Tuesday 14 May 2013

NRA wants Monju to remain shut down

The Monju fast-breeder reactor in Fukui will stay closed because the Japan Atomic Energy Agency is too inept to manage it, the Nuclear Regulation Authority ...

North Korea replaces defense chief

North Korea replaces its hardline defense chief with a little-known general in a potential bid to solidify leader Kim Jong Un's grip on the military.

Hashimoto struggles to keep Nippon Ishin no Kai relevant, distinct from LDP

The survival of Nippon Ishin no Kai is thrown into doubt as coleader Toru Hashimoto gropes for ways to keep it relevant and distinct from ...

Suga rushes to smother LDP’s latest brush fire over war

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga leaps into damage control mode after the LDP's policy chief says President Shinzo Abe disagrees with the findings of the ...

Nonagricultural firms helping farms rebound

Close to Narita International Airport, on a 6.7-hectare patch of ground where spinach, radishes, "komatsuna" and carrots are grown, stands a white sign with the ...

Last refuge of weak leaders

Why have anti-Japanese sentiments resurfaced in China and South Korea in 2013 — just as Japan is trying to recover from two lost economic decades

Secretive trade talks aren’t in the public interest

Both Japan and Australia need to inform the public as to what agreement may or may not have been reached secretly during current trade negotiations.

Export of nuclear technology

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to promote Japanese export of nuclear power plants even as the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power ...

Retro makes a comeback, while subcultures seep into high fashion

Phillip Lim's new collection speeds ahead When New York-based designer Phillip Lim showed up in Tokyo last week, it brought out major fashion players but raised ...

Project aims to track urban CO₂ footprints

Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse ...

Inose’s slurs anger, bemuse Turks in Tokyo but may boost Istanbul’s Olympic bid

It's prayer time at Tokyo's biggest mosque and the congregation is pondering God, community and Naoki Inose, the city's governor, who many here say has ...

Tokyo: What do you make of Gov. Naoki Inose’s comments about Muslims and Istanbul’s Olympic bid?

I think many people in Japan see all foreigners as fighting with each other, not just Muslims. But, focusing on the positives [and ignoring Inose's ...

Czech promoter sings way to cultural identity

For singer Eva Miklas Takamine, who also has been head of the Czech Center in Tokyo since March, singing both Czech and Japanese songs is ...

On uneven ground: landfill property pitfalls

After the real estate agent unlocked the front door, the musty smell told us that the house had not been aired for some time. He ...

Harumafuji stumbles on second day of basho

Yokozuna Harumafuji was sent to a shock defeat at the hands of Myogiryu on the second day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday. Hakuho ...

Interleague schedule will pit PL hurlers against Blanco

On a bright day earlier this season, Tony Blanco wrapped up batting practice and headed back to the Yokohama BayStars clubhouse after sending a litany ...

Old Trafford bids farewell to legend

As red-and-white ticker tape flew into the rainy sky above Old Trafford, a beaming Alex Ferguson hoisted up the Premier League trophy for a 13th ...

Curry plays through pain to help Warriors even series

His spirits down, his left ankle limp and his team's season hanging in the balance, Stephen Curry wondered whether he could recover for the biggest ...