Harumi Ozawa

Tokyo hotel shrinks in new-style urban demolition

TOKYO: Passers-by in Tokyo's busy Akasaka district have started to notice something odd about a 40-floor hotel — it has shrunk to about half its original height. Published 28 Feb, 2013 03:34am

Japan-China dispute: little islands, big problem

TOKYO, Aug 19: The governor of Tokyo wants to buy them, Taiwan says it would like them back and China has made their return a national priority. But for the Kurihara family, the islands Japan knows as Senkaku are Published 19 Aug, 2012 08:14pm

Mission to prevent suicides in Japan

TOJINBO Retired policeman Yukio Shige is still on patrol, walking daily along the Tojinbo cliff, one of the... Published 07 Jan, 2009 12:00am

Mission to prevent suicides in Japan

TOJINBO: Retired policeman Yukio Shige is still on patrol, walking daily along the Tojinbo cliff, one of the... Published 07 Jan, 2009 12:00am