A Japanese man who has spent the last 48 years in prison, including 45 years on death row, has been freed after a court ordered a retrial of his case.
China’s announcement that it has created an Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea — including airspace over a small group of islands claimed by both China and Japan — has prompted serious concerns and sharply worded protests from Washington and Tokyo.
Steam was noticed rising from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan at around 8.20am this morning by repair crews tasked with removing contaminated debris from the area.
A Japanese man is suing TV station NHK for using too many non-Japanese words in their broadcasts, which has left him “emotionally distressed”.
Back in 1993, farmers from the Japanese village of Inakadate (田舎館) started making art on their rice paddies by planting…