Japan, US negotiate defence plan
Senior officials of the foreign and defence ministries of the two countries will meet in Washington on Monday to start full-fledged negotiations on a ...

Australian activists address global anti-nuclear conference
Participants in the January 14-15 anti-nuclear conference in Tokyo. Photo by John Tutty. Five anti-nuclear activists travelled from Australia to atten...

Debris from Japan earthquake moves closer to West Coast
As the one-year anniversary of the devastating March 11, 2011, Japanese earthquake approaches, and debris from the ensuing tsunami moves closer to the...

can a new CEO save the struggling tech giant
Recently, however, the company has struggled. Led until this week by Welshman Sir Howard Stringer, Sony has battled floods in Japan, a fire at its ma...

Kobayashi wins chicken wing crown
NEW YORK — Multiple hot dog eating champion Takeru Kobayashi has won an annual chicken wing eating contest in Philadelphia, downing a record 337...

Our woods may be home to a 'new ' spider species
An apparently new species of spider has been found in our woods, even though the creature has probably been around since long before humans came to ....

Students' retreat from English
Arecent education ministry survey of third-year middle school students nationwide found most students have an ambivalent and contradictory attitude to...

Immigration cuts lengthy detention for foreigners
The number of foreign nationals detained by immigration officials for one year or more has dropped significantly since a more flexible approach was ad...

American's death in Osaka probed
OSAKA — An American resident in Osaka died Saturday after a passer-by found him lying unconscious on a street in the busy Minami area in Chuo Wa...

Japan should take steps toward full-scale restoration of disaster-hit areas
The Watari district of Fukushima city is seen in northeast Japan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/ Greg Baker) Japan should take steps toward full-sc...