Tag: Japan

2 members of Japanese pop group AKB48 attacked

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 12:21 am

President Obama got some chilling news from a USA Today/Pew poll this week

Washington Secrets

Zogby Report Card: Festering Veterans Affairs scandal undermines Obama

Paul Bedard · May 24, 2014 10:00 am

US charges Japanese executive with price fixing

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 10:04 pm

Japan court rejects startup of 2 nuclear reactors

Mari Yamaguchi · May 21, 2014 3:54 pm

FILE - In this April 21, 2014 file photo, container ship Josco View, of Hong Kong, right, and Panama's container ship Mol Earnest sail through a port in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo. Japan's trade deficit narrowed in April as exports grew faster than imports following an increase in the sales tax that is expected to dampen demand for some time. The 808.9 billion yen ($8 billion) deficit in April, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday, May 21, 2014 by the Ministry of Finance, compared with a gap of 877.4 billion yen a year earlier and with a 1.7 trillion yen deficit in March. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Japan’s trade deficit narrows on slower imports

Elaine Kurtenbach · May 21, 2014 11:13 am

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, and Chinese counterpart Gen. Fang Fenghui salute during a welcoming ceremony at the Bayi Building in Beijing. (AP/Andy Wong)

Examiner Editorial: What if China’s military is stronger than America thinks?

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2014 8:00 pm

In this photo taken on May 16, 2014, April 28 issue of "Oishinbo", right, showing character with nosebleed after visiting Fukushima, is seen alongside May 19 issue, left. A popular manga comic is setting off a public debate in Japan about the health effects of radiation following the Fukushima nuclear disaster - so much so, that the publisher issued a special edition with criticism and input it had received on "Oishinbo," including views from medical expert Monday, May 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY

Energy and Environment

Japan debates radiation as manga shows nosebleed

Yuri Kageyama · May 19, 2014 12:01 pm

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Citing threats from China and North Korea, a government-appointed panel is urging Japan to reinterpret its pacifist constitution to allow the use of military force to defend other countries. The recommendation, submitted Thursday to Prime Minister Abe, sets the stage for his push to allow the military to play a greater role in international security. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Japanese panel urges greater military role

Mari Yamaguchi · May 15, 2014 7:53 pm

Anti-dolphin hunt activist Ric O'Barry speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Taiji Whale Museum in Japanese town known for dolphin hunts, Taiji, is being sued by the American activist who says denying him entry is discriminatory. The lawsuit he filed this week says the aquarium has a baby albino dolphin in captivity and refuses entry to Western-looking people who want to check on the dolphin. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)

US activist turned away at Japanese aquarium sues

Yuri Kageyama · May 15, 2014 11:10 am

In this Wednesday, May 14, 2014 photo, people walk along a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo. Preliminary data show Japan's economy grew at a 5.9 percent annualized rate in the January-March quarter as companies and consumers stepped up buying ahead of an increase in the sales tax. The growth figures for the world's third-largest economy released Thursday, May 15 were in line with expectations a pre-tax hike rush. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Japan growth boosted by pre-tax hike spending rush

Elaine Kurtenbach · May 15, 2014 5:41 am

Raw: Caroline Kennedy Visits Fukushima Plant

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 2:41 pm

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy wearing a yellow helmet, a protective suit and a mask, inspects the central control room for the Unit One and Unit Two reactors of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, operated by Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Kennedy toured the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant for about three hours Wednesday. (AP Photo/Toru Yamanaka, Pool)

Energy and Environment

US Ambassador Kennedy visits Fukushima plant

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 2:35 pm