Recovery

KESENNUMA, Miyagi Prefecture--Across the Pacific, the birthplace of jazz reached out to help a local group of school musicians keep their sound alive following the March 11...

A community bank in Tokyo will offer incentives, including a 1-percent deposit interest rate, to promote non-nuclear energy.

A Tokyo baker, moved by the unfolding disaster in northern Japan, is hiring people who lost their jobs in the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami or accident at the Fukushima...

The number of new vehicles sold in Japan in April, excluding minicars, is likely to drop more than 50 percent from the same month last year, according to carmakers' statistics.

The Bank of Japan is likely to face growing pressure to ease its monetary policy further as the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake is expected to batter the nation's...

DALIAN, China--About 100 Chinese from three sightseeing tours had filed applications for Japanese visas by April 27, ending a dearth in tours of Japan caused by the March 11...

Japan's industrial production plunged by a record 15.3 percent in March as the Great East Japan Earthquake slashed output at automakers and other manufacturers.

A fresh warning on Japan's government bond rating underscored the daunting task of rebuilding public finances while funding post-quake reconstruction.

VIENTIANE--A Laotian pop star who is studying for a doctorate at Keio University is doing her bit for earthquake relief.

Although this year's events for the Tokyo Collection of 2011/2012 fall and winter fashions were canceled in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, designers based in the...

As most Japanese know, a high proportion of the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami were elderly. This reflected the particular demography of the...

Domestic vehicle output by Japanese automakers plunged by up to 65 percent in March from a year earlier due to plant closures and supply chains disrupted by the Great East...

Recognized as the world leader in robotic technology, Japan will finally deploy its own robot at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after relying on U.S.-made...

Fear of radiation poisoning from Japanese products is forcing exporters to conduct extensive radiation tests on products being shipped overseas.

To some foreigners who stayed, those who left Tokyo after the March 11 earthquake committed a cardinal sin, worthy of the disparaging epithet "flyjin."