Team USA Tops Japan, 2-1, Wins Soccer Gold
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/GettyImages(LONDON) — The United States women’s soccer team got their revenge on Japan. Carli Lloyd led the way for the United States on Thursday with two goals in Team USA’s 2-1 win over Japan for the gold medal.
“I think I j…
US Women’s Soccer Team Advances to the Finals
Stanley Chou/Getty Images(LONDON) — The United States women’s soccer team defeated Canada on Monday, 4-3 behind Alex Morgan’s go-ahead goal in the final minute of extra time.Morgan scored the game-winner when she sent the ball over the hea…
Japan Gives Russian President Putin New Puppy
File photo. iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has a new furry four-legged friend.A three-month old Akita Inu puppy named Yume, a gift from the Japanese prefecture of Akita, arrived in Moscow on an Aeroflot flight from …
Japan Investigates Radiation Cover-Up Claim
STR/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — The Japanese government reports they will investigate findings that workers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were told to hide their exposure to radiation with lead shields, according to the BBC.The March 2…
City Apologizes to Family of Bullied Teen Who Committed Suicide
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TOKYO) — Facing mounting public scrutiny for their handling of a bullying case that drove a 13-year-old boy to commit suicide, the Japanese city of Otsu signaled they would settle a lawsuit filed by the victim’s parents on…
Thousands Demand End to Nuclear Power in Japan
YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/GettyImages(TOKYO) — Tens of thousands of protesters brought central Tokyo to a halt Monday, marching through busy streets to demand the government abandon nuclear power.
Demonstrators, bused in from all across Japan, gathere…
Japan: Teen Kills Himself Following Torment from Classmates, Teachers
Ron Chapple Studios/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The suicide of a 13-year-old boy in southern Japan after classmates systematically bullied him — even making him “practice” suicide — while teachers ignored the abuse or laughed has pr…
Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Was ‘Man-Made,’ Investigation Finds
STR/AFP/Getty Images(TOKYO) — The Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan was a “man-made” accident caused by a utility and government regulators who put self-interest before the interest of the public, an independent parliamentary commission …
Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactor Amid Protests
Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images(TOKYO) — The operator of the Ohi Power Plant in western Japan restarted one of its reactors late Sunday night, ending Japan’s temporary freeze on nuclear power for the first time since the Fukushima nuc…
Japanese Robot Never Loses Rock-Paper-Scissors
Ishikawa Oku Lab via YouTube(TOKYO) — In the ongoing battle between man and robot, the robot seems to have the upper hand when it comes to the game rock-paper-scissors.Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed what amounts to a mechanical …
Japanese City Cracks Down on Tattoos
Robert Ginn/Getty Images(TOKYO) — Tattoos are not the sign of rebellion that they once were, but they might get you demoted in Osaka, Japan’s third-largest city.Mayor Toru Hashimoto, a rising political star, launched a full-scale crackdown on ta…
Seafood Caught in Fukushima Back on Sale in Japan
Sankei via Getty Images(TOKYO) — For the first time since last year’s nuclear disaster in Japan, people in Fukushima Prefecture are once again getting a taste of seafood caught in their own backyard.Fisherman in Fukushima began selling their catch at …
Japan Utility Admits It Was Unprepared for Nuclear Disaster
STR/AFP/Getty Images(TOKYO) — Fifteen months after Japan’s worst nuclear disaster, the company at the center of it all now says it wasn’t prepared.In its final report, TEPCO Vice President Masao Yamazaki applauded his employees’ effo…
Shiseido Unveils World’s Most Expensive Cream?
YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images(TOKYO) — Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido introduced a limited-edition face cream priced at nearly $13,300 to mark its 140th anniversary, an eye-popping sum even in a country known for its high-priced cosmetics.The &l…
Japan Murder Arrest: American Teenager Likely to Remain Behind Bars
(Image Credit: Facebook)(NEW YORK) — The American teenager arrested in connection with the killing of a young Irish woman in Japan will likely face a difficult court battle in a country that has a nearly 100 percent conviction rate.Police have 20 days…
Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactors
STR/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two idle nuclear reactors Saturday amid widespread public opposition, more than a year after a powerful earthquake and tsunami triggered three nuclear meltd…
Tennessee Teen Arrested for Murder of Irish Student in Tokyo
Kevin Horan/Stone(TOKYO) — Japanese police have formally arrested a Memphis, Tenn., teenager in connection with the murder of an Irish exchange student in Tokyo last month. Richard Hinds, 19, is suspected of killing Nicola Furlong, 21, in her ho…
Japanese Cult Member Katsuya Takahashi Arrested After 17 Years
Photodisc/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(TOKYO) — The last remaining fugitive of the doomsday cult responsible for killing 13 people in Japan’s worst domestic terror attack has been arrested, ending an intense manhunt that gripped the nation for more…
Tsunami Debris Washed Up in Alaska Returned to Japanese Owners
Sankei via Getty Images(TOKYO) — A basketball and buoy from Japan that washed ashore in Alaska have been returned to their owners in the tsunami region.At a middle school in Rikuzentakata today, students gathered in the gym as FedEx workers delivered …
Which City Is the World’s Most Expensive?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TOKYO) — In what is perhaps a sign of the times, Tokyo has regained the crown as the world’s most expensive city to live in. The record high yen pushed costs up for foreign companies with staff in Japan, while Paris, Rome,…