Softbank star in driver's license flap
Tokyo police said Monday they have turned over to prosecutors their case against actor/model Dante Carver, 34, a frequent character on Softbank Corp.'s mobile phone commercials, for allegedly driving...
View ArticleTight schedules halt Noda-Obama summit
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will forgo his trip to Washington in January to meet U.S. President Barack Obama because schedules are tight for both sides, Japanese government sources said Monday. Noda,...
View ArticleCulprit in Kyushu slayings to hang
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down the death sentence appeal of a 50-year-old man convicted in the slayings of seven people in Kitakyushu, clearing the verdict for finalization. Lower court...
View ArticleProactive survivors lead grave rebuilding efforts
Many survivors of the March 11 disaster wish to have their ancestral graves rebuilt, as the graves and temple grounds that held them were severely damaged by the tsunami. Some survivors have already...
View ArticleNo Monju test runs in FY12, govt says
The government has announced it will not resume test operations for a Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, during fiscal 2012 in light of the current domestic situation...
View ArticleTop genome researcher to quit / Frustrated expert wants to develop anticancer...
Tokyo University Prof. Yusuke Nakamura will step down as head of the office promoting medical innovation in the Cabinet Secretariat and move to the University of Chicago, it was learned Monday....
View ArticleMan nabbed for trying to sell stuffed panda
A 40-year-old Chinese man has been arrested for trying to sell a stuffed panda to Chinese tourists at his house in Ota Ward, Tokyo, in early September, the Metropolitan Police Department said Monday....
View ArticleGrim job situation continues in Tohoku
The number of people receiving unemployment allowances in three Tohoku prefectures increased 60 percent in October from a year earlier, reflecting the grim job market caused by the March 11 disaster....
View ArticleAnalysis -Little appetite in Japan for major post-Olympus reform
Japan is unlikely to make sweeping reforms to rules on corporate governance in the wake of the Olympus Corp accounting scandal because of a largely hostile business lobby and a lack of political will...
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Radioactivity in Japanese waters thousands of times higher than normal
With recent reports that there have been further radioactive leaks from the Fukushima nuclear power plants, a new study has assessed the level of radioactivity in the ocean in the first months after...
View ArticleSoccer: Japan striker suspended for injuring teammate
Japan international striker Genki Haraguchi has been suspended from activities at his J-League club Urawa Reds for a week after injuring a teammate in a scuffle on a training ground. The 20-year-old...
View ArticleHomeless man viciously beaten by five Tokyo teens
A group of teens brutally beat and robbed a homeless man on Sunday at 2:15 a.m. in a public park restroom in Tokyo. It appears the five teens attacked this man simply for thrills. The 60-year-old...
View ArticleJapan likely to buy Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighters: media
Japan's government has selected the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter to bolster its aging air force and is likely to announce the multibillion-dollar deal by the end of the week, news reports said...
View ArticleTruck carrying 100 pigs collides with car in Tochigi
A car crashed into a truck carrying 100 pigs at Nasukarasuyama in Tochigi Prefecture on Monday, police said Tuesday. The accident occurred at about 9:30 a.m., according to Sankei Shimbun. The truck,...
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Japan's working-woman problem
Japan has taken some steps forward since the one-two punch of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in March. But the long-term health of the economy, which has continued to decline over the...
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Marathon: Blind 11-year-old girl from Japan finishes Honolulu marathon with...
Wakana Ueda followed the sounds of applause, of chanting and of her mother's voice as she crossed the finish line of the Honolulu Marathon on December 11. The blind, 11-year-old girl from Toyota City,...
View ArticleSony shopping is 'wrong direction' in Apple war
Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer has announced acquisitions worth $8.4 billion this year to bolster phones and content. That may not be enough to turn around a company heading for a...
View ArticleTokyo stocks close 1.37% higher on EU move to back tighter budget policing Close
Tokyo stocks rose 1.37 percent on Monday following a move by European Union leaders to back tighter budget policing in a desperate bid to save the debt-riddled eurozone. The Nikkei 225 index at the...
View ArticleLast death sentence upheld in 1995 Tokyo subway gas attack
Japan's Supreme Court upheld a death sentence handed down on a member of the doomsday cult that staged gas attacks on the Tokyo subway in 1995, a court spokesman said on Tuesday, ending the trials of...
View ArticleJapan's post-tsunami revival plan reaches tipping point
Nine months after a historic magnitude 9.0 earthquake unleashed a deadly tsunami that wreaked havoc across Japan's northeast, the nation, armed with $155 billion in funding, is entering a critical...
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