting
Police continued their manhunt Tuesday for a 65-year-old man wanted in the fatal shooting the previous day of a 62-year-old man in a restaurant in Togane, Chiba Prefecture. News photo Chong Yong Bom...
View ArticleNoda plans first visit to Okinawa
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will visit Okinawa from Feb. 26 to 27 to seek local consent for moving ahead with the relocation of a key U.S. base within the prefecture, sources said Tuesday. During his...
View ArticleDeep-sea temperature up 0.02 degree every decade
Seawater to a depth of up to 700 meters is warming at a pace of 0.02 degree every 10 years worldwide, according to an analysis by the Meteorological Agency. In its first analysis into deep-water...
View ArticleTepco bailout to follow Resona model
The government's bailout of Tokyo Electric Power Co. will be similar to the 2003 rescue of struggling Resona Holdings Inc., trade and industry minister Yukio Edano said Tuesday. "The capital injection...
View ArticleNoda Cabinet approval rating slides to 30%
The approval rating of the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda fell to 30 percent from 37 percent in a January survey conducted immediately after a Cabinet reshuffle, a Yomiuri Shimbun survey...
View ArticleNikkei rallies, Topix hits 800 for 1st time in 6 mths
Japan's Nikkei average rallied to a six-month closing high and the broader Topix index breached the 800 level on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan expanded its asset buying programme the previous day....
View ArticleEmperor will stay on the job until Feb. 18 surgery
Emperor Akihito will continue with his official duties right up until he checks into the University of Tokyo Hospital to undergo coronary bypass surgery on Feb. 18. The 78-year-old emperor greeted...
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Matt Johnson's family returns from Japan, with no success finding missing...
A woman identifying herself as his sister posting on the "Please pray for Matt Johnson" Facebook page last night said that her father and and brother-in-law are back from Tokyo, unsuccessful in their...
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Japanese cosplayer feels heat for flashing Taiwanese police car
While Japanese cosplayer Ushijima Ii Niku ("Good Meat") was in Taiwan, she caused a media storm after showing up to an event in her underpants. The incident even made the evening news there. But...
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US comic wins Japan international manga award
American comic book "I Kill Giants" has won the top prize in the Japanese government-sponsored annual international award for manga, the foreign ministry said. The 2008 book, created by American...
View ArticleWith marine basing Decision, U.S. sidesteps stalemate with Japan
After years of controversy and disagreement, the U.S. and Japan agreed last week to decouple the terms of an agreement to close the U.S. Marines' Futenma air base in Okinawa, after negotiations over...
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Japan's surging sales of residential solar PV
From wind and geothermal power to fuel cells, the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred March 11 off the coast of Fukushima - along with much longer standing energy security concerns - has...
View ArticleJapan's nuclear safety chief apologizes, says country's regulations are...
Japan's nuclear safety chief said Wednesday the country's regulations are flawed, outdated and below global standards, and he apologized for their failure when a tsunami crippled one plant last year....
View ArticleJapan, S. Korea dominate electric car and hybrid battery market
Lithium ion batteries are leading the charge in the electric vehicle market, and no countries produce them better than Japan and South Korea. That's according to Pike Research, which ranks South...
View ArticleJapanese PM warns Barak of military strike against Iran
Japan's prime minister urged Defense Minister Ehud Barak to avoid mounting a military strike on Iran following Israeli claims that Tehran is behind the latest terror attacks in Thailand, India and...
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Japan, one year later: glimmers of life in a ghost town
Most people in Sendai are living their lives much as though nothing happened on March 11, 2011. On the surface, anyway. But push on north as the sun is setting over the Tohoku region, toward the town...
View ArticleSoccer: Japan's football chiefs vows to keep away yakuza mobsters
Japan's football chiefs have vowed to shun the country's infamous 'yakuza' mobsters, as the sport worldwide tries to protect itself against the long tentacles of organised crime and illegal gambling....
View ArticleTop court rejects actor's appeal over drug death
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by actor Manabu Oshio, upholding a lower court-imposed 30-month prison term for giving the synthetic drug Ecstasy to a girlfriend and neglecting to take proper...
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Tokyo's rabbit cafes hopping with customers
Tokyo is full of cafes catering to a wide assortment of tastes, but in recent years a new breed of coffee house has emerged for people who love to hang out with rabbits. Ra.a.g.f, pronounced "raf,"...
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