Chinese visitors to Japan plunged 33.1 in October
The number of visitors to Japan from China, excluding Hong Kong, plunged 33.1 percent from a year before to an estimated 71,000 in October, reflecting heightened tensions over the two nations' ...
View ArticleDoha plans bid for 2024 Olympics
DOHA — Doha will make a fresh bid to bring the Summer Olympics to the Middle East for the first time in 2024, having missed out on the 2020 ...
View ArticleConservation and economic slump propel decrease in electricity sales
Electricity sales for the nation's 10 utilities declined in October for the first time in three months, apparently due to growing public awareness of the need for conservation and sluggish ...
View ArticleCharcoal grill in car claims couple kids near Fuji
SHIZUOKA — Five people were found dead in a van in a parking lot on the south side of Mount Fuji in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, police ...
View ArticleEconomic evaluation off for fourth month
The government on Friday revised down its assessment of the economy in November, lowering the outlook for the fourth straight month, almost matching the dire trend seen after the 2008 global ...
View ArticleLee summit at ASEAN called off
Japan and South Korea will forgo a planned meeting between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit early next week in Cambodia, ...
View ArticleHakuho Goeido still unbeaten
FUKUOKA — Undefeated yokozuna Hakuho tossed aside another would-be challenger in the form of Shohozan on Friday, inching closer to capturing his first title in three meets on the sixth day of ...
View ArticleVote disparity could jeopardize poll result
The top court ruled in March last year that disparities of as much as 2.3 to 1.0 in the weight of a vote in the 2009 Lower House election were "in a state of ...
View ArticleKnicks retain perfect record
SAN ANTONIO — Instead of watching their season-opening winning streak come to a messy end, the New York Knicks served notice that they can't be counted out in the fourth ...
View ArticleResona targeting loans at retiring entrepreneurs
Resona Holdings Inc. is targeting retiring entrepreneurs to boost lending by some ¥600 billion through businesses they sell and rental properties they invest ...
View ArticleMori Fukuda other seniors retire
Former Prime Ministers Yasuo Fukuda and Yoshiro Mori are among veteran lawmakers who will not seek re-election next month, mainly due to health problems and their ...
View ArticleTough defense leads Bills to victory over Dolphins
ORCHARD PARK, New York — Mario Williams and the Buffalo Bills' high-priced defense finally flexed its collective muscle, stuffing the Miami Dolphins in a 19-14 victory on Thursday ...
View ArticleMiyakojima — dolphins to the port side
After four days of sightseeing on Okinawa Island, we set sail for Miyakojima, the next major island to the south in the Okinawan chain. Having just visited Okinawa's Churaumi Aquarium, I was ...
View ArticleJapanese Economy Shrinks More Than Expected
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View ArticleThe Chamber Holds Bilateral Meetings with a Delegation of Japanese Businessmen
Manama, November 16th (BNA) -A number of bilateral meetings will be held next Thursday, November 22nd in the elite Lounge on the third floor at Bait Al Tijjar with a delegation of Japanese ...
View ArticleJapan Noda announced general election
On 16 November, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolved the lower house of Japan’s parliament and announced general election on 16 December. Shinzo Abe, President of the main ...
View ArticleTokyo shares likely to be stable next week
JAPANESE shares will likely be stable next week after gains in the past two days as investors expect further monetary easing moves by the Bank of Japan (BoJ), an analyst ...
View ArticleBest Japan ETFs For A Big Yen Rout
With so much investor attention on the post-election "fiscal cliff," the eurozone debt crisis and the once-in-a-decade change of leadership in China, investors may be overlooking some big ...
View ArticlePreview Georgia v Japan
Japan will be keen to build on last week's win over Romania when they face Georgia in Tbilisi on Saturday. That triumph marked the first time in 25 attempts they had beaten a European side at ...
View ArticleSony shares dive 10 over US$1.9 bil. bond issuance
TOKYO -- Shares in Sony dived more than 10 percent to lows not seen since 1980 after the troubled Japanese electronics maker announced it would issue bonds worth 150 billion yen (US$1.9 ...
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