Chrysanthemum Festival offers Japanese art at center
What: North Hills Art Center Chrysanthemum Festival, which will give attendees the opportunity to explore the arts and customs of Japan. The event features an exhibition of Japanese arts and crafts, ...
View ArticleJapan utility stocks up but earnings weigh others
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks seesawed in early Thursday trading, with utilities advancing but with some weak earnings offsetting the gains. The Nikkei Stock ...
View ArticleTokyo stocks open flat
Tokyo stocks opened flat Thursday, supported by hopes for further monetary easing from the Bank of Japan amid a lack of fresh trading incentives.The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange was ...
View ArticleJapan rugby stuck in 1950s says Eddie Jones
Japan coach Eddie Jones on Wednesday slammed the country's rugby development structure for being stuck in the past and urged players to be more aggressive if they want to challenge the best ...
View ArticleChina Japan hold secret talks over Diaoyu Islands
Diaoyu Islands , Tokyo confirmed on Wednesday, in a sign that lines of communication remain open between the two countries. The meeting between the vice-ministers of foreign affairs, the second in a ...
View ArticleChina ends nuke plant ban set after Japan disaster
In this photo taken April 25, 2010, construction of the Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant Phase II gets underway at Tangxing village in Changjiang county in southern China’s Hainan province. China ...
View ArticleJapan Corporate Service Prices Fall 0.5 In September
10/24/2012 8:09 PM ET An index measuring corporate service prices was down 0.5 percent on year in September, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday, coming in at 95.6.That matched forecasts after dipping ...
View ArticleJapanese bidder wins Brazilian Catarina Migliorinis virginity auction for $780k
A Brazilian student is set to sell her virginity for a staggering $780,000 after she put it up for auction online. A man called Natsu, from Japan, fended off strong competition from American ...
View ArticleSonys PlayStation 3 experiences its biggest hack yet
A hacker group finds a secret set of codes that can decrypt the PlayStation 3's Level 0 security layer -- the holy grail of secrecy within Sony's ...
View ArticleNikkei up at break
(24 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo gained 0.60 percent, boosted by a weaker yen and speculation of further monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock ...
View ArticleUS diplomat heads to Tokyo Seoul amid security concerns
US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is expected to visit Tokyo today and Seoul later this week, following a series of recent visits by high-ranking US officials to East Asia, where security ...
View Article1930s Japanese map showing Dokdo as Korean islets restored
South Korea's state-run archive has restored a map made by the Japanese government in the 1930s with Dokdo marked as Korean territory, which it said would help counter the former occupier's ...
View ArticleJapan appoints new minister after gangster scandal
Former Japanese justice minister Makoto Taki has resumed his old post after the last one quit amid calls for his resignation over past ties to an organized crime syndicate, the government announced ...
View ArticleJapanese cyclist helps Chinas quake-hit region
A Beijing resident helps Japanese cyclist Kawahara Keiichiro unload relief resources from a subway car, before his flight to a quake-hit area in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Wednesday, ...
View ArticleRape case quickly followed eased curfews in Japan
The Associated Press TOKYO -- Weary of rules limiting the freedom of their "overwhelmingly outstanding" sailors, the top commanders of the U.S. Navy in Japan eased after-hours ...
View ArticleNHN Japans LINE User Number Exceeds 70 Million
TOKYO, Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NHN Japan Corporation announced on October 25 that its popular free-calling and free-messaging app 'LINE' continued to grow at an impressive rate as the ...
View ArticleSony PS3 Hacked All Future Games Decryptable No Solution Possible
Sony has another public image meltdown on its hands. According to a report by Playstationlifestyle.net, a group of hackers known as 'The Three Musketeers' claim to have discovered a ...
View ArticleSenior Chinese diplomat urges Japan to correct mistakes on Diaoyu
Chinese companies in India should learn to adapt Indian habits, culture and food. Otherwise, they will hardly understand local codes of behavior and ...
View ArticleJapan sees new Chinese activity near islands
Chinese ships have entered waters near a group of disputed islands for the first time in three weeks, prompting a strong protest from Japan, which says China's air force has also sharply ...
View ArticleIshihara says will quit as Tokyo governor
The 80-year-old Ishihara, now serving his fourth four-year term, revealed the plan at a news conference that was closely watched in the run-up to the next general ...
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