BOJ ranks say Japan is in recessionary phase
The possibility "could not be ruled out," a few members of the BOJ Policy Board said at their Oct. 4-5 meeting, minutes of the meeting released Friday showed. A Cabinet Office official at ...
View ArticleSteady growth in Brazil brings in more foreign direct investment
Despite the recent economic slowdown, Brazil continues to attract steady foreign direct investments (FDI), and Japanese firms are advised to consider the medium- to longer-term importance of the ...
View ArticleAgent rips Evessa after they pay off Cox over lawsuit threat
Refused to be railroaded: Ex-Osaka Evessa center Larry Cox, seen here with Mississippi Valley State in 2008, saw action in just four games for the bj-league club before his release. ...
View ArticleHokkaido hit with 7 power-cut winter goal
The government said Friday it will ask households and companies in Hokkaido to cut electricity use by more than 7 percent from fiscal 2010 levels as part of efforts to ride out the winter without ...
View ArticleProtecting nuclear power plants from natures worse
WASHINGTON — As Hurricane Sandy bore down on the East Coast, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission shut down three nuclear power plants and issued an alert for the Oyster Creek plant in New ...
View ArticleHas Mr. Berlusconis luck run out
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been found guilty of tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison. Incredibly for a leader of a Group of Eight nation, this is not Mr. ...
View ArticleIn the valley of the uncanny
Both have lived in Japan as long as I have, give or take, and both claim to like it here, mostly. "Mostly my eye," says my first friend. Let's call him Mutt. And Mutt says, "I ...
View ArticleEducation minister Tanaka to snub plans for establishing three new universities
Education minister Makiko Tanaka expressed her intention Friday not to give the green light to plans to open three new universities in fiscal 2013, which starts in April, despite approvals from an ...
View ArticleJapanese columnist in China apologizes for lying about education
BEIJING — A well-known Japanese columnist in China has apologized to his Chinese readers for lying about his educational background, Chinese media reported ...
View ArticleAnother week another Chelsea row
LONDON — Sometime in the next week the Football Association must decide who it believes — four English-speaking match officials or a player whose mother tongue is Portuguese and whose ...
View ArticleHashimoto tries to get regional ducks in a row for poll
OSAKA — Members of Osaka-based Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) fanned out across the country this week, seeking to drum up support and establish regional organizations that can ...
View ArticleRivalry heats up as iPad mini arrives
The Apple iPad mini, a smaller version of the popular iPad tablet computer, hit stores in Japan and other leading markets Friday as competition heats up ahead of the yearend shopping ...
View ArticleWatson to join antiwhaling fight
SYDNEY — Militant conservationist and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson will join this year's campaign against Japanese whalers despite an Interpol notice for his arrest, the group said ...
View ArticleSneed receives October MVP award on offense Parker Tsukino share defensive...
Ceter Dillion Sneed, a major offseason acquisition, is the team's leading scorer at 18.6 points per game and is shooting at a 62.5 percent clip from the field. The East Tennesse State product ...
View ArticleLate Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezukas unpublished early manga found in Tokyo...
An unpublished work by the late charismatic cartoonist Osamu Tezuka was found last spring at a secondhand bookstore in Tokyo, according to a company managing his art that recently authenticated the ...
View ArticleSpurs slip past OKC at buzzer
Let it fly: San Antonio's Tony Parker launches the game-winning jumper over Oklahoma City's Serge Ibaka on Thursday night. The Spurs downed the Thunder 86-84. ...
View ArticlePolish qualifier Janowicz stuns Murray in Paris Masters
Shocking loss: Andy Murray plays a shot from Poland's Jerzy Janowicz during their third-round match at the Paris Masters on Thursday. Janowicz won 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2. ...
View ArticleMexico lauds move to up pork imports
Visiting Mexican Agriculture Minister Francisco Javier Mayorga welcomed Japan's move to allow pork imports from a Mexican state that was hit by swine fever more than 10 years ...
View ArticleAntinuclear rallies an eye-opener for university students
Watch and learn: Chukyo University student Sachi Matsuda (center) attends an antinuclear rally Oct. 27 in Nagoya to gather research for a project on the demonstrations. CHUNICHI ...
View ArticleBlind musician Kikuchi readies for more concerts after Paralympics glory
LONDON — Blind musician Takashi Kikuchi is on a high after playing in front of a global audience at the Paralympic Games and is now preparing for more performances with the prestigious British ...
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