Obama 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...
read moreObama, Abe kick off summit with upscale sushi
US President Barack Obama has arrived in Tokyo on the first leg of a 4-nation diplomatic tour of Asia.The president was ...
read moreTo our viewers
Our weekly program Fukushima Update will not air this Friday.It will be replaced by a special feature on US President Ba...
read moreTokyo on high alert ahead of Obama visit
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has mobilized 16,000 officers - or one third of its entire workforce - for the ...
read moreDon’t rush collective self-defense: Armitage
Former US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage is urging Japan to go slow on expanding the reach of its military.J...
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