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Tax agency reveals evasion techniques

 Japan’s tax agency has revealed some of the surprising ways people evaded taxes last year. The residents of one house h...

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Ishihara makes amends in Fukushima

 A Japanese politician who offended the people of Fukushima with a suggestion they could be bought off to accept a radio...

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Abe, Kennedy commemorate Battle of Okinawa

 US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended a ceremony to remember victims o...

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Tokyo assemblyman Suzuki apologizes for sexist remarks

 Tokyo assemblyman Akihiro Suzuki has apologized for heckling a female colleague with sexist taunts that drew internatio...

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