Tag: Japan

Most Asian stocks rise on upbeat US factory report

Kelvin Chan · February 21, 2014 3:30 am

Plan to Move Base Exposes US Problem on Okinawa

Washington Examiner · February 20, 2014 7:08 pm

This photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) shows radioactive water leaked from a tank at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Highly radioactive water has overflowed from a storage tank, but the operator says it did not reach the Pacific Ocean. The operator, TEPCO said Thursday that the leak involved partially treated water from early in the crisis, meaning it was more toxic than previous leaks. Three reactors melted at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, with radioactive water partially recycled and stored in more than 1,000 tanks. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co. )(AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co. )

Energy and Environment

Highly radioactive water leaks at Japan nuke plant

Washington Examiner · February 20, 2014 12:54 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013 file photo, former South Korean comfort woman Kil Un-ock, center, who was forced to serve for the Japanese troops as a sexual slave during World War II, shouts slogans during a rally against the recent comment of Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto in front of Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Japan's top government spokesman said Thursday that Tokyo would consider re-examining a 20-year-old study that led to a landmark apology over its forced prostitution in World War II. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Japan may review probe on WWII sex slavery

Mari Yamaguchi · February 20, 2014 12:41 pm

Container ships are moored at the pier of a container terminal in Tokyo, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Japan's trade deficit surged to a monthly record of 2.8 trillion yen ($27.4 billion) in January as imports jumped 25 percent, underscoring the challenge the country faces in restoring export-driven growth. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Japan trade deficit hits record $27.4B in January

Elaine Kurtenbach · February 20, 2014 7:30 am

Japan’s Abe faces challenge to broaden recovery

Elaine Kurtenbach · February 18, 2014 8:40 am

Daisuke Takahashi of Japan waits for his results after the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

SOCHI SCENE: Japan’s other skaters

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2014 8:11 am

Takashi Niigaki, ghost writer of well known deaf composer Mamoru Samuragochi, a composer Japanese have likened to Beethoven for supposedly composing music despite a severe hearing impairment, reacts after being questioned by a journalist during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Niigaki said he hopes to continue composing and performing, despite the uproar over Samuragochiâs admission on Wednesday that he did not write the pieces he is best known for, such as his âHiroshima Symphony.â (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Ghost composer asks if Japan’s Beethoven can hear

Elaine Kurtenbach · February 6, 2014 11:52 am

Panel: Japan should lift ban on collective defense

Mari Yamaguchi · February 5, 2014 4:38 am

Hundreds sue makers of Fukushima nuclear plant

Mari Yamaguchi · January 30, 2014 3:14 pm

Japan envoy urges calm amid tensions with China

Matthew Pennington · January 29, 2014 10:44 pm

In this Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 photo, Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. President Toshio Kushiro, left, and subsidiary Aqli Foods President Yutaka Tanabe, second from left, bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo. A factory worker at the plant that had churned out food laced with pesticide has been arrested Saturday as a suspect in the massive poisoning that prompted a recall of more than 6 million packages of frozen food. Maruha Nichiro announced executive pay cuts and said that presidents were resigning in March to take responsibility for the food-poisoning. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, NO SALES

Police arrest man in Japan tainted food scandal

Washington Examiner · January 26, 2014 12:27 pm