Threatening, active faults found off Boso
Two previously unknown active faults were found off the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, with one researcher warning that a jolt in the two faults at the same time could trigger an earthquake of...
View ArticlePrison for Japan executive in US price fix case
A Japanese businessman has been sentenced to a year in prison and fined $20,000 for his role in scheme to fix the prices of heater control panels installed in US cars, officials in Washington said...
View ArticleThe yen's looming day of reckoning
Japan is on an unsustainable path of a strong yen and deflation. The unprofitability of Japan's major exporters and emerging trade deficits suggest that the end of this path is in sight. The transition...
View ArticleHorse racing: Japan enters 7 strong runners for the world's richest horse
Trust the Japanese to do things in style in their own very special way especially when something devastating hits them. This year, 'Team Japan' has seven horses running in the Group 1 Dubai World Cup...
View ArticleCitibank Japan to appoint SMFG director as president
Citibank Japan is set to appoint Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc director Kazuya Jono as its new president, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. The Citigroup Inc unit hopes to rebuild...
View ArticleJapan signals support for US World Bank pick
Japan's finance minister on Tuesday signalled Tokyo's willingness to support Jim Yong Kim, the US nominee for the next World Bank chief, a report said. "I think it is quite possible to consider...
View ArticleAIJ president admits falsifying reports
The head of a Tokyo asset manager alleged to have lost $1.3 billion in client money admitted wrongdoing for the first time on Tuesday, adding that the company had falsified the investment performance...
View ArticleJapan goes off script at nuclear summit to slam North Korea
Japan steered off the agenda at a nuclear security summit on Tuesday to hit out at North Korea's plans for a rocket launch next month, as U.S. President Barack Obama cautioned against complacency in...
View ArticleRights group welcomes Japan's pause in executions, calls for abolition
Amnesty International on Tuesday welcomed the absence of any executions in Japan during 2011 but remains concerned that some 130 people are still on death row. The human rights group noted in its...
View ArticleJapan sends classic paintings, pop idols AKB48 to Washington
Japan is presenting to the United States highlights of its culture both old and new, with a rare exhibition of elaborate centuries-old nature scrolls and performances by a top-selling pop band. Japan...
View ArticlePandas confirmed to have mated at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo
Tokyo's Ueno Zoo said Monday it has confirmed that two giant pandas kept at the zoo have mated, while deciding to suspend showing them to the public until Tuesday to observe their condition. The zoo...
View ArticleJapan to test facial, other biometric identification for immigration
A panel of experts Monday recommended that the Justice Ministry test facial, iris and hand vein identification systems to help simplify Japan's airport immigration procedures. Immigration officers now...
View ArticleNikkei surges more than 2%, ends at highest level since March quake
The Nikkei index surged more than 2 percent Tuesday to end at its highest level since the earthquake on March 11 last year, on hopes of a steady U.S. economic recovery fueled by U.S. Federal Reserve...
View ArticleAlison Nemoto: Still in the gloom
English teacher Alison Nemoto has lost her home and job but continues to live on the fringes of the exclusion zone in Fukushima. She has lived in a town near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant...
View ArticleMagnitude 6.3 earthquake hits northeast Japan, no damage
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no reports of damages or casualties and a tsunami warning was not issued. The quake,...
View ArticleGoogle Street View gears up for Japan's tourist season
Just in time for Japan's cherry blossom season, one of the biggest tourist events of the year, Google has produced a Street View guide to show you around. The special Cherry Blossom Season Edition...
View ArticleUS panel presses Japan on child abductions
A US congressional panel on Tuesday advanced a bill that would punish nations for not addressing child abductions, putting pressure on Japan which has never returned a child to foreign parents. The...
View ArticleJapan to promote EV charging method
The government reaffirmed Monday it will cooperate with the private sector to ensure CHAdeMo--the nation's method of rapid recharging for electric vehicles--becomes the main international standard....
View ArticleFoxconn gets Japan foothold with stake in Sharp
In another sign of Chinese manufacturing's ascent as Japan struggles, the Taiwanese giant Foxconn will become the largest shareholder in Sharp, a former exemplar of Japan's electronics empire that has...
View ArticleInternational drilling expedition to probe Japanese fault zone
The scientific drilling ship Chikyu will set sail on April 1 on an ambitious expedition to drill into the fault that caused the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. Emily Brodsky, a...
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