TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda frequently entertains dignitaries from all over the world, but he was a touch star-struck on Thursday when he hosted a young billionaire with a whiff of celebrity: Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. As cabinet ministers filed through Noda’s residence for a late afternoon meeting, it was Zuckerberg [...]
3DS owners have been waiting (and waiting) for a chance to take advantage of a downloadable content market, and while Nintendo already accomplished the tough part (read:launching it) a few days back, there’s still been no word on when paid content would make an appearance. Pushing those freebies aside is Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, which is seemingly destined to [...]
Governments from 20 of the wealthiest nations in the world vowed in 2009 to tighten regulations that allowed for rampant tax evasion in nations and territories where financial secrets of clients were witheld from authorities. But two years later, people looking to evade their taxes using offshore accounts still have plenty of countries to choose from, [...]
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese airline says one of its jets nose-dived and rolled almost upside down earlier this month because the co-pilot hit the wrong controls while trying to open the cockpit door so the captain could return from a restroom break. Two flight attendants were slightly hurt and four passengers got airsick when [...]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan found the first case of rice with radioactive materials far exceeding a government-set level for a preliminary test of pre-harvested crop, requiring thorough inspection of the rice to be harvested from the region, the farm ministry said late on Friday. The ministry said radioactive cesium of 500 becquerels per kg was [...]
As if the country of Japan has had enough to deal with over the last several months, the country is now facing a powerful typhoon with winds reaching up to 130 miles per hour. Tokyo Electric Power reports that 575,500 households are without power already, and that number could certainly climb. Japanese automakers are bracing for [...]
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon was bearing down on Japan’s tsunami-ravaged northeastern coast Wednesday, approaching a nuclear power plant crippled in that disaster and prompting calls for the evacuation of more than a million people. Even before its arrival Typhoon Roke turned deadly, with local media and police reporting five people killed or missing [...]
Japan’s minister handling the Fukushima crisis told a gathering of the UN atomic agency Monday his country would have a “safer” future, after a massive anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo. “I am convinced we will definitely overcome this challenge and find a prosperous, safer nuclear future,” Goshi Hosono said at the 151-nation International Atomic Energy Association [...]
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese authorities questioned nine suspected North Korea defectors Wednesday, and are considering their request to be sent to South Korea after they were found in a small wooden boat off Japan’s western coast. Tokyo is expected to issue a temporary landing permit for the group — three men, three women and three [...]
TOKYO — Quickly graying Japan said it has a record 47,756 people aged 100 or older – most of them women. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Tuesday that was an increase of 3,307 from last year and four times more than a dozen years ago. Some 87.1 percent are women. The oldest [...]
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