Japan leads world in cloud computing readiness: trade industry
Japan leads the world in preparedness to support the growth of cloud computing and capitalize on its technological and economic benefits, a global software industry advocacy group said in a report...
View ArticleWoman, 4-year-old son found dead in Tachikawa apartment
A 45-year-old single mother and her 4-year-old son were found dead in their apartment in Tokyo's Tachikawa City on Feb 13, police said Wednesday. The woman appeared to have died of an illness and the...
View ArticleMazda shares dive on plan to raise $2 billion
Mazda stock dived nearly 7 percent Thursday after the struggling car maker said it will raise about $2 billion from selling new shares to invest in assembly plants and developing new vehicle...
View ArticleAsian markets close mostly lower; Nikkei Up
Most Asian markets ended lower Thursday as fears of recessionary winds hitting Europe continued to weigh after data indicated weak business activity in the region; although Japanese exporters extended...
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Koji - Japan's vital hidden ingredient
The development of Japanese cuisine owes much to the humble kōji or kōji-kin. A type of fungus or mold, it is used in all kinds of foods and beverages. It's as important in Japan as the fungi,...
View ArticleAdvertising spending drops 2.3%
Total advertising spending in Japan declined 2.3 percent in 2011 from the year before to ¥5.71 trillion, marking the fourth straight year of decline, Dentsu Inc. said Thursday. The fall was attributed...
View ArticleFury over Japanese politician's Nanjing Massacre denial
The mayor of a Japanese city has sparked outrage after playing down a well-documented massacre of civilians in China's former capital more than 70 years ago. An estimated 300,000 people died when...
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Researchers locate birthplace of eels
Japanese researchers said Thursday they have located an area where "ma-anago" (real Japanese conger) lay their eggs, retrieving young fish 380 km south of Okinotorishima Island in the Pacific Ocean....
View ArticleMurder case shouldn't set precedent
The Supreme Court's No. 1 Petit Bench in a 3-1 decision on Feb. 20 upheld a high court ruling that sentenced a man to death for raping and strangling housewife Yayoi Motomura, 23, and murdering her...
View ArticleJapan merges science centres to cut costs
The Japanese government is consolidating five of its most prestigious scientific agencies - the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Riken, the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS),...
View Article'Lonely' starvation deaths prompt soul-searching
It took more than a month to discover the bodies. Japanese police say the family of three - a couple in their 60s and a son in his 30s - likely starved to death in their own apartment in Saitama...
View ArticleUS moves to isolate Russian, Japanese crime groups
The United States announced Thursday moves to lock global organized crime out of the financial system, putting sanctions on the Russia-linked Brothers' Circle and Japan's powerful Yamaguchi-gumi. The...
View ArticleForeign residents decrease by 55,000
The Justice Ministry has reported that the preliminary number of registered foreign residents in Japan was 2,078,480 as of the end of 2011, down 55,671 from the previous year. This was the third...
View ArticleJapan completes first preliminary talks with all 9 TPP countries
Japan held preliminary talks with New Zealand in Wellington on Thursday over bid to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative, completing the first round of such talks...
View ArticleJapan pledges loans to Iraq amid Iran squeeze
Japan is to offer $530 million in loans to Iraq, in part to help rebuild oil refineries, an official said Friday, as Tokyo seeks to diversify fuel supplies after the tightening of sanctions on Iran....
View ArticleTepco bailout largest in Japan since rescue of banking industry
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is set to receive a government bailout that may cost as much as 11 trillion yen ($137 billion) after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the largest in Japan since the rescue of...
View ArticleForced out by tsunami, Japan sushi chef dreams of home
When the tsunami roared through his northern Japanese hometown of Ofunato last March, sushi chef Sanichi Niinuma managed to escape with his life, but his shop was battered and badly damaged by the...
View ArticleTrial ends over fatal driving rampage at Mazda complex; verdict due March 9
The trial of a former Mazda Motor Corp. worker who went on a deadly driving rampage at the carmaker's plant complex in 2010 ended Friday, with prosecutors demanding life imprisonment and the defense...
View ArticleZoo site hacked amid Nanjing fracas
The website of a city-run zoo in Nagoya was hacked to display messages demanding that Japan acknowledge the 1937 massacre of Chinese civilians in Nanjing, officials said. The posted messages, which...
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Fast-breeder said realistic no more
A panel of experts reviewing the nuclear fuel cycle policy in light of the Fukushima crisis has agreed that while a fast-breeder reactor has advantages, from a technology viewpoint it can't be...
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