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Japanese businesses close factories in China amid violence
A swathe of Japan’s biggest corporate names padlocked factories in China Tuesday as violent anti-Japan protests sparked safety fears, and threatened economic ties worth more than $300 billion a year. Firms ranging from electronics giants Sony and Panasonic to Japan’s three big carmakers — Toyota, Honda and Nissan — temporarily…
Japan firms close Chinese plants after protests
Japanese firms including Panasonic suspended operations at plants in China, companies and reports said Monday, after mass anti-Tokyo protests at the weekend over disputed islands in the East China Sea. Speaking in Tokyo, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called for diplomatic efforts to resolve the worsening spat, a day after…
Anti-Japan protests erupt across China
Thousands of anti-Japanese demonstrators mounted protests in cities across China on Sunday over disputed islands in the East China Sea, a day after an attempt to storm Tokyo’s embassy in the capital. Beijing was infuriated last week when Japan announced it had bought the rocky outcrops and while Chinese authorities…
Japan to phase out nuclear energy by 2040
Japan on Friday said it planned to phase out nuclear power over three decades in an apparent bow to public pressure after last year’s Fukushima disaster, the worst atomic accident in a generation. The disaster-struck country would work to cut its use of nuclear energy to zero by 2040 by…
Japanese ‘miracle’ pine cut down and preserved
A lone pine tree that stood as a symbol of hope in Japan, after surviving the huge tsunami that swept away a forest of 70,000, was being cut down in a bid to preserve it. The tree, which came to be known as the “miracle pine”, will be sliced into…
U.S. urges ‘cooler heads’ between Japan, China
WASHINGTON — The United States called for calm between Japan and China after Beijing sent ships to disputed islands in the East China Sea in response to Tokyo’s purchase of them. “We think, in the current environment, we want cooler heads to prevail, frankly,” Kurt Campbell, the assistant secretary of…
Japan says it will buy islands claimed by China
The Japanese government will buy three islands at the center of bitter territorial row with China, a spokesman said Monday after a cabinet meeting. “During the ministerial meeting today, we agreed that we will obtain the ownership of the three Senkaku islands as quickly as possible,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu…
Rogue ‘fake’ doctor examined 2,300 people in Japan
A hospital in Japan is checking the qualifications of all of its doctors after a man believed to have no medical licence examined more than 2,300 of its patients. The man conducted medical interviews, examined electrocardiograms and explained check-up results to people in 2010-2011 at Takashimadaira Chuo General Hospital in…
Mass protest in Japan against U.S. hybrid aircraft
Tens of thousands of people rallied on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa Sunday against the deployment of US Osprey military aircraft after a series of accidents elsewhere involving the planes. Protesters demanded the United States and Japan immediately scrap plans to deploy 12 MV-22 Ospreys at the Futenma US base…
63-year-old engineer is Japan’s ‘Last Ninja’
A 63-year-old former engineer may not fit the typical image of a dark-clad assassin with deadly weapons who can disappear into a cloud of smoke. But Jinichi Kawakami is reputedly Japan’s last ninja. As the 21st head of the Ban clan, a line of ninjas that can trace its history…
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