Japan suffers worst September trade since 1979
China may introduce economic measures to cripple Japan in order to gain the upper hand in a territorial row. Following violent anti-Japanese protests and increasingly bellicose rhetoric, Beijing ...
View ArticleJapan China need to worry about a common foe
Squabbles over remote islands have sparked a Chinese backlash against Japanese brands. But China's slowing economy is having an even bigger impact on Japan's exports. And while China has ...
View ArticleJapan’s lesson for U.S. Manage your China file carefully
A boat sails near a shipping container area at Yokohama Bay, south of Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2012. Japan's exports tumbled by 10.3 per cent in the year to September. (ISSEI KATO ...
View ArticleAlaska Setting For Japanese Documentary On Tsunami
A Japanese broadcasting group is filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Kodiak, Alaskathis week. NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting station, is filming a documentary about ...
View ArticleOcean Power Technologies gets $900K Japan contract
received a $900,000 contract from Mitsui Engineering & Shipping to continue work aimed at developing its PowerBuoy wave power technology for use off the coast of Japan. The Pennington, N.J., ...
View ArticleSony ends Foldinghome touts 100 million computation hours
announced the closure in a blog post today , saying it made the decision after consulting researchers at Stanford University. Folding@home was one of the more innovative initiatives that a game ...
View ArticleHansen says Aussies stealing players
BRISBANE, Australia — All Blacks rugby coach Steve Hansen has attacked Australian rugby for "stealing" New Zealand players and says the Bledisloe Cup rival should improve depth by ...
View ArticleShimizu develops green cones for tsunami defense
General contractor Shimizu Corp. has developed conical "green hills" that would delay the entry of tsunami if placed along the coast, and could also serve as evacuation ...
View ArticleJapanese baseball rattled as prodigy targets majors
The brass of Japanese baseball are concerned about a potential exodus of premier talent to the major leagues, after high school pitching prospect Shohei Otani revealed his decision Sunday to forgo a ...
View ArticleExtra Diet session to open Monday
During the session, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, head of the DPJ, is expected to try to secure passage of key bills, including one needed to let the government finance the regular budget for fiscal ...
View ArticleGiants advance to Japan Series
Takayuki Terauchi drove in a pair of runs in the second inning, Shuichi Murata homered in the fifth, and D.J. Houlton labored through five scoreless frames on short rest to carry the Giants into the ...
View ArticleIMF-World Bank meet was weak co-op head
The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Tokyo earlier this month saw strong messages delivered on ending poverty and food scarcity, but the gathering failed ...
View ArticleFour get apology for wrongful arrest
Tokyo, Osaka, Kanagawa and Mie police have all separately apologized to four men who were believed wrongfully arrested recently for online threats sent via their personal computers, which were found ...
View ArticleDissolution talk just Maehara view
Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Friday that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda alone will decide when to call a general election, brushing off remarks by a Cabinet member regarding the ...
View ArticleHoward starts afresh makes Lakers debut
LOS ANGELES — After eight years in Orlando and six months of recovery from back surgery, Dwight Howard returned to an NBA court Sunday night on a new coast and wearing a new gold ...
View ArticleWhat a trip Social networks behind unusual tours
"This site is useful for finding people interested in unique sightseeing experiences," Hino said. "I will continue proposing interesting tours that travel agencies would not think ...
View ArticleSharp begins output of new LCD panels at second plant
Sharp Corp. has started production of high-definition, energy-saving liquid crystal display panels based on oxide semiconductors at a second plant, sources ...
View ArticleGiants beat Cardinals to take NLCS to limit
SAN FRANCISCO — Ryan Vogelsong and the San Francisco Giants saved their season once more, pushing St. Louis to a winner-take-all Game 7 in the NL Championship ...
View ArticleConcern about peoples rights being abused online grows to 36
A record high 36.0 percent of the public is concerned about human rights abuses being waged via the Internet, up 3.3 points from the previous survey five years ago, a recent Cabinet Office report ...
View ArticleEight regions are given BOJ downgrades
Yen men: Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa (second from left) and other BOJ executives attend a Monday meeting of branch managers at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo. ...
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