U.S. slams Japanese mayor’s sex-slave comments as ‘offensive’
The United States condemned as “outrageous and offensive” comments by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said this week that Japan’s military brothels during World War Two were “necessary” to provide respite for soldiers.
Woman, 77, used sex to dupe 79-year-old lover out of $4 million
A 77-year-old Japanese woman must repay nearly $4 million to her 79-year-old lover after she used her feminine wiles to [...]
Japanese fish survive 5,000-mile trip across Pacific in tsunami boat
Scientists are baffled as to how a group of small fish native to Japan survived a journey across the Pacific [...]
North Korea missiles threaten US bases
North Korea has placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast [...]
Caroline Kennedy may be next U.S. ambassador to Japan
President Barack Obama is leaning toward picking Caroline Kennedy to be the next U.S. ambassador to Japan, a source familiar with the process said on Monday.
Boeing Dreamliner hit by two more mishaps in Japan
Boeing Co’s 787 Dreamliner jet suffered a cracked cockpit window and an oil leak on separate flights in Japan on Friday.
Why aren’t people in Japan having more sex?
Japan needs to get busy… literally.
Nissan to cut loss-making exports
Nissan Motor Co. said yesterday it aimed to boost its sales in Japan in a
move that would also help reduce exports by as much as a third and
reduce the impact of the yen’s crippling strength.
Americans’ Women’s World Cup run ends in choke, disappointment
Time after time yesterday, the Women’s World Cup was within reach for the U.S. national team.
Fukushima redux: Toxic waste site?
Japan’s atomic energy specialists are discussing a plan to make the
Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant a storage site for radioactive waste.