A strong earthquake shook the northern Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido early today, the Central Meteorological Agency reported.
Deng Pufang, son of China's leader Deng Xiaoping , arrived in Japan Friday on an inspection tour of facilities for the handicapped.
"When you are paying for a long-distance phone call, we think you, as a consumer, have the right to expect the telephone of the person you are calling to provide enough volume so you can hold a conversation," says Norimasu Hasegawa of Japan's Postal and Telecommunications Ministry.
Nobuo Matsunaga, the Japanese ambassador-designate to the United States, said Wednesday that Japan
IBM said it has been promised access to certain computer patents owned by the Japanese government, resolving a long dispute.
The Japanese government, under pressure from the United States to strengthen its defense capabilities, on Wednesday approved a controversial defense plan that is likely to exceed a long-observed ceiling on military spending.
U.S. swimmers won four of the five gold medals awarded Sunday on the opening day of the World University Games at Kobe, Japan.
Sony Corp. of Japan said it is negotiating with Vitelic Corp. of San Jose for the joint development and production of computer chips . . .
Restrictions on Japanese automobile exports to the United States gave U.S. companies a chance to develop new cars, but the hold-down was costly to the U.S. consumer and helped the Japanese auto industry too, acting U.S.
its sale to Japan and other nations on the Pacific Rim, Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige announced.
President Reagan met with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone in Century City today, ostensibly to urge that country to open its markets to U.S. goods.
The Japanese government approved an austere draft national budget Monday that increases defense spending and overseas assistance but holds down domestic programs.
Acouple of years ago during a visit to Japan, I watched thousands of Japanese union members wildly
Japan, the largest aid donor to the Philippines, is holding up loans of nearly $165 million to the
Increased radiation levels were reported in the rainfall over central Japan on Sunday, prompting
The U.S.
Japan's political parties kicked off campaigns to cheers of "banzai" today after Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone called and swiftly dissolved a special session of Parliament to set up a national election next month.
Japanese electronics firms, which account for more than half of the U.S. market for cellular mobile telephones, have been "dumping" surplus phones and phone parts in the United States for as little as half of their price in Japanese markets, the Commerce Department ruled Friday.
Hiroshi Ishii of Japan shot a par 72 in Tokyo for a share of the second-round lead at 146 with
Tired of what they describe as unfair U.S. press coverage of U.S.