Olympic medalists meet Abe
66 Japanese Olympic and Paralympic medalists were honored by their country’s leader on Friday.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...
read moreSpecial Report: Obama's Visit to Japan
In our first special report outside the Fukushima Update series, we focus on the significance and the outcomes of the US...
read moreConstruction industry aims to double women workers
Japan’s construction industry has found the solution to a labor shortage—boost the number of women workers.Currently onl...
read moreThe turtle with prosthetic flippers
The sea can be a dangerous place for a turtle.Yu is a loggerhead turtle who lost most of her flippers to a shark.But as ...
read moreObama embraces Japanese science and culture
U.S. President Barack Obama got a taste of both Japan’s hi-tech present and its ancient past on Thursday. Obama first to...
read moreObama meets abductees’ families
Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama met with family members of Japanese victims of North Korean abductions in Tokyo on ...
read more4K TV launches June 2
Television of the future arrives in Japan this June. So-called 4K TV is a super hi-definition format developed by broadc...
read moreJapan, US try for trade deal during Obama visit
Japan and the U.S. are struggling to close a free trade deal during President Barack Obama’s visit to Japan. The two nat...
read moreWhale streamers celebrate children’s day
Children’s Day takes place on May 5th in Japan.To get ready, people in Miyazaki in western Japan hoisted traditional str...
read moreTsunami simulator aimed at defending nuclear plants
A new tsunami simulator in Japan aims to prevent the kind of disaster that led to the Fukushima meltdowns.Researchers sh...
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