-
-
14:36
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Finnish police said Thursday they have found a body believed to be the gunman who killed four people in a shopping center in the city…
-
8:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Customers line up to enter a Wendy's restaurant in Shinjuku on Thursday, the last day of business for the hamburger chain's 71 outlets in Japan.…
-
7:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Five-member Korean boy-band Big Bang was named Best New Artist at the 51st Japan Record Awards on Wednesday night. Member D-Lite, 20, commented in fluent…
-
6:17
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The state-owned Development Bank of Japan agreed in a meeting with government officials Thursday to expand its current 100 billion yen credit line for Japan…
-
6:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A man robbed a dry cleaner in the town of Kumatori Wednesday, thrusting a replica gun at the female cashier, 44, and making off with…
-
5:55
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
About 40 police officers on Wednesday paid their respects outside a home in Setagaya Ward, where a family of four was killed nine years earlier…
-
4:56
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Using the White House's blog, a top aide to President Barack Obama on Wednesday dismissed former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism about Obama's approach to…
-
4:22
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A suicide bomber at a base in Afghanistan's volatile east killed eight American civilians on Wednesday, U.S. officials said, the worst loss of life for…
-
2:16
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The National Police Agency will create a national-level center specializing in DNA analysis during the year from April in an effort to improve its scientific…
-
0:43
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Mitsubishi Electric will release a new steamless IH rice cooker without a steam outlet. The product adopted a charcoal inner pot, which distributes heat evenly.…
-
0:14
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A study group of government officials and scholars is preparing a report that calls for establishing a legal provision to restrict parental rights as a…
-
0:05
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The government is making arrangements for an increase in a credit line set by the state-owned Development Bank of Japan for Japan Airlines Corp as…
-
0:02
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Prosecutors have indicted a teacher at Kaishin High School in the city of Kumamoto over an accident that left a karate club member at the…
-
-
23:50
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Yemeni forces raided an al-Qaida hideout and set off a gun battle Wednesday as the government vowed to eliminate the group that claimed it was…
-
23:46
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Tens of thousands of hard-liners poured into the streets in support of Iran's clerical rulers at state-sponsored rallies Wednesday, some chanting calls for the execution…
-
23:38
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
World Series MVP Hideki Matsui is confident he can make a return to the outfield next season when he suits up for the Los Angeles…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A man savagely killed a dog, ran naked through a tennis club and poured hot coffee on his head before he was finally arrested early…
-
22:58
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Russia's space agency chief said Wednesday a spacecraft may be dispatched to knock a large asteroid off course and reduce the chances of earth impact,…
-
22:46
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Alleged fund-reporting irregularities involving ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa have unfolded further as the amount of unlisted money transfers in the fresh case is believed…
-
-
9:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Whatever the field of business, one can usually find some staff who simply aren't earning their pay. And others may not be good team players…
-
8:20
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A Self-Defense Forces rescue team on Friday discovered a small single-engine propeller plane that disappeared two days ago in northern Japan as well as the…
-
8:13
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The already fragile economic recovery may be getting weaker.
Economists expect the government to report Friday that economic growth slowed in the April-to-June quarter as…
-
4:55
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japan's jobless rate in June rose to 5.3 percent, matching the level seen last November as it worsened for the fourth straight month, but job…
-
4:21
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A group of lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan calling for an end to deflation urged the government Friday to set specific inflation…
-
3:56
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Calbee Foods Co. said Friday it has launched a recall of six potato chips products as pieces of rubber may have got into packets during…
-
3:47
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Japanese Diet convened Friday with opposition parties set to increase the pressure on the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Naoto Kan following the…
-
3:18
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
More than 2,000 people lined up on Friday in front of a museum in Kanagawa Prefecture that began exhibiting a small capsule released from the…
-
3:09
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Justice Ministry will open the execution chamber at the Tokyo Detention House to the media as early as August, Justice Minister Keiko Chiba said…
-
2:09
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Panasonic Corp. said Thursday it has decided to make Sanyo Electric Co. and Panasonic Electric Works Co. wholly owned units next April in a bid…
-
1:38
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
World No. 2 Ai Miyazato got off to a lackluster start in her bid for a first major title overseas with a 4-over 76 at…
-
1:37
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on…
-
1:19
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The transport ministry is likely to request just several tens of billions of yen more for a project to make the nation's expressways toll-free in…
-
0:59
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Militants flew an al-Qaida flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in a brazen afternoon…
-
0:50
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Arizona asked an appeals court Thursday to lift a judge's order blocking most of the state's immigration law as the city of Phoenix filled with…
-
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
If you find Mt Takao a bit too crowded and are looking for somewhere to enjoy nature without having to battle with hordes of daytrippers,…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
People in Japan have been using portable body warmers for centuries to brave the winter cold, but it’s taken a while for someone to come…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Model Nozomi Sasaki, 22, will promote Fujifilm's new line of FinePix digital cameras in a series of upcoming commercials. One commercial in the series that…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Have Your Say › What do you think the movie-going experience will be like 50 years from now? ...
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Whitewater rafting in Nagaoka-gun, Kochi Prefecture.
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Yamaha is targeting fashionable green-minded consumers with a new electric scooter designed for short city commutes.
The 240,000 yen "smart minimal commuter" EC-03 is zero-emission…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
If you find Mt Takao a bit too crowded and are looking for somewhere to enjoy nature without having to battle with hordes of daytrippers,…
-
21:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Psychiatrist Tamaki Saito, expressing reservations over the age of electronic books (Mainichi Daily News)
-
21:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
More than one million copies of a novel about a teenage girl who uses inspirational quotes by management guru Peter Drucker in reforming a high…
-
20:22
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Nissan Motor Co. reported Thursday a group net profit of 106.65 billion yen for the April-June period, a turnaround from 16.53 billion yen in net…
-
18:38
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Tokyo stocks fell Thursday, a day after the key Nikkei index ended at a two-week high, as a stronger yen prodded investors to lock in…
-
18:38
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
NTT Docomo Inc. said Thursday it booked a group net profit of 142.15 billion yen in the April-June period, down 3.5 percent from a year…
-
18:37
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Softbank Corp. said Thursday its group operating profit in the April-June quarter soared 44.6 percent from a year earlier to a record 156.60 billion yen…
-
18:37
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it will recall a total of some 428,000 vehicles in the United States and Japan due to defects in steering…
-
18:07
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Satoshi Nagai pitched one-run ball over eight innings and the Rakuten Eagles got longballs from Takeshi Yamasaki, Norihiro Nakamura and Randy Ruiz on the way…
-
17:44
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Year-round rocket launches at two space centers in Kagoshima Prefecture will become possible from the next fiscal year as local fishermen's associations have agreed to…
-
16:33
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Two Japanese movies have been nominated for the 67th Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion award, organizers of the festival beginning Sept. 1 said Thursday.
One…
-
9:50
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Panasonic Corp. said Thursday it posted a group net profit of 43.68 billion yen for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, a turnaround from a…
-
9:48
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Bad weather forced local police and a Self-Defense Forces rescue team to suspend their aerial search Thursday for two men missing after contact was lost…
-
9:27
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Fukuoka High Court on Thursday awarded damages totaling about 369 million yen to plaintiffs over noise caused by flights at a U.S. military base…
-
9:02
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Sony Corp. said Thursday it logged a group net profit of 25.74 billion yen in the April to June period, compared with a year-earlier group…
-
8:38
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The number of Japanese visas issued to individual Chinese tourists has seen a 5.6-fold jump so far in July from a year earlier as Japan…
-
8:28
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japan and Brazil signed Thursday a social security agreement to enable their nationals not to have to pay pension premiums in both countries at the…
-
8:27
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima came under pressure from within the party Thursday to step down and take responsibility for its setback in the…
-
7:31
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japan is considering increasing its expenditures for moving some U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam, in the hope of realizing the transfer by 2014 in…
-
6:08
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A federal judge stepped into the fight over Arizona's immigration law at the last minute Wednesday, blocking the heart of the measure and defusing a…
-
5:37
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A computer glitch hit All Nippon Airways' check-in system for international flights at Narita, Chubu, Hong Kong and San Francisco airports Thursday morning, Japan's second-largest…
-
5:04
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The industry ministry said Thursday it called on Apple Japan Inc. the previous day to redress the problem of faulty older models of the iPod…
-
5:04
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The industry ministry said Thursday it called on Apple Japan Inc. the previous day to redress the problem of faulty older models of the iPod…
-
4:49
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Some 3,000 buckets containing explosive chemicals have been washed into a major river in northeast China on Wednesday in floods triggered by days of heavy…
-
4:44
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un Chan will announce his resignation later Thursday to take responsibility for the government's failure to get parliamentary approval for…
-
4:32
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Sharp Corp. on Thursday began selling three-dimensional televisions, joining the competition against Panasonic Corp. and Sony Corp. in the emerging market of TVs that can…
-
3:50
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned the executions of two Japanese death row inmates, the first death sentences carried out since the Democratic Party of Japan…
-
3:08
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Shareholders of struggling Japanese apparel maker Renown Inc. on Thursday approved the company's proposal to come under the wing of Chinese textile firm Shandong Ruyi…
-
1:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan's capital Wednesday, killing all 152…
-
1:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan's capital Wednesday, killing all 152…
-
0:47
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Lawmakers in the region of Catalonia thrust a sword deep into Spain's centuries-old tradition of bullfighting, banning the blood-soaked pageant that has fascinated artists and…
-
0:47
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Lawmakers in the region of Catalonia thrust a sword deep into Spain's centuries-old tradition of bullfighting, banning the blood-soaked pageant that has fascinated artists and…
-
0:41
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Struggling Japan Airlines Corp. is close to agreeing with creditor banks on the details of its rehabilitation plan, its bankruptcy administrator said Wednesday, as the…
-
0:41
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Struggling Japan Airlines Corp. is close to agreeing with creditor banks on the details of its rehabilitation plan, its bankruptcy administrator said Wednesday, as the…
-
0:31
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japan is considering increasing its expenditures for moving some U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam, in the hope of realizing the transfer by 2014 in…
-
0:31
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japan is considering increasing its expenditures for moving some U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam, in the hope of realizing the transfer by 2014 in…
-
0:25
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A central government panel on regional autonomy decided Wednesday to see if the operations of 13 local agencies under eight ministries can be transferred to…
-
0:25
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A central government panel on regional autonomy decided Wednesday to see if the operations of 13 local agencies under eight ministries can be transferred to…
-
0:21
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Costume role players from Spain, Mexico and the United States visited the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday and talked about the joy of transforming…
-
0:21
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Costume role players from Spain, Mexico and the United States visited the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday and talked about the joy of transforming…
-
0:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Continental Airlines’ 25th aircraft with new flat-bed BusinessFirst seats and additional upgraded amenities has taken to the skies.
The carrier’s flat-bed seats made their operational…
-
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
American actress Eliza Dushku, 29, who starred in the popular U.S. television series "True Calling," and who can currently be seen in "Dollhouse," will visit…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Actress Angelina Jolie, in Tokyo for the weekend opening of action thriller "Salt," brushed off rumors about her shaky relations with Brad Pitt.
"He was…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Passers-by look at marine life in an aquarium set up at Sony Plaza in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district. The aquarium will remain there until Aug…
-
21:24
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Japan Fair Trade Commission sees no antimonopoly problem with Yahoo Japan Corp.'s planned tie-up with U.S. Internet search engine Google Inc., JFTC Secretary General…
-
21:24
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Japan Fair Trade Commission sees no antimonopoly problem with Yahoo Japan Corp.'s planned tie-up with U.S. Internet search engine Google Inc., JFTC Secretary General…
-
20:45
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A planned transfer of U.S. Marines from Japan's Okinawa Prefecture to Guam could be delayed until 2017 from the current target of 2014 as the…
-
20:45
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A planned transfer of U.S. Marines from Japan's Okinawa Prefecture to Guam could be delayed until 2017 from the current target of 2014 as the…
-
20:09
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission has raided locations related to Thai-based investment fund Asia Partnership Fund Group over its unit's alleged fictitious investment in…
-
20:09
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission has raided locations related to Thai-based investment fund Asia Partnership Fund Group over its unit's alleged fictitious investment in…
-
18:32
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Over 2,000 national public servants are estimated to work 80 or more hours overtime a month, a level deemed as a key threshold in triggering…
-
18:32
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Over 2,000 national public servants are estimated to work 80 or more hours overtime a month, a level deemed as a key threshold in triggering…
-
18:32
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Wednesday its group net profit nearly tripled in the April to June quarter from a year earlier due to…
-
18:32
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said Wednesday its group net profit nearly tripled in the April to June quarter from a year earlier due to…
-
18:31
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Nepalese police have arrested a 27-year-old Japanese national at Kathmandu's international airport on suspicion of possessing 1.2 kilograms of hashish, an official said Wednesday. Hirokazu…
-
18:31
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Nepalese police have arrested a 27-year-old Japanese national at Kathmandu's international airport on suspicion of possessing 1.2 kilograms of hashish, an official said Wednesday. Hirokazu…
-
18:31
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
WBA flyweight champion Daiki Kameda will make his first title defense against former champion and countryman Takefumi Sakata in September, boxing sources said Wednesday. ''No…
-
17:43
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Executives of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan plan to report Thursday at a meeting of all its Diet members that Prime Minister Naoto Kan's…
-
17:36
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A single-engine propeller plane with two men aboard is feared to have gone down Wednesday in northern Japan, prompting search and rescue operations by police…
-
17:36
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A single-engine propeller plane with two men aboard is feared to have gone down Wednesday in northern Japan, prompting search and rescue operations by police…
-
10:15
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The government plans to appoint Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae as new vice foreign minister to replace Mitoji Yabunaka, who is now the top bureaucrat…
-
10:15
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japan's Nikkei stock index jumped more than 2 percent to a two-week closing high Wednesday, powered by a weaker yen and optimism about Japanese corporate…
-
7:21
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
France has declared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network's North African…
-
7:10
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Panasonic Corporation, an industry leader in Full HD 3D and HD TV technology, unveiled today the world’s first 3D camcorder for consumers1. The HDC-SDT750 camcorder…
-
7:02
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday criticized Yahoo Japan Corp.'s decision to adopt Google Inc.'s Internet-search technology as an anticompetitive act allowing Google to monopolize Japan's Internet…
-
7:02
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday criticized Yahoo Japan Corp.'s decision to adopt Google Inc.'s Internet-search technology as an anticompetitive act allowing Google to monopolize Japan's Internet…
-
6:42
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
American actress Angelina Jolie gives her autograph to fans at the Japan premiere of her movie "Salt" in Tokyo on Tuesday night. "Salt" opens in…
-
6:42
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
American actress Angelina Jolie gives her autograph to fans at the Japan premiere of her movie "Salt" in Tokyo on Tuesday night. "Salt" opens in…
-
4:57
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Child abuse cases handled by consultation offices in Japan hit a record 44,210 in fiscal 2009, rising for 19 straight years since statistics were first…
-
4:57
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Child abuse cases handled by consultation offices in Japan hit a record 44,210 in fiscal 2009, rising for 19 straight years since statistics were first…
-
4:48
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japan hanged two death row inmates Wednesday in the first execution under the Democratic Party of Japan government launched last September, Justice Minister Keiko Chiba…
-
4:48
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japan hanged two death row inmates Wednesday in the first execution under the Democratic Party of Japan government launched last September, Justice Minister Keiko Chiba…
-
4:48
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Self-Defense Forces need to enhance their capabilities to effectively respond to multiple contingencies, an advisory panel for Prime Minister Naoto Kan says, while calling…
-
4:48
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Self-Defense Forces need to enhance their capabilities to effectively respond to multiple contingencies, an advisory panel for Prime Minister Naoto Kan says, while calling…
-
3:59
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos will likely attend an annual ceremony in Hiroshima to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing of the city on Aug.…
-
3:59
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos will likely attend an annual ceremony in Hiroshima to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing of the city on Aug.…
-
3:59
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Hiroshima High Court on Wednesday upheld a 2006 lower court decision that sentenced a Peruvian man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting and murdering…
-
2:59
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Bank of Japan policy board member Hidetoshi Kamezaki said Wednesday implementing the government's growth strategy and fiscal reform plans ''with a sense of speed'' would…
-
1:52
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Struggling Japan Airlines Corp. and its bankruptcy administer Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan have asked 31 banks to waive 383 billion yen in loans…
-
1:52
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Struggling Japan Airlines Corp. and its bankruptcy administer Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan have asked 31 banks to waive 383 billion yen in loans…
-
1:50
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Japanese government is set to delay the planned release later this week of its annual report on national defense policies, given a simmering territorial…
-
1:45
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Yahoo Japan Corp. said Tuesday it has decided to adopt Google Inc.'s Internet search engine and online advertisement technology, instead of teaming up with Microsoft…
-
1:41
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A Texas man accused of starving three children and confining them to a squalid hotel bathroom for as long as nine months was convicted Tuesday…
-
1:41
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A Texas man accused of starving three children and confining them to a squalid hotel bathroom for as long as nine months was convicted Tuesday…
-
1:35
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Yahoo Japan Corp. said Tuesday it has decided to adopt Google Inc.'s Internet search engine and online advertisement technology, instead of teaming up with Microsoft…
-
1:35
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science have found that an iron compound become superconductive, where electrical resistance disappears in a substance, if they…
-
1:35
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science have found that an iron compound become superconductive, where electrical resistance disappears in a substance, if they…
-
1:31
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party is open to cooperating on policy issues with Prime Minister Naoto Kan's ruling bloc, LDP President Sadakazu Tanigaki suggested…
-
1:30
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Nissan Motor Co. and its alliance partner Renault SA of France are aiming to hold 20 percent of the global market for electric vehicles in…
-
1:29
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Singapore Airlines said Tuesday it will start operating two daily round-trip flights linking Singapore's Changi airport and Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 1, in…
-
1:15
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Two Japanese businessmen who recently returned from a trip to a Russian-held island claimed by Japan obtained visas for their trip in line with Russian…
-
1:15
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A U.S. audit has found that the Pentagon cannot account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraq reconstruction money, spotlighting Iraqi complaints that…
-
1:15
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A U.S. audit has found that the Pentagon cannot account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraq reconstruction money, spotlighting Iraqi complaints that…
-
1:02
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Canon Inc. said Tuesday its group net profit in the January-June period increased 273.2 percent from a year earlier to 124.50 billion yen due to…
-
1:02
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa notified prosecutors through his lawyer Tuesday that he will submit to their questioning on a voluntary…
-
1:02
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Former Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa notified prosecutors through his lawyer Tuesday that he will submit to their questioning on a voluntary…
-
0:55
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Prime Minister Naoto Kan will hold a news conference on Friday, the day an extraordinary Diet session begins, his office said Tuesday, in an apparent…
-
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
This is the third product in Itoen's fruit juice beverage YUZU series. It has the freshness of the Yuzu fragrance, and the fresh taste of…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
This is the third product in Itoen's fruit juice beverage YUZU series. It has the freshness of the Yuzu fragrance, and the fresh taste of…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Have Your Say › Which credit card company do you recommend? Have you had any trouble with any ...
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Have Your Say › Which credit card company do you recommend? Have you had any trouble with any ...
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Toymaker Bandai's blue jellyfish toy named "Magic Pet" moves around inside a bottle.
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Actress Rei Kikukawa, 32, took the opportunity to yearn for her ideal man at a recent event to promote the 25th anniversary of New Zealand's…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Actress Rei Kikukawa, 32, took the opportunity to yearn for her ideal man at a recent event to promote the 25th anniversary of New Zealand's…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Tokyo might not seem like a particularly green city, but seasoned urban ramblers know that nature abounds if you look in the right places. Once…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Tokyo might not seem like a particularly green city, but seasoned urban ramblers know that nature abounds if you look in the right places. Once…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Foreign ministers from 27 countries discussed ways to promote confidence-building at an annual Asian regional security forum in Vietnam last week amid China's rapid military-building…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Foreign ministers from 27 countries discussed ways to promote confidence-building at an annual Asian regional security forum in Vietnam last week amid China's rapid military-building…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Cases of social withdrawal in which people do not leave their homes and communicate only with their families are often triggered by work, according to…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Cases of social withdrawal in which people do not leave their homes and communicate only with their families are often triggered by work, according to…
-
20:38
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
North Korea on Tuesday criticized Japan for participating in four-day U.S.-South Korea military drills in the Sea of Japan through Wednesday. The United States and…
-
20:33
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The United States expects the planned relocation of its Marines in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture to be delayed beyond the current target of 2014, a senior…
-
19:10
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Takahiro Arai delivered a sixth-inning tiebreaking single and Craig Brazell homered twice as the Hanshin Tigers beat the Yokohama BayStars 5-2 on Tuesday to move…
-
11:37
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
JFE Steel Corp. said Tuesday it will acquire a 14.99 percent stake in India's major steelmaker JSW Steel Ltd. for 48 billion rupees (about 90…
-
10:11
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The government decided Tuesday to take countermeasures against child pornography including a step to block access to indecent images of children on the Internet.
At…
-
10:03
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
An 80-year-old man has sued a foreign currency agent who he says tricked him into purchasing Iraqi currency as an investment, knowing that it would…
-
10:01
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Tokyo stocks ended almost flat Tuesday as the market awaited a series of earnings reports from Japanese companies this week. After drifting in and out…
-
8:20
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The man charged over a 2008 stabbing spree in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district on Tuesday indicated the motives in court for the first time, saying…
-
7:45
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Leading energy company Inpex Corp. said Monday it will raise up to 520 billion yen in fresh capital via the sale of new and existing…
-
7:33
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday criticized the government's policy of promoting public services to foster economic growth as ''the most incomprehensible…
-
7:32
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Credit card firm JCB Co. envisions securing a sizable presence in the Chinese market, where JCB brand credit card issues are rapidly increasing, its president…
-
7:31
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond remained unchanged Tuesday morning from Monday's close as investors lacked fresh trading cues.
The yield on…
-
7:24
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japan and China held Tuesday the first round of their talks in Tokyo aimed at signing a treaty over joint gas field development in the…
-
7:19
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto on Tuesday left for Shanghai to promote tourism to Osaka Prefecture at the world expo ongoing there. Hashimoto will then visit…
-
7:14
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Google Inc. of the United States and Yahoo Japan Corp. are close to a deal over the search business, the Wall Street Journal said in…
-
7:13
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Intelligence officials, past and present, are raising concerns that the WikiLeaks.org revelations could endanger U.S. counterterror networks in the Afghan region, and damage information sharing…
-
7:09
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Normal service resumed Tuesday at public facilities in Miyazaki, after the southwestern prefecture lifted the state of emergency over the foot-and-month epidemic with the removal…
-
7:05
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The farm ministry has decided to probe several major trading houses to see if they fully checked how contaminated rice they imported would be used,…
-
7:03
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Cabinet held an informal meeting Tuesday to discuss plans to earmark more than 1 trillion yen to promote economic growth in a fiscal 2011 budget…
-
6:05
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday met with key ministers on the issue of relocating a U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture, the first such…
-
5:10
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japanese women had the longest life expectancy in the world for the 25th straight year in 2009, with an average life span of 86.44 years,…
-
4:56
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Ai Saotome, an actress who appeared in numerous Japanese films and TV dramas, died of multiple organ failure at a hospital in Seattle on July…
-
4:16
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The number of foreign travelers who visited Japan in the January to June period rose 35.8 percent from a year earlier to an estimated 4.20…
-
1:58
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Sapporo Holdings Ltd., which has major beer manufacturer Sapporo Breweries Ltd. under its wing, said on Monday it expects a smaller group net loss for…
-
1:51
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Grand champion Hakuho expressed relief Monday after his convincing victory at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament amid the biggest-ever crisis facing the ancient sport.
''It…
-
1:48
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Toyo University left-hander Takahiro Fujioka threw five innings of one-hit ball in the collegiate all-star team's 4-0 loss to a selected young professional squad in…
-
1:37
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Kirin Holdings Co. said Monday it will acquire a 14.7 percent stake in Fraser and Neave Ltd., a Singapore-based firm that operates in the food…
-
1:30
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Lower house member Kiyomi Tsujimoto said Monday she has relayed to a senior official of the Social Democratic Party her intention to leave the tiny…
-
1:29
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Kobe District Court sentenced a former vice president of cosmetics maker Noevir Co. to two years in prison, suspended for three years, on Monday…
-
1:25
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Plank by plank, archeologists on Monday began the delicate process of dismantling a section of an 18th century ship that was found buried across the…
-
1:20
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Sales of air conditioners surged 16.7 percent in the three weeks through July 18 from a year earlier due to scorching heat across Japan, according…
-
0:51
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Yoshiomi Yamada, president of Central Japan Railway Co., on Monday compared the Shanghai Maglev Train to a toy for elementary schoolchildren. ''Theirs can be compared…
-
0:49
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan will hold a meeting of all its parliamentarians on Thursday to discuss its recent electoral setback, DPJ lawmakers said…
-
0:38
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Nissan Motor Co. is recalling about 46,000 of its Cube compact vehicles sold in the Untied States on concerns over a possible fuel leakage problem,…
-
0:32
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Cultural Affairs Agency on Monday told Nihon Opera Renmei, a Japanese opera federation, to return 62.7 million yen in financial assistance provided to it…
-
0:28
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Japanese government will allow 32 ethnic minority Myanmar refugees living in Thailand to resettle in Japan, sources told Kyodo News on Monday. The 32…
-
0:24
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japan's No. 2 diplomat said Monday that Tokyo hopes a new Russian law that designates Sept. 2 as the anniversary of the end of World…
-
0:20
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Financial Services Agency said Monday it will extend its present ban on a type of stock short selling for three months until the end…
-
0:13
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Tony Hayward, who became the face of BP's flailing efforts to contain the massive Gulf oil spill, will step down as chief executive in October…
-
0:09
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Police on Monday arrested three people including a firefighter in Ehime Prefecture on suspicion of smuggling a machine gun part into Japan from the United…
-
0:06
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Tomohiro Ishikawa and Mitsutomo Ikeda, former aides to Ichiro Ozawa, the former Democratic Party of Japan secretary general, are likely to reject prosecutors' request to…
-
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Trousers straining at the seams? Determined to shed a few centimeters from your waistline? Worried that your middle-aged spread might be a harbinger of the…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Actress Kyoko Koizumi, 44, held a public recording of her special radio program "Koizumi Kyoko - Harajuku Hyakkei" on J-Wave this week at their studio…
-
21:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A senior Aichi police officer in the antigang unit, noting that there is a trend toward smaller motorcycle gangs. (Japan Times)
-
9:30
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japan's key Nikkei stock index ended above 9,500 for the first time in more than a week, following the release last week of ''stress tests''…
-
8:20
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
American actress Angelina Jolie arrives with her children Maddox, Zahara, Pax Thien and Shiloh (left to right) at Narita airport on Monday afternoon. Jolie flew…
-
8:12
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal sentenced the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer Monday to 35 years in prison -- the first verdict involving a leader…
-
7:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Governmental transport safety investigators on Monday began working on the fatal crash of a rescue helicopter that went down on a mountain in Chichibu, Saitama…
-
4:50
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The number of universities implementing high school-level supplementary lessons and other special measures to cope with academic deficiencies among freshmen is on the rise, reaching…
-
3:34
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A 15-year-old New Zealand boy has survived a 16-story plunge from the balcony of his family's apartment onto a concrete floor.
New Zealand media reported…
-
3:30
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japanese exports in June rose 27.7% from a year earlier to 5,866 billion yen, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
Exports for the first half of…
-
1:05
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Police said Monday that a man was found stabbed to death early Sunday morning in the entrance to a "tonkatsu" restaurant in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture.…
-
0:56
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Twenty-two people died and 14 others were injured in Japan on Sunday as a result of water and mountain accidents as well as heat stroke…
-
0:55
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The body of a Japanese woman who died in a train accident Friday in Switzerland will be transported from the alpine canton of Valais where…
-
0:40
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Ford hopes its investments in Asia will dramatically boost sales in Japan -- a market so dominated by local makers like Toyota and Honda that…
-
0:31
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Postal life insurance benefits were not paid out to policyholders in some 267,000 cases totaling 35.2 billion yen before the start of the postal privatization…
-
0:27
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A rescue helicopter belonging to the Saitama prefectural government crashed Sunday on a mountain in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, killing five of the seven people aboard,…
-
0:26
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a bill designating Sept 2 as the anniversary of the end of World War II, effectively stipulating…
-
0:18
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Twenty-two people died and 14 others were injured in Japan on Sunday as a result of water and mountain accidents as well as heat stroke…
-
0:15
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Fighter jets buzzed the skies and submarines cruised underwater Sunday as a flotilla of U.S. and South Korean warships led by a nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier…
-
0:13
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The number of spectators at the just-concluded Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament totaled 94,900, down 9,400 from the previous year, the Japan Sumo Association said Sunday.…
-
0:07
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Japanese government plans to defer a decision on a specific scheme for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa…
-
0:02
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Police plan to search the offices of four companies, possibly on Monday, over the alleged sale of substandard imported rice for human consumption around August…
-
0:02
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Police on Monday raided four companies suspected of reselling as edible goods moldy rice deemed unfit for human consumption in 2007, in violation of the…
-
0:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online Sunday amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of…
-
-
23:52
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
NEC Corp has commenced mass producing electrodes of high-performance, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to power eco-friendly cars.
The output, due to reach an annual maximum of…
-
23:49
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Japanese men's judo Olympic gold medalists Yasuhiro Yamashita and Kosei Inoue recently taught the martial art to some 50 children from Israel and Palestine at…
-
23:37
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Juninho scored a minute from time in his return from a lengthy injury layoff as Kawasaki Frontale managed a 1-0 home win against lowly Kyoto…
-
23:35
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Kagome's latest sukiyaki sauce has a tomato base. Six ripe tomatoes have been added to the standard sukiyaki base of soy sauce, "mirin" (rice wine…
-
23:28
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to halt oil sales to the United States if Venezuela faces any military attack by its U.S.-allied neighbor Colombia.…
-
23:15
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A former CIA director says military action against Iran now seems more likely because no matter what the U.S. does diplomatically, Tehran keeps pushing ahead…
-
23:07
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Children beat the heat at Kasai Rinkai Koen in Chiba Prefecture.
-
22:59
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A bomb at a bus stop in downtown Bangkok killed one person and wounded 10 others Sunday shortly after polls closed in a parliamentary election…
-
22:11
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. is planning to produce vegetables and fruits in China for sale at the outlet in Tianjin of its Isetan Co department…
-
21:59
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Poll › Do surveillance cameras in buildings, stations and on streets make you feel safer?
-
21:51
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd is exploring China, India and other emerging markets through close cooperation with major machinery makers in these economies, company President Hideaki…
-
21:48
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Hitomi Okazaki, editor-in-chief of job information site Rikunabi, on why new graduates are having a hard time finding jobs. (Mainichi Daily News)
-
21:38
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Have Your Say › Do you think a man holding a door open for a woman, holding her chair for her ...
-
21:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Controversial singer and actress Erika Sawajiri, 24, is ranked the No. 1 “Most in-vogue” celebrity on CNN's “Tokyo Hotlist.” The list was released on CNN's…
-
21:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Right when President Barack Obama should have been making political hay over big-deal legislative triumphs, race once again blew in with a storm of distraction.…
-
20:16
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Major Taiwanese real estate broker Sinyi Realty Inc will begin full-scale operations in Japan by the end of this month in a tie-up with Japan's…
-
11:52
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A day after capturing his 15th career title, Mongolian grand champion Hakuho capped off a stellar performance with a victory over ozeki Baruto on Sunday,…
-
11:27
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A rescue helicopter belonging to the Saitama prefectural government crashed Sunday on a mountain in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, killing five of the seven people aboard,…
-
5:18
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Jessica Mendoza doubled twice and drove in four runs as the United States beat Japan 8-0 on Saturday in the World Cup of Softball.
Monica…
-
0:21
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Craig Brazell hit a game-tying solo homer in the eighth inning as the Central League and the Pacific League played to a 5-5, nine-inning tie…
-
0:15
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Swiss police began an investigation Saturday into a train accident that occurred the day before in the alpine canton of Valais in southern Switzerland, in…
-
0:13
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
At least 17 people died Saturday in Japan after exhibiting symptoms of apparent heat exhaustion as a heat wave continued across the nation, according to…
-
0:12
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A stampede inside a tunnel crowded with techno music fans left 17 people dead and 80 injured at the famed Love Parade festival in western…
-
0:12
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Crowds of people streaming into a techno music festival surged through an already jammed entry tunnel, setting off a panic that killed 18 people and…
-
0:10
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Investigators said Saturday they have found 51 corpses in two days of digging in a field near a trash dump outside the northern city of…
-
0:05
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Japanese government is set to give the green light to exporting to third countries a new type of ship-based missile interceptor being developed jointly…
-
0:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
In the face of recent revelations of a series of false accusations, lawyers involved in capital cases called for abolition of the death penalty, arguing…
-
-
23:57
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Japan Automobile Importers Association will co-host next year's Tokyo Motor Show with the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, following a JAMA request aimed at increasing…
-
23:56
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to charge a premium of up to 200 yen per month on each household in electricity bills…
-
23:42
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Gia Khiem agreed Saturday to launch a bilateral framework for consultations between high-level foreign and defense…
-
23:30
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Yoko Kumada says that August is her “Moteki" (period popular with guys). The 28-year-old "talent" was the special guest at a preview for the American…
-
23:12
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Polar bear Gogo tries to get apples from a chunk of ice at the Tennoji Zoo in Osaka.
-
23:10
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Three big Japanese corporations may join Taiwan in developing cutting-edge broadband technologies that will allow them to jointly tap China's vast telecommunications market.
Fujitsu Ltd,…
-
23:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
About a year ago, visitors to the ANA InterContinental Hotel in Akasaka got a treat when they saw Leonardo DiCaprio and Ken Watanabe filming a…
-
22:59
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Plenus Co, the operator of the ''Hotto Motto'' takeout ''bento'' or boxed lunch store chain, said Wednesday it will open its first overseas outlet in…
-
22:57
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A drone developed at a cost of 2.5 billion yen sank at sea off Iwoto Island during a flight test Friday after engine trouble, following…
-
22:41
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
The decision by Scottish authorities to release the only person convicted of the deadly bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 was "wrong and misguided," but…
-
22:32
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A massive nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier readied Saturday for maneuvers with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could…
-
22:01
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Two U.S. Navy service members disappeared in a dangerous area of eastern Afghanistan, prompting a massive air and ground search and appeals on local radio…
-
21:58
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Kazuo Ota, former head of the Japan Society for Transplantation who pioneered kidney transplants in Japan, died of bowel cancer Tuesday at his home in…
-
21:49
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Famed animator Hayao Miyazaki, referring to the iPad (www.kotaku.com)
-
21:05
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Chemical maker Toray Industries Inc and casual clothing retail chain Uniqlo Co will expand their strategic partnership with an eye toward boosting sales in 2011-2015…
-
21:00
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
A burned well-known house in Tokyo dubbed ''Totoro's home'' and its property will reopen as a park Sunday based on a sketch by Hayao Miyazaki,…
-
12:54
»
Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Mongolian grand champion Hakuho clinched his 15th career title in anticlimactic fashion at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday, but still got an extra…