Japan nuclear plant may be worse off than thought
The damage to one of three stricken reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant could be worse than previously thought, a recent internal investigation has shown, raising new concerns over the plant's...
View ArticleEdano: Attacking big business complacency
No politician has had greater influence over Japanese business over the past year than Yukio Edano. Since the March 11 nuclear accident, he has driven government policy on the fate of Tokyo Electric...
View ArticleJapan output logs surprise drop, but recovery seen intact
Japan's industrial production unexpectedly fell in February for the first time in three months in a sign overseas demand is slow to recover but analysts still predict a gradual pickup in factory output...
View ArticleJapan's defense minister orders missile units to intercept North Korean rocket
Japan's defense minister on Friday ordered missile units to intercept a rocket expected to be launched by North Korea next month if it flies over Japan. The order from Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka...
View ArticleYahoo Japan to speed up development of smartphone apps
Yahoo Japan Corp., operator of the country's most-visited web portal, said it plans to accelerate development of mobile-device applications as the number of smartphone users rises. "The one thing I've...
View ArticleApple TV beckons as jackpot in Hon Hai's Sharp gamble
It promises to revolutionise television in the way the iPad did computing, and the chance to make Apple Inc's much-anticipated smart TV could explain Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry's bold move to...
View ArticleJapanese honeybees cook enemy in 'hot defensive bee ball'
When confronted with their arch-enemy, the aggressive giant Asian hornet, the honeybees will attack it by swarming en masse around the hornet and forming what scientists call a "hot defensive bee ball"...
View ArticleStocks fall on stronger yen, but show recovery from last fiscal yr
Tokyo stocks fell for a third consecutive trading session in quiet trading Friday on a stronger yen versus the U.S. dollar, but the Nikkei index finished above the 10,000 line for the fiscal year-end...
View ArticleNikkei logs strongest Q1 rise in 24 years
Japan's Nikkei share average fell for a third straight session on Friday as investors pocketed gains from the strongest first quarter rally in 24 years, while the market waited on key global events...
View ArticleTepco scraps plans for new reactors at stricken plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co, or Tepco, said on Friday it had notified Japan's trade ministry it was dropping plans for two more nuclear reactors at its Fukushima Daiichi plant, paralyzed last year by a...
View ArticleDisney, Japan's DeNA to jointly develop mobile games
DeNA Co Ltd and Walt Disney Co said on Friday they would jointly develop mobile social games, marking another step in the Japanese gaming platform operator's quest to become a global player. The tie-up...
View ArticleAll Fukushima residents to get compensation thanks to prefectural gov't
All 2 million residents of Fukushima Prefecture will receive compensation after the prefectural government decided March 29 to provide residents living outside the evacuation zones with redress in lieu...
View ArticleHighest level of radioactive cesium to date found in freshwater fish in...
Radioactive cesium far exceeding the allowable limit and way higher than previously detected contamination levels in fish has been found in river trout here, the prefectural government said on March...
View ArticleBlossoms, hope return to Japan
Thirty-five years after my first visit, the uniqueness, orderliness, egalitarianism and the theatre of everyday life in Japan still fascinates me. I am always happy to return here, as I did this...
View ArticleLucky winners drawn for first to visit Tokyo Sky Tree
The winners of individual admission tickets to become the first to visit Tokyo Sky Tree were announced on March 30, bringing joy to thousands and disappointment to many more. A total of 22,912 lucky...
View ArticleRich, and getting richer: Japan's Forbes 40
The state of Japan's overall population may be mostly gray but its club of the rich and comfortable is prospering nicely. The collective fortune of Japan's 40 richest has grown 13% to $93 billion since...
View ArticlePassage hinges on Ozawa, opposition
Despite the Cabinet's approval Friday of a sales tax hike bill that sparked months of dissent and resistance from the ruling party's ranks, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda may find that in the deadlocked...
View ArticleJapan's industrial output falls 1.2% in Feb.
Japan's industrial production unexpectedly fell a seasonally adjusted 1.2 percent in February from the previous month for the first drop in three months, as output of vehicles and mobile phones slowed...
View ArticleEmpowering women can help Japan revive its stagnant economy
In the year since Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, the nation's many deficits have been cast in stark relief. The budget deficit is widening as the cost of rebuilding the north-east mounts....
View ArticleNew satellite imagery of Japan's disaster areas
Last March, a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. At the time, satellite imagery proved to be a useful tool in visualizing the affected areas. Updated imagery taken by GeoEye in February and...
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