Solar Impulse sitting out weather in Japan
Sun-powered plane to continue globe-circling trip
DATE: Jun 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Mari Yamaguchi
Wreckage of WWII warship found
Site is near where Japanese battleship sank
DATE: Mar 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Some Japanese see slain hostages, Abe as troublemakers
TOKYO – In Japan, where conformity takes precedence over individuality, one of the most important values is to avoid “meiwaku” – causing trouble for others. And sympathy aside, the two Japan...
DATE: Feb 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Japan self-censors itself in the name of ‘jishuku’
TOKYO – Images or mentions of blood, knives or ransom – or anything else that can be seen alluding to the hostage crisis involving two Japanese in Syria – have been omitted. Some anime and o...
DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Japan pop group AKB48 cancels events after attack
TOKYO – Japan’s hugely popular female pop group AKB48 canceled fan events Monday after a saw-wielding man attacked two members and a staffer, shocking the nation and raising questions over s...
DATE: May 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Japan re-examining pacifist constitution
TOKYO – Citing threats from China and North Korea, a government-appointed panel is urging Japan to reinterpret its pacifist constitution to allow the use of military force to defend other co...
DATE: May 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Japan to fund ice wall to contain reactor leaks
TOKYO – The Japanese government announced Tuesday that it will spend $470 million on a subterranean ice wall and other steps in a desperate bid to stop leaks of radioactive water from the cr...
DATE: Sep 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Water leaks may become new Japan nuclear disaster
TOKYO – Japan’s nuclear watchdog said a leak of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant could be the beginning of a new disaster – a series of leaks of contami...
DATE: Aug 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
