Spacewalkers Try to Bypass Space Station Coolant Leak
Space station commander Sunita Williams (C) works on a leaky radiator system just hours after being hit by a piece of orbiting debris, outside the International Space Station, November 1, ...
View ArticleJapanese Comic Books have Special Appeal for Women
Midtown Comics in Manhattan is mostly a man's world. Customers browsing rows of action-hero-filled comic books are almost exclusively young men. The magazine rack holds only the likes of Details ...
View ArticleEditorial Prep for big Tokyo quake pressing issue on 1st anniversary of 311
In the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, concerns have been growing over the possibility of another major earthquake striking Japan's capital. Experts point out ...
View ArticleEditorial Japan must lead in NPO revolution
We have reached the one-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami -- let us pray once again for the souls of those who lost their lives to the disaster, and for the recovery of ...
View ArticleGunma fires Hayashi names Blackwell new coach
The winless Gunma Crane Thunders, who have been handed 35-, 38- and 43-point losses, fired original coach Tadashi Hayashi and named Ryan Blackwell his successor, the Eastern Conference squad ...
View ArticleEditorial Support system needed to banish lonely deaths from Japans cities
A number of so-called "lonely deaths" have been discovered across Japan this year, some weeks or even months after the people passed away. In many of these cases, a physically or mentally ...
View ArticleEditorial Japan has duty to help other nations through ODA
One point of note in the recently completed Ministry of Foreign Affairs whitepaper on Japan's overseas Official Development Assistance (ODA) programs is how many of the nations that came to this ...
View ArticleEditorial Japan must take more active role in nuclear security
Japan barely left an impression at the Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul on March 26 and 27. This is despite a major debate on the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, as ...
View ArticleInsider trading clouds confidence in Japanese financial market
"The securities market is like a mirror. You can polish it, but never stain it." The president of Nomura Securities Co. said this about four years ago, after one of the firm's traders ...
View ArticleEditorial Japan must be more humble toward foreign care workers
Thirty six applicants passed the first care worker exam held for foreign care workers under Japan's Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with Indonesia and the Philippines. While the passing ...
View ArticleRegina ballplayer living dream in Japan
Saskatchewan's Dustin Molleken is thankful to be playing baseball in Japan because it's given him a new passion for the sport. The Japanese World Series is in full swing, and the Regina ...
View ArticleJapan blasted over sex slaves in UN human rights meeting
Japan faced international criticism Wednesday over its military`s use of sex slaves in World War II in a United Nations Human Rights ...
View ArticleJapan’s Devil Wife Leads Motherhood Work Balance Tussle
To resume work after the birth of her first child, Terue Suzuki moved back to her family home on weekdays to get help with baby-care, leaving her husband in the house they shared. "It was ...
View ArticleHigh turnover seen in education food fields
Nearly 50 percent of employees in the education and food industries quit their jobs within three years of graduating from university, according to a government ...
View ArticleReconstruction from Japans disaster A pile of pork
WHEN a huge emergency budget was enacted in June 2011, a few months after Japan's triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident, at the last minute a line was jotted in, saying ...
View Article9 gasoline stations hit during 4-hour robbery spree in Saitama
Police said Thursday they are looking for two men who are suspected of robbing nine gasoline stations in Saitama Prefecture during a 4-hour period on Wednesday ...
View ArticleFast Retailing opens multi-brand store in Ginza
Under the new concept of "wardrobe for women," the store offers its customers a unique opportunity to explore five brands-Uniqlo, g.u., PLST, Comptoir des Contonniers and Princesse tam.tam. ...
View ArticleJapan man gives rare account of disaster
The actions by Tokyo Electric Power Co led to radiation injuries, said the contract worker, who was with a six-member team working at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi plant's Unit 3 reactor in ...
View ArticleRecord fine from Tokyo bourse for Nomura
The Tokyo Stock Exchange has hit the investment bank Nomura with a 200m (1.5m) fine over insider dealing. It is the biggest fine imposed by the TSE, but just 0.2 per cent of Nomura's 85m profits ...
View ArticleJapanese columnist caught in university fib
/enpproperty--> Yoshikazu Kato, one of the best-known Japanese columnists in China, has apologized to Chinese readers after confessing on his micro blog that he exaggerated his educational ...
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