Kagawa getting acclimated to Manchester United
Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa says he is still finding his feet at Manchester United but believes his experience at German champions Borussia Dortmund can help him succeed at Old ...
View ArticleTokyo skyscraper to be rebuilt by 24
The aging, 40-story World Trade Center Building in Tokyo will be rebuilt, with its operator planning to complete a new 200-meter-tall structure and related facilities in fiscal ...
View ArticleUEFAs credibility hanging in balance
There must be zero tolerance to racism, yet sadly too many in Serbia believe monkey chanting is little more than banter. They must be left in no doubt it is, in fact, a serious offense to insult a ...
View ArticleAldridge begins anew with rebuilding Trail Blazers
Ready to shine: Portland power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, now beginning his seventh pro season, hopes to lead the team to the playoffs under new coach Terry Stotts. ...
View ArticleRome plans Alpine World Cup race
ROME — Italy's Winter Sports Federation says plans are well under way to host an Alpine skiing World Cup race in Rome's historic city ...
View ArticleNew North korea approach needed
A decade has passed since five Japanese abducted by North Korean agents were returned to Japan on Oct. 15, 2002. That event took place a month after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korean ...
View ArticleNo qualms in Hokkaido
Harumi Takahashi said it is "impossible" for the people of Hokkaido to dislike Chinese people, even as anti-Japanese feeling remains high in China and isolated reports of physical attacks ...
View Article10 million unit target hard Toyota
Toyota Motor Corp. faces growing difficulties in achieving its global production target of 10 million vehicles this year, due to plunging sales in China amid continuing anti-Japanese ...
View ArticleCave yields Stone Age artifacts
NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — The Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum said Friday it found human and animal bones and tools made of quartz about 12,000 years old in a cave in the city of ...
View ArticleDonoue sparks Dragons to 10th-inning win over Giants
Clutch at-bat: Takahiro Donoue's tiebreaking single helped the Chunichi Dragons beat the Yomiuri Giants 5-4 in Game 3 of the Central League Climax Series final stage on Friday at Tokyo Dome. ...
View ArticleBrenly returns as Arizona TV analyst
PHOENIX — Former Arizona manager Bob Brenly rejoined the Diamondbacks as a television analyst Thursday, a day after he left the Chicago Cubs' broadcast ...
View ArticleHyogo bodies identified as murder case expands reaches into past
KOBE — Two of three bodies discovered under a house in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, have been identified, and police speculate the murder suspect they are holding in connection with the case ...
View ArticleForeign Ministry website hits surge in September amid Senkaku row
The Foreign Ministry's English website had a 50 percent surge in access from the previous month to 4.97 million hits in September amid the dispute with China over the Japan-held Senkaku islets, ...
View ArticleAmerican artist takes personal approach to traditional painting
Here you will find American artist Allan West usually working on a new painting or taking a break to chat with his neighbors. "This is one of the things that I love about Yanaka," West ...
View ArticleFestival denies China film pulled
China's official Xinhua news agency had reported the cancellation and blamed the Senkaku dispute. "Feng Shui," known as "Wan Jian Chuan Xin" in China, was the only Chinese ...
View ArticleKyoto foreign residents invited to seminar
Participants will have an opportunity to learn various tips about how to live comfortably in Japan. Subjects to be covered include visa issues, part-time jobs, transportation rules, where to shop for ...
View ArticleDeath Railway survivor who could forgive dies at 93
LONDON — It's an unusual man who can forgive his wartime torturer — or whose quest to do so can touch so many people around the ...
View ArticleEU Japan urge U.S. regulator to curb cross-border reach
America is divided. That at least is the message from the two parties in the run up to Nov. 6 U.S. presidential and congressional votes. With Barack Obama and Mitt Romney neck-and-neck in polls, the ...
View ArticleNHL lockout League cancels another week of games
One day after breaking off collective bargaining talks with players, the NHL today has canceled another week of games. All games from Oct. 25 to Nov. 1 – a total of 53 games throughout the ...
View ArticleJapan must adapt to China’s navy moves
A nattily attired gentleman, balancing a bottle of water on his head, practices his moves on the platform at Fuxingmen station, Subway Line 1 ...
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