Articles
A Nice Fit for Japan?
U.S. and Japanese personnel watch as a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey – wings, rotors and engines folded -- is brought below decks on the helicopter carrier JS Hyuga...
Grading Abenomics: After Stock Slide, Japan Economic Reforms Under Fire
Is Japan now officially in bear market? It’s a question being asked by many investors today, given that the Nikkei closed yesterday 20 percent down from a recent...
Japan Sends Its Troops Into Uncharted Waters
TOKYO – A major amphibious warfare exercise off the California coast is not intended as a dress rehearsal for combat in the Japanese islands -- but it could work...
Army Suspends Top Commander in Japan
TOKYO – Well, this is embarrassing. Just days after the Marines handed out wallet cards reminding troops in the Pacific to behave ethically, the Army’s top...
Japan Looks to Add Offensive Capability
TOKYO -- North Korea seems to have put its missiles away for now, but Japan’s conservative government wants the option to blast them away the next time they're...
Photo Essays
Microscopic Photos of the Elements
Ryoji Tanaka’s photographs may look like alien landscapes, but they are very much of this world. The organometallic chemist at Sagami Chemical Research Institute...
Mega Snow: James Whitlow Delano’s Buried Japan
Japan’s Aomori Prefecture might be at the same latitude as New York, but its climate can seem a lot more harsh. Nestled at the northernmost part of the country’s...
Time.com Specials
Top 10 Deadliest Earthquakes
An 8.9-magnitude earthquake has hit northeastern Japan, producing a destructive tsunami that swept through several coastal areas. TIME takes a look at some of...
Young Japan
For too long, Japan's youth have been a silent minority. Now, on the eve of a crucially important general election, they seek a bigger voice in forging the...
Articles from Around the Web
Tricky Ways to Pull Down a Skyscraper
Engineers in Japan are perfecting more efficient, and stealthier, demolition methods. ...
Japan's' Science Women' Seek an Identity
Universities in Japan are pushing to increase female enrollment in science and technology, despite a culture that pushes most women toward the humanities. ...
US considers North Korea offer of talks
Washington to hold meetings with South Korea and Japan to discuss Pyongyang call for discussion aimed at easing tension. ...
Brazilians Protest High Cost of Hosting World Cup
About 1,000 protesters complaining about the high cost of staging the World Cup demonstrated in front of the National Stadium in Brasilia just hours before Brazil played Japan in...
