Tag: Japan

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Forman said Friday that the success of two upcoming rounds of trade talks with Pacific Rim countries hinged on China and Japan making more concessions. (iStock Photo)

Trade rep pins success of latest talks on concessions from China, Japan

Sean Higgins · October 10, 2014 4:43 pm

In this June 5, 2014 photo, a man walks past a Google sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google is buying Skybox Imaging in a deal that could serve as a launching pad for the Internet company to send its own fleet of satellites to take aerial pictures and provide online access to remote areas of the world. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Japan court orders Google to remove search results

Yuri Kageyama · October 10, 2014 4:29 pm

President Obama is making the struggles of other advanced economies such as Europe and Japan the main feature of his latest economic pitch to voters, highlighting the relative strength of a U.S. economic recovery that is weak by historical standards. (iStock Photo)

Presidential pitch: Europe, Japan even worse off than we are

Joseph Lawler · October 8, 2014 9:00 am

A TE Connectivity Japan staff member demonstrates how to control remotely its dinosaur robot "TE Saurus" by a smart phone during the annual CEATEC Japan advanced technologies show in Chiba, east of Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. With a Sharp Aquos ZETA mobile phone model, users can make the 6.5-meter (21 feet, 4 inches) long, 2.1-meter (6 feet, 11 inches) tall dinosaur robot to walk forward and backward, jump, move its head, hands and legs up and down, left and right, open and close its mouth by touching the screen panel and make it bark by shaking the handheld. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Funky robots display Japan’s latest technologies

Haruka Nuga · October 7, 2014 10:09 am

In this Sept. 24, 2014 photo, a Shinkansen bullet train arrives at Tokyo Station in Tokyo. Japan launched its bullet train between Tokyo and Osaka 50 years ago Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014.(AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

World’s 1st bullet train, made in Japan, turns 50

EMILY WANGKEN MORITSUGU · October 1, 2014 3:04 pm

Which Way Will Seoul Go?

Dennis Halpin · September 29, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. poses for a photo at his office in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Japan-born admiral nominated as U.S. Pacific commander

Charles Hoskinson · September 22, 2014 8:01 pm

In this photo taken on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, a group of orca whales swim in the waters off San Juan Island near Friday Harbor, Wash., with Mt. Baker in the distance. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

Japan seeks backing for whaling despite UN ruling

Dusan Stojanovic · September 17, 2014 3:08 pm

Japanese Minister in charge of abductions Eriko Yamatani speaks during an interview with journalists at her office in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Yamatani urged North Korea to quickly release the results of a new investigation into the fate of dozens, possibly hundreds, of Japanese believed to have been abducted by the North's agents in the 1970s and '80s. Yamatani said it is extremely regrettable that North Korea hasn't informed Japan of the timing or other details of its expected announcement. Japanese on the posters read: "Abduction, we are sure to take them back." (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

Japan wants North Korea abductions report soon

Mari Yamaguchi · September 17, 2014 1:52 pm

Japan’s whale hunt under scrutiny at IWC meeting

Energy and Environment

Japan’s whale hunt under scrutiny at IWC meeting

Darko Bandic · September 15, 2014 12:56 pm

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, shakes hands with former abductee Hitomi Soga as Shigeru Yokota, center, father of Megumi Yokota who was also abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, looks on during a rally against North Korea's abductions, in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. Prime Minister Abe is turning up the pressure on North Korea to answer questions over the fate of possibly hundreds of Japanese citizens believed to have been abducted by the North's agents in the 1970s and 1980s. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

National Security

Japan pushes North Korea to resolve abductions

Eric Talmadge · September 13, 2014 9:41 am

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Japanese nuclear plant clears safety hurdle

Mari Yamaguchi · September 10, 2014 12:46 pm