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Japan campaign opens with focus on economy, nukes
Leaders of Japan's major political parties kicked off campaigning Tuesday for this month's parliamentary elections in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima ...
Police raid Japan tunnel operator after collapse
Police investigating an expressway-tunnel ceiling collapse that killed nine people searched the offices of the tunnel operator Tuesday to see if there ...
How Asia sees Obama's pivot to the Pacific
A lot has happened in Asia while the United States was off fighting its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and most of it can be summed up in one word — ...
Nissan upgrades Leaf electric car, lowers price
The upgraded Nissan Motor Co. Leaf electric car can travel further without recharging, comes in a cheaper model and tells drivers how much battery ...
Japan PM dissolves parliament; vote set for Dec 16
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolved the lower house of parliament Friday, paving the way for elections in which his ruling party will ...
Japan set for polls; no clear winner likely
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was poised to dissolve Japan's parliament Friday, setting the stage for elections next month that will likely result in ...
Japan, North Korea reopen stalled bilateral talks
Japan and North Korea began bilateral talks Thursday in Mongolia that Tokyo hopes will shed light on a series of decades-old abductions. The talks in ...
China slams Dalai Lama; Tibetans self-immolate
China accused the Dalai Lama of allying with Japanese right-wingers in an island dispute as a way of attacking China and blamed him for glorifying a ...
Japan economy shrinks as China dispute takes toll
Japan's economy contracted in the latest quarter, signaling that like Europe it may already be in recession, further weighing down world growth.
US computer graphics scientist wins Kyoto Prize
An American regarded as a father of computer graphics, an Indian literary critic and a Japanese molecular cell biologist have received the Kyoto ...
China's auto sales rebound in October
China's auto sales rebounded in October but Japanese brands suffered a sharp downturn amid a territorial dispute between Beijing and Tokyo, an ...
Japan to seek defense talks with US
Japan's defense minister says Tokyo is seeking talks with the United States to update their mutual defense guidelines and expressed concern over ...
Japan utility seeks more funds for nuclear crisis
The Japanese operator of the nuclear power plant devastated in last year's disasters is seeking more government financial support, saying the cost of ...
Nissan profit rises 8 percent, cuts forecasts
Nissan's quarterly profit rose nearly 8 percent, but the Japanese automaker lowered its full-year forecasts Tuesday because of a sales slump in China ...
China relentlessly harries Japan in island dispute
Chinese patrol boats have harried the Japanese Coast Guard many times a week for more than a month in an unusually relentless response to their latest ...
Toyota quarterly profit triples, raises forecast
Toyota's quarterly profit tripled, driven by a recovery from natural disasters, and the company raised its full-year earnings forecast Monday despite ...
4 on Japan nuclear safety team took utility money
Four members of a Japanese government team that sets atomic reactor safety standards received funding from utility companies or nuclear manufacturers, ...
Edwin Q. White, former AP Saigon chief, dies
One night in 1969, as a salvo of Viet Cong rockets exploded in the streets of Saigon, Edwin Q. White paused after typing a dateline on his typewriter ...
Sony reduces loss on sales recovery, restructuring
Sony Corp. reported Thursday a smaller flow of red ink for the fiscal second quarter on a sales recovery and restructuring efforts and stuck to its ...
Sandy shuts down Northeast air travel
Superstorm Sandy grounded more than 18,000 flights across the Northeast and the globe, and it will take days before travel gets back to normal.
Japan spent rebuilding money on unrelated projects
About a quarter of the $148 billion budget for reconstruction after Japan's March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster has been spent on unrelated ...
APNewsBreak: Toyota headed to record global sales
Toyota is shrugging off a sales plunge in China set off by a territorial dispute and says it is headed to a record year on the back of strong growth ...
Honda profit jumps, lowers forecasts on China woes
Honda's quarterly profit surged 36 percent as Japanese automakers bounced back from last year's tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan, but the ...
Cesium levels in fish off Fukushima not dropping
Radioactive cesium levels in most kinds of fish caught off the coast of Fukushima haven't declined in the year following Japan's nuclear disaster, a ...
Cesium in fish off Fukushima not declining
Radioactive cesium levels in most kinds of fish caught off the coast of Fukushima haven't declined in the year following Japan's nuclear disaster, a ...