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Japan's lower house of parliament approved Thursday the government's nominee for Bank of Japan chief, setting the stage for a political showdown with less than a week left in the current governor's term.
Kon Ichikawa, the Japanese director who married artistic technique with humanistic spirit in such films as the Oscar-nominated "Harp of Burma" and "Tokyo Olympiad," has died. He was 92.
Nearly two-thirds of Japanese support the country's much-criticized whaling program, a poll showed Friday, reflecting growing sentiment in the country that the international anti-whaling campaign is fueled by Western cultural bias.
There was no significant damage to a nuclear plant in northern Japan shuttered since last summer after it was hit by a strong earthquake, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Friday.
Sharp Corp. saw net profit grow 3.8 percent in the October-December quarter owing to increased profits in its liquid crystal display and chip businesses, the major manufacturer of LCD televisions said Friday.
Japanese electronics maker Matsushita said Thursday its profit climbed 46 percent for the October-December quarter on strong sales of appliances and digital audiovisual products.
Canon Inc. said Wednesday its profit edged up 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter from the year before, helping it reach a record annual profit for the eighth straight year.
Japanese electronics maker Toshiba said Tuesday an 11 percent rise in profit for the October-December quarter came mainly from gains on the sale of a building in Tokyo's ritzy downtown Ginza district.
Japan's top mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo is partnering with search engine Google to provide Internet searches and other services on the carrier's handsets, the two companies announced Thursday.
Asian markets rallied Friday, further recovering from their plunge earlier this week, as investors took heart from gains on Wall Street overnight and positive figures about the U.S. economy.
Sony's game unit in Japan will delay rolling out Internet phone service in Japan for its latest handheld game machine because microphones developed for it didn't meet specifications, the company said Wednesday.
Stocks fell sharply worldwide Monday following declines on Wall Street last week amid investor pessimism over the U.S. government's stimulus plan to prevent a recession.
Russia released a detained Japanese fishing boat captain Thursday because of a chronic medical problem, a week after his boat and three others were seized in waters claimed by both countries, Japan's Foreign Ministry said.
Japan began sending warnings to an estimated 8.5 million people Monday that their pension data may have gone missing, as the government seeks to clean up a scandal that has damaged its credibility.
A gunman opened fire at a sports club in southwestern Japan on Friday night, killing one employee and wounding seven other people before escaping, police said.
As if the idea of having one robot to serve you wasn't unusual enough, Honda says its humanoids are now ready to work in pairs — and they can even serve drinks.
Japanese drugmaker Eisai Co. said Monday it will buy U.S. biopharmaceutical company MGI Pharma Inc. for $3.9 billion in cash in a move aimed at boosting its cancer drug business and sustain sales growth.
Japan hanged three murder convicts on death row Friday and for the first time publicly disclosed their names in a new policy that lifts Tokyo's cloak of secrecy surrounding executions.
Japan's economy got a mixed report card for October on Friday, with the government saying core consumer prices had risen for the first time in ten months — a positive sign — but that housing starts posted a double-digit drop.
Scandal-plagued Sanyo said Tuesday it swung back to a profit for the six months through September as strong digital camera and rechargeable battery sales offset a decline in mobile phones and home appliances.
Shinya Yamanaka dreamed of becoming a doctor for a simple reason: He used to get hurt a lot.
Australia and New Zealand appealed to Japan Monday to halt a whaling fleet headed for the Antarctic to hunt humpback whales, and Japanese officials denied activists' claim that the ships had turned off their radio locators to avoid detection.
Japan's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent Tuesday after a two-day meeting policy meeting amid deepening concerns about slower growth in the U.S. economy, a key export market.
Japan's employers should provide mental health services to workers suffering from depression and other illnesses, the government said Friday after reporting that more than 30,000 people killed themselves last year.
Scandal-marred Mitsubishi Motors said Tuesday growing sales in North America, Europe and Asia and an improved model mix helped cut its loss by 65 percent for the six months through September half-year period from the year before.
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