TPP conference ends without deal
Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks between Japan and the U.S. ended Thursday without a deal.U.S. Trade Represent...
read moreScrambles against Chinese planes hit record
Japan scrambled its Air Self-Defense Force 810 times in fiscal 2013. Scrambles against Chinese planes hit a record.Offic...
read moreMicrosoft ends XP support
Microsoft officially ended support for its Windows XP operating system in Japan on Wednesday. The OS first hit the marke...
read moreJapan, US try to break trade deadlock
Japan and the US are trying to break a deadlock in talks over a free trade deal.Officials met in Tokyo today on the Tran...
read moreTepco launches groundwater bypass plan
The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant started pumping groundwater today in a bid to reduce the flow o...
read moreJapanese revolutionary document found
The last letter by a 19th century Japanese revolutionary written just days before his assassination has been found in To...
read moreObokata rejects allegations of misconduct
Dr. Haruko Obokata held a news conference in Osaka on Wednesday, flanked by two legal representatives.The young scientis...
read moreTokyo police drill for Obama visit
Tokyo police are getting ready to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama to Japan, by conducting emergency drills.Police re...
read moreStem cell scientist appeals fraud finding
A young Japanese scientist at the heart of a scandal over stem cell research is appealing accusations of fraud.Dr. Haruk...
read moreWaseda probes science theses in wake of stem cell scandal
An elite Japan university is probing all scientific doctoral theses in the wake of a scandal over stem cell research. Wa...
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