Rakuten plans to raise $2.2bn through landmark capital tie-ups with Japan Post Holdings, Chinese technology group Tencent and US retailer Walmart, as the Japanese ecommerce company seeks to fend off …
Sea slugs lose heads to rid bodies of parasites, Japan researchers show
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese researchers have shown that a type of sea slug are able to self-decapitate and regrow their bodies, a discovery that could have ramifications for regenerative medicine. The …
Joe Biden Won’t ‘Pull Any Punches’ on China, State Department Says Before Pivotal Talks
Antony Blinken is to meet with foreign ministers from Australia, India and Japan on Friday—and Chinese officials next week in Alaska.
More Myanmar workers hired by smaller Japanese companies
Tadahiro Negishi, Otsuka’s senior managing director, said the two female Myanmar workers “are catching on quickly as they learned Japanese and business manners for a year before coming to Japan.” …
The Latest: Japan to tighten border control against variants
TOKYO — Transportation minister Kazuyoshi Akaba says Japan will tighten border controls and limit the number of entrants to up to 2,000 per day to guard against the more contagious variants of …
Japan’s Suga Will Be First Foreign Leader to Visit Biden White House
On Friday morning, Mr. Biden is expected to speak virtually with leaders of Japan, India and Australia. The group, known as the Quad, is a strategic alliance focused on addressing mutual concerns over …
Olympics: No Chinese vaccines to be taken by Team Japan, minister says
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese athletes at the Summer Olympics will not be eligible for coronavirus vaccinations offered by China since Japan has not approved the vaccines, Olympics Minister Tamayo …
Fukushima: Japan mourns victims of earthquake and nuclear disaster 10 years on
TOKYO — An earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear disaster. Japan on Thursday marked 10 years since a triple catastrophe crippled its northeastern region, killing thousands and leaving a trail of …
CBS News’ Lucy Craft talks to her son about Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami hitting his school
As scenes of epic devastation started to roll in from across northeastern Japan, I futilely dialed one of the few places with functioning phones, the Sendai police department. An overwhelmed officer …
Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit
Japan fell quiet at 2:46 p.m. Thursday to mark the minute that an earthquake began 10 years ago, setting off a tsunami and nuclear crisis that devastated the country’s northeast …