Two earthquakes measuring 5.6 and 6.3 on the Richter Scale hit off the coast of southern Japan on Friday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The first quake of magnitude 5.6 took place ... ( read original story ...)
Retracted Study: How a Volcano in Japan Halted an Earthquake
Editor's note: The paper related to this research was originally reported by Live Science on Oct. 20, 2016, but was retracted by the journal Science on May 3. A recent investigation into the study ... ( read original story ...)
Big three into Madrid last-eight as Osaka and Kvitova crash out
Roger Federer saved two match points to defeat Gael Monfils and reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Thursday but women's world number one and top seed Naomi Osaka was dumped out in a last-eight ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new era: Emperor Naruhito, and his Toyota Century
The elite strata of Japanese business loved the Century’s understated looks. The older it got, the more popular it was, with largely handmade construction and a very traditional appearance. Even so, ... ( read original story ...)
Why The U.S. Will Not Go The Way Of Japan: Banking
The cultural differences between Japan and the West are extreme. Japanese culture and quasi-socialist economic structure determined the path of the Japanese banking crisis and its aftermath. ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Group shares tumble as Uber prices IPO at lower end
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group ... Uber’s listing is the most anticipated IPO since Facebook Inc’s market debut seven years ago, and the world’s largest ... ( read original story ...)
Coe declines to say more publicly on Caster Semenya ruling
YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Officials of track and field's world governing body -- the IAAF -- said before a news conference on Friday in Japan that president Sebastian Coe would not comment further on the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy likely shrank in first quarter on weak domestic demand, exports: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy likely contracted slightly in the first quarter as corporate and consumer spending weakened, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Exports also deteriorated amid trade ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, under a new emperor, still can’t put to rest its wartime ghosts
and that Japan’s population decline will stimulate new business opportunities. But Japan Inc remains a closed shop, in Abe’s cabinet. A woman cannot ascend the throne, though there are only three ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese gardens to rival Kyoto’s
OKUIZUMO, Japan -- The Adachi Museum of Art in Japan's western prefecture of Shimane is little-known, but its garden is something of a superstar -- at least among aficionados of traditional ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finance Minister Aso says hopes U.S., China will resolve trade row
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso on Friday expressed hope that Washington and Beijing will resolve their trade dispute in a constructive manner through dialogue. “We must closely ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake in southwestern Japan causes no apparent damage
TOKYO - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has shaken part of southwestern Japan but appeared to cause no damage. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued no tsunami warning though it said there might be slight ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka tour, Japan: Neon charms in Shinsekai, Osaka’s former fun park
The Yarite Baba runs the business and pays a percentage to the yakuza who control the area. The area has a strange beauty in the light but the collision of history and reality leaves me with mixed ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits city in southwest Japan
MIYAZAKI, Japan -- The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit near Miyazaki in southwestern Japan. The agency says the earthquake struck at 8:48 a.m. Friday and had an epicenter 39 ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Kyushu Region, No Tsunami Threat
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit off the coast of Japan's southern island of Kyushu at 8:48 AM local time, Japan Meteorological Agency says. Strong shaking of 5- on Japan's scale of 7 felt in Miyazaki ... ( read original story ...)
World number one Osaka exits Madrid Open
MADRID (Reuters) - World number one Naomi Osaka lost in three sets to unseeded Swiss Belinda Bencic in the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Thursday as Simona Halep, Sloane Stephens and Kiki Bertens ... ( read original story ...)