Japan

Some scoffed when Tofino’s mayor first warned of the approaching barrage of Japanese washed-up objects. Not now.

This government has been very aggressive about announcing free trade deals–not so much about closing them

Japanese workers working for Goldman Sachs have defied norms, and established a union.

Residents fight to rebuild their lives amid ghost towns radioactive worms and disaster tourists

From 2012: There’s life after the disaster, amid ghost towns, radioactive worms and disaster tourists

One year after the disaster at the Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, nearby villages remain empty

A lot has changed but the country is still scarred by the earthquake and tsunami

New rules will allow Japan to benefit from the export of military technologies

Japan’s Lastel Hotel is a hotel exclusively for dead people