U.S. displacing Japan as No. 1 for highest corp taxes
The United States will hold the dubious distinction starting on Sunday of having the developed world's highest corporate tax rate after Japan's drops to 38.01 percent, setting the stage for much...
View ArticleJapan heading for energy death spiral?
Nobuo Tanaka's hair is on fire. The immediate past executive director of the International Energy Agency is on a mission attempting to alert officials in the United States, Japan, Europe, China and...
View ArticleiJapan: Apple ranked as top consumer brand in Japan
For the first time ever, Apple has been ranked the top consumer brand in Japan in Nikkei's annual brand ranking. Apple shot up from 11th place last year, and 64th place three years ago, hitting 90.5...
View ArticleNew camera sees Japan's radiation threats
One year after Japan's nuclear disaster, the invisible threat of radiation still lurks around homes and businesses near the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant. Now, a new camera based on Japanese space...
View ArticleChinese cybercrime campaign traced back to one man
A notorious malware campaign that infected hundreds of computers in Japan and India has been linked back to a former graduate student at a Chinese university - a rare instance in which a name and face...
View ArticleHonda's FCX Clarity can power a home for 6 days
Honda has turned the FCX Clarity into a zero emissions electric generator on wheels. The auto manufacturer outfitted the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle with a mobile power supply system, enabling the car...
View ArticleJapan to lift entry ban on some Fukushima cities
Japan said on Friday it would lift entry bans on some cities in Fukushima prefecture that had been designated no-go zones due to their proximity to a nuclear power plant crippled by a powerful...
View ArticleJapan's bill for marine move may hit $3.5 billion
Japan and the United States have began making adjustments to increase to $3.5 billion from $2.8 billion the costs Tokyo will shoulder to transfer U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam, sources said. The...
View ArticleNarita to open Tokyo's first biz jet terminal
Tokyo's first dedicated business-jet terminal opens Saturday as Japan tries to lure millionaire tourists from China and investment from multinationals adding Asian offices. The facility at Narita...
View ArticleCherry blossoms set to lift national mood
The nation was too stunned last year to partake in the national ritual of "hanami" cherry blossom viewing after the March 11 disasters left more than 18,000 dead or missing, but now people are in the...
View ArticleEmperor to continue resting at palace as he recuperates from heart bypass
Emperor Akihito will continue to rest at the Imperial Palace as he recuperates from his heart bypass in February, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday. The agency has not given a clear indication...
View ArticleRestaurants face ban on serving raw beef liver following E. coli discovery
A health ministry panel on Friday proposed banning all raw beef liver served at restaurants, after it was discovered that it contains the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria. The Health, Labor and Welfare...
View ArticleF-15s to be sent to guard Aegis ships
The Defense Ministry has decided to send F-15 fighters to guard Aegis destroyers to be deployed in preparation for the scheduled launch of a North Korean missile, government sources have said. The...
View ArticleBusinesses laud tax hike, criticize other fiscal efforts
Major business associations welcomed Friday's Cabinet approval of bills to raise the consumption tax and called for early passage of the bills in the Diet, but also criticized the government's efforts...
View ArticleMan dressed as woman arrested for stabbing policeman
A man dressed as a woman has been arrested after he stabbed a policeman with a fruit knife at a "koban" (police box) in Fuchu City in Tokyo. Police said Friday that the "woman"-who was a man in his...
View Article2 prosecutors convicted in evidence tampering case
A court in Japan convicted two senior lawyers in a high-profile evidence-tampering case on Friday that rocked public confidence in the highly respected state prosecution service. The Osaka District...
View ArticleNankai quake scenario menaces Pacific coast
Wide swaths of the Pacific coastline stretching from Honshu to Kyushu may be hit by tsunami over 20 meters high if a newly feared megaquake occurs in the Nankai Trough, a Cabinet Office panel warned...
View ArticleExpressways in earthquake-stricken region in Japan no longer toll-free
The Japanese government on Saturday ended a special measure that had made expressways in the Tohoku region toll-free to promote reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake, likely dealing yet...
View ArticleGoogle: Japanese court didn't ban all our search suggestions
Google is setting the record straight about a court's demands that Google stop automatically completing its searches in Japan. Google searches on most browsers and devices automatically suggest search...
View ArticleYonaguni: Japan's most westerly isle
A colossal, dark-skinned man rides along the sidewalk on a motorbike: no helmet, two small children aboard - a vision of life in the laconic Tropics. There are times here too on Yonaguni, the...
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