Japan Red Cross says whole year wasted in post-tsunami
The Japanese Red Cross said on Wednesday an entire year has been lost in rebuilding tsunami-ravaged areas of the country because the central government and local authorities had failed to agree on a...
View ArticleContaminated water may still be leaking into Pacific
A group of researchers has reported that radiation-contaminated water could still be leaking into the sea from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant. Data on radioactive cesium in the sea near the plant...
View ArticleBig One 'likely to be shallower'
The focus of any major earthquake that strikes beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area is likely to be shallower than previously thought, a government project team said Wednesday. The edge between the...
View ArticlePolice raid 2channel in drug case
The police have searched 10 places related to the 2channel online bulletin board on suspicion that its operators assisted drug deals by failing to delete a post soliciting such transactions, according...
View ArticleGovt may vaccinate everyone in flu epidemic
The government plans to vaccinate the nation's entire population if a new, highly virulent and infectious strain of influenza is expected to become epidemic in Japan. The government aims to establish...
View Article23 remote isles put under state ownership
The government has placed 23 remote islands under state ownership after finishing necessary legal procedures last August, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Wednesday. The 23 islands, which...
View ArticlePanel urges colleges to make students study harder
Colleges and universities that make a determined effort to have their students study harder should receive preferential financial treatment, including government subsidies, according to a draft of...
View ArticleDisaster claimed 1,046 minors
A total of 1,046 people aged 19 or younger died or went missing in the three prefectures hit hardest by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and nearly two-thirds of the victims were aged 60 or older,...
View ArticleCop 'faked drunk-driving evidence'
A police officer with more than 20 years of experience checking for impaired drivers was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of forging information on a Breathalyzer test, according to Osaka prefectural...
View ArticleTwo women found dead in Tachikawa apartment
Police said Thursday that the bodies of two women found in an apartment in the Tokyo suburb of Tachikawa appear to be a mother and her daughter. According to TBS, the two bodies were found on Wednesday...
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Scientists survey seabed fractured by Japan quake
Scientists on Thursday launched a mission to the seabed off Japan where a massive quake triggered last year's devastating tsunami, to get their first proper look at the buckled ocean floor....
View ArticleJapan's economy shrinks at annual 0.7% pace, less than initially estimated
Japan's economy contracted less than the government's initial estimate last quarter, improving prospects for the recovery from last year's earthquake. Gross domestic product shrank an annualized 0.7...
View ArticleChina, TPP and Japan's future in Asia
For evidence of China's vision for an integrated East Asian political economy-binding China, Japan, and Korea-look at remarks of China's Commerce Minister yesterday in Beijing. Speaking at a press...
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Tourism spending in Japan expected to rebound
Almost one year since a devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunami struck Japan, a global travel trade group predicted that the island country's tourism industry would make a full recovery in 2012 amid...
View ArticleTokyo stocks close down
Tokyo stocks have lost 0.63 per cent as concerns over slowing growth in China eclipsed better-than-expected US economic data, brokers say. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange declined...
View ArticleJapan: One year after the quake and tsunami
The Japanese economy and stock market are slowly on the mend. Japan's government reported Thursday that gross domestic product shrunk at an annualized rate of 0.7% in the fourth quarter, a revision...
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Old-fashioned eats: Japan's soul food
We know it's obvious, but Tokyo is home to the best Japanese restaurants on the planet. Countless thousands of them, in fact. So many, it's hard to know where to start. From the outside everything...
View ArticleSoccer: Top-seeded Socceroos hope to avoid Japan
The high-flying Socceroos enter Asia's year-long final qualifying round as top seeds in their quest for a third consecutive World Cup finals berth in Brazil in 2014. Their table-topping performance in...
View ArticleJapan prepares to commemorate Tohoku tragedy
This Sunday is the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the coastline of northeastern Japan and killed more than 15,000 people. In January, the central government announced...
View ArticleYanai, Japan's wealthiest man, ranks 88th on Forbes' list of world's richest
Japan's richest man, Tadashi Yanai, has been ranked 88th on the Forbes business magazine list of the world's wealthiest people. Forbes said Thursday that Yanai, founder and president of Fast Retailing...
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