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Cautionary tales still circle from Fukushima's radioactive plumes. Last week, on the third anniversary of the "3/11" earthquake and tsunami along eastern Japan, a gathering at St. Michael's College in Colchester explored the disaster's aftershocks.

As remuneration in the British Columbia public sector skyrockets, we bring you our annual database of who is making what in B.C.'s public service.

With the future of the Rolling Stones ' in limbo, their iconic vocalist Mick Jagger kicked off a solo tour of Japan on March 15, 1988 in support of his second album, 'Primitive Cool.'

There comes a time when the gloves come off, and a fight is just that, a fight. If World War I had not happened and tens of millions not died, half of Europe may still be under absolute monarchy today.

In recent years, both within and outside Japan, interest in the post-World War II Gutai art movement has increased considerably, with major museum exhibitions appearing at such venues as the Museo Cantonale d'Arte in Lugano, - Switzerland, the National Art Center in Tokyo, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, as well as solo and group shows at ... (more)

George Lippincott, 93, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on March 6, 2014.

Hollywood has its Oscars. The music world has its Grammys. And, of course, the food industry has its own best in show.

Three years after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami nearly triggered a nuclear cataclysm in central Japan, conditions at the shattered Fukushima No.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan early Friday morning, registering a strong intensity in parts of Shikoku, Honshu and Kyushu islands but no tsunami was observed, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Danny Friedmann says Japan cannot, in this day and age, absolve its imperial army from responsibility for sex slavery during the second world war, when clear evidence of its guilt exists Korean woman Kim Bock-dong, bottom, who was forced to serve for the Japanese troops as a sex slave during World War II, attends a rally demanding full compensation ... (more)

On Saturday March 15, 2014 renown musicians and artists living in the San Francisco Bay Area will perform music related to the Tohoku area in Japan, where the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami hit on March 11, 2011.

Amy Chua, the "Tiger Mother" who launched a thousand panic attacks among ambitious but lenient parents, is back with an almost-great book about why some groups achieve spectacular success in America while others languish.

A former SK Hynix employee is at the center of a brewing legal battle between top flash memory rivals after allegedly stealing trade secrets.

When the tsunami smashed the seafood processing factory where Shoichi Sato was working, he lost his job but eventually found a new life.

In this Tuesday, March 4, 2014 photo, Shoichi Sato, president of Kamaishi Hikari Foods Co., Ltd. speaks about the 2011 tsunami that hit the area in Toni, northeastern Japan.

In this Tuesday, March 4, 2014 photo, employees of Kamaishi Hikari Foods Co., Ltd. cut boiled octopus at the firm's factory in Kamaishi, northeastern Japan.

Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co has shut all units at its 120,000 barrels-per-day Tokuyama refinery complex in western Japan after a strong earthquake, the company said on Friday.

Liquidity is important in the casino industry because it offers the ability to make large investment decisions quickly.

Last year, Japan Airlines launched their new business class cabin, but it's only just now beginning to take to the skies.

A Magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off Japan's southern island of Kyushu near the city of Oita, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Thursday.