US hits Asia markets weak yen lifts Tokyo
MOST Asian markets have closed lower after Barack Obama challenged Republicans to accept tax hikes for the rich as part of a deal to avert a fiscal ...
View ArticleJapan wants better relations with China
Japan says it wants to develop 'mutually beneficial' relations with China's new leaders, as the two countries remain embroiled in a dispute over islands in the East China Sea.The ...
View ArticleCourts forced to intervene in Japans bullying crisis
The award of damages to a 12-year-old girl diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder underlines the scale of the bullying problem in Japan's schools. Authorities are increasingly being held ...
View ArticleBritish architect wins design contest for Japans new national stadium
the London 2012 Aquatics Centre , the architectural centrepiece of the summer games, has taken first place in a competition to design the new Tokyo National ...
View ArticleJapan to Invest 15 Billion Dollars in Indian Infrastructure
(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Japan is planning to invest 1.2 trillion yen (15 billion dollars) in 19 infrastructure projects in western India through coordinated government and private-sector work, ...
View ArticleAmazon expands cloud to Japan
Amazon.com Inc. said it's expanding its cloud services to Japan. The Seattle online retail giant (NASDAQ: AMZN) also said it won't begin shipping its Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD to ...
View ArticleJapans seniors work on into retirement
AFP © <p>Fish shop owner Mitsumi Kobuna, 73, prepares to open his shop in Tokyo on October 26. While governments in Europe have struggled to convince their populations to delay retirement, ...
View ArticleJapan ETFs Pop as Election Nears Yen Falls
ETFs are noticeably higher: Japan ETFs. With the world's third-largest economy likely to hold elections next month, traders are speculating that Shinzo Abe, head of the main opposition Liberal ...
View ArticleFlavor and flair combine in miraculous chemistry
The grills themselves are standard issue, apart from the video screens mounted behind them. But things soon get interesting — in fact, from the moment you are served your welcome cocktail. Or, ...
View ArticleDrug smuggler given six years
OSAKA — The Osaka District Court has sentenced a Canadian woman to six years in prison and fined her ¥2.5 million for smuggling stimulants into ...
View ArticleTheater wants to involve locals
The 65-year-old Ryuzanji, who also acts in this work, said at a recent open rehearsal: "These days, young people go to a theater, quietly take their seats and afterward go back home as if ...
View ArticleWomen break stereotype actually take to maps
YOKOHAMA — There are those who say women can't read maps, but this theory about navigation and gender appears to be taking a hit these ...
View ArticleTalks with North end first day little expected
ULAN, Bator — Japan and North Korea ended the first day of their senior working-level talks in Mongolia on Thursday evening and agreed to continue consultations Friday, a Japanese official ...
View ArticleCommunity art project pops up
A soon-to-be-demolished school building might sound too spooky to be a venue for an art show, but that's precisely where Trans Arts Tokyo is being ...
View ArticlePakistan-Russia ties forging new alignments
This would have been the first-ever visit of a Russian President to Pakistan and, as such, was loaded with significance. Putin was also to participate in a quadrilateral meeting on Afghanistan with ...
View ArticleJapan Cuba prepare for international friendly with eye on WBC meeting
FUKUOKA — When Japan and Cuba square off on Friday for the first of two international friendlies, it will be more about just getting ...
View ArticleIshihara-Kawamura tieup rattles Hashimoto
OSAKA — Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) head Toru Hashimoto expressed criticism and disappointment Thursday over an agreement between former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's ...
View ArticleBeaujolais Nouveau corks off
At just after midnight Wednesday, retailers nationwide started selling this year's Beaujolais Nouveau wine produced in the Burgundy region of ...
View ArticleYokozuna duo powers past weak opposition
FUKUOKA — Hakuho showed fellow Mongolian yokozuna Harumafuji how it's done as he outclassed Homasho to move to 5-0 on Thursday at the Kyushu Grand Sumo ...
View ArticleFighters plan to speak with Otani on Saturday
The Pacific League champions made the Hanamaki Higashi High School phenom their No. 1 pick at last month's amateur draft, even though Otani had stated his desire to play in the major ...
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