• Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who amazed audiences at Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at age 88

    Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who amazed audiences at Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at age 88

    Feb 09, 2024 04:52 PM EDT

    ... great artistic legacy with the Vienna Philharmonic. We will sorely miss Seiji Ozawa as a friend and musical partner. Our thoughts are with his family." Japanese maestro Yutaka Sado, who studied under Ozawa and Leonard Bernstein and now serves the music director at the Tokyo-based New Japan Philharmonic, which ...

  • Japan's 1st moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-down

    Japan's 1st moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-down

    Jan 25, 2024 11:56 PM EDT

    ... a special camera. SLIM was launched on a Mitsubishi Heavy H2A rocket in September. It initially orbited Earth and entered lunar orbit on Dec. 25. Japan hopes to regain confidence for its space technology after a number of failures. A spacecraft designed by a Japanese company crashed during a lunar ...

  • Man sentenced to death for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36

    Man sentenced to death for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36

    Jan 25, 2024 09:59 PM EDT

    ... violent crimes. A survey by the Japanese government showed an overwhelming majority of the public supports executions. Executions are carried out in high secrecy in Japan, where prisoners are not informed of their fate until the morning they are hanged. Since 2007, Japan has begun disclosing the names of those ...

  • Japan becomes the 5th country to land a spacecraft on the moon

    Japan becomes the 5th country to land a spacecraft on the moon

    Jan 19, 2024 02:39 PM EDT

    ... after the launch. SLIM was launched on a Mitsubishi Heavy H2A rocket in September. It initially orbited Earth and entered lunar orbit on Dec. 25. Japan hopes to regain confidence for its space technology after a number of failures. A spacecraft designed by a Japanese company crashed during a lunar ...

  • Japan's foreign minister visits Poland to strengthen ties with the NATO nation

    Japan's foreign minister visits Poland to strengthen ties with the NATO nation

    Jan 08, 2024 08:17 PM EDT

    ... meet President Andrzej Duda. She began her visit to Poland on Saturday, but interrupted it to make an unannounced visit to Ukraine, where she pledged Japan’s continued support for the country as it tries to defend itself against Russia's full-scale invasion. Japan announced during her visit that ...

  • Crews rescue woman in her 90s from rubble 5 days after Japan's deadly earthquake

    Crews rescue woman in her 90s from rubble 5 days after Japan's deadly earthquake

    Jan 06, 2024 05:55 PM EDT

    ... North Korea, leader Kim Jong Un sent a message of condolence to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday. Japan earlier received messages expressing sympathy and promises of aid from U.S. President Joe Biden and other allies. Japanese government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told ...

  • Survivors found in homes smashed by Japan quake, but dozens are still missing

    Survivors found in homes smashed by Japan quake, but dozens are still missing

    Jan 05, 2024 05:36 PM EDT

    ... to get water from a nearby river to flush the toilet.Dozens of aftershocks have rattled Ishikawa and the neighboring region in the past week. Japan, with its crisscrossing fault lines, is an extremely quake-prone nation. Weather forecasts called for rain and snow over the weekend, and experts warned ...

  • Scenes of loss play out across Japan's western coastline after quake kills 84

    Scenes of loss play out across Japan's western coastline after quake kills 84

    Jan 04, 2024 06:57 PM EDT

    ... Japan is prone to earthquakes, with many fault lines and volcanoes. A massive quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011 caused widespread damage in northeastern Japan. So far, no major issues have been reported at nuclear plants following this week’s earthquake and aftershocks. Kageyama reported from Tokyo. Haruka Nuga ...

  • Rescuers race against time in search for survivors in Japan after powerful quakes kill at least 73

    Rescuers race against time in search for survivors in Japan after powerful quakes kill at least 73

    Jan 03, 2024 03:37 PM EDT

    ... Japan is prone to earthquakes, with many fault lines and volcanoes. A massive quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011 caused widespread damage in northeastern Japan. No major problems were reported at nuclear plants after Monday's quake. The Shika nuclear plant in Ishikawa suffered a partial electricity failure, but ...

  • How airline passengers managed to survive fiery runway collision in Japan

    How airline passengers managed to survive fiery runway collision in Japan

    Jan 02, 2024 11:40 PM EDT

    Miles O'Brien: Well, it's clear someone was in the wrong here, whether it was air traffic control, the crew of the A350 airliner, or the Japanese Coast Guard crew. We don't know. But what is helpful in this case is there will be, of course, tape recordings ...