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Is Japan losing its cool?
Is Japan losing its cool? It’s been 50 years since Kyu Sakamoto’s “Sukiyaki Song” became a worldwide smash. The only other Asian artist to replicate the feat? Psy, from rival South Korea, with his viral hit “Gangnam Style.” Even as Korean tech giant Samsung turns Sony into a has-been, Japan’s…
Japan and India strike currency swap agreement
Japan and India have inked a $15 billion currency swap agreement, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of cooperation between the Asian giants. The deal means the pair can swap each other’s currency into US dollars with a maximum value of $15 billion through…
Body count up to nine in Japanese tunnel collapse
Rescuers found three crushed bodies in a collapsed tunnel on a major Japanese highway, taking the death toll to nine Monday as questions mounted about whether decaying ceiling supports caused the disaster. At least three vehicles were buried on Sunday when concrete ceiling panels crashed down inside the nearly five-kilometre…
Robot companion to keep Japan’s astronaut company on 6-month mission
A small humanoid robot that can talk will be sent into space to provide conversational company for a Japanese astronaut on a six-month mission, according to new plans. The miniature robot will arrive at the International Space Station next summer, a few months ahead of astronaut Koichi Wakata, Japan’s Kibo…
Dueling protests in Tokyo over dolphin and whale hunts
Environmentalists and nationalists held opposing rallies over the issue of Japan’s dolphin and whale hunts in a rare showdown in central Tokyo on Saturday, leading to angry scenes. About 50 anti-whaling activists gathered at a park in the Shibuya shopping district with banners bearing slogans such as “Stop the cruel…
Two more U.S. servicemen arrested in Japan
Two more US servicemen were arrested in Japan on Friday, police said, as anti-American sentiment runs high following the rape of a woman in the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. Police in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, arrested 23-year-old US sailor Oscar Hayes Wiygul III on suspicion of public indecency after…
Japan’s secret economic weapon: women
In next month’s general election, politicians — nearly all of them men — will make promises on what they will do to fix Japan’s economic morass. Very few of them will even mention women. The country’s problems are well known: more older people are living longer as the workforce that…
Worldwide rallies planned to protest Japan’s whale and dolphin hunts
Anti-whaling activists said Thursday there would be demonstrations in Tokyo and eight other cities around the world this weekend against Japan’s hunt. Protesters are expected to gather in the Japanese capital to call for an end to the annual state-sponsored whaling mission to the Southern Ocean, due to start in…
Japan, India to cooperate on rare earth production
Japan has signed a memorandum of understanding with India to promote joint production of rare earth minerals, a move which will help reduce its reliance on China which controls most of the world’s supply. Under the memorandum signed Friday, the Japanese and Indian governments will support a joint project between…
Japan nuclear plant on fault line may be next Fukushima, says geologist
Japan’s only working nuclear power plant sits on what may be a seismic fault in the earth’s crust, a geologist has warned, saying it is “very silly” to allow it to continue operating. Mitsuhisa Watanabe says the earth’s plates could move under the Oi nuclear plant in western Japan, causing…
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