Can Toyota Digg its way out of recall crisis?

Thomas Mucha - Commerce - February 7, 2010 09:07 ET

The reeling Japanese automaker turns from old school PR to new media.

Fordzilla vs. Japan

Thomas Mucha - Commerce - January 30, 2010 09:40 ET

It may not be a giant radioactive lizard, but Ford is stomping all over Japan's auto industry.

Special Report

Thomas Mucha - Commerce - January 28, 2010 17:24 ET

20 correspondents, 20 countries and a world of pain. Meet the ground truth of the global economic crisis.

"Tokyo Vice": Underground with the Yakuza

Justin McCurry - Japan - January 23, 2010 14:09 ET

An American journalist strikes a chord with his reporting on Japan's criminal underworld.

The Fantastic Five: Best photos of the week

News Desk - General - January 23, 2010 09:16 ET

Best pictures include a Madrid storefront, aid delivery in Haiti and an aboriginal Australian Elvis impersonator.

JAL bankruptcy: Japan's unfriendly skies

Justin McCurry - Japan - January 20, 2010 11:49 ET

Analysis: One of the biggest busts in Japanese history sparks plenty of questions.

Police shut down Mr. Gay China competition in Beijing

Dinah Gardner - China and its neighbors - January 15, 2010 12:59 ET

Restrictions on homosexuality have relaxed in recent years, but state still keeps a watchful eye.

Japanese women: 20, decked out, and ogled by old men

David Nakamura - Japan - January 13, 2010 06:49 ET

Coming of Age Day brings out the best (and worst) in Japan.

8 wacky holiday traditions

Laurie Cunningham - America and the World - December 23, 2009 08:32 ET

Americans aren't the only ones whose traditions are a cause for raised eyebrows.

Electric Japan: Can politicians save the electronics industry?

Chana R. Schoenberger - Japan - December 22, 2009 09:33 ET

Their next target: Latin America.

Electric Japan: A yen for digital TV

Chana R. Schoenberger - Japan - December 21, 2009 06:35 ET

Are Japanese companies set to make a killing?

Climate change: Forget Copenhagen. What about Kuzumaki?

Justin McCurry - Japan - December 19, 2009 09:03 ET

Japan launches a bold green energy experiment. It might even work.

Does God love the Japanese?

David Nakamura - Japan - December 16, 2009 17:46 ET

This Christmas, the Shinsei no Sato Baptist church congregation isn't so sure.

Full Frame: Hunting for dolphins

Robert Gilhooly - Full Frame - December 11, 2009 09:32 ET

A photographer perches on a cliff to capture the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan.

Japanese flamenco queen does Spain

Michael Moffett - Spain - December 10, 2009 06:46 ET

Why white skin is all the rage in Asia

Phillip Martin - China and its neighbors - November 26, 2009 12:03 ET

From pills to lasers to cream, what's fueling the boom in skin-whitening procedures across the continent?

Japan’s downward spiral

Gavin Blair - Japan - November 23, 2009 12:30 ET

One in six Japanese are now poor. The new government has vowed to tackle the problem, but how?

Obama in Beijing: What you will see. And won't see.

Kathleen E. McLaughlin - China and its neighbors - November 23, 2009 11:16 ET

In China, anything is possible. Nothing is easy.

Special report: Silicon Sweatshops

Jonathan Adams and Kathleen E. McLaughlin - China and its neighbors - November 23, 2009 10:51 ET

Despite strict "codes of conduct," labor rights violations are the norm at factories making the world's favorite high-tech gadgets.