India-Japan hold 2+2 Dialogue
The Indian delegation was led by Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai and Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma. The Japanese delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki and Administrative ...
View ArticleJapan US call off joint drill to ‘retake’ disputed islands fearing backlash...
Oct 22, 2012 Japan and the United States have decided to cancel a joint security drill to recapture a remote island in Okinawa Prefecture, according to sources. Tokyo and Washington were ...
View ArticleJapan firm launches real-time telephone translation
AFP © <p>A Model displays NTT Docomo's new smartphone. Japan's biggest mobile operator has said it will launch a translation service that lets people chat over the telephone in ...
View ArticleIndia Japan hold talks to increase cooperation
India-Japan 2+2 Dialogue involving foreign policy issues and security, the two countries "reviewed bilateral security and defence cooperation and discussed ways of further expanding such ties. ...
View ArticleTokyo International Film Festival to Screen Feng Shui Despite Request to...
Hong Kong-China co-production "Floating City" has already been withdrawn from the festival amid China-Japan tensions over claims to a group of uninhabited ...
View ArticleDoping Armstrong stripped of his seven Tour de France titles banned for life
AFP – Disgraced Lance Armstrong’s fate was sealed on Monday, as cycling’s under-fire world governing body decided to back a life ban for doping and strip him of his record seven ...
View ArticleJapanese exports tumble on eurozone crisis and China dispute
Japan 's trade deficit widened in September as exports plunged 10.3% from a year earlier, weighed down by the high yen, Europe's debt crisis and a row with China that has damaged close ...
View ArticleWhy China Wont Repeat Japans Past
TOKYO - China has defied doomsayers who have warned for years that the biggest economy in Asia would soon suffer a Japan-style boom and bust. It will continue to defy them for years to ...
View ArticleUS delegation not entitled to China-Japan mediation
A U.S. delegation currently visiting Beijing is not entitled to mediate between China and Japan over the Diaoyu Islands dispute, a Foreign Ministry spokesman clarified on ...
View ArticleEU Eases Import Restrictions On Food And Feed From 11 Japanese Prefectures
10/22/2012 7:36 AM ET The European Union has decided to ease restrictions imposed on food and feed imports from 11 Japanese prefectures following the Fukushima nuclear accident.Experts meeting in the ...
View ArticleJapan leads at mens World Gymnastics Cships
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Russia's Evgeni Krylov fell on his opening tumbling pass and was injured at the World Gymnastics Championships, putting the perennial powerhouse's medal hopes in ...
View Article11-year murder fugitive dies under false name
A man wanted for 11 years for allegedly murdering two people in Tokushima Prefecture died Friday under an alias in Okayama Prefecture and was only identified as the fugitive after a funeral service ...
View ArticleRecord trade deficit blamed on EU China
Japan logged its biggest fiscal half-year trade deficit ever on Monday as the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and strained relations with China put the brakes on exports, government data ...
View ArticleSailor in Okinawa rape drops his denial
NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — One of two U.S. Navy sailors arrested last week for the alleged rape of a woman in Okinawa has reversed himself and made a statement owning up to the charge, sources said ...
View ArticleInstant phone translation begins in Japan
JAPAN'S biggest mobile operator says it will launch a translation service that lets people chat over the phone in several different ...
View ArticleUS official not mediating China-Japan ties
/enpproperty--> BEIJING- A U.S. delegation currently visiting Beijing is not entitled to mediate between China and Japan over the Diaoyu Islands dispute, a Foreign Ministry spokesman clarified on ...
View ArticleVoice on the current Diaoyu Islands dispute between China and Japan
Washington must take a strictly impartial position so that China and Japan over time may resolve their differences according to international law and ...
View ArticleSharp to increase latest LCD panel production in Japan
Washington must take a strictly impartial position so that China and Japan over time may resolve their differences according to international law and ...
View ArticleJapanese NTT DoCoMo develops phone call translator app
Japan's largest mobile services provider NTT DoCoMo has developed an app that will allow people to use their native tongue on calls and translate them almost ...
View ArticleJapanese Comic Books have Special Appeal for Women
Midtown Comics in Manhattan is mostly a man's world. Customers browsing rows of action-hero-filled comic books are almost exclusively young men. The magazine rack holds only the likes of Details ...
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