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Japan planning 14 nuclear plants: report
(AFP)
 AFP - Resource-poor Japan is planning to build at least 14 nuclear power plants over the next 20 years to reduce its reliance on other countries for its energy needs, a report said Sunday.
03/21/2010 - 02:06 AM
Japan local vote plan for foreigners triggers backlash
(AFP)
 AFP - A plan by Japan's centre-left leaders to give foreigners the vote in local elections has sparked a conservative backlash, showing ethnic minority issues can touch a raw nerve in the island-nation.
03/21/2010 - 12:51 AM
Tokyo marks 15th anniversary of subway gas attack
(AP)
 AP - Tokyo subway workers observed a moment of silence Saturday to mark the 15th anniversary of a nerve gas attack by a religious cult, Japan's deadliest act of domestic terrorism.
03/20/2010 - 05:22 AM
Japan marks 15th anniversary of subway gas attacks
(AFP)
 AFP - Japan on Saturday marked the 15th anniversary of the deadly 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attacks, with families of victims leaving flowers at the scene of some of the deaths.
03/19/2010 - 11:47 PM
Japan PM hints at leaving disputed US base on Okinawa
(AFP)
 AFP - Facing mounting pressure from Washington, Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday suggested a disputed US military base could stay on the southern island of Okinawa.
03/19/2010 - 11:00 AM
Japan, France call on Iran to resolve nuclear crisis now
(AFP)
 AFP - Japan and France Thursday pushed Iran to allay international suspicions about its nuclear programme, saying the time has come for Tehran to reject suggestions that it might be developing atomic bombs.
03/18/2010 - 11:09 AM
15 years on, Japan film recalls doomsday cult sarin attacks
(AFP)
 AFP - Time may have diminished the trauma of the worst terrorist attack in modern Japanese history, which struck 15 years ago Saturday, but widow Shizue Takahashi is determined not to let the memory fade.
03/18/2010 - 11:01 AM
Nissan to make Leaf electric cars in Sunderland
(AFP)
 AFP - Nissan Motor on Thursday said it would start building its zero-emission Leaf electric car at a plant in Sunderland from 2013, saving more than 2,000 jobs in one of England's most deprived regions.
03/18/2010 - 04:15 AM
Japan corporate mood up; talk of government stimulus weighs
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Japanese companies have become far less gloomy about economic conditions than three months ago, a Reuters corporate survey showed, pointing to a big improvement in the Bank of Japan's closely watched tankan survey next month.
03/18/2010 - 03:48 AM
US forces suspected in new hit-and-run in Japan
(AFP)
 AFP - The latest hit-and-run accident involving US troops in Japan has sparked anger on an island that has become a flashpoint in a row over the American troop presence in the country.
03/17/2010 - 07:26 AM
Bank of Japan frees up cash, keeps rate near zero
(AFP)
 AFP - Japan's central bank doubled the amount of cash it will make available to banks Wednesday while keeping interest rates at a record low as it tries to kickstart a stuttering economic recovery.
03/17/2010 - 05:49 AM
U.S. envoy's visit not cancelled over base row: Japan PM
(Reuters)
Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama denied on Tuesday that an expected visit by a senior U.S. envoy had been canceled because of a row over the relocation of a Marine base.
03/16/2010 - 08:07 AM
Pro-N.Korean school mums rally in Japan
(AFP)
 AFP - Hundreds of mothers whose children attend pro-North Korean schools in Japan rallied on Tuesday, demanding that the government include them in plans to make high school tuition free.
03/16/2010 - 06:02 AM
Six months on, Japanese government passes first pledge
(AFP)
 AFP - Japan's centre-left government scored its first triumph in an otherwise dismal six months Tuesday when it pushed a signature campaign bill through the lower house of parliament.
03/16/2010 - 03:55 AM
Strong earthquake rattles buildings around Japan
(AP)
 AP - A strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded capital.
03/14/2010 - 07:29 AM
Strong 6.6 magnitude quake hits northern Japan
(AFP)
 AFP - A strong, 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan Sunday afternoon, but no tsunami warning was issued, US and Japanese authorities said.
03/14/2010 - 04:00 AM
New Zealand activist brought to Tokyo prosecutors
(AFP)
 AFP - Japan's coast guard on Sunday handed over a detained New Zealand anti-whaling activist to Tokyo prosecutors, who will decide whether to indict him for boarding a Japanese whaling ship.
03/13/2010 - 10:53 PM
Asia, Pacific nations vow to fight threats to civil aviation
(AFP)
 AFP - Asia and Pacific nations vowed Saturday to fight emerging terror threats to commercial aircraft by boosting international security standards and measures, including screening technology.
03/13/2010 - 01:27 PM
Seven dead in Japanese nursing home fire
(AFP)
 AFP - Seven residents of a private nursing home for the elderly were killed in a pre-dawn fire in northern Japan on Saturday, police said.
03/13/2010 - 01:57 AM
Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activist arrested in Japan
(AFP)
 AFP - A New Zealand anti-whaling activist was arrested in Japan Friday after a harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month docked in Tokyo, greeted by police and nationalist protesters.
03/12/2010 - 12:54 PM
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