Japan: Delay in PM moving into residence revives talk of ghosts

A former sex slave says a Japanese mayor's remarks about Japan's wartime sex slavery are "absurd." Kim Bok-dong, who is from South Korea, was referring Saturday to comments by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto. He has angered many by saying Japan's wartime practice ...

A Japanese politician who drew fire for calling "comfort women" a wartime necessity has been forced to apologise for suggesting US soldiers in Okinawa visit brothels to vent their violent frustrations. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto had suggested that ...

Japanese car giant Nissan will recall 22,188 units of its small car Micra and sedan Sunny in India due to faulty braking system, as part of a global exercise to rectify the problem. The companys wholly-owned subsidiary Nissan Motor India will recall the ...

Some observers have raised the alarm over rising Japanese long-term interest rates, even though these rates are still less than 1 percent. A generation ago, Japan was widely admired - and feared - as an economic paragon. Business best-sellers put samurai ...

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The Japan Atomic Energy Agency, which runs the lab, said the accident occurred on Thursday in the Hadron Experimental Facility at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex in the town of Tokaimura, where at least two previous radiation accidents occurred.

The yen Friday gained against the euro and the US dollar as heavy volatility in the Japanese equity market reverberated through the currency market. (AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno) NEW YORK: The yen Friday gained against the euro and the US dollar as heavy ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet formally denied months-long rumours that the premier had not moved into his official residence over fears the mansion is haunted. The conservative leader took office in December but has yet to move into the 11-room ...

Four researchers were exposed to radiation in an accident at a Japanese nuclear physics laboratory this week, officials said today. The accident occurred on Thursday at a laboratory in Tokaimura, 120 kilometres northeast of Tokyo, the Japan Atomic ...