Ex-TEPCO President Testifies: “The Prime Minister Yelled At Me.” Denies Cut & Run
The issue of whether TEPCO planned to abandon ship or not stirred heated debate and in a rare moment, Chairman Kurokawa appeared to lose his temper, and interrupted Shimizu as…
United Nations Experts Committee to Investigate the Fukushima Accident
Tokyo – May 26, 2012 In Vienna until yesterday, 72 international experts provided by 18 member states of the United Nations converged from May 21 to 25, at their annual…
A Nuclear Respite In Japan; The Buddha Of Fukushima Comes To Tokyo
“Look around you. Do you think Tokyo needs nuclear electricity?” Naoto Matsumura, observing Tokyo life in Yurakucho, one day after all the nuclear power stations have been shut down in…
And how did you enjoy your deadly bus trip?
Golden week started off tragically in Japan this year when on April 29th, a bus full of tourists heading to Tokyo Disneyland ran into a sound-proofing wall on an expressway,…
Japan's Financial Regulators Stop Operations of AIJ Investment Advisors; Firm May Have Ties To Anti-Social Forces
AIJ Investment Advisors appears to be unable to account for over a billion dollars worth of pension funds they were handling. The firm may have ties to "anti-social forces."
OLYMPUS: a closer look with an excerpt from THE GUARDIAN
In April this year, Michael Woodford became president of Olympus, a Japanese optical and medical equipment maker with a God-like reputation to match its name – until recently. Last July,…
Occupy Tokyo: Another Good Excuse to Come Out and Hate on TEPCO
Saturday, October 15th, Occupy Wall Street went global. Around 300 people around Tokyo came out to march in 2 separate locations. Japan Subculture went to check out what was happening…
MAFF staff, teacher, doctor show that pervs come from all professions
One usually inane but occasionally fun thing about the Japanese media is that they almost always list the professions of those who appear in news articles. This really made the…
Moe Yamaguchi's high-rolling husband arrested for running illegal hostess club
Actress and talento Moe Yamaguchi was “really stunned” when she learned her husband, web entrepreneur Shigeo Ozeki, has been illegally running a posh hostess club without a license. Ozeki and…
Fuzoku lite: "Aquarium of girls" offers thrills for herbivore men
Girls in uniform, some as young as 15, sit sprawled out on the floor of a small room, chatting or reading books. Skirts are rolled high, some have their legs…