March 11, 2014
University of Yamanashi Prof. Teruhiko Wakayama who coauthored articles about stimulus-triggered acquisition pluripotency (STAP) cells with RIKEN researcher Haruko Obokata and others proposed on Monday that all the researchers involved withdraw the articles, saying there are many questionable point...
A proposed set of new rules for arms transfers is likely to authorize only weapons exports that are directly related to Japan’s national security and other vital interests, and subject such exports to rigorous prior scrutiny, government sources have said. The new rules would also apply to arms t...
The nation’s current account deficit surged to ¥1.59 trillion in January, hitting the highest monthly level since comparable data became available in 1985 and expanding from ¥348.4 billion a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said Monday. The country suffered a current account deficit for the ...
Seven & i Holdings Co. will agree to an increase in base pay in this year’s spring wage negotiations, informed sources said Monday. The retail giant is in the final stages of talks to increase mo...
Revisions to the three principles on arms exports, currently under consideration by the government, signify an attempt by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to promote what his administration terms “proacti...
The Democratic Party of Japan will likely struggle to form an internal consensus over the new three principles being considered by the ruling parties to replace the existing principles banning the ex...
SOPOT, Poland (AP)—Perhaps people know Calvin Smith Jr., and even then likely because his father was a famous runner a generation back. And David Verburg ran on the 4x400 world outdoor gold medal te...
ABU DHABI (AP)—The U.S. Secretary of Commerce is in the Middle East, where she said Sunday she will tell officials from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar that closer economic coopera...
Major convenience store operator Lawson Inc. will raise its basic pay by an average of ¥3,000 per month, or about 1 percent, in the company’s first basic pay hike in 12 years, the company said Mon...
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP)— Felix Neureuther overcame a pre-Olympic car crash to win a World Cup slalom on Sunday, giving himself pole position in the fight for the season’s discipline title. ...
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will fully launch Sharia-compliant Islamic finance in Malaysia, Jiji Press learned Monday. The core banking unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. has obtained a...
WASHINGTON (AP)—President Barack Obama will meet this week with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the White House said, in a prominent show of U.S. support for Ukraine’s fledgling new g...
Only about 14 percent of companies have compiled so-called business continuity plans, which outline steps to continue operating smoothly in the event of a major disaster, according to a recent nation...
NEW YORK (AP)—Henrik Lundqvist is caught up in a numbers game he is quite happy about. With each win, the Swedish goalie is rewriting the New York Rangers’ record book. Lundqvist earned his 300t...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—Nobody lost—and two teams were declared winners—after a marathon, seven-overtime high school ice hockey state championship game in Ohio. Cleveland St. Ignatius and Sylvania ...
NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—SoftBank Corp. President Masayoshi Son is reframing his argument for consolidation in the U.S. mobile-phone market, heading to Washington this week to advocate for wireless bro...
PEORIA, Ariz.—Infielder Kensuke Tanaka took a step forward in his bid to make the Texas Rangers’ roster when he recorded his first RBI of the preseason. Tanaka, batting with two outs and a runn...
No. 1 maegashira Endo lies on the dirt after being tossed down by yokozuna Harumafuji for his second loss after two days of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka’s Bodymaker Colosseum. The popu...
LONDON (AP)— Second-tier Wigan pulled off a stunning victory over Manchester City for the second straight year in the English F.A. Cup on Sunday, leaving one of the most unlikely semifinal lineups i...
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico—Ryo Ishikawa shot a 69 for the third straight day to finish tied for 19th place at 11-under 277 at the Puerto Rico Open on Sunday. Ishikawa, who placed a career-high secon...
DORAL, Fla. (AP)—He wore black pants and a red shirt, his Sunday colors. He took a lead into the final round, quickly expanded it with a pair of birdies and then relied on his short game to keep ev...
Yoshihiro Nitta missed a medal in the men’s 20-kilometer cross-country skiing standing category at the Sochi Paralympics on Monday, placing fourth in the classical race. The 33-year-old finished ...
SAN SALVADOR (AP)—Authorities declared El Salvador’s presidential runoff election too close to call late Sunday, with just a 0.2-percent margin separating a one-time Marxist guerrilla and the con...
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...
The troubled radioactive water cleanup system at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was hit by a new problem Wednesday, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. An alarm went off at abo...
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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