January 2012
By Michael Blaskoski • January 31, 2012
Four Japanese executives for Yazaki Corp. are going to prison and the company has agreed to pay one of the largest anti-trust fines in U.S. history after the auto-parts company along with Denso Corp. plead guilty to price-fixing.
By Michael Blaskoski • January 31, 2012
The population of Japan is forecast to shrink by two thirds over the next century as the number of births falls below the replacement rate.
By Michael Blaskoski • January 31, 2012
Japan’s unemployment rate edged up unexpectedly in December to 4.6% from 4.5% a month earlier, Bloomberg News said, citing Japan’s statistics bureau.
By CJ • January 30, 2012
Tokyo Metropolitan Police officers on Saturday raided a building in Nerima Ward being used for the sale of uncensored Sankei Shimbun (Jan. 30).
By Michael Blaskoski • January 28, 2012
Only three of Japan’s nuclear reactors remain in operation after Chugoku Electric Power Co. shut its No. 2 reactor at its Shimane nuclear plant for scheduled maintenance Friday
By Michael Blaskoski • January 27, 2012
A Chinese man who fire-bombed the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea because his grandmother was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army has been formally charged by prosecutors.
By CJ • January 27, 2012
Offered customers sexual services inside a one-room apartment
By Kenji Nakano • January 27, 2012
Tokyo Metropolitan Police are focusing multiple investigations on a lavish club in upscale Nishi Azabu frequented by celebrities.
By Michael Blaskoski • January 26, 2012
North Korea has kidnapped 571 South Koreans since the end of the Korean War.
By Michael Blaskoski • January 26, 2012
The Japanese government kept secret a worst-case scenario report by experts that warned there was the possibility the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may require the forced evacuation of tens of millions from Tokyo.