News conference meltdown
Reporters could hardly believe their eyes when a local assemblyman in central Japan literally melted down while trying t...
read moreSouthern town hopes octopus pots prove a draw
People in southern Japan are looking to an ancient fishing tradition to breathe new life into their town. Residents of ...
read moreTepco rejects shareholders bid to halt nuclear restarts
The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pressing ahead with plans to restart its nuclear reactors. ...
read moreCube watermelon season is here
Watermelons come in many shapes and sizes. In Japan, there are even square watermelons.The year’s first shipment of the...
read moreTokyo digs out from hailstorm
People in Tokyo are digging out from a hailstorm that covered parts of the city in a thick layer of ice yesterday.In so...
read moreTax 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...
read moreIshihara 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...
read moreAbe, 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...
read moreTokyo assemblyman Suzuki apologizes for sexist remarks
Tokyo assemblyman Akihiro Suzuki has apologized for heckling a female colleague with sexist taunts that drew internatio...
read moreFukushima Update #39:'Rights and responsibilities'
The government has defined the evacuation area around nuclear power plants at a 30 kilometer radius. Many towns around t...
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