Tadamasa Goto's Liver Transplant Profiled: How Yakuza Boss Got New Liver At UCLA (VIDEO)
On Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a report by Lara Logan on the puzzling liver transplants received by Japan's top crime bosses at UCLA Medical Center. Betw...
On Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a report by Lara Logan on the puzzling liver transplants received by Japan's top crime bosses at UCLA Medical Center. Betw...
Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact
Stephen Wiltshire was mute when he was diagnosed with severe autism at the age of three. He began communicating through his drawings after being sent ...
AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business
ASSOCIATED PRESS, BY YURI KAGEYAMA: TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underl...
William Bradley | Posted 10.09.2009 | World
Just as I never thought that Obama would win the Olympics for Chicago, it never occurred to me that he would win the Nobel Peace Prize this year.
The Associated Press | Posted 10.03.2009 | World
TOKYO (AP)- Police say a former Japanese finance minister who stepped down after appearing drunk at an overseas news conference has been found dead in...
The Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 10.02.2009 | World
Today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, celebrations were held, as the city granted the right to host the 2016 Olympics - the first city in South America to host the games.
Lauri Lyons | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment
When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.
AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 09.16.2009 | Green
TOKYO — The Tokyo International Film Festival will show "The Cove," a documentary that depicts the slaughter of dolphins in Japan. But the decis...
Nathan Gardels | Posted 11.10.2009 | World
An essay published by Yukio Hatoyama, the soon-to-be prime minister of Japan, has caused a big stir abroad, which in turn caused a bigger stir back in Japan.
Mairi Beautyman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
After a 20-day trip, four Japanese social norms made me wonder if pledges for extremely ambitious greenhouse gas emission cuts are realistic.
Posted 09.19.2009 | Business
Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva and Tokyo are more expensive than New York, according to a new study released Wednesday by UBS. The study analyzes...
Global Post | Justin McCurry | Posted 09.17.2009 | World
TOKYO -- If the polls are correct and Japanese voters put an opposition party in power on Aug. 30, the consequences will be felt well beyond the cou...
Jennifer Lind | Posted 08.30.2009 | World
Hey! I cannot believe what I just saw, young man! What are you thinking? We've talked about this. You are not allowed to get nuclear weapons. Not while you live under my roof.
Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green
A male polar bear Yukio tries to eat vegetables inside a block of ice presented to promote the German polar bear film 'Knut und seine Freunde' and to ...
Washington Post | Posted 08.21.2009 | World
Although it is the world's biggest metropolis, Tokyo is not an Action News kind of town. If television news here played by the rules of big American ...
AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 08.13.2009 | World
TOKYO — The political party that has governed Japan for the last 50 years could be ousted from power in national elections next month _ with the...
Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.07.2009 | World
According to the data/surveying firm Mercer, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan surpassed Moscow in 2009 as the most expensive city in the world for expats, due t...
Jim Impoco | Posted 07.29.2009 | Entertainment
In September 1987, I thought I had landed the big one, a career-making exclusive with a reclusive superstar.
Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media
I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.
Nytimes.com | By EDWARD WONG | Posted 05.24.2009 | World
The Chinese government denounced Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday for making an offering earlier this week to a Japanese war shrine in Tok...
cbc.ca | the Associated Press | Posted 05.24.2009 | World
A Japanese pop star was arrested Thursday for alleged public indecency after being found drunk and naked at a Tokyo park, police said....
The Mainichi Daily News | Posted 05.17.2009 | World
Countries supporting Pakistan are set to pledge a total of about 4 billion dollars (about 400 billion yen) in aid to the country over the next two yea...
Steve Parker | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business
Just over a month ago, Porsche released the production facts and figures and pricing for their new Panamera four-door sedan. And today, we nearly ran ...
GlobalPost | Mimi Hanaoka | Posted 05.08.2009 | World
TOKYO -- I followed the instructions of the watchful cashier and took off my shoes, sanitized my hands, placed my bag in a locker and dangled an ID ...
Steve Parker | Posted 04.24.2009 | World
Tata and Nano have become poster children for nameless government bureaucracy and corporate arrogance.
Posted 11.02.2009 | World