March 12, 2014
Tuesday marked the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The catastrophe left 15,884 people dead and 2,633 missing as of Monday, according to the National Police Agency. Many people in coastal areas of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures that were struck by massive tsunami praye...
KIEV (AP)—The Crimean parliament voted Tuesday that the Black Sea peninsula will declare itself an independent state if its residents agree to split off from Ukraine and join Russia in a referendum. Crimea’s regional legislature on Tuesday adopted a “declaration of independence of the Auton...
University of Yamanashi Prof. Teruhiko Wakayama, who coauthored two articles about stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells with RIKEN researcher Haruko Obokata and others, has called on all the researchers involved to withdraw the articles, saying there are many questionable poi...
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP)—The sexual assault case against an army general was thrown into jeopardy Monday when the judge said the military may have improperly pressed ahead with a trial to send a messa...
WELLINGTON (AP)—New Zealanders will soon get to vote on whether to change their national flag, which many view as a relic from a colonial past. Prime Minister John Key on Tuesday announced plans ...
Hitachi Ltd. and Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd., the company’s joint venture with General Electric Co. of the United States, say they have developed two types of robots for work to decommission wre...
SINGAPORE (Bloomberg)—Carlyle Group LP, which completed South Korea’s biggest private-equity buyout in five years, sees more large transactions as the nation sustains its economic growth amid eme...
EILAT, Israel (AP)—Israel’s prime minister on Monday triumphantly toured a display of dozens of rockets that navy commandos intercepted in the Red Sea last week, alleged to be on their way from I...
DHARMSALA, India (AP)—Young Tibetans are leading the fight to free their homeland from Chinese rule, the leader of the community’s government-in-exile said on Monday’s 55th anniversary of an up...
SOCHI—They have been dubbed Japan’s “Three Musketeers,” but instead of swords, they wield truncated ski poles with amazing skill and dexterity. The trio of Akira Kano, Taiki Morii and Takesh...
All Nippon Airways said it suspects the unauthorized conversion of frequent flier mileage into points for Apple Inc.’s iTunes store. The ANA Holdings Inc. unit has suspended its service allowing ...
Itochu Corp. said Tuesday it will acquire Edwin Holdings, a financially troubled jeans maker based in Tokyo. Itochu is expected to spend over ¥30 billion to take full control of Edwin by the end o...
LONDON (AP)—Prime Minister David Cameron plans to make his first visit as British leader to Israel and the Palestinian territories this week. Cameron’s Downing Street office says he will meet I...
GENEVA (AP)—Leaders of a U.N. investigation of human rights abuses in Central African Republic said they will look into “reports of genocide” as they launched the probe Monday. The chair of t...
OSAKA—The older brother finally caught up to his younger sibling, earning a place in sumo history for the two. Chiyomaru and Chiyootori are currently competing in the Spring Grand Tournament that ...
NEW YORK (AP)—Sbarro said Monday that it is filing for bankruptcy reorganization, the struggling pizza chain’s second trip through bankruptcy court in less than three years. The filing comes af...
CHICAGO (AP)—The head of a suburban Chicago family accused of stealing $7 million in goods in a decade-long shoplifting spree will stay in jail because he is a flight risk, a federal judge ruled Mo...
The Bank of Japan kept unchanged Tuesday its policy target of increasing the country’s monetary base at an annual pace of about ¥60 trillion to ¥70 trillion. The decision was made unanimously a...
PYONGYANG (AP)—With no one else on the ballot, state media reported Monday that supreme leader Kim Jong Un was not only elected to the highest legislative body in North Korea, he won with the unani...
Mourners offer prayers at 9:27 a.m. on Tuesday in front of a cenotaph at Arahama beach in Wakabayashi Ward, Sendai, which was hit by massive tsunami.
PRETORIA (AP)—Hunched over, vomiting into a bucket by his feet and retching loudly, Oscar Pistorius was vividly reminded at his murder trial Monday of the gruesome injuries he inflicted on his girl...
The government held a ceremony in Tokyo on Tuesday to mark the third anniversary of the magnitude-9 Great East Japan Earthquake and massive tsunami that killed nearly 16,000 people and left over 2,60...
FARO, Portugal—Japan booked a place in the Algarve Cup final on goals by Yuki Ogimi and Aya Miyama that helped it come from behind to beat Sweden 2-1 in the Group B finale on Monday. The team, nick...
Today, many Japanese entertainers have multiple skills to add value to their profession. For Ayaka Wada, a member of teenage pop idol group S/mileage, art is her favorite subject, regardless of whethe...
Japan was seen as an international leader in the field of art in the 18th and 19th centuries—the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867)—when ukiyo-e artists produced numerous masterpieces. This was ...
When Daisuke Takahashi arrived in Sochi on Sunday, determined to deliver his best performance at the Olympic Games, his parents were back in his hometown of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, planning to...
The Philippine ambassador’s official residence in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, where musician and artist Yoko Ono enjoyed cherry blossom viewing in her childhood, was unveiled as a Philippine national hist...
SOCHI (Jiji-Japan News)—Gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu has given his exhibition program at the Sochi Olympics a theme: resurgence. The 19-year-old, who made history by becoming the first Japanese mal...
SOCHI—Four years since shedding bitter tears after her second-place finish at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Mao Asada shed tears of joy at Sochi after delivering a near-perfect performance in the wo...
NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—J. Crew Group Inc., the retailer owned by TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners LP, is in talks about a potential sale to Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing Co., two people with kn...
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It’s becoming increasingly difficult to be an effective English teacher these days without an understanding of ESP. I’m not referring to the Extra Sensory Perception that informs teachers as to h...
SENDAI—Clad in a brand-new, dark blue uniform, Iroha Ishikawa, 3, slipped past her mother who was trying to take a photo of her daughter with her smartphone, jumping around in front of the hina doll...
With his innovative presentation techniques, and a keen eye for beauty and political themes within daily life, German artist Wolfgang Tillmans has broadened the boundaries of photographic expression. ...
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo—The Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra is giving fans of the Romanticism movement a musical treat with plans to hold special monthly concerts, each featuring a Schumann sympho...
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