Sitting in her quiet shoe store on the main shopping street of this far northern Japanese town, 79-year-old Yoshiko Sugawara wonders what exactly the huge red object was supposed to be.
Confidence among Japanese workers in the service industry falls to the lowest level seen in nearly seven years during July, according to a government survey.
(RTTNews) - During early European deals on Friday, the Japanese yen recovered from a 7-month low against the US dollar. Meanwhile, the yen extended its Asian gains against the currencies of Europe, UK, and Switzerland.
TOKYO (AP) _ An American nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years, releasing the bulk of the material in its home port of Guam and at Pearl Harbor, Japanese and U.S. officials said Thursday.
