Goodell appoints Tagliabue to hear player appeals
FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2012 file photo, New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma arrives at the NFL football headquarters to meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell, in New York. Vilma is again ...
View ArticleCBS eyeing Sony Pictures
"We love our current portfolio, but as a content company, we would want to look at them," Moonves said about Sony Corp.'s movie and TV studio businesses, Deadline Hollywood said. He ...
View ArticleSony Nexus X Was A Fake Creator Explains How He Did It Via Infographic
Sony Nexus phone that was leaked a few days ago? Turns out the whole thing was a fake. Unlike most fakes, however, the creator has come forward to explain why he did it. He also showed off how he did ...
View ArticleJapan reclaims standing in the global financial limelight
Video: Japan's new ultra high-def TVs impressive, expensive Thinking China? Think again.Japan is once again perched near the top of the global finance chain and has reclaimed its once dominant ...
View ArticleJapanese home goods retailer coming to downtown San Jose
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal by Lauren Hepler, Economic Development Reporter Date: Friday, October 19, 2012, 4:27pm PDT End Component ID: 142 - Article Page: Head ...
View ArticleVOX POPULI All of Japan must share Okinawas pain frustration over U.S. bases
A woman who was raped by two men, both strangers, when she was 24 years old, wrote the following account of the effects of her ordeal: "Whenever I wept in the privacy of a women's room ...
View ArticleEDITORIAL Pakistan girls ordeal shows need to empower women
A 14-year-old Pakistani girl who campaigned for the right of women to education remains in critical condition after being shot. Malala Yousufzai was attacked on Oct. 9. We need to support the women ...
View ArticleKeishu Tanaka
Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka is expected to step down after less than one month into the post amid revelations he received dubious political donations and consorted with ...
View ArticleTourism officials aim for 2 million Japanese visitors to Hawaii by 2016
Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Japan Association of Travel Agents have signed a memorandum of understanding that aims to boost the number of Japanese visitors to Hawaii to 2 million by 2016. The ...
View ArticleBrunei-Japan Ties Solidify With Increased Projects
View Comments Bandar Seri Begawan - Bilateral relations between Brunei Darussalam and Japan look set to gain further momentum with the increase in projects spurred by Japanese company Mitsubishi ...
View ArticleJapans ASDF jet scramble increases against China planes
The number of emergency take-offs by Air Self-Defense Force jets against Chinese aircraft sharply increased over the July-September period, as the Japanese government moved forward with the purchase ...
View ArticleJapan vows to put Nagoya Protocol into effect
A UN conference on biological diversity is now under way in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. A ministerial-level meeting on Thursday discussed the so-called Nagoya Protocol, adopted at the ...
View ArticleMan found dead in Tokyo after being swept up by street cleaner
A man has been found dead at a garbage sorting facility in Tokyo's Koto Ward, and police suspect he was accidentally caught by a street cleaning ...
View ArticleResidents start night patrol in Tokyos Nakano ward
Local residents feeling uneasy about the rapid growth of the area teamed up with police officers on Thursday night to carry out patrols of the local streets throughout the night, TV Asahi reported. ...
View ArticleMan arrested after stabbing 5 people at Hakata train station
The five victims-all men-were taken to hospital but their injuries did not seem to be life-threatening, the agency said, quoting firefighters. A passerby alerted the fire department to the early ...
View ArticleChinese airline cancels 1 yen flights
Spring Airlines cancelled the deal on Thursday. It had begun selling the tickets for one yen, or about 1.3 cents, on Monday for up to 50 seats on flights from Saga, in western Japan, to Shanghai. The ...
View ArticleJapans justice minister admits criminal links
/enpproperty--> Japan's justice minister, who was appointed just 18 days ago, is set to resign, media said on Friday, after he admitted having had links with organized crime. Keishu ...
View ArticleJapan has a lot to learn from Germany
Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba was in Germany on Friday, mainly to persuade German leaders to accept Japan's "purchase" of China's Diaoyu ...
View ArticleChina demands anti-dumping countervailing deposits on Japanese carmaker
/enpproperty--> BEIJING -- China's customs watchdog said Friday it will demand that Nissan North America Inc pay cash deposits for possible anti-dumping and countervailing duties on certain ...
View ArticleTop U.S. general in Japan apologizes for rape case
The Associated Press TOKYO -- The commander of U.S. forces in Japan apologized Friday for a case in which two Fort Worth-based sailors are accused of raping a woman in Okinawa and said all ...
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