Yahoo Japan has beaten Yahoo to the blogosphere. Yahoo Japan, owned mostly by Softbank and partly by Yahoo, on Tuesday launched a test, or "beta," version of Yahoo Japan Blogs, a free service that ...

Japan is capable of real contributions to the balance of power in East Asia, but it chooses dependence on the United States. Despite having the world’s third-largest economy and territorial disputes ...

The ever-useful “Ninki Blog Ranking” lists the most-viewed Japanese blogs in a number of different categories. There are blogs for mothers who wish to help their children study more effectively, blogs ...

An anemic economy has kept Japan’s defense spending flat or falling for two decades. According to a study by the Mizuho Bank, the Ministry of Defense’s acquisition budget fell 38 percent between 1990 ...

The blogging session here at CNET Japan Innovation Conference is moderated by the CNET Japan Blog Editor. First up is Ask Jeeves Japan, which covered their Bloglines powered Ask Blog Search for Japan, ...