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 05.25.2011
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 05.25.2011
After a 20-day trip, four Japanese social norms made me wonder if pledges for extremely ambitious greenhouse gas emission cuts are realistic.
Posted 05.25.2011
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 05.25.2011
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 05.25.2011
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 08.08.2011
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 05.25.2011
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 05.25.2011
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 05.25.2011
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 05.25.2011
In September 1987, I thought I had landed the big one, a career-making exclusive with a reclusive superstar.
Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
cbc.ca | the Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011
A Japanese pop star was arrested Thursday for alleged public indecency after being found drunk and naked at a Tokyo park, police said....
Nytimes.com | By EDWARD WONG | Posted 05.25.2011
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...
The Mainichi Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011
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 05.25.2011
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 05.25.2011
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 05.25.2011
Tata and Nano have become poster children for nameless government bureaucracy and corporate arrogance.
The Japan Times | Posted 05.25.2011
The Tokyo Marathon produced at least one record, although not by any of the "elite" runners, on Sunday when a 65-year-old Saitama man completed the ra...
treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011
We like talking about promoting public transit here on Treehugger and at Planet Green, noting that cities and countries that get it right can create a...
Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011
Hillary Clinton is currently in Asia on her first international trip as secretary of state. With stops in Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and China, Cl...
AP | JAY ALABASTER | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — A volcano near Tokyo erupted Monday, shooting up billowing smoke and showering parts of the capital with a fine ash that sent some city ...
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011
The destruction in China is so staggering, it's hard to comprehend. Sixteen of the world's 20 most polluted cities are in China, and many regions can now lay claim to the most polluted air in the world.
Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011
The only other time the industry has seen a 3-million (or more) unit plunge was following the 1974 oil shortage.
Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011
Congress took a perverse pleasure in giving Detroit's CEOs and the UAW president the third degree -- unnecessary theater while our country suffers this economic decline.
AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011