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- Japanese sportswear brand Young Sangyo joins Taipei IN Style
(Taiwan) Young Sangyo Co., Ltd. is the vanguard and leader in Japan fashion industry. For over 40 years after founding, Young Sangyo Co., Ltd has devoted to develop and manufacture premium fashion goods. The company business covers from product
- Japan's royal couple tour Ottawa area
Japan Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk to wellwishers at the Mackenzie King Estate in Gatineau Park, Que. (Patrick Doyle/Canadian Press) Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko toured the Ottawa region Saturday, the first official stop on
- Editorial: N. Korea missiles
North Korea's firing on Saturday of seven medium-range ballistic missiles, no doubt to mark US Independence Day, has produced predictable international reactions, not least from South Korea and Japan. Both condemned the latest launches as 'a provocative
- Donors Find a Home in Obama's Ambassador Corps
WorldNetDaily, Staff Original article The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo has seen its share of luminaries in the ambassador's suite. Former Vice President Walter Mondale, former Senate Majority Leaders Mike Mansfield and Howard Baker and former House Speaker Tom
- Tokyo Tower lit up in 5 colors in hopes to host Olympics
Tokyo Tower was lit up in five colors Saturday night to demonstrate the Japanese capitals hopes to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. It was colored in strips from the upper part in white, yellow, red, green and blue to the bottom at 7 p.m. as dusk
- Large-scale antibody test on new flu planned in Osaka
A large-scale antibody test will be conducted on the new H1N1 influenza, ahead of an anticipated second wave of the new flu later this year, at an Osaka Prefecture school hit in May by Japans worst group infection, prefectural government officials said
- Condemnation of N Korea missile launch
North Korea has fired seven ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan from a site at Kitdaeryong near the eastern port of Wonsan. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the missiles were 'Scud-type'. North Korea is barred by United Nations resolutions from
- Krishna hails role of diaspora in boosting Indo-Japan ties
Tokyo (PTI): Paying rich tributes to the Indian diaspora here, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Saturday said they are playing a key role in building 'new bridges' between India and Japan. 'You have kept the culture, spirit and the idea of India
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While retaining its time-honored culture, Japan rapidly absorbed Western technology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After its devastating defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become the second most powerful economy in the world and a staunch ally of the US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, actual power rests in networks of powerful politicians, bureaucrats, and business executives. The economy experienced a major slowdown in the 1990s following three decades of unprecedented growth.
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