Nishioka anxious to return to ring
LOS ANGELES — Toshiaki Nishioka said Thursday that after a year without a fight, he is ready to rumble with Nonito Donaire this weekend in their super bantamweight title unification ...
View ArticleU.N. political affairs chief to visit
NEW YORK — The head of the U.N. department of political affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, is making arrangements to visit Japan, possibly to seek help in resloving the Syrian crisis, diplomatic and ...
View ArticleRakuten to expand abroad amid Amazon rivalry
Rakuten Inc. plans to expand in India and Australia as the likelihood of slowing economic growth at home hurts demand at its online shopping ...
View ArticleTehran feels the squeeze
Iran is hurting. Economic sanctions imposed by Western governments designed to push Tehran back into nuclear negotiations have triggered a virtual collapse of Iran's currency, and the effects ...
View ArticleJustice chief claims all mob ties cut
Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka admitted Friday that he acted as a matchmaker for a senior yakuza and also attended a party hosted by an underworld boss some 30 years ago, but has no plans to quit the ...
View ArticleGiants make history with victory over Reds
Bye-Bye, Baby: San Francisco's Buster Posey watches his grand slam against Cincinnati leave the yard in the fifth inning of Game 5 on Thursday. The Giants beat the Reds 6-4. ...
View ArticleFG lifts Titans past Steelers
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Even on a night when Ben Roethlisberger became Pittsburgh's career passing leader, he couldn't solve the Steelers' road ...
View ArticleChina boycott ups firms bond risk
Toyota Motor Corp.'s two-year reign as a better credit than the Japanese government has ended as violent protests over the Senkaku Islands dispute with China hurt its sales in the world's ...
View ArticleToyota knew of switch defect four years before mass recall
Toyota Motor Corp. first learned in 2008 about a defect in power-window switches that Wednesday prompted it to recall 7.43 million vehicles worldwide for fire hazards, according to documents filed ...
View ArticleKaka returns as Brazil thrashes Zicos Iraq
Lopsided affair: Brazil's Hulk is tackled by Iraq's Ahmed Ibrahim during their international friendly in Malmo, Sweden, on Thursday night. Brazil won 6-0. ...
View ArticleOrioles beat Yanks in 13th even series
Crucial connection: Baltimore's J.J. Hardy strokes an RBI double against New York in the top of the 13th inning of Game 5 on Thursday night. ...
View ArticleChina refuses to idly watch Japans aggression
The conflict around three uninhabited Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea is gaining strength. China justifies its right for the territory with the geographical discovery of the islands in the 14th ...
View ArticleFormer Lulzsec Member Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy in Sony Pictures Hack
An Arizona man has admitted his involvement in a May 2011 computer attack against the website of Sony Pictures Entertainment that was carried out by the now-defunct LulzSec hacker ...
View ArticleJapan Tsunami nuclear plant operator admits playing down risk
-- The operator of a Japanese nuclear power plant where a catastrophic accident was set off last year by a massive earthquake and tsunami acknowledged Friday that it had played down safety risks at ...
View ArticleJapanese carrier Softbank in talks to scoop up Sprint Nextel
T-Mobile in a distant third and fourth, and a cluster of smaller companies jostling for the scraps. So how does a carrier like Sprint Nextel make a play for a bigger market ...
View ArticleWindows 8 convertible PCs from Sony One lighter one larger both unique
named in the press release are slight variations on existing products with added touchscreens, but two in particular stood out to us: the Vaio Duo 11, an Ultrabook that folds down into a tablet, and ...
View ArticleCambodia benefits as Japanese firms shun business in China newspaper
PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia is benefiting from new investment interest from Japanese companies facing violence and economic retaliation in China, the Asahi Shimbun ...
View ArticleMoodys lowers credit rating of Sony on profitability cash flow
The agency lowered its assessment on debt issued by Sony from Baa1 to Baa2, citing "its challenges in achieving profitability in the TV and mobile phone segments, and the erosion in its global ...
View ArticleTaiwan and Japan industries knit tighter commercial ties
TAIPEI -- Three industry-related organizations from Taiwan signed letters of intent with their Japanese partners yesterday to pave the way for cooperation on technology, marketing and ...
View ArticleUS Japan S. Korea pledge millions in food aid
TOKYO -- The United States, Japan and South Korea pledged up to US$535 million to a World Bank-sponsored food security program on Friday, in a bid to reduce poverty in developing ...
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