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Japan

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Rescue workers trying to reach fallen hikers on Mount Ontake in Japan are forced to turn back for a second time because of high levels of poisonous gases near the volcano's peak; eight bodies have been recovered so far, bringing the confirmed death toll to 12.|

Rescue workers trying to reach fallen hikers on Mount Ontake in Japan are forced to turn back for a second time because of high levels of poisonous gases near the volcano's peak; eight bodies have been recovered so far, bringing the confirmed death toll to 12.|

Fifteen years later, returned to Japan television, now on the national broadcaster, Nippon Hoso Kyokai's satellite channel .|

Yuko Obuchi and Midori Matsushima, two of highest-profile women in Japanese Prime Min Shinzo Abe's government, resign for separate election campaign scandals; resignations deal ill-timed blow to Abe and his stated goals of empowering women and returning Japan to nuclear power.|

A year after the tsunami, communities in Japan are still grappling with how to assess the risk of radiation exposure.|

Japan's RTB revenue to hit $1 billion in 2016. Meanwhile, Yahoo Japan and Dentsu cci form strategic partnerships with U.S. ad tech firms Rocket Fuel, Criteo, and BrightTag.|

In the mid-nineteenth century, following more than 200 years of cultural isolation, Japan began a period of rapid modernization and military expansion that ended with its defeat in World War II and the signing of a pacifist constitution. The country experienced rapid economic growth following the war and, despite a major downturn in the 1990s, has remained an economic superpower. Prime Minister , prompted by a perceived threat from China, a decrease in American military presence and recent territorial disputes, has called for a reinterpretation of the constitution to allow for strengthening of Japan’s armed forces.|

In the mid-nineteenth century, following more than 200 years of cultural isolation, Japan began a period of rapid modernization and military expansion that ended with its defeat in World War II and the signing of a pacifist constitution. The country experienced rapid economic growth following the war and, despite a major downturn in the 1990s, has remained an economic superpower. Prime Minister , prompted by a perceived threat from China, a decrease in American military presence and recent territorial disputes, has called for a reinterpretation of the constitution to allow for strengthening of Japan’s armed forces.|

Japan’s new nuclear regulatory agency declares for the first time since 2011 Fukushima meltdown that an atomic power plant is safe to operate; it is a widely watched move that brings Japan a step closer to restarting its idled nuclear industry; two reactors at Sendai power plant on southern island Kyushu are first to be certified as safe enough to restart.|

St. ( as Ivan Dimitrievich Kasatkin) brought Orthodoxy to Japan in the 19th Century. In 1861 he was sent by the to Hakodate, Hokkaido, as a to a chapel of the Russian consulate. Though the contemporary Shogun's government prohibited the Japanese to Christianity, soon some neighbors who frequently visited the chapel. In April 1868, among them three converted -- Nicholas's first three converts in Japan. While they were his first converts in Japan, they were not the first Japanese to do so—some Japanese who had settled in Russia had converted to Orthodoxy.|

Japan, one of the world’s most densely populated countries, is a volcanic archipelago located between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.|

China and Japan announce agreement to gradually resume diplomatic and security discussions concerning prolonged standoff over disputed islands in East China Sea.|

Japanese Transport Ministry orders 10 domestic and foreign automakers to speed up repairs of defective airbags made by Takata Corporation; says almost half of more than two million vehicles recalled in Japan are still being driven.|

Toru Yamanaka, a photographer for Agence France-Presse, visited places in Japan destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami, photographing them from the same perspective that other photographers captured a year earlier.|

Toru Yamanaka, a photographer for Agence France-Presse, visited places in Japan destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami, photographing them from the same perspective that other photographers captured a year earlier.|

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