South Korean President Urges Japan to Admit Past Wrongs
SEOUL, South Korea — President Park Geun-hye of South Korea urged Japan on Sunday to have the “courage and honesty” to admit to its historical wrongdoings against Koreans and other…
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Coded rebuke as Japan’s crown prince says: Remember war ‘correctly’
At a news conference on February 23rd, Naruhito stated, “I myself did not experience the war… but I think that it is important today, when memories of the war are…
Japan Issues Tsunami Advisory After Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Hits Off Northeastern Coast
Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck off its northeastern coast. The quake struck shortly after 8 a.m. Japan time Tuesday at a depth of about…
Japan Makes a Quick Exit From Its Latest Recession
TOKYO — Japan’s latest recession was as short as it was unexpected. The Japanese economy, the world’s third-largest, started expanding again at the end of 2014, government data showed Monday,…
Abe Makes Impassioned Appeal to Change Constitution
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made his most emotional appeal yet on Thursday for rewriting Japan’s pacifist Constitution, asking for what he called the country’s “biggest reform since the…
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Glows A Pretty Pink In Luminous New Photo
Jupiter looks blue and its Great Red Spot takes on a strange pinkish hue in a spectacular new photo released Jan. 15 by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. That’s…
Meet The 5 Oldest People In The World And Their Secrets To A Long Life
We can all agree that it’s a great feat to live to be 100 — but it’s an even greater feat if you live well, well past it. Believe it…
Japan Is Considering Making Vacation Mandatory. The U.S. Should, Too
Japan wants to cut off its workaholics, and America could learn a thing or two from the proposal. A measure slated to come before Japan’s parliament sometime in the next…
Kenji Ekuan, Japanese Designer Who Gave Soy Sauce Its Curves, Dies at 85
TOKYO — Kenji Ekuan, the Japanese industrial designer whose instantly recognizable soy sauce bottle — red-capped and elegantly teardrop-shaped — became one of his country’s most ubiquitous postwar exports, died…
Ultimate Japan Wagyu beef guide
But other than knowing that it tastes great and costs a lot, many tourists turn up with little knowledge of what to expect from Japanese beef. Considered the caviar of…
Adventures in ramen: Japan’s ever-changing soup scene
To chart its different flavors is to embark on a journey along a road of influences and regional variations that has more twists and tangles than a mouthful of noodles….
Old Ways Prove Hard to Shed, Even as Crisis Hits Kimono Trade
AMAMI OSHIMA, Japan — Kazuhiko Kanai uses the traditional method to dye the elegant kimonos for which this small, semitropical island is renowned: he carries a bundle of pure white…
Japan’s hidden people: Ainu try to keep ancient traditions alive
It’s a not a question guides at a museum would usually be asked, but it’s happened to those at the outdoor Ainu Museum and cultural village in Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost…
New Law Would Require Workaholic Japanese To Take Days Off
College-educated and gainfully employed 36-year-old Eriko Sekiguchi should be a sought-after friend or date, planning nights on the town and faraway resort vacations. But she works in Japan, a nation…
The Quiet Spiritual Beauty Of Japan’s Kiyomizu-dera Temple
The Kiyomizu-dera, or Kiyomizu Temple, is one of Japan’s greatest treasures. The 14,000- square-foot temple, situated dramatically on a cliff overlooking Kyoto, was initially constructed in the 8th century. The…
Abe Wants to Revise Pacifist Constitution as Early as 2016, Ally Says
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said that he wants to start the process of revising Japan’s Constitution as early as next year, according to a senior lawmaker quoted…
The Scientific Reason Being A Male Is Bad For Your Health
or the first six to eight decades of life, being a man is probably the better deal. Blame the patriarchy. But then you get to old age, and being a…
How Japan’s Moerenuma Park sums up the life of its creator
Two perfectly geometric hills rise from the pancake-flat landscape, trees planted in rows form a circular copse, while a glass and steel pyramid looms nearby and three huge stainless steel…
‘Massive: Gay Erotic Manga And The Men Who Make It,’ Chronicles Gay Japanese Manga
Are you ready for one of the most comprehensive anthologies of Japanese gay manga available in the English language? “Massive: Gay Erotic Manga And The Men Who Make It” is…
Jordan waits, Japan mourns after ISIS apparently beheads journalist
He apparently became the latest foreigner killed by ISIS after a video distributed Saturday appears to show his beheaded body. A week earlier, another video had shown Goto holding a…
Departing From Country’s Pacifism, Japanese Premier Vows Revenge for Killings
TOKYO — When Islamic State militants posted a video over the weekend showing the grisly killing of a Japanese journalist, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reacted with outrage, promising “to make…
Hostage’s Beheading Stirs Outrage in Japan
TOKYO — Japan reacted with sorrow and outrage on Sunday to the posting by the Islamic State of a video purporting to show the grisly killing of the journalist Kenji…
One killed, 2 injured on set of Martin Scorsese’s movie ‘Silence’
Scorsese’s new feature, “Silence,” tells the story of two Jesuit priests in 17th century Japan and the travails of Japanese Christians at the time, according to IMDb. – CNN’s Chieu…
Japan’s ISIS hostage crisis: Where things stand
The militants appear to have killed one of the two Japanese hostages they have been holding. And they’re apparently demanding the release of a convicted terrorist in Jordan to spare…
ISIS demanding release of convicted terrorist to save Japanese hostage
A video file posted online Saturday by a known ISIS supporter shows an image of one hostage, Kenji Goto, holding a photo of what appears to be the corpse of…
What hostage crisis means for Japan
The scene is like something from a horror movie. Saturday, a known supporter of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria posted a video online of one of two Japanese…
Japan Vows Not To Give Up On 2 Hostages ‘Until The Very End’
Japan promised Saturday not to give up “until the very end” on efforts to free two Japanese hostages threatened with beheading by Islamic militants demanding a $200 million ransom, after…
Japanese Hostage’s Mother Urges Islamic State to Spare Him
TOKYO — Making a desperate plea for her son’s life, the elderly mother of one of two Japanese hostages held by the Islamic State militant group told his kidnappers on…
McDead? More lousy results from McDonald’s
“As we begin 2015, we are taking decisive action to regain momentum in sales, guest counts and market share,” said CEO Don Thompson said in a statement Friday. The company…
Report: ISIS to release statement ‘soon’ about Japanese hostages
When asked whether ISIS has been in negotiations with the Japanese government, the spokesman said he wouldn’t comment, NHK reported. ISIS has threatened to kill the two men — Kenji…