TOKYO — What might terrify a man more: Rushing into an overheating nuclear facility in the dead of night? Or opening the pages of the national tabloids to find sexy photos of his 19-year-old daughter in her underwear? For Tokyo fire captain Yukio Takayama, that scenario was more than an abstract riddle this month. As the leader of the elite rapid-response unit that drenched the crippled Fukushima
After all the chatter about nukes, loose and otherwise, 36 heads of state are heading home from Washington to tout their world leadership chops and their influence with the Obama administration. The winners at this week's nuclear summit were easily identified: They were the ones who got bilats with President Obama -- not a bodybuilding term, it stands for bilateral, or one-on-one, chat -- showing
TOKYO -- In a small-town election that may have a big impact on U.S. ties with Japan, voters in Nago on Okinawa chose a new mayor Sunday who opposes the relocation of a noisy U.S. military air base to his town. Susumu Inamine, who said during his campaign that he did not want the air station constructed in Nago, defeated the incumbent, Yoshikazu Shimabukuro, who has long supported hosting the base
TOKYO, Feb. 23 -- As the first foreign head of state invited to meet with President Obama in the White House, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is viewed by most of his countrymen as a failed politician traveling. Aso, scheduled to see Obama on Tuesday to discuss reviving the world economy, has been in office less than six months, but he already ranks among the most gaffe-prone and unpopular leader
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