Farmers' touch brings peas and quiet to Tokyo By ROBBIE SWINNERTON Where does the food on our plates come from? Who grows it and how does it reach our tables? It's almost impossible to know, even when we're at home cooking for ourselves. E…

Morozov once turned down chance to coach Mao By JACK GALLAGHERIt's a story that few know, but is fascinating nonetheless, one that may have changed the course of recent skating history. Five years ago, shortly after he led Shizuka Arakawa …

U.S. Inquiry of Google on Drug Ads By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Federal regulators are investigating Google on suspicion of illegally displaying ads for online pharmacies that are operating outside the law, government officials said Thursday. Goo…

Sake fights fallout of Japan's triple disaster Japan's brewers, many devastated by the tsunami, work to allay radiation fears By MELINDA JOE Special to The Japan Times After surviving the double disaster of the magnitude 9 earthquake and t…

Evacuees briefly return home in no-go zone Town residents allowed quick visit to collect belongings Kyodo FUKUSHIMA — Residents of the village of Kawauchi, designated as part of a no-go zone due to the ongoing crisis at the nearby nuclear …

Tepco opens doors at reactor for ventilation Kyodo Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the doors of the No. 1 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were opened Sunday, paving the way for the utility to proceed with eff…

Kan requests full closure of Hamaoka power plant Ap, Kyodo Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday he instructed a utility to shut down a nuclear power plant in central Honshu because of concerns it might be compromised by major quake or tsun…

Tepco starts flooding No. 1 reactor vessel Nuclear fuel in core must be submerged by water to cool Kyodo Tepco on Friday started increasing the amount of water it is injecting into the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in ho…

Sony confirms personal info theft of all 77 million network users WASHINGTON — Sony Corp. has informed a U.S. congressional panel that personal information related to all 77 million users of its online services was stolen during a recent d…

The Spanish driver crossed the line in the Chinese Grand Prix in seventh place. Alonso now looks forward to a new phase with plenty of drive and enthusiasm. Fernando Alonso finished the Chinese Grand Prix in seventh place after a difficult…

Utilities got 68 ex-bureaucrats via 'amakudari' Kyodo The past 50 years have seen 68 former elite bureaucrats parachuting into top positions at the nation's 12 electricity suppliers after retiring from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and In…