Donald leapfrogs Tiger with Japan win
Japan Luke Donald is eyeing victory at the World Tour Championship in Dubai after a comfortable win in Japan saw him leapfrog Tiger Woods into the number two spot in the world rankings.The ...
View ArticleRichard Parsons Named Sony Pictures Television SVP for International Production
's Shine Group and BBC Worldwide, has been named the new senior vice president for corporate business and legal affairs, international production at Sony Pictures Television ...
View ArticleScion FR-S pays homage to 1980s Japanese drifter
The Scion FR-S. Scion FR-S and its twin, the Subaru BRZ, debut for the 2013 model year offering a fresh spin on the sports compact. Theres little in the way of direct competition for these coupes. At ...
View ArticleIchiro Kuroda decline WBC invite
Ichiro Suzuki and Hiroki Kuroda confirmed Monday what had already been brewing in the rumor mill: they will not play for two-time defending champion Japan in the 2013 World Baseball ...
View ArticleSubarus lack of China plant pays off
The maker of Subaru cars, the only major Japanese auto brand without a plant in the world's largest vehicle market, has jumped 83 percent in Tokyo trading this year for the biggest gain on the ...
View ArticleBallot boxes campaign cars in hot demand
Now that the general election has been set for Dec. 16, companies that sell campaign-related equipment are being flooded with calls and orders from municipal election boards as well as the campaign ...
View ArticleTwo U.S. servicemen face prosecution in separate trespassing cases
NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — Police sent to prosecutors on Monday a U.S. Marine based at Camp Zukeran for alleged trespassing at a building in Naha after a night of heavy ...
View ArticlePolitical hawk 80 still bent on creating a tough Japan
When Shintaro Ishihara abruptly resigned as governor of Tokyo at the end of last month to form Taiyo no To (The Sunrise Party), it was unclear what his political aims ...
View ArticleNew Komeito vows food tax cut
Staking out its position before the Dec. 16 Lower House election, New Komeito called over the weekend for exempting food and daily necessities from the forthcoming hike in the consumption ...
View ArticleBOJ to refrain from fresh easing
The Bank of Japan began Monday a two-day policy meeting and was likely to refrain from further easing its monetary grip as it seeks to assess the effects of easing steps taken for two straight months ...
View ArticleEnvoy acts as bridge between Japan Armenia
For over 20 years, Pogosyan, 59, has lived and worked in Japan — albeit in a completely different field — teaching mathematics and computer science at International Christian University ...
View ArticleOccupants can suggest a buyout but final word lies with landlords
"If a person has lived in a house for over 40 years without any type of contract and either the landlord wants to sell or the tenant wants to buy the land and house, how is the price determined? ...
View ArticleCzechs Berdych Stepanek deliver Davis Cup triumph
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek gave the Czech Republic the title for the first time as an independent nation by beating Spain 3-2 in the final on Sunday. Each spent about 10 grueling hours on ...
View ArticlePoll Patience key to marital bliss even if beefs have to be bottled up
According to the poll by major household products maker Lion Corp. covering 500 married people between the ages of 25 and 49, 86.6 percent of the respondents said they think they and their spouses ...
View ArticleAbe call for unlimited BOJ easing rattles bond market
The bond market is growing more concerned that a new administration led by opposition leader Shintaro Abe calling for unlimited easing will stoke inflation and weaken the nation's ...
View ArticleLDP doubles up DPJ in public support
The nationwide telephone poll conducted Saturday and Sunday also showed that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has made slight inroads into the popularity of LDP leader Shinzo Abe. The survey was ...
View ArticleSales of Matsue peonies blossoming in Russian Far East
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Sales of peonies from Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, are booming in Vladivostok after hitting the market in Russia's Far East in 2009, virtually selling out every year ...
View ArticleJapan to call for calm from Israel Hamas
PHNOM PENH — Japan will call on both Israel and the Muslim fundamentalist group Hamas to exercise utmost restraint following escalating attacks against each other, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ...
View ArticleCoincident index revised downward
The composite index of coincident economic indicators for September fell a revised 2.0-point from the previous month, better than the preliminary reading of a 2.3-point decline, the Cabinet Office ...
View ArticleFujitsu to expand services sales as hardware slumps
The company, Japan's leader in computer services, is expanding the business in Europe and North America and plans to boost sales of services including cloud computing to corporate customers, ...
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