Festering islet dispute with China inflicting pain on aviation travel industries
The heightened Japan-China tensions over the Senkaku Islands dispute is affecting the aviation and travel industries of both sides, with future prospects looking increasingly gloomy, analysts ...
View ArticleCoast guard flooded by applicants
The Japan Coast Guard's educational institutions received a record number of applications in fiscal 2012 thanks to media exposure of its island patrols in the East China Sea, officials ...
View ArticleOsaka sends good luck donated cash to Tohoku town
OSAKA — Known as a god of good luck, the statuette Biriken set out on a tour to a disaster-hit Tohoku town Monday with members of a local symphony ...
View ArticleGold touted as currency crisis bridge
LONDON — Gold is a bridge between "the old currency system" and "whatever comes next," said Paul Tustain, founder and chief executive of BullionVault, a leading online gold ...
View ArticleEverton suffers setback with draw against QPR
LONDON — Everton lost ground on the Premier League's top three after being held to a 1-1 draw at last-place Queens Park Rangers on Sunday, marking the winless hosts' worst start to a ...
View ArticleTotti moves up Serie A scoring list
GENOA, Italy — Francesco Totti has collected his 217th goal in Serie A to become the third most prolific scorer on the Italian League's all-time ...
View ArticleWagner ends on high note to capture title at Skate America
Standing tall: Skate America gold medalist Ashley Wagner (right) stands on the podium with silver medalist Christina Gao after the competition on Sunday in Kent, Washington. ...
View ArticleJustice chief discharged from hospital may resign on Tuesday
Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka, who is under pressure to resign over his association with the yakuza 30 years ago, was discharged Monday from a Tokyo hospital he checked into Friday after complaining ...
View ArticleRed Sox announce hiring of Farrell
The first was a genuine blockbuster that sent Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Nick Punto and Josh Beckett to the Los Angeles Dodgers and freed more than $250 million in future salaries. The second ...
View ArticleTokyo Stations Marunouchi side restored to 1914 glory
Tokyo Station is a major commuter hub that draws throngs of people who visit every day just to admire the Marunouchi side's century-old red-brick and stone facade or stay in its nostalgic hotel. ...
View ArticleJapan shies away from 16-nation plan to outlaw atomic weapons
The government on Monday said it will not join an initiative launched by 16 members of the United Nations calling for efforts to outlaw nuclear weapons because it would affect Japan's security ...
View ArticleLoan moratorium firms go under
The number of small and midsize businesses that failed after receiving loan moratoriums under legislation in late 2009 more than doubled in the first half of fiscal 2012, a survey ...
View ArticlePats edge scrappy Jets on Gostkowski field goal in OT
The New York Jets' final failure came when Rob Ninkovich knocked the ball out of Mark Sanchez's hand in overtime and recovered the fumble, ending a 29-26 win Sunday that gave the Patriots ...
View ArticleMideast oil disruptions to affect Asia first IEA
SINGAPORE — Asia will be the first to feel the impact of any Middle East oil supply disruption as regional demand surges, the International Energy Agency said ...
View ArticleJones gets started at bobsled trials
Seeking a push-athlete spot, Jones and pilot Jazmine Fenlator finished second in the opening night of selection races Saturday, their combined two-run time of 1 minute, 57.01 seconds just 0.05 ...
View ArticleNoda meets with Armitage Hadley
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda held talks here Monday with a group of former senior U.S. officials, including former Deputy Secretary of State Richard ...
View ArticleSeptember oil imports jump on surge in pretax orders
Oil imports rose to the highest level in 21 months in September as refiners and traders hurried to clear supplies through customs ahead of a tax increase that started Oct. ...
View ArticleIndex for corporate loan demand up
The diffusion index (DI) on changes in corporate loan demand over the past three months stood at 5, the first positive reading since April, the BOJ's survey of senior loan officers at major ...
View ArticleMetro government gets ahead on disaster certificates
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has developed a computer system that will promptly issue disaster victim certificates if a massive earthquake strikes near the ...
View ArticleU.S. beef restrictions set to be eased
The Food Safety Commission said Monday that it approved easing restrictions on U.S. beef imports, boosting supply to retailers such as Yoshinoya Holdings Co., as concerns about mad cow disease ...
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