Renown U.S. Cardiovascular Researcher Delivers Keynote Lecture at Japanese...
The acclaimed Cardiac Reseacher, Dr. Charles Antzelevitch, Executive Director and Director of Research of the Cardiac Research Institute (CRI) at the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory (MMRL), based ...
View ArticleJeter has surgery on injured ankle
Jeter was injured on Oct. 13 in the 12th inning of the American League Championship Series against Detroit while trying to field a grounder. The Tigers went on to sweep the ...
View ArticleThird-ranked Gators outclass Gamecocks
Jeff Driskel threw four touchdown passes — three of them after turnovers — and the third-ranked Gators matched their win total from 2011 with a 44-11 drubbing of No. 9 South Carolina on ...
View ArticleHigh school pitcher Otani set for majors
HANAMAKI, Iwate Pref. — Shohei Otani will become the first potential top draft pick to make the direct jump from a Japanese high school to the major leagues after the right-hander announced his ...
View ArticleIshii powers Giants into series decider
Cometh the hour: Yomiuri's Yoshihito Ishii knocks in the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning of the Giants' 3-2 victory over the Dragons in Game 5 of the Central League ...
View ArticleU.S. team to help defuse isle dispute
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will send a group of former national security officials to Japan and China next week to encourage Tokyo and Beijing to mend diplomatic ties frayed by a ...
View ArticleIzumida clinches third term as Niigata governor
NIIGATA — Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida was re-elected Sunday in a race that placed heavy emphasis on whether to restart the idled reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, early ...
View ArticleSwimmer Seto sets new record
BERLIN — Teenager Daiya Seto set a new World Cup record in the 400-meter Individual Medley final on Saturday on the opening day of Berlin's short-course ...
View ArticleDPJ mulls 33-day extra Diet session to pass bond bill
The schedule will be set Monday at a meeting of government and DPJ executives including Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who doubles as DPJ president, and Secretary General Azuma Koshiishi, the source ...
View ArticleNHL union speak no progress made
NEW YORK — NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and players' association special counsel Steve Fehr spoke to each other on Saturday, but the sides still have no plans to meet face-to-face as ...
View ArticleCoast guard rescues 64 Chinese from cargo ship
NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — The Japan Coast Guard rescued all 64 crew members of a cargo ship Sunday after the vessel caught fire in waters near Okinawa, the coast guard ...
View ArticlePoor prospects for a European banking union
PARIS — The European Union is now the proud owner of a Nobel Peace Prize. When the choice alighted on U.S. President Barack Obama three years ago, the Norwegian Nobel Committee was criticized ...
View ArticleAmericas fiscal future Well that can wait ...
And then there's the "fiscal cliff" — the roughly $600 billion of spending cuts and tax increases scheduled for early 2013 that, if allowed to take effect, would almost certainly ...
View ArticleIsraeli-Palestinian relations after Oslo
RAMALLAH, West Bank — On Sept. 13, 1993, Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas met on the South Lawn of the White House to sign the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, or the Oslo Accords. PLO ...
View ArticleMarlins trade Bell to Diamondbacks
PHOENIX — Heath Bell became the latest player jettisoned by the Miami Marlins when he was dealt Saturday to the Arizona Diamondbacks, who also acquired infielder Cliff Pennington from the ...
View ArticleKozuka leads podium sweep
KENT, Washington — Takahiko Kozuka took advantage of a mistake-filled free program from Yuzuru Hanyu to win the Skate America for his fourth Grand Prix victory as Japan swept the podium in the ...
View ArticleSharp pins rebound hopes on demand for newest LCD panel
OSAKA — Sharp Corp. will expand production bases for its newest liquid crystal display panels in hopes of turning around its flagging LCD business, industry sources said ...
View ArticleTroubling times with China
As a territorial dispute between Japan and China drags on, it is now becoming increasingly clear that Japan has no choice but to rely on Washington more than ever. Although the United States and ...
View ArticleNakaima to lodge protest in U.S.
NARITA, Chiba Pref. — Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima left for Washington on Sunday amid growing anger over the alleged rape of a resident by two U.S. servicemen in the ...
View ArticlePass the bond flotation bill
Due to the Diet's state of confusion, there is no predicting when a bill will be enacted to float bonds to cover some 40 percent of the fiscal 2012 budget. If this situation continues, it is ...
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