Chubu airport eyes terminal for budget airlines
NAGOYA — Central Japan International Airport outside Nagoya is considering building a terminal for budget airlines, officials at the airport, also known as Chubu, ...
View ArticleSavor Hokkaidos warming winter menu
Great North gourmet: As the coldest region in Japan, Hokkaido has developed a range of hearty meals designed to ward off the brutal winter weather. These include miso ramen (above), a variation on ...
View ArticleThe Power of Two
Forever blowing doubles: Twins Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes are the focus of "The Power of Two," a documentary about sufferers of cystic fibrosis that is based on the ...
View ArticleDevil wife heads working moms struggle
"I had a satisfying job and really wanted to go back to it. In Japanese society, when a woman chooses work instead of staying at home to look after her husband, she's called a devil ...
View ArticleRegion event proves you can go home again
Food is not the only gotōchi experience visitors can expect. Local artisans will be on hand to display craftsmanship handed down from previous generations from their regions. Hokkaido will be ...
View ArticlePrefectures face big interest burden
Prefectural governments faced a total interest burden of ¥57 million as of Nov. 1 on loans from private financial institutions to cover a delay in getting the September portion of tax revenue ...
View ArticleExxon Mobil seeks Iraq oil field exit
BAGHDAD — U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. has expressed an interest in pulling out of a major oil-field development project in southern Iraq, a senior oil ministry official in Baghdad said ...
View ArticleVeteran leadership powers Fukuokas run to relevance
That veteran leadership has given the Rizing an edge in preparation compared with some teams without that collective experience of years spent in the ...
View ArticleBarca beaten on wild night
ROME — Barcelona lost for the first time since August, and Manchester United and Chelsea needed late goals to win on an unusual night of Champions League action on ...
View ArticleNodas Russia visit pushed back
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has had to drop plans to visit Russia next month and meet with President Vladimir Putin after Moscow cited scheduling difficulties, a government source revealed ...
View ArticleWeiss named Rockies skipper
Weiss, the 1988 AL Rookie of the Year, and Arizona coach Matt Williams were thought to be the favorites to replace Tracy, who quit Oct. 7 following a last-place finish in the NL West. Rockies bench ...
View ArticleJapanese wine not as bad as you think
On the morning of Nov. 3, the line leading to the entrance of Hibiya Park snaked along the sidewalk and coiled around the corner, several meters from the gate. I was there for the Yamanashi Nouveau ...
View ArticleSandy forces carmakers to scrap 15000 vehicles
Trapped in time: Debris clogs streets and yards Saturday in Union Beach, New Jersey, five days after Superstorm Sandy swooped in to wreak widespread destruction, flooding and power outages. ...
View ArticleCommunities key to preserving World Heritage
KYOTO — The World Heritage Convention concluded a three-day gathering Thursday by stressing that communities should be fully involved in the management and conservation of the sites the group ...
View ArticleFrustrated Lakers stumble to 1-4
SALT LAKE CITY — Before their game Wednesday, Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown remarked how easily Kobe Bryant had been scoring and in so many different ...
View ArticleNHLs Gomez rejoins Alaska Aces
The Alaska native, who currently plays for the Montreal Canadiens, attended training camp with the Aces this year but has yet to appear in a regular-season game. He will make his debut when Alaska ...
View ArticleLord Coe named BOA chairman
Coe, the firm favorite for the role after masterminding London's successful staging of the 2012 Olympics, was elected unopposed after rival candidate Richard Leman, the head of British hockey, ...
View ArticleHooking up with a machikon tour
Tours with "machikon," a portmanteau of "machi," or town, and "gokon," a matchmaking party, can "attract younger generations who are said to be uninterested in ...
View ArticleTokelau makes historic solar switch
WELLINGTON — The remote Pacific islands of Tokelau have become the first territory in the world to generate their electricity entirely from solar energy, in a project hailed as an environmental ...
View ArticleHashimoto mulls teaming up with Ishiharas new party
KYOTO — Despite fundamental differences in policy and continued doubts about how voters would react, Osaka Mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) head Toru Hashimoto has ...
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