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In this undated photo released by Fujifilm Holdings Corp., anti-influenza tablets fabipiravir are shown. Japan said Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 it is ready to provide a Japanese-developed anti-influenza drug as potential treatment to fight the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak. The drug, developed by a Fujifilm subsidiary Toyama Chemical Co. to treat novel and re-emerging influenza viruses, was approved by the Japanese health ministry in March. Fujifilm is in talks with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on clinical testing of the drug in treating Ebola, company spokesman Takao Aoki said. The label reads: fabipiravir. (AP Photo/Fujifilm Holdings Corp.)

Healthcare

Japan ready to offer flu drug for Ebola treatment

Mari Yamaguchi -

August 25, 2014 3:23 pm

In this aerial image, rescuers search for the people still missing in the mud-covered residential area after the Aug. 20 landslides in Hiroshima, western Japan Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. The death toll from the landslides in the western city of Hiroshima climbed to at least 50 as local officials revised the number missing to 28 people. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Energy and Environment

Japan PM visits landslide site as complaints swirl

Elaine Kurtenbach -

August 25, 2014 12:15 pm

Japan's Self-Defense Force members search for survivors in the rubble in a mud-ridden residential area following a massive landslide in Hiroshima, western Japan, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. Hillsides caved in or were swept down into residential areas in at least five valleys in the suburbs of the western Japanese city on Wednesday, crushing dozens of houses after heavy rains.(AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT

News

Rains raise search risk after Japan landslides

MARI YAMAGUCHIELAINE KURTENBACH -

August 22, 2014 1:26 pm

Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel search for missing residents in a mud-ridden residential area following a massive landslide in Hiroshima, western Japan, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. Rain-sodden slopes collapsed in torrents of mud, rock and debris Wednesday on the outskirts of Hiroshima city, killing more than 30 people and leaving a several missing, Japanese police said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT

News

39 dead, dozens missing after Japan landslides

Mari Yamaguchi -

August 21, 2014 11:55 am

In this aerial photo, a rescue helicopter hovers over an area devastated by a massive landslide in Hiroshima, western Japan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. A several people died and at least a dozen are missing after rain-sodden hills in the outskirts of Hiroshima gave way early Wednesday in several landslides. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

News

36 dead, 7 missing in Hiroshima landslide

Elaine Kurtenbach -

August 20, 2014 1:46 pm

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News

111-year-old from Japan recognized as oldest man

Mari Yamaguchi -

August 20, 2014 9:11 am

A cargo is unloaded from a truck to load onto a freight vessel at the pier of a container terminal in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Japan's trade deficit rose in July from the month before to a wider than expected 964 billion yen ($9.4 billion), though exports were higher for the first time in three months, the government said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Business

Japan trade deficit widens, exports up slightly

Elaine Kurtenbach -

August 20, 2014 8:49 am

China fines 12 Japanese firms in auto price probe

Business

China fines 12 Japanese firms in auto price probe

Joe McDonald -

August 20, 2014 4:16 am

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Type-89 armored combat vehicles flare up a smoke screen during an annual live firing exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

News

Japan military holds drill as its role expands

Mari Yamaguchi -

August 19, 2014 10:34 am

Japanese men clad in outdated military costume march in to pay respects to the country's war dead at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Japan marks the 69th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

News

China, S. Korea blast Japan’s war shrine visits

Yuri Kageyama -

August 16, 2014 1:04 am

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