More of my return to Japan. .. more ..

Japan’s cash-bleeding electronics giants Sony and Panasonic are looking to join forces to produce next generation televisions in a bid to claw back market from South Korean rivals, a report said Tuesday. The firms want to speed up the development of large-screen organic electroluminescence (OEL) .. more ..

A Montenegrin member of the “Pink Panther” gang of international thieves has been sent home for trial over the $3.6 million robbery of a Tokyo jewellery shop, according to Japanese police. In the June 2007 heist in the upmarket Ginza district, Radovan Jelusic and anot .. more ..

MISSING PIECE FOUND?: Massive extraction of groundwater can resolve a puzzle over a rise in sea levels in past decades, according to scientists in Japan.

This morning, the annular solar eclipse was visible from Japan and millions took to the streets to glare up at the "ring of fire" - called Kinkan Nisshoku [金環日食[きんかんにっしょく]]。 I only had my Sony NEX 5N with no zoom lens so these were the best I could do &g .. more ..

Being surrounded by an ocean, it's no wonder sushi has become a huge part of Hawai‘i's cuisine. Fresh fish get filleted, or sashimied, into thin slivers and packed into a handheld chunk of rice wrapped in nori. But in Hawai‘i, the Japanese delight has become a hybrid of its own. Unagi sushi, or sushi with fried eel, is popular in t .. more ..

Filmmaker Ian MacKenzie teams up with Japanese illustrator Hanamaru Fujii to share an illustrated response to Japan’s meltdown. On Friday, 11 March 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake shook 72km off the eastern shore of Japan. The quake was the largest in Japanese history (or ever since record keeping began), and triggered a 133ft high tsunami that slammed into the shore, in some places traveling up to 10km inland.