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Japan's cleanup lags from tsunami, nuke accident
Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan's northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing ...
Stringer leaving Sony in June, hands over to Hirai
Howard Stringer, who fought to bring a divided and struggling Sony Corp. together as the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's first ...
2 years after Japan tsunami, debris spreads in US
Two years ago, the yellow buoy was hanging as part of a restaurant sign in the coastal community of Minamisanriku in northern Japan when an earthquake ...
Cuba routs Taiwan 14-0 at World Baseball Classic
Yasmany Tomas hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning, helping Cuba rout Taiwan 14-0 Saturday in the second round of the World Baseball Classic.
Protesters in Tokyo demand end to nuclear power
Thousands of people rallied in a Tokyo park Saturday, demanding an end to atomic power and vowing never to give up the fight, despite two years of ...
Payrolls shore up markets at end of historic week
Markets across Europe and Asia made decent gains Friday, bringing to an end what has been a historic week that was capped with the release of ...
Netherlands beats Cuba 6-2 in 2nd round of WBC
Jonathan Schoop hit a three-run homer to lead the Netherlands over Cuba 6-2 Friday in the second round of the World Baseball Classic. Curt Smith ...
Japan economy grew in last quarter of 2012
Japan's economy did better than first thought in the last quarter of 2012, eking out a slight expansion instead of shrinking in a boost for Prime ...
Boeing 787 battery fire was difficult to control
The smoking, hissing battery smoldering away inside the belly of the parked 787 in Boston had already injured one firefighter. The airport fire ...
Film project focuses on stories behind debris
A ball. A boat. A little girl's sandal. Filmmakers are working to find — and tell — the stories behind some of the items that have washed up on North ...
AP PHOTOS: Images from Japan's nuclear disaster
Two years after a powerful earthquake and tsunami wrecked Japan's Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, many towns nearby remain abandoned, too affected ...
China calls on Japan, US, EU to avoid devaluation
China's commerce minister appealed Friday to other major governments to avoid suppressing the value of their currencies to boost exports, warning that ...
Tsunami-hit towns still barren as rebuilding lags
Like tens of thousands of people who lost everything in the tsunami that pulverized Japan's northeastern coast two years ago, 83-year-old Hide Sato ...
Manhattan Project agent Safferstein dies at 92
Nathan Safferstein was barely 21 when circumstances suddenly propelled him from his job as a supermarket manager into the stealth world of a ...
AP Interview: Toyota chief stresses safe growth
After four tumultuous years bookended by an unprecedented recall crisis and a return to the top of the global auto industry, Akio Toyoda is ...
Asia markets suffer slight post-Dow hangover
Japan's Nikkei 225 index topped 12,000 for the first time in more than four years, but stock markets elsewhere in Asia flagged following Wall Street's ...
Column: World Baseball Classic a flawed tournament
I'll admit that watching baseball late at night from Taiwan interested me, if only for an inning or so. Not so much for the product on the field, ...
Former GM executive tapped for Toyota board
Toyota has tapped a former executive at U.S. rival General Motors to join its board, the first time in the Japanese automaker's 76-year history it is ...
Samsung invests $112 million in Japan's Sharp
Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will invest 10.4 billion yen ($111.5 million) in Sharp Corp. to secure a supply of large-size LCD panels.
US stock market isn't the only one racing ahead
U.S. stocks are not alone in racing ahead this year. Many markets in Europe and Asia are trading at multi-year highs, too, in part because of Wall ...
Online ivory trade threatens Africa's elephants
Conservationists say there's a new threat to the survival of Africa's endangered elephants that may be just as deadly as poachers' bullets: the ...
Real Madrid leads AP rankings after Clasico wins
Two victories in four days over rival Barcelona propelled Real Madrid to first place in the AP global soccer rankings. Cristiano Ronaldo's role in ...
Group says Google shopping ads fuel ivory trade
A conservation group claims that Google has something in common with illicit ivory traders in China and Thailand: It says the Internet search giant ...
Images of Japan's barren tsunami coast 2 years on
Japan's progress in rebuilding from the tsunami that thundered over coastal sea walls, sweeping entire communities away, is mainly measured in barren ...