AsJapantakesonthemammothtaskofupgradingitscapital'soutdatedroadsandinfrastructure,alocal"highwaydoctor"isbettingthatits3-Dtechnologycanledahand.Tokyo'ssprawling
Japan on Monday began a national practice to motivate tens of thousands of commuters to work from home, in a bid to ease rail and road congestion before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and reform the country's workaholic culture.
Japan Monday marked three years before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with celebrations and fanfare -- even as organisers struggle to contain soaring costs and restore credibility.
Japan Monday marked three years before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with celebrations and fanfare -- even as organisers struggle to contain soaring costs and restore credibility.
JapanonMondaybegananationalpracticetomotivatetensofthousandsofcommuterstoworkfromhome,inabidtoeaserailandroadcongestionbeforethe2020TokyoOlympicsandreformthecou
FormodernOlympichostcities,thetwinthreatsofterrorismandfinancialruinconstantlyloom.ButspareathoughtforTokyo2020organisers,whofacetheaddedriskofadevastatingearth
The U.S. dollar changed hands around the 114 yen line in early deals in Tokyo on Monday, after reaching above the 114 yen line in New York at the end of last week.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he will work to regain public trust after his party suffered an historic defeat in an election in the nation's capital, signaling trouble ahead for the premier amid tumbling support rates.
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbesaidonMondayhewillworktoregainpublictrustafterhispartysufferedanhistoricdefeatinanelectioninthenation'scapital,signalingtroubleahe
ThreeformerexecutivesofTokyoElectricPower(Tepco)onFridaypleadednotguiltytoprofessionalnegligenceleadingtothe2011Fukushimanucleardisaster,thoughananalystsaidther
n ally of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied on Thursday receiving secret political donations from an educational institution at the core of a scandal over suspected favoritism that has sliced Abe's support ratings ahead of a key local poll.
AnallyofJapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbedeniedonThursdayreceivingsecretpoliticaldonationsfromaneducationalinstitutionatthecoreofascandaloversuspectedfavoritismtha
TheInternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC)onWednesdaypraisedJapaneseorganisersforslashingcostsforthe2020TokyoGames,butwarnedthatsoaringOlympicbudgetscouldseefuturebi
Crisis-wracked Toshiba Corp suffered further indignities on Friday, estimating bigger losses for the past financial year and getting demoted to the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Crisis-wrackedToshibaCorpsufferedfurtherindignitiesonFriday,estimatingbiggerlossesforthepastfinancialyearandgettingdemotedtothesecondsectionoftheTokyoStockExcha
A civilian nuclear cooperation pact between Japan and India cleared the Lower House on Tuesday, paving the way for Tokyo to export nuclear power equipment and technology to the fast-growing economy not part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
AciviliannuclearcooperationpactbetweenJapanandIndiaclearedtheLowerHouseonTuesday,pavingthewayforTokyotoexportnuclearpowerequipmentandtechnologytothefast-growing