You can score a $350 flight from the U.S. to Tokyo (but you have to act fast)

With increased interest in Japan from American tourists, a number of airlines have been competing for routes to both Tokyo and smaller cities such as Kyoto and Osaka. Locally, Japan Airlines  (JPNRF)  subsidiary Zipair Tokyo (often shortened to just Zipair) just announced a new route between Tokyo’s Narita Airport (NRT) and George Bush Intercontinental Airport ...

4.5-magnitude earthquake hits Japan’s Chiba, east of Tokyo: JMA

TOKYO, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 struck Japan's Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, the weather agency said on Monday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 7:46 p.m. local time at a depth of 70 km, measuring 3 on Japan's seismic intensity scale which ...