Senkakus backlash slashes carmakers earnings outlook
Rampant anti-Japan sentiment in China looks certain to slash the full-year earnings results of Japanese automakers operating in the country, although some analysts argue the bitter fallout from the ...
View ArticleJapanese U.S. business leaders urge Japan to participate in TPP
Japanese and U.S. business leaders called on their governments Friday to make utmost efforts to get Tokyo to participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade negotiations now involving 11 ...
View ArticleJapanese car sales in China fell 59.4 in October auto group
SHANGHAI — Sales of Japanese cars in China slumped 59.4 percent on-year in October, a Chinese industry group said Friday, as a territorial row between the countries pummelled ...
View ArticleSocial game sites launch industry regulatory body
Major social game site operators, including Gree Inc. and DeNA Co., have formed a self-regulatory body to improve the way services are provided amid growing concern about child users incurring ...
View ArticleAbductee exhibition in Geneva to raise global awareness
The exhibition at the University of Geneva is Japan's first such event and was timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary this year of the repatriation of five abductees and a session in Geneva ...
View ArticleOkinawa — a different world with its own time zone
After waiting 10 days on Amami Oshima for Typhoon No. 21, it finally blew in. All week long, locals had dropped by our boat to inform us that it was not safe tied up where it was — at the guest ...
View ArticleSenior industry ministry official begs for reactor restarts
Sapporo — Senior vice industry minister Isao Matsumiya said he is "begging" the Nuclear Regulation Authority to allow the restart of the country's idled nuclear reactors, a ...
View ArticlePlanet Earth goes up for sale on website
A man put planet Earth up for sale on a Japanese internet auction site last week. The seller listed the Earth as "used" and warned that there was a "no-return" policy. Buy it and you're stuck with ...
View ArticleReceiving compliment as much a social reward as being given money
A team of Japanese scientists have found that compliments help improve a person's performance in a similar way to receiving a cash reward. Forty-eight adults recruited for the study were asked to ...
View ArticleJapanese car sales in China fell 59.4 pct in October amid island row
Sales of Japanese cars in China has dropped 59.4 percent in October, a Chinese industry group has said. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said that just 98,900 Japanese-brand ...
View ArticleJapan seeks defense talks with US over Chinas increasingly assertive maritime...
Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto has said that his country is seeking talks with the United States to update their mutual defense guidelines. Morimoto said that he would like to see the ...
View ArticlePepsi launches healthy cola in Japan
Pepsi in Japan has launched a cola that it claims will reduce the absorption of fat in the body from food intake and help lower cholesterol levels. Pepsi Special, touted as healthy cola, is made ...
View ArticleJapanese runners barred from participating in Beijing Marathon amid islands spat
Japanese runners have apparently been barred from registering for the Beijing Marathon to be held on November 25. The organizer has removed Japan from the nationalities listed on the application ...
View ArticlePower generation dips as water level decrease in Sutlej
Dipping water level in the river Sutlej has resulted in the reduction of power generation at the hydro power project of Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) in Himachal Pradesh. According to reports, the ...
View ArticleNikkei dives to new low
(52 mins ago) Tokyo's benchmark index ended the morning session at its lowest level in nearly a month owing to fears over a US budget standoff and worries about the slowing Japanese economy. ...
View ArticleJapan may be in recession figures suggest
Japan's economy contracted in the latest quarter, signalling that like Europe it may already be in recession, further weighing down world growth. On an annualized basis, the world's No. 3 ...
View ArticleJapans economy back in reverse
Japan's economy contracted between July and September, reversing two previous quarters of growth and underscoring fears that its post-disaster recovery has stalled.Factory output in the ...
View ArticleJapan 5 central Asia nations to develop resources
Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba says Japan will offer financial aid to 5 central Asian countries to help develop natural gas and rare earth ...
View ArticleForeign students have zen meditation lesson
Fourteen students from 10 countries, including France, Argentina, and Indonesia, practiced sitting meditation on Friday in Hachioji City. All of them are studying at universities in the city. After ...
View ArticleSyria clashes kill 90 Regime tells Japan to cancel meeting
At least 90 people were killed in Syria yesterday while President Bashar al-Assad's regime told Japan to cancel its plan to meet with other nations about further sanctions against his ...
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