Cirtek Holdings finalizes venture with Sony
Laguna-based semiconductor manufacturer Cirtek Holdings Philippines Corp. and Sony LSI Design Inc. have finalized a joint business plan for the rollout of test boards for various consumer and ...
View ArticleGentildonna wins by a nose to complete fillies Triple Crown
Gentildonna, with Yasunari Iwata aboard, became only the fourth filly to achieve the feat and first since Apapane in 2010. It was Iwata's third Shuka-sho win. Longshot Cherry Medusa led until ...
View ArticleTateyama Balentien help Swallows tie CL Climax Series first stage
NAGOYA — Right-hander Shohei Tateyama worked six innings on Sunday, and Central League home run champ Wladimir Balentien drove in the game's only run as the Yakult Swallows evened the ...
View ArticleKuboya takes Japan Open after Pagunsan stumbles at finish
NAHA — Kenichi Kuboya was the benefactor of a stunning late meltdown by Juvic Pagunsan of the Philippines on Sunday, posting a one-stroke victory to capture the Japan Open for his first win of ...
View ArticleJCP aims for more than 18 seats in general election Shii
Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii said Sunday his party aims to secure 18 or more seats in the lower house, compared with the current nine, in the next general ...
View ArticleTwo bodies found under floor of Amagasaki house
KOBE — Police found two bodies under the floor of a house in Amagasaki, western Japan, on Sunday during an investigation launched in connection with the death of a woman last year, they ...
View ArticleMemorial service held in Kumamoto for Chinese forced laborers
KUMAMOTO — A memorial service was held Sunday in southwestern Japan for Chinese people who died as a result of forced labor during World War II at a Japanese coal ...
View ArticleDate-Krumm loses in Japan Womens Open doubles final
OSAKA — Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm and her partner Heather Watson of Britain were bundled out of the final of the Japan Women's Open in two sets on Sunday at Utsubo Tennis ...
View ArticleDPJ considers convening extra Diet session by months end
Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Azuma Koshiishi said Sunday the ruling party is considering convening an extraordinary Diet session by the end of this ...
View ArticleVentforet Kofu promoted back to J-leagues first division
KOFU, Yamanashi Pref. — Ventforet Kofu secured promotion to the J-League first division after just one season in the second tier on Sunday after a 2-2 draw in a top-of-the-table clash with ...
View ArticleLiquidity from central banks important in times of crisis BOJs Shirakawa
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said Sunday that central banks providing liquidity to financial markets in times of crisis is important to restoring stability, backing recent moves by global ...
View ArticleNoda says importance of SDF increasing
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Sunday the importance of the Self-Defense Forces is increasing following outbreaks of issues over territory and ...
View ArticleNishioka announces retirement after world title defeat
CARSON, California — Nonito Donaire of the Philippines stopped Toshiaki Nishioka in the ninth round of their world super bantamweight title unification fight on ...
View ArticleMoriguchi admits to lying about stem cell trial
NEW YORK/BOSTON — Hisashi Moriguchi, a Japanese researcher who had said he implemented the world's first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology, admitted Saturday most of ...
View ArticleNational security is tougher than ever Japanese PM Noda
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P3C anti-submarine patrol plane fires flares during a fleet review in Sagami Bay, south of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 14. "It is needless to say ...
View ArticleWatson ends Britains 24-Year wait for WTA title
Heather Watson beat Chang Kai-Chen of Taiwan in the final of the Japan Open tennis here Sunday to end Britain's 24-year wait for a WTA Tour singles title. It was a maiden career singles final for ...
View ArticleHamilton still hopeful of saying his goodbyes at McLaren after losing out on...
Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton has expressed hope that he will have the chance to say a proper goodbye to his McLaren team after being forced to cancel an evening out that he had organised for staff ...
View ArticleUS Japan planning joint military drill to retake Okinawa island
The United States Japan and are planning to hold a joint drill in Okinawa next month in which troops would 'retake' an uninhabited island from foreign forces, bilateral sources said. While Tokyo and ...
View ArticleWatson wins Japan title
Tokyo – Heather Watson became the first Briton to win a WTA singles title in 24 years by beating Taiwan's Chang Kai-chen 7-5 5-7 7-6 in the final of the Japan Open in Osaka on ...
View ArticleChina Central Bank Says Priority is Keeping Prices Stable
TOKYO – China's central bankers on Sunday allowed some public and direct insight into their thinking. A top official of the People's Bank of China delivered remarks to those who had ...
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