April 25, 2013
NAGOYA--Relatively few potentially destructive magnetic storms have been recorded so far in 2013, the supposed peak in an 11-year cycle of solar activity variations, Japanese scientists said.
April 24, 2013
OSAKA--On a recent spring day at the Knowledge Capital complex in the Grand Front Osaka redeveloped area, workers could be seen rushing about to complete preparations for the opening of the Fisheries Laboratory of Kinki University.
April 23, 2013
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit India, probably around the fall, to belatedly celebrate last year's 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
April 23, 2013
Emperor Akihito and co-authors of an encyclopedic work on fish species in Japan celebrated publication of the latest illustrated set of volumes at an event held in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district on April 22.
April 23, 2013
A string of allergic reactions from dust mites has prompted consumer warnings not to store leftover "okonomiyaki" pancake mix at room temperature, which can become infested with tens of thousands of the microscopic arachnids.
April 23, 2013
HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka Prefecture--Early morning landslides brought down part of a cliff-top tea field here on April 23, the Shizuoka prefectural government and other sources said.
April 22, 2013
One of Japan’s oldest and largest Buddhist sects has been thrown into turmoil over hundreds of millions of yen in latent losses from risky fund management operations.
April 22, 2013
SHUNAN, Yamaguchi Prefecture--In Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck’s famed fable "The Blue Bird," an impoverished young brother and sister find a fortune-bringing blue bird at their home, figuratively meaning that a source of happiness can be found in one’s daily lives.
April 21, 2013
Emperor Showa wanted to visit Okinawa Prefecture before his first trip to the United States in autumn 1975, a desire left unfulfilled due to the opposition of residents, according to the diary of Chobyo Yara, the first governor of Okinawa.
April 21, 2013
Tokyo Electric Power Co. refuses to pay 10.55 billion yen ($106 million) for decontamination work around its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, saying it is under no legal obligation to do so.
April 21, 2013
Literary giant Haruki Murakami can sell more than just books. Fans, who snapped up 1 million copies of his new novel in the first week alone, have also created a surge in demand for a classical music piece featured in the book.
April 20, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea--No red carpet. No sleek limousines dropping off celebrities dressed to impress.
April 20, 2013
"Flower diplomacy" is bridging political and religious gaps in Tokyo, as wives of foreign ambassadors in Japan meet each month for a flower arranging session and dinner at various ambassadors' residences.
April 20, 2013
SAGAMIHARA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Some 1.4 kilometers of shibazakura (moss phlox) flowers are in full bloom along the banks of the Sagamigawa river.
April 20, 2013
WASINGTON--U.S. regulators on April 19 approved a revamped battery system for Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner, a crucial step in returning the high-tech jet to service after it was grounded in January because the plane's lithium-ion batteries overheated.
April 20, 2013
WATERTOWN, Mass.-Police captured a 19-year-old man suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings with his older brother after a day-long manhunt on April 19 that closed down the city and turned a working-class suburb into a virtual armed camp.
April 19, 2013
The latest form of stress relief in Japan is all about having a bawl.
April 19, 2013
KOGA, Fukuoka Prefecture--A complete set of trappings and ornaments from a war horse likely ridden by a seventh-century chieftain in Japan have been found in southern Japan, a find so rare that researchers are already referring to it as a national treasure.
April 19, 2013
A Nobel Prize winner and an astronaut were among the guests at a spring garden party hosted by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on April 18 at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo's Minato Ward. About 2,000 people attended the event.
April 19, 2013
A spike in pickpocketing incidents at the Louvre Museum—and the fact that Japanese visitors are among the most targeted—compelled the Foreign Ministry to issue an online warning to tourists on April 18.