Shrine-worshipping exposes Japanese rightists show of militarism
by Jiang Hanlu BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Right on the heels of Japanese opposition leader Shinzo Abe's visit to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, two Japanese ministers and a group of lawmakers ...
View ArticleMitsubishi dealerships offer advance preview of all-new Mirage
Starting Oct. 19, 2012, the all-new Mitsubishi Mirage will be displayed at selected dealerships nationwide after Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. (MMPC) announced the much-awaited arrival of the ...
View ArticleJapan Justice Minister quits amid organised crime links
Japan’s Justice Minister has quit claiming ill health, days after calls for his resignation due to past links to organised crime. The resignation of Keishu Tanaka, who was only appointed on ...
View ArticleNew LCD panels eyed to up mobile phone biz
Sharp Corp. said Tuesday it is aiming to win back its market share in the mobile phone business with next-generation liquid crystal display panels featuring clear images and low energy ...
View ArticleNakaima protests rape case during visit to Washington
WASHINGTON — Visiting Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima lodged a protest Monday with the United States over last week's alleged rape of a Japanese woman by two U.S. sailors, calling it ...
View ArticleFujitsu aims at women Huawei targets Japan
Fujitsu tends to get left out of the conversation when it comes to the world's top PC-makers these days, but it's still an important player in its home market of Japan — where it ...
View ArticlePentagon to explain Osprey flights
The Pentagon is expected to convey to Japan how the U.S. Marine Corps will carry out low-level training flights using the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto said ...
View ArticleBesieged Tanaka exits over health reasons
Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka stepped down Tuesday for "health reasons" only three weeks after his appointment amid strong calls for his exit not only from the opposition camp but from ...
View ArticleEU set to relax regulations on food imports from Japan starting Nov. 1
BRUSSELS — The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, said it will relax regulations on imports of Japanese food starting Nov. ...
View ArticleMaehara to attend BOJ meeting again
Economic and fiscal policy minister Seiji Maehara said Tuesday he will attend the Bank of Japan's policy meeting again next week, as the government presses the BOJ to keep easing monetary policy ...
View ArticleThe biology of luxury goods
PARIS — Despite the global economic crisis, sales of luxury goods are surging worldwide. Why? While marketing has contributed to the rise, the luxury market's robust growth is actually ...
View ArticleGiants rose to the occasion
Scrappiness isn't usually a term associated with the Giants, but when brute force didn't work, the Central League champions scratched and clawed their way back into the series with an ...
View ArticleMr Noda suffers another blow
Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka resigned Tuesday citing ill health, but the real motivation for his resignation is a scandal in which he was accused of receiving political donations from a company run ...
View ArticleBears display toughness against rival Lions
Classic move: Chicago's Matt Forte straight-arms Detroit's Justin Durant in the first half on Monday night at Soldier Field. The Bears defeated the Lions 13-7. ...
View ArticleReturnees quest for normalcy tempered by thoughts of those still missing
The couple's oldest daughter, Emi, is 31 and their eldest son, Yasuhiko, is 29. Both are still living with their parents in their family home in ...
View ArticleRice to speak at NFL conference
STANFORD, California — Condoleezza Rice will be a keynote speaker when the NFL holds its career transition program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business this ...
View ArticleFund banking on wider trade deficit
Japan's worsening trade gap will make it harder to service the world's largest debt, fulfilling part of the doomsday scenario that Hayman Capital Management LP is betting ...
View ArticleSoga forever frets over mothers fate
NIIGATA — On a late September evening, Hitomi Soga, one of the five abductees repatriated to Japan from North Korea in 2002, and her daughter Mika sat outdoors with their neighbors to watch a ...
View ArticleLance stripped of titles
Once the toast of the Champs-Elysees, Lance Armstrong was formally stripped of his seven Tour titles Monday and banned for life for doping. As far as the Tour is concerned, his victories never ...
View ArticleResidents riled by Tokyo governor calling their noise complaint nonsense
A group of residents around the U.S. Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo lodged a protest against Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Tuesday, demanding he retract his remark calling their planned claim against ...
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