Japanese destroyer hits fishing boat
Two issues ago, the Herald revisited the tragic Ehime Maru accident - an international incident which threatened the amicable US-Japan relationship.
Now there's another accident that bears some eerie similarities to the Ehime Maru incident....
Tourists, development threatening rare wildcat
Here's a story by Norimitsu Onishi in the New York Times that proves development of any size can have wide-reaching consequences.
An increase in residents and an influx of tourists is changing the untamed landscape...
Tainted gyoza dumplings: The plot thickens
The Chinese-made frozen gyoza that has sickened scores of Japanese residents may have been intentionally contaminated with pesticide, Japanese police say.
According to this Kyodo News article, police are "looking into the possibility the...
Record-chasing Japanese ballonist reportedly missing
Hot-air ballonist Michio Kanda was trying to break distance and duration records by traveling from Tochigi, Japan to Portland, Ore. Instead, the 58-year-old man has been missing for nearly a week, with his last...
Chinese gyoza causing problems in Japan
Some tainted meats are causing a big commotion in Japan. The New York Times writes that nearly two hundred people have claimed to be ill after eating frozen foods from China, particularly gyoza....
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