Japans opposition leaders visit to controversial war shrine may further dent...
Japan's newly elected opposition leader Shinzo Abe paid a visit to a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, a move expected to increase China and South Korea's anger, with which Japan is currently ...
View ArticleTokyo Washington Seoul united against Pyongyangs nuclear threat
Japan, the United States and South Korea have reaffirmed in a senior level meeting in Tokyo that they will closely coordinate their stance against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. The ...
View ArticleSaina in quarters of Denmark Open
Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Denmark Open Super Series Premier badminton tournament here Thursday defeating Japanese Minatsu Mitani in the second round. The ...
View ArticleJapanese protest alleged rape by US soldiers
Japanese hold placards to protest the alleged rape of a local woman by two US servicemen in Okinawa, in front of the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on ...
View ArticleJapan politicians visit controversial war shrine
Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe, center, leaves the Yasukuni Shrine after he paid homage to the war dead in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. His visit to ...
View ArticleJapanese Caterpillar director Wakamatsu dies
Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu, who ruthlessly challenged authority with the grotesque and sexual, has died after a traffic accident this month. He was ...
View ArticleJapans ties with neighbors sour further with shrine visit
Two Japanese Cabinet ministers' visit to a controversial war shrine on Thursday provoked harsh criticism from Japan's neighboring countries and has added to already strained diplomatic ...
View ArticleChina condemns Japanese ministers visit to shrine for war
International News: BEIJING/TOKYO, The japanese ministers' pilgrimage to the Yasukuni Shrine, seen by many in the region as a symbol of Japan's war-time militarism, came a day after a visit ...
View ArticleIn Woodbury Sole Mio Osaka open
Sole Mio, a new Italian restaurant in Woodbury, is now open. Chef Angelo Montes, who moved to Minnesota from Milan, Italy, 12 years ago, spent $1 million renovating the former Mi Familia space in ...
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Jaeck has an extensive professional background. He started his career in his native Germany and has worked for hotels such as the Park Hyatt Sydney as the vice executive chef and the Grand Hyatt Bali ...
View ArticleForex Flash Japan to grow 2.4 in 2012 and 1.1 in 2013 - Goldman Sachs
FITITOL--> FXstreet.com (San Francisco) - Japan's GDP posted a 0.7% increase in the second quarter, well below market expectations of 1.1% rises and lower than 1.4% reached in the first ...
View ArticleJapan police chief climbs down over cyber arrests
Japan's most senior policeman began an embarrassing climbdown Thursday after his officers arrested four people over cyber threats issued when their computers were apparently hacked. Emails ...
View ArticleQuiz All aboard Next stop Tokyo
The Gateway goes behind the scenes of the world's major transport hubs, revealing the logistics that keep goods and people moving. This month, the show is in Tokyo, ...
View ArticleAirline cancels Japan flight promotion after uproar
/enpproperty--> SHANGHAI - Chinese budget air carrier Spring Airlines on Thursday dropped a promotion on flights to and from Japan just two days after the deal's launch, following online ...
View ArticleElectoral brinkmanship in Japan A game of chicken
BY RIGHTS, Yoshihiko Noda, Japan's prime minister, does not need to convene a new session of the Diet, or parliament, until January. The temptation to wait seems obvious. His ruling block has a ...
View ArticleJapan should learn to get along with neighbors says FM
Pudong New Area police said Thursday that they will reevaluate the initiative that placed dummy police officers along the S20 highway in Pudong after ...
View ArticleHow Flick Knife Thumbs Help Japans Rare Fighting Frogs
-; Combat-ready spikes which shoot from fingers sounds like the weaponry of a comic book hero, but a Japanese scientist has found exactly this in a rare breed of frog. The discovery, which is ...
View ArticleIshiba admits S. Korean donations
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday confirmed media reports that he received ¥750,000 in donations from firms run by a South Korean man between 2006 and 2011, a ...
View ArticleMetropolitan government wants Tokyo gas stations to stockpile emergency fuel
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to stockpile gasoline and other fuel at service stations in the capital for use in times of massive disasters, hoping to avoid a repeat of the public panic ...
View ArticleNations first LCC air terminal opens at Naha
All Nippon Airways Co. on Thursday opened a terminal at Naha Airport in Okinawa dedicated to budget airlines, the first facility of its kind to begin operations in ...
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