Last week, significantly, the Singapore government announced that with a few exceptions, the restrictions on food being imported from Japan are being lifted.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government considers aging buildings and the risk of fire more threatening than parts of Tokyo built on newly reclaimed land (such as Odaiba).

Most recent was the Hoei Eruption of 1707, when when Fuji was active for several weeks, spewing out an estimated 800 million cubic meters of ash.

Yoyogi Park was packed with parties hoping to catch the first blossoms while getting tipsy.

Reliable high-speed internet and online applications have made remote applications sufficiently viable.

Those of us who are resident foreigners in Japan will have some big changes coming up on July 9th.

A series of incidents suggests more widespread radioactive food contamination than officially acknowledged.

Air conditioning usage and work practices are going to have to alter substantially for the next 3-4 months.

Negative reporting certainly took its toll on the "gaijin" population in Japan.

What value do you put on human lives?