China sets anti-dumping duties on EU Japan tubes
The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday that it will impose five-year anti-dumping duties on high-performance stainless steel seamless tubes imported from the European Union (EU) and ...
View ArticleDjokovic holds off Murray in three-setter at ATP finals
Made to work: Novak Djokovic plays a shot from Andy Murray during their round-robin match at the ATP finals in London on Wednesday. Djokovic won 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. ...
View ArticleGrandson of famed noh actor to debut
Many young artists experience a make-or-break moment in their careers. For 24-year-old noh actor Motoi Imai, his debut as the shite (lead) character in the production of "Tsunemasa" could ...
View ArticleHall of Famer Basilio passes away at 85
ROCHESTER, New York — Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer's son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally epic, razor-edge ...
View ArticleJapan costumes bring out Aussie wild side
SYDNEY — Onesies, "kigurumi," animal suits — whatever you call them — there's no doubt these cute creature costumes are making their way into the hearts and wardrobes ...
View ArticleIn U-turn Tanaka OKs new colleges
The education ministry on Thursday approved the creation of three new universities after its head, Makiko Tanaka, reversed her earlier ...
View ArticleA-bomb survivors press Obama for disarmament
HIROSHIMA / NAGASAKI — Survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have called on U.S. President Barack Obama, fresh from his re-election, to do more to eradicate nuclear ...
View ArticleJazzing up the industrial city
On one side you have Montreux, a Swiss resort town on the banks of Lake Geneva that has seen many famous residents over the years, and which has been immortalized in the lyrics of the Deep Purple ...
View ArticleKeidanren chief calls for stronger Japan-U.S. ties amid downside risks
Bridge builders: Keidanren Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura chats with Aflac Japan head Charles Lake as the annual U.S.-Japan Business Conference got under way Thursday in Tokyo. ...
View ArticleU.S. wanted to turn all of Okinawa Island into base site in 1945-46 documents
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military was planning between 1945 to 1946 to use all of Okinawa Island as a permanent site for its bases, declassified U.S. documents have ...
View ArticleJapan U.S. to start review of defense guidelines
The government and the United States plan to launch working-level talks early next month on revising the guidelines for bilateral defense cooperation, officials said ...
View ArticleKyushu 2012 — once more two yokozuna heading the rankings
For the first time since 2009, the Kyushu Basho, Nov. 11-25, will see two yokozuna featured on the ranking sheet. Hakuho is in the slightly more prestigious east slot, with Harumafuji over on the ...
View ArticleCultural institute hosts symposium concert on postquake art scene
On Nov. 16, the Goethe-Institut Tokyo will host an event titled "Die Niemandsklnge" ("The Sounds of Nobody"), which will feature a symposium and a concert focusing on artistic ...
View ArticleMr. Obama wins again
U.S. President Barack Obama has won a second term in the White House. His victory was narrow, but it was definitive. Equally important for him, his Democratic Party retained control of the U.S. ...
View ArticleVissel Kobe fire manager Nishino
KOBE — Desperate Vissel Kobe have dismissed manager Akira Nishino with four games left in the season as the Rakuten-owned club fights for its J.League ...
View ArticleWrestler stripped of Olympic gold
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The International Olympic Committee has stripped a London Games bronze medal from an Uzbekistani wrestler because of a doping ...
View ArticleSecurity expert urges Tokyo Beijing to deepen dialogue to defuse crisis
The Senkaku territorial row is "a clear indicator of the structural transformation between the two countries" but also a result of China's "broader rise in the international ...
View ArticleBoss quits at hacked Sony unit
Tim Schaaff, head of Sony Corp.'s online entertainment service that was hacked into last year, is resigning his post, the electronics maker announced ...
View ArticleJAXA readies small rocket to break cost use barriers
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency figures smaller is better: Striving for cheaper and more frequent launches, JAXA has set its sights on firing its new Epsilon small rocket into space from the ...
View ArticleToyota anticipates record sales in Thailand
BANGKOK — Toyota Motor Corp.'s Thai unit is projecting a 72 percent surge in sales in Thailand this year to a record-high 500,000 units compared with ...
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