Welfare authorities are unable to confirm the whereabouts of 141 children who were registered with municipalities, including four infants whose cases were given high-alert status.
According to a report by Kaspersky Labs, hackers are using Wi-Fi networks at luxury hotels in Japan and elsewhere to steal sensitive information from business executives and corporate researchers.
The composition of an air bag propellant that contains a volatile chemical at the center of a global car recall has been modified, a company official says.
The utility may seek permission to keep the oldest reactors at its Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture operating beyond the 40-year limit.
The Diet is expected to pass bills approved Thursday by the ruling parties to raise the maximum fine to ¥30 million for poaching by foreign fishing crews in Japanese territorial waters and exclusive economic zones. Numerous ships suspected to be from China have been ...
Archaeologists are holding their breath that a skeleton found in a mysterious, richly decorated tomb from the time of Alexander the Great will solve the riddle of who ancient Greece’s biggest burial mound was built for. Having dug their way past huge decapitated sphinxes, ...
Honda Motor Co said Thursday that a driver in Malaysia died after a July accident involving an air bag supplied by Takata Corp — the fifth such fatality and the first outside the United States. The automaker also widened its recall for the defective ...
Everyone expected Clayton Kershaw to pitch a shutout, and he did — a unanimous choice for the NL Cy Young Award. Corey Kluber edging out Felix Hernandez for the AL pitching prize, that was no sure thing. Now, the big question: Is Kershaw the ...
Whether seeking to guarantee child visitation for divorced parents or challenging the family registry system, lawyer-mayor Fusaho Izumi pushes the envelope.
If you had to learn only one pair of Japanese words pertaining to food (you should probably learn more, but…), I would advocate for oishii (delicious) and okawari (a second helping). Conservative choices, but indispensable for eating in Japan — especially at a place ...
When three children were murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1993, the case quickly developed into a massive media spectacle. After just a month of investigating, police arrested three teenagers, and the case was quickly taken to trial. Known as the “West Memphis Three,” ...
People must realize that children are the future of rapidly graying Japan and work to create an environment in which their presence is not only welcome but encouraged.
As the seemingly last key hurdle for the Sendai restart of the Sendai plant is lifted, a dangerous precedent has been set and many fundamental questions remain unanswered.
The fact that China's greater humiliations have come from the south, starting with the loss of Taiwan, helps explain its drive to become a leading naval power.
Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatras' recent trip to China and Japan should remind the Thai junta that no country will put all its eggs in one basket.
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