United knocked off Premier League summit
LONDON — Manchester United was toppled from the Premier League summit by Manchester City on Saturday after losing to Norwich, while its crosstown rival routed Aston Villa to top the standings ...
View ArticleChoi passes Miyazato at Titleholders
NAPLES, Florida — U.S. Women's Open champion Chio Na Yeon was steady after a careless three-putt bogey early in her third round at the Titleholders and finished with a 3-under 69 on ...
View ArticleNearly half of Japans doctors in poor health or worried about physical mental...
Nearly half of the doctors working at hospitals nationwide are either in poor health or worried about their physical and mental condition due to long hours and stressful working conditions, a survey ...
View ArticleRondo has 20 assists Celtics blast Raptors
Jason Terry scored 20 points, Paul Pierce added 19 points and six rebounds before sitting out the fourth quarter, and Kevin Garnett scored 15 points in 17 minutes of playing ...
View ArticleElusive wealth of nations in a global economy
We live in the global age. We have been living in it for quite some time now. It is some 20 years, give or take, since the word "global" began to establish itself in the economic lexicon. A ...
View ArticleTake ends drought with Mile victory
KYOTO — Yutaka Take ended a two-year Grade 1 drought as the superstar veteran won his first Mile Championship on Sunday aboard fourth choice Sadamu Patek at Kyoto ...
View ArticleMuseum celebrating Bhutanese culture of happiness opens in Japans Fukui...
FUKUI — A museum about traditional Bhutanese culture has opened in Fukui Prefecture, seeking to raise the profile of a country famous for adopting a gross national happiness index to measure ...
View ArticleGriner breaks womens dunk record
HONOLULU — Brittney Griner broke the NCAA women's record with her eighth career dunk during Baylor's game against UT Martin on Saturday ...
View ArticleMake Japanese universities more or less like sumo world
One of the reasons why Japanese universities are weak in their international competitiveness is found in the uniquely Japanese way in which educational and research projects are undertaken at the ...
View ArticleStanford pulls off OT upset against Oregon
EUGENE, Oregon — Jordan Williamson hit a 37-yard field goal in overtime and No. 14 Stanford upset AP No. 1 Oregon 17-14, denying the Ducks a chance to clinch the Pac-12 North and derailing ...
View ArticleMura wins Trophee Bompard
PARIS — Takahito Mura defeated overnight leader Jeremy Abbott of the United States to win gold at the Trophee Bompard on Saturday, while Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov of Russia captured ...
View ArticleJapan Coast Guard seizes Taiwanese boat for illegally catching 7000 kg of...
KUSHIRO, Hokkaido — The coast guard seized a Taiwan-registered fishing boat Saturday off Hokkaido on suspicion of illegally hunting saury in Japan's exclusive economic zone, officials ...
View ArticleNHL union set to resume labor talks Monday
NEW YORK — So much for a two-week break. Just over a week since the last set of failed negotiations, the NHL and the locked-out players' association will return to the bargaining table ...
View ArticleASEAN signs rights pact amid criticism
PHNOM PENH — Southeast Asian leaders Sunday adopted a human rights declaration despite last-minute calls for a postponement by critics, including Washington, who said the pact contains ...
View ArticleASEAN to drop reference to Japans Senkaku Takeshima territorial clashes in...
PHNOM PENH — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has dropped a reference to conflicting territorial claims involving Japan, China and South Korea in a draft of a chairman's ...
View ArticleFollowing delays and tight supplies Nintendo launches new Wii U home console...
Game faces: People dressed as video game characters line up at Nintendo Co.'s flagship Nintendo World Store in New York as the firm's new Mii U console hit the U.S. market Sunday. ...
View ArticleChinese ships enter Senkakus zone
NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — Chinese surveillance ships on Sunday entered the contiguous zone just outside Japan's territorial waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands for the 30th straight ...
View ArticleIndonesia could bridge Obamas pivotto Asia
LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama's visit to Southeast Asia is a very good thing. The region is becoming more significant by the month. U.S. policy is said to be "pivoting" to ...
View ArticleRed Bulls Vettel takes pole for U.S. Grand Prix
AUSTIN, Texas — Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel maintained his early domination of the new Circuit of the Americas by winning pole position for the U.S. Grand Prix on Saturday, putting the ...
View ArticleOrix contacts free agent Ichiro
Orix's director of baseball operations, Yoshio Murayama, said he met with Ichiro for about 10 minutes in Kobe. Speculation has been rife about whether Ichiro will play in the 2013 World ...
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