Third corpse found under floor of Hyogo house trio said still missing
KOBE — Police have found three bodies under the floor of a house in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, during a murder investigation launched in connection with a woman's death last year, but ...
View ArticleOno chops Giants down to size
In flight: Chunichi's Yohei Oshima takes off after hitting an RBI single in the third inning of the Dragons' 3-1 win over the Giants in the opening game of the Central League Climax Series ...
View ArticleNoda orders stimulus as rebuilding boom flags poll looms
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered his Cabinet on Wednesday to craft an emergency stimulus package by the end of November to counter a flagging economy that has slipped out of ...
View ArticleAbe pays Yasukuni visit amid isle rows
Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe paid a visit to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine Wednesday for the annual fall festival, a move expected to increase anger in China and South Korea, with ...
View ArticleHashimoto snubs Asahi for Hitler slight
OSAKA — Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, head of the fledgling Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), said Wednesday he will no longer speak to reporters from the daily Asahi Shimbun or ...
View ArticleJapan pitches tourism in New Delhi
NEW DELHI — Japanese government agencies held a tourism promotion event Tuesday in New Delhi, making a pitch to the growing middle class in the ...
View ArticleRengo to pursue 1 wage hike but management not expected to yield
The Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) plans to request a hike of 1 percent in workers' total wages, including bonuses, during next spring's "shunto" wage negotiations, ...
View ArticleUpstart Sprint suitor Son stands apart
Alma mater: Then-future Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son (center) poses with unidentified friends at the University of California, Berkeley, in this company-supplied undated photo. SOFTBANK ...
View ArticleNHL makes 50-50 proposal to union
TORONTO — The NHL has made a new offer to the players' association that proposes a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenue and a full 82-game season starting Nov. ...
View ArticleJapan to host unofficial womens club world championship
Japan will host the inaugural International Women's Club Championship in November, with ambitions of eventually turning it into a worldwide FIFA-sanctioned ...
View ArticleNFL adds second London tilt for 13
CHICAGO — The NFL announced Tuesday that it is adding a second 2013 game at London's Wembley Stadium with the Minnesota Vikings taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. ...
View ArticleMDG takes a Brazilian sound to Japans streets
NAGOYA — As I walk up to Nagoya hip-hop group MDG, it seems that lead vocalist Shin is in the middle of scolding fellow member DJ Rafa in Portuguese. Shin doesn't hold back, and also ...
View ArticleOkinawans demand closure of U.S. bases
Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima(left) and Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto (right) exchange bows Wednesday prior to a meeting held at the ministry regarding the latest alleged rape case of an Okinawan ...
View ArticleSyria needs negotiations for peace
Ground the killers in Syria with a no-fly zone ." The author seems totally unaware that the rebels have killed thousands of citizens, too — usually for some kind of link with the Assad ...
View ArticleFrench network sorry for Fukushima joke
PARIS — A French broadcaster has apologized for showing a composite picture of the Japanese national goalkeeper with four arms and citing the "effect" of the Fukushima nuclear crisis ...
View ArticleTokyo Washington Seoul on same page regarding Pyongyang threats
Japan, the United States and South Korea reaffirmed in a senior working-level meeting Wednesday in Tokyo that they will closely coordinate their stance against North Korea's nuclear and missile ...
View ArticleWTO backs Japan in Ontario solar promo row
GENEVA — A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel has upheld Japan's claim that the provincial government of Ontario unfairly treated local firms in its solar power promotion ...
View ArticleFrom the low key comes high art
This isn't necessarily a bad thing, as it creates a cozy, even intimate atmosphere, but it does limit the kind of art that can be displayed. For example, the large canvases by Paul Rubens now ...
View ArticleThe death of King Sihanouk
Revered former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk died of a heart attack on Monday in Beijing at the age of 89. His turbulent life reflected the modern history of Cambodia, a small country that ...
View ArticleA Chinese Nobel laureate Beijing can embrace
HONG KONG — China's reaction to the Nobel Prize awards this year was markedly different from that of two years ago, when it denounced the Norwegian Nobel Committee for awarding the Peace ...
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