Japan indicts Chinese trawlerman at centre of spat
Japan on Thursday indicted a Chinese trawlerman whose ramming of two Japanese coastguard vessels sparked a diplomatic showdown, in a symbolic move that was likely to fizzle out. The formal indictment...
View ArticleJapan seeks to open more foreign embassies
Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said on Saturday that Japan would seek a massive expansion of its embassies to enhance its diplomatic influence. In remarks made in the Japanese city of Nagoya...
View ArticlePolice recruit shoots himself in head at police station
A police recruit in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, is in a coma after he apparently attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head at a police station, authorities said Monday. Police say...
View ArticleThree injured after snow cave collapses in Nagano
Police said Monday that three people were injured after a cave they had dug on a snow-covered slope collapsed on their group in Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture, on Saturday night. According to police, the...
View ArticleSkeletonized remains found in Saitama
Police said Monday that the skeletonized remains of a human body were found on a median strip of a highway in Kusaka, Saitama Prefecture, on Sunday morning. According to police, a worker who was man...
View ArticleJapan's teachers fund to start investing in REITs, hedge funds
Japan's Teachers' Mutual Aid Co- operative Society, which manages $8.4 billion on behalf of its members, plans to start investing in real estate investment trusts and hedge funds for the first time to...
View ArticleNikkei gains for 5th day; Fanuc, Komatsu advance
Japan's Nikkei share average rose for the fifth straight session on Monday, with investors scooping up straggling blue-chips as they sought further evidence of U.S. economic recovery before pushing the...
View ArticleOzawa enters final plea of innocence
Ichiro Ozawa, former president of the Democratic Party of Japan, entered his final plea of innocence Monday at the Tokyo District Court, claiming no false entries were made in his political funds...
View ArticleDisney goods lure grownups
Disney-themed merchandise is becoming more popular with adults as products from handbags and wallets to curtains featuring Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and other trademark figures proliferate in...
View ArticleWarming may be delaying eels' coastal arrival
Young Japanese eels, which have traditionally been caught at river mouths in the winter and then raised for human consumption, have been reaching the coast around May and June in recent years, possibly...
View ArticleGolf: Ishikawa takes special membership on PGA Tour
Japanese star Ryo Ishikawa has decided to take special temporary membership on the PGA Tour, which allows him to accept as many sponsor exemptions as he wants for the rest of the 2012 season. The...
View ArticleKakuryu upsets Hakuho again at spring tourney
Kakuryu's first win against Hakuho in 21 previous match-ups last time out must have been just the spinach he needed for a death-defying encore performance on Monday. The Mongolian sekiwake assumed his...
View ArticleHyogo bans smoking at schools, hospitals
The Hyogo Prefecture Assembly passed a total ban Monday on smoking at schools and hospitals that takes effect on April 1, 2013. Hyogo is the second prefecture to introduce such restrictions on smoking...
View ArticleIndia, China and Japan join hands for piracy control
India, China and Japan recently agreed for better coordination among their naval ships deployed for escort of merchant vessels in the piracy-infested Gulf of Aden, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday....
View ArticleJapan asks B.C. for help to identify debris
Over the past few months, debris from Japan has been washing up on the shores near Tofino, B.C., sparking debate over whether the bottles, planks of wood and other items constitute regular ocean...
View ArticleBank of Japan lending plan good for banks: Moody's
The Bank of Japan's plan to fund high-growth enterprises through a 1 trillion yen ($12.5 billion) lending program that draws on its U.S. dollar reserves is good for the creditworthiness of the nation's...
View ArticleBob Hawke receives top Japanese honour
Despite his words being lost in translation during his first visit to the country as prime minister, Japan has bestowed its highest order on Bob Hawke. Mr Hawke, flanked by his wife Blanche, received...
View ArticleNeil Young's path to the multibillion-dollar mobile social game market
Neil Young sold his San Francisco startup Ngmoco to Japan's DeNA for $403 million in the fall of 2010. And that was just the beginning of Young and DeNA's quest to create a multibillion-dollar mobile...
View ArticleRadioactive water leaks at Japan nuclear plant
Japan's nuclear safety watchdog on Monday said a leakage of about 1.5 tonnes of low-level radioactive water occurred at a plant of Japan Atomic Power Co in the village of Tokai in Ibaraki Prefecture....
View ArticleJapan turns to technology to meet needs of growing elderly population
With the most rapidly aging population in the world and a growing number of people living to be more than 100 years old, firms in Japan have come up with some innovative products and services to cater...
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