Tokyo complains of Chinese navy vessels
(1 hr 16 mins ago) Chinese naval vessels were in waters near a Japanese island today, the defense ministry in Tokyo said, as tensions with Beijing remain high over a disputed archipelago. ';A ...
View ArticleRaging elephant kills keeper in Japan
(24 mins ago) An elephant trampled its keeper to death at a Japanese zoo on Tuesday as he tried to stop the gigantic animal from attacking its new-born calf, police and reports said. Inthavong ...
View ArticleFrench TV host angers Japan on goalie comment
(22 mins ago) Japan has been angered by a French television host who showed a composite picture of goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima with four arms, citing the "Fukushima effect". TV host Laurent ...
View ArticleChinese warships spotted off Japanese island Tokyo
TOKYO (AFP) - Chinese warships, including two destroyers, were spotted in waters near a Japanese island on Tuesday, the defence ministry in Tokyo said, further stoking tensions with Beijing over a ...
View ArticleJapan issues stamps covering the Diaoyu Islands
By Zhao Wei, Sina English Japan has all along miscalculated the issue of the Diaoyu Islands. Japan's Kyodo News Agency tried to justify Japanese government's grab of the Diaoyu Islands ...
View ArticleJapanese assaulted in Shanghai amid islands dispute diplomat
(35 mins ago) Four Japanese restaurant-goers were assaulted in Shanghai, a diplomat said Tuesday, prompting Japan's consulate to renew a warning to its citizens living in China as a major ...
View ArticleJapan cop find 3 corpses amid missing case
(29 mins ago) Police in Japan probing the disappearance of seven people said Tuesday they had found three badly decomposed bodies in a house and were still looking to see if they would unearth more. ...
View ArticleJapanese companies wary of political uncertainty in Bangladesh
Many Japanese companies are very serious about investing in Bangladesh, but are scared of business impediments, including political uncertainty, Japanese Ambassador Shiro Sadoshima said ...
View ArticleJapan should accept reality
In 1971, former German chancellor Willy Brandt rendered a "silent apology" at a monument in a former Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, winning his country international respect and praise. More than ...
View ArticleIMF Raises Alarms over Japans Dangerous Fiscal Course
Talk about rude guests! They fly first class to your event, luxuriate in your splendid hotels and conference centers, pleasure in your unrivaled service, feast on your exquisite cuisine, and then ...
View ArticleFace up to temporary tension between China Japan
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) once again refuted a rumor Monday after a microblog user said that its gold products partially contain ...
View ArticleChinese scholar calls for greater cooperation between China S.Korea Japan
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) once again refuted a rumor Monday after a microblog user said that its gold products partially contain ...
View ArticleJapans Panasonic secures USD7.6b credit line from banks
(MENAFN) Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp has secured USD7.6 billion of loan commitments from local banks and financial institutions, Reuters reported.A spokesperson said that Panasonic ...
View ArticleUS stokes China-Japan dispute over SenkakuDiaoyu islands
The United States is deepening its support for Japan in its standoff with China over disputed uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Japanese or Diaoyu in Chinese. On October ...
View ArticleJapanse stocks advance on U.S. retail sales weaker yen
Japanese shares rose, with the Nikkei 225 (NKY) Stock Average increasing the most in about a month, as exporters gained after U.S. retail sales beat estimates and the yen ...
View ArticlePolice search for more remains under house in Hyogo
Police in Japan probing the disappearance of seven people said Tuesday they had found three badly decomposed bodies in a house and were still looking to see if they would unearth ...
View ArticleElephant tramples keeper to death in Japan
AFP © <p>An elephant trampled its keeper to death at a Japanese zoo on Tuesday as he tried to stop the gigantic animal from attacking its new-born calf, police and reports ...
View ArticleJapans Solar Frontier to shut one plant boost output at other
TOKYO (Reuters) - Solar Frontier, a unit of Japan's Showa Shell Sekiyu KK, will shut indefinitely its Miyazaki-Daini solar module plant to help its other factory, which has annual output ...
View ArticleFrance TV host riles Japan with Fukushima gag
(1 hr 3 mins ago) Japan said Tuesday it had complained to a French broadcaster after its presenter said "the Fukushima effect'' was to blame for a picture showing the national ...
View ArticleGangnam Style Is Japan Immune to PSY Mania
It’s an unsual paradox: Korean pop, a.k.a. K-Pop, is huge in Japan as it is elsewhere in Asia, with artists like Girls' Generation and TVXQ regularly drawing teenyboppers’ ears. But ...
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