Japanese and U.S. ships and dive teams had searched for the aircraft since it crashed Wednesday on a routine training mission.
Japan islanders fear consequences if Taiwan attacked
STORY: This disaster drill is meant to prepare for crisis on Japan’s westernmost frontier – be it a natural disaster or – as island mayor Kenichi Itokazu increasingly worries, a humanitarian one.
Nvidia is promising to help Japan get the AI chips it needs with a whole network of new plants
Chip companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Micron are pledging hundreds of millions of dollars to build new chipmaking factories throughout the country—with strong support from …
Police arrest Japan taxi driver after running over pigeon
A Tokyo taxi driver was arrested for deliberately driving into a flock of pigeons and killing one, police said Tuesday, reportedly because he was angry that the birds were on the road.Atsushi Ozawa, …
Japan Q3 GDP seen contracting at slower pace on capex
TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Japan’s economy likely shrank slightly less than initially estimated in July-September, reflecting an expected upward revision in private sector capital investment, a Reuters …
As Japan emerges from deflation, banks get wake-up call on interest rate swing
After decades of deflation, Japan’s economy looks poised to finally turn a corner. For its biggest banks, however, there’s a hitch: a generation of professional front-line staff have little experience …
Japan’s frontier islanders decry lack of plan to aid Taiwanese fleeing attack
Sonkichi Sakihara recalls chancing upon some of the last refugees to arrive on Yonaguni: four men who had sailed more than 2,000 kilometres from Vietnam to reach Japan’s westernmost inhabited island.
Inflation in Japan’s capital slows in November
Core consumer inflation in Japan’s capital Tokyo, considered a leading indicator of nationwide trends, hit 2.3% in November, slowing from the previous month in a sign of easing cost-push pressure in …
Remains of five other airmen found from Osprey that crashed in Japan, Air Force says
Wreckage and remains from a United States Air Force CV-22B Osprey that crashed off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan, last week were discovered on Monday, according to a statement from Air Force …
Large part of U.S. Osprey that crashed in Japan found with 5 more crew members’ bodies inside
A large part of the fuselage of a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey that crashed almost a week earlier has been found with 5 crew members’ bodies inside, the Air Force confirmed.