Nation remembers firebombing victims

Tomorrow, March 11th, marks three years since a tsunami devastated northeast Japan, but today (Monday) Japanese people h...

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Phantom squid caught alive

Japanese fisherman have captured yet another rare deep-sea squid, this time alive.It was discovered ensnared on Friday n...

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Businesses fail to learn lessons of 3.11

Three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, most Japanese companies do not have business continuity plans in plac...

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Police boxes get hi-tech info screens

Japan’s ubiquitous police boxes are going hi-tech.The country’s police are equipping the boxes with hi-tech information ...

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Japan’s tallest skyscraper opens in Osaka

The 300-meter Abeno Harukas opened today (Friday) in Osaka in western Japan.People rushed into Kinki Nippon Railway’s ne...

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Japan: bitcoin not a currency

Japan’s government says the virtual money bitcoin will not be treated as a currency.The decision came as a written respo...

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Fukushima Update #25 Inside the control room

Three years ago, engineers at Fukushima Daiichi faced extremely difficult conditions as they tried to prevent a series o...

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Inside the control room

Three years ago, engineers at Fukushima Daiichi faced extremely difficult conditions as they tried to prevent a series o...

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Fishing resumes in Fukushima

Fishermen are back in business in waters off Fukushima, and they report that their catch is perfectly safe to eat.

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Fukushima resettlement delayed

The decontamination of some areas affected by the nuclear accident is running behind schedule. The situation has forced ...

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