Tag: Japan

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2012 file photo, Osamu Tasaka, left, director general of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross, and Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of North Korea's Red Cross Society, shake hands outside a hotel where they had a meeting in Beijing. Japanese and North Korean Red Cross officials will meet in China on Monday, March 3, 2014 in what could be a first step toward resuming talks between the two nations. The two sides will discuss the repatriation of remains of Japanese buried in North Korea and left behind after World War II, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Japan colonized Korea from 1910 to 1945. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)

Japan and North Korea Red Cross to meet in China

Washington Examiner · February 28, 2014 6:18 am

In this Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 photo, people look around a clothing store in Tokyo. Japan's consumer price index rose 1.3 percent in January and factory production also climbed, suggesting the recovery in the world's third-largest economy is holding steady ahead of an April 1 tax hike. A raft of data released Friday suggest the economy may need still more help in weathering the 3 percent tax increase in April as many economists forecast a contraction will follow as consumers and businesses adjust to higher costs. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Japan economy holds steady as tax hike looms

Elaine Kurtenbach · February 28, 2014 5:04 am

In this July 26, 2011 photo, former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama speaks at a symposium in Beijing, China. Murayama said Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 that the landmark 1995 war apology carrying his name is an international pledge that Japan must not change, amid speculation that the current conservative leaders want to revise it. During his rare public speech in Tokyo since his retirement in 2000, Murayama said that Japan should also keep another apology over forced prostitution before and during World War II, and urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to stand by both statements. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Author says Japan’s 1995 war apology should stand

Mari Yamaguchi · February 28, 2014 3:33 am

Hulu selling Japan business to Nippon TV

Washington Examiner · February 28, 2014 1:41 am

Israeli Embassy to Japan representative Peleg Lewi, left, shakes hands with Suginami Ward Mayor Ryo Tanaka as he hands over Anne Frank-related books to public libraries at the Suginami Ward Office in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. The Israeli Embassy is donating 300 books after the recent vandalism of a similar number of such books in their collections. More than 300 books related to Anne Frank, including copies of "The Dairy of a Young Girl," have been found damaged in Tokyo libraries. Suginami was particularly hard hit with 121 books vandalized. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Israel donates Anne Frank books to Tokyo libraries

Washington Examiner · February 27, 2014 11:14 am

Samsung, Asia's largest technology company, said Nov. 1 it shipped more than 800,000 Galaxy Gear units within two months after the timepiece went on sale. (AP Photo)

One smartring to rule all as startups join new wave of wearable technology

Bloomberg News · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

Head of troubled bitcoin exchange still in Japan

Yuri Kageyama · February 27, 2014 3:58 am

US-led trade deal talks to carry on to next round

Elaine Kurtenbach · February 25, 2014 2:19 pm

China labels Japan a ‘trouble maker’

Washington Examiner · February 25, 2014 12:34 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, the Unit 4 reactor building of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station is seen through a bus window in Okuma, Japan. Japan unveiled its first draft energy policy since the Fukushima meltdown three years ago, saying nuclear power remains an important source of electricity for the country. The plan presented Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 to the Cabinet for approval in coming weeks, says Japan's nuclear energy dependency will be reduced as much as possible. But it says reactors that meet new safety standards set after the 2011 nuclear crisis should be restarted. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool)

Energy and Environment

Japan plan keeps nuclear as key energy source

Mari Yamaguchi · February 25, 2014 6:05 am

A ripped copy of Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl" picture book is shown by Shinjuku City Library Director Kotaro Fujimaki at the library in Tokyo Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Tokyo Libraries said on Friday that hundreds of copies of Anne Frank's diary and related books have been found vandalised across the city's libraries in the last month, sparking fears of an anti-Semitic motive. A total of 265 books in 31 libraries had been found damaged after the first damaged book was found in January, prompting a wider search. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda)

265 Anne Frank books vandalized in Tokyo libraries

Washington Examiner · February 22, 2014 12:57 am

Japanese stocks lead world markets higher

Kelvin Chan · February 21, 2014 5:15 pm