Sony Q2 Loss Narrows Cuts Full-year Sales Forecast On Weak Economy
Quote ) Thursday reported a narrower loss for the second quarter, as the Japanese consumer electronics firm continues to grapple with lower LCD television sales. The company maintained its full-year ...
View ArticleSkeleton found in Japan closet
AFP © <p>A skeleton on display at the National History museum in Sofia, in Bulgaria, earlier this year. Construction workers in Japan uncovered secrets hidden in an old apartment they were ...
View ArticleStruggling Panasonic expecting to suffer loss of nearly $10bn this fiscal
Japanese electronics firm Panasonic has said that it will suffer a loss of nearly 10 billion dollars for the second consecutive year. The Osaka-based company said it expected to end the financial ...
View ArticleJapan misspent part of tsunami reconstruction fund on unrelated projects Report
Japanese authorities have diverted cash earmarked for tsunami reconstruction to unrelated projects, a government audit has revealed. The government passed a number of budgets to fund reconstruction ...
View ArticleEight win cooking master award
The agriculture ministry said Thursday it has chosen eight chefs, including Hisao Nagahigashi of Kyoto, as the recipients of this year's "cooking master" award, given primarily in ...
View ArticlePolice team to aid response to computer viruses
In the wake of wrongful arrests over threats of violence posted or emailed from remotely controlled virus-infected PCs, the National Police Agency set up a new centralized team Thursday to gather and ...
View ArticleFilipino radio show promotes Japanese culture
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Students of a Japanese college in a southern Philippines city are propagating Japan's culture and language among locals via a commercial FM radio ...
View ArticleUrgent tasks for the Diet
Following Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's policy speech on Monday in the Lower House, a period of questions and answers started in the current extraordinary Diet session on Wednesday. Political ...
View ArticleBody found in deep-sixed drum IDd as Hyogo murder suspects distant kin
KOBE — A body found Tuesday in a concrete-filled metal drum pulled from the sea was identified Thursday by Hyogo Prefectural Police as that of Jiro Hashimoto, a missing distant relative of ...
View ArticleFemale diplomat has rare work-life balance
When Ono started her career at the Foreign Ministry in 1988, she was the only female among 26 incoming career diplomats. Now a top government spokeswoman, she said she was unfazed at the time, having ...
View ArticleIcahn grabs 10 stake in Netflix
SAN FRANCISCO — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has seized on Netflix's recent troubles to build a 10 percent stake in the Internet video service. Wednesday's disclosure about ...
View ArticleSpate of tour bus accidents on expressways to prompt greater oversight
The transport ministry will strengthen its oversight of expressway tour buses from fiscal 2013 in light of a series of recent accidents, including one in which seven passengers were killed six months ...
View ArticleBanks told to keep aiding the ailing
Japanese financial regulators said Thursday that they will continue to require banks to maintain support for smaller companies struggling to turn around their businesses, even after a relevant law ...
View ArticleMizuho transfer laid to phishing
Money is suspected to have been transferred illegally from the account of a Mizuho Bank customer who was banking online, one of a growing number of "phishing" scams in Japan, bank officials ...
View ArticleYearly Warm Biz campaign on to cut heat use
The Environment Ministry on Thursday kicked off its seasonal campaign to cut down on energy use for heating through various small efforts in everyday ...
View ArticleFoes Noda vow to call poll soon not soon enough
Opposition parties pressed Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda again Thursday to immediately dissolve the Lower House for a snap election, but he snubbed their demands, saying he will do so based on his ...
View ArticleIndebted city looking to sell naming rights
The city of Izumisano owes its creditors more than ¥100 billion, the official said, adding the presence of nearby Kansai International Airport is partly to ...
View ArticleChelsea beats Man United in thriller
LONDON — Chelsea came from behind three times against Manchester United on Wednesday before a nine-goal thriller was settled by Ramires' extra-time shot clinching a 5-4 victory and a spot ...
View ArticleOnly 49.3 of paid leave in Japan is taken ministry says
Only 49.3 percent of full-time paid leave in Japan was taken in 2011, far from the government-set target of 70 percent by 2020, a survey by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry showed ...
View ArticleGiants crush Fighters move win away from title
Staying aggressive: Giants slugger John Bowker blasts a two-run home run in the second inning of Game 5 of the Japan Series on Thursday at Sapporo Dome. Yomiuri defeated the Hokkaido Nippon Ham ...
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