Osprey flights over main isles to start this month
The U.S. military has told Japan it plans to start training flights for the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft over the main islands later this month, Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto said ...
View ArticleU.S. airmans home intrusion draws fire
The government lodged a protest Friday with Washington over the reported break-in and assault by a U.S. serviceman in Okinawa, an incident that comes less than three weeks after a high-profile ...
View ArticleChina quashes Japans patriotism dearth reports
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - Chinese marine surveillance authorities on Friday countered claims in Japanese media that their job openings had proved unattractive to applicants in China's civil ...
View ArticleUS Serviceman Suspected of Assaulting Japanese Boy
Japanese police are investigating claims a U.S. serviceman assaulted a boy on the island of Okinawa, where opposition to the U.S. military presence runs high. Authorities say the serviceman ...
View ArticleSony adds live broadcasting to videogame play
Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) on Friday announced an alliance with Twitch to let gamers broadcast online play live for others to watch. The feature will make its debut in massively multiplayer ...
View ArticleTime stands still on Amami Oshima
We had already been on Amami Oshima for a week waiting for Typhoon No. 21 to pass. But the typhoon was meandering around the Pacific like a drunken sailor, zigzagging a path north-west, once making a ...
View ArticleElectronics firms need to act fast
If Japan's electronics giants, which again posted deep losses this week, want to beat Samsung, LG and Apple, they need to quickly overhaul their business strategies and carry out further cost ...
View ArticleRegulators study disputed fault at Oi nuke plant
The Nuclear Regulation Authority conducted a one-day investigation Friday at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture to check whether a disputed fault running underneath it should be viewed as ...
View ArticleLibraries a magnet for school kids
The number of books checked out by elementary school children from libraries nationwide reached a record average of 26 per child in fiscal 2010, the education ministry ...
View ArticleTokyo Marathon officially joins World Major Marathons
Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose believes the Japanese capital's inclusion in the 6-year-old series will provide a boost to the city's bid to the stage the 2020 Olympics, for which the hosting ...
View ArticleRhode Island sues ex-pitcher Schilling
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — Rhode Island's economic development agency on Thursday sued former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and some of its former officials, saying they committed fraud ...
View ArticleHashimoto likens weeklys slur to hate speak
OSAKA — The clash between Toru Hashimoto and the weekly magazine Shukan Asahi over an article on the Osaka mayor's lineage has raised a question that Japan still refuses to directly ...
View ArticleWoman contests evidence seizure
OSAKA — The counsel for a Canadian woman charged with smuggling stimulants into Japan entered a plea of not guilty Thursday, arguing she had misunderstood the meaning of an English word used by ...
View ArticleWorld could learn from Israels fiscal discipline
Fiscal discipline will be an integral part of any country's efforts to resolve debt problems, irrespective of the size of the nation's economy, a senior banker from Israel said at a recent ...
View ArticleChargers pound lowly Chiefs
Antonio Gates caught a 14-yard yard scoring pass from Philip Rivers on the game's opening drive to snap a streak of six straight quarters without a touchdown and the San Diego Chargers went on ...
View ArticleBubka son hospitalized after fall
PARIS — Ukrainian tennis player Sergei Bubka, son of the pole vaulting legend, was taken to hospital in the early hours of Thursday after falling three floors from a window, according to French ...
View ArticleU.S. needs Japan to remain nuclear expert says
John Hamre (right), president and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses Japan's nuclear energy policy during a seminar at Keidanren Kaikan in Tokyo on Oct. 25, as ...
View ArticleFree magazines zoom in on all things Japanese
While English-language magazines in Japan are fast becoming a species in danger of extinction, Europe is experiencing a renewed interest in this country thanks to a veteran French journalist who ...
View ArticleSchindler lift that killed woman not required to have safety system refit
KANAZAWA, Ishikawa Pref. — Officials of the Japan arm of Swiss elevator maker Schindler Holding Ltd. apologized Friday to the family of a woman who was killed in an accident involving one of ...
View ArticleThree top Japanese brokerages swing to black after cost cuts
Three of Japan's five major brokerages returned to the black on their group bottom line in the April-September first half of fiscal 2012, thanks chiefly to cost ...
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