5.9 earthquake strikes Japan off Fukushima coast

An earthquake with a magnitude measured at 5.9 by Japan’s Meteorological Agency has struck the northeast of the country. The epicenter was close to the Fukushima coast and only 200km from Tokyo, causing buildings in the capital to shake.

May 18, 2013 07:55

Japan poised for first permanent reactor closure following Fukushima

Experts determined an active geological fault line lies underneath a reactor on Japan’s west coast, a discovery which will likely result in the first permanent shutdown of a nuclear power plant since the 2011 Fukushima crisis.

May 15, 2013 13:49

Japan politician condones WWII ‘comfort women’ sex slavery

The proximity of the battlefield gave rise to the ‘comfort women’ system on Japanese-occupied territories in the 1930s, according a Japanese politician. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Korean women were forced into sex slavery at the time.

May 14, 2013 05:18

Japanese claim on Okinawa challenged in China

China’s leading newspaper has upped the ante in the country’s intensifying territorial dispute with Japan, claiming its high time both sides “re-examine” who has sovereignty over Okinawa – which hosts a massive US military contingent.

May 08, 2013 17:32

Japan and China start new (bidding) war (for gold)

Citizens of America’s two biggest creditors China and Japan are now fighting each other to buy Gold and Silver. But could they be doing something more intelligent with their time and money?

May 04, 2013 18:30

Bitcoin companies engage in multi-million lawsuit

The world’s most popular Bitcoin exchange is being sued for $75 million by a Washington state startup that says a contract between the two digital currency companies has been breached.

May 03, 2013 14:29