Humidifiers cause winter fires: officials
Japanese consumer authorities are warning of the possibility of humidifiers catching fire during the dry winter season.O...
read moreChina, S.Korea bash Japan at UN
Japan received some harsh criticism at the UN yesterday (Wednesday).The Chinese and South Korean UN ambassadors denounce...
read moreAnti-nuclear lawmakers demand govt revise energy policy
A nonpartisan group of Japanese lawmakers are asking their government to reject nuclear power.The members call themselve...
read moreGolden fish good omen ahead of Sochi
With the Sochi Olympics about to begin, people in Japan are placing their faith in a good-luck golden fish.The golden fl...
read morePig disease outbreak
Japan is battling an outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea – or PED – that has already killed more than 5,000 pigs acros...
read moreNHK board raps chair over comfort women comment
The new chairman of Japan’s national broadcaster has been warned after making controversial comments about women forced ...
read moreNew teaching manuals to state territorial claims
Japan’s government has decided that from now on schools should explicitly teach the country’s territorial claims. Japan ...
read moreKids back to lunch after norovirus outbreak
Kids in Hamamatsu are back to eating school lunch after a norovirus outbreak sickened thousands.Last week, food poisonin...
read moreJapan Post gets green light for education insurance
Japan’s giant post office, which doubles as a bank, is moving further into insurance, one area where American firms have...
read moreJapan treats Davos leaders to sushi
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was busy selling Abenomics to world leaders in Davos on Thursday. But Japan was also l...
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