Early this morning, one Japanese climber, Hideaki Nara, was rescued from Aoraki Mt Cook and the body of his climbing mate, Kiyoshi Ikenouchi, was taken down the mountain by helicopter. The two men were both experienced climbers and Mr Ikenouchi was a...
Japan's prime minister has vowed to rebuild the nation from scratch as estimates of the cost of last week's earthquake and tsunami reach upward of $120 billion. The massive wave wiped out a whole swathe of coastline, taking with it factories, farms,...
The Japanese military worked furiously on Thursday to cool dangerouly overheated fuel rods at the severely damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, stepping up their efforts to avert a nuclear disaster. Efforts are also underway to restore electricity...
way to the basketball game at the weekend, we stopped at a restaurant for dinner. The consensus was that we wanted asian food. So, as we drove along, half of us in the car looked out in one direction, and the rest of us looked in the other, until som...
Todd: So, Eli, how are your Japanese classes going? Eli: They're going OK. Japanese is a very difficult language and I think as someone who has never learned another language before I'm struggling more than other kids are. I feel that a lot of theoth...
Todd: OK, Hisa, why don't we talk about food? Hisa: Good. Todd: OK, first of all, actually, can you cook? Hisa: Yes, I can. Todd: Yeah. What can you cook? Hisa: I can cook most of the Japanese dishes. And then I also like baking. Todd: Oh, really? OK...
Todd: OK, Yoko we were just at a festival. Yoko: Yeah! Todd: Do you want to talk about festivals in Japan? Yoko: Yes, OK. So, I think in Fall we have lots of kind of festivals, but it depends on the places so... Todd: What are some things that most f...
Todd: OK. I'm back here with Kanade. Kanade: Yes. Todd: So, Kanade, why don't you talk about where you're from! Kanade: OK. I'm from Akita, which is Northern Japan. And there is a lot of mountains and you can see changing color in the fall and in my...
Reiko: Ikebana, it's an art of flowers and it's quite different from Western style flower arrangement because in Ikebana's theory you can decorate one flower, only with one flower. Anili: Oh, really! Reiko: And it's, the flower arrangement in Japan i...
South Koreans and Japanese envoys to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program have met in Tokyo. The negotiations remain deadlocked and North Korea is expected to test-fire a long-range missile in the coming weeks. Stephen Bosworth, left...
