Seoul demands Google reverse revision naming Japan-claimed islets Liancourt...
SEOUL — South Korea said Thursday it has demanded that Internet search giant Google Inc. reverse its decision to remove the Korean name for a pair of disputed islets in the Sea of Japan from ...
View ArticleTaxi firms targeting mothers-to-be
Always in hailing distance: A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi driver holds up a pamphlet explaining the company's around-the-clock service to take women who have gone into labor to the hospital. ...
View ArticleHankyu reopens most of Osaka store
OSAKA — Hankyu department store on Thursday opened about 80 percent of the retail space in its Umeda flagship branch in central Osaka ahead of a full reopening set for Nov. ...
View ArticleTokyo court hears first oral argument by Japanese steelmaker in tech-theft...
Tokyo District Court on Thursday held the first oral proceedings in a damages lawsuit filed by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. against its South Korean rival, ...
View ArticleFormer gold medalist Blatnick dies
Schenectady, NEW YORK — Jeff Blatnick, who overcame cancer to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics and went on to a career as a sports commentator and ...
View ArticleTsunami bike exhibited by Harley-Davidson
NEW YORK — Harley-Davidson Motor Co. opened an exhibit Wednesday in its Milwaukee museum featuring a motorcycle found washed up in Canada in April and belonging to tsunami survivor Ikuo ...
View ArticleAmazon launches Japanese-language Kindle
Online shopping giant Amazon Inc. will launch a Japanese-language version of its hugely popular Kindle tablet computer as it looks to break into Japan's largely untapped e-book ...
View ArticleChina to pointedly publish 80-volume set on Tokyo war crimes tribunal
BEIJING — China will publish an 80-volume collection of books on the trials of Japanese war criminals after World War II, official state media reported, amid soaring bilateral tensions over the ...
View ArticleSono Disaster survivors spoke more frankly to me than to NHK
Sion Sono is known for making extreme films that get invited to major festivals. One is "Himizu," a drama set near the Tohoku disaster zone post-March 11, 2011, and whose abused teenage ...
View ArticleUtilities brace for poor bottom lines
The finances of the nine power utilities with nuclear plants are expected to deteriorate during the business year through March as they spend up to an additional ¥3.2 trillion on fuel for thermal ...
View ArticleNuclear workers in Japan Heroism and humility
, a first. Heroism is a tricky subject in a group-oriented culture like Japan's--all the more so when it comes to talking to employees of TEPCO, which is deeply reviled. More than 100,000 people ...
View ArticleDavid Stern stepping down as NBA commissioner in 2014
Adam Silver, left, will succeed David Stern as NBA commissioner in February 2014. He has been the league's deputy commissioner since 2006. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/Getty ...
View ArticleJapans answer to Boris quits governship to challenge PM
The controversial 80 year-old Mr Ishihara said he wanted to realign Japanese politics and scrap its "ugly" war-renouncing constitution, which he has long criticised as ...
View ArticleJapans Canon chops profit forecast blames strong yen and global slowdown
TOKYO -- Japanese tech giant Canon on Thursday slashed its annual profit forecast again, blaming the global slowdown and a strong yen, as it saw quarterly earnings dive by more than a ...
View ArticleAhead of the March opening of services to Japanese cities Air Busan...
By Do Je-hae Staff Reporter Ahead of the March opening of services to Japanese cities, Air Busan introduced Wednesday upgraded reservation services through its new Web site, airbusan.com. The ...
View ArticleAdam Sandlers Comedic Western Moves From Sony to Paramount
has moved what is likely to be his next film from Sony Pictures to Paramount Pictures, as the longtime Sony favorite sought a deal elsewhere with his home studio operating under fiscal ...
View ArticlePanasonic to reduce much of mobile phone business Nikkei
6752.T ) will slash a significant portion of its mobile phone business as it struggles to make headway in the global smartphone market, dominated by Apple Inc ...
View ArticleEmanuel Steward legendary boxing trainer dies aged 68
boxing 's most successful trainers and mainstay behind the legendary Kronk Gym in Detroit, has died at the age of 68.Steward had recently undergone surgery for a stomach illness and had been ...
View ArticleNew crew arrives at space station carrying 32 Japanese fish
In a photo provided by NASA, Family of the newly arrived International Station Expedition 33/34 crew members, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, front left, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, front center, ...
View ArticleSan Francisco Travel Association Announces New Marketing Representation In Japan
The San Francisco Travel Association, in partnership with San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has retained AVIAREPS Marketing Garden Ltd. (AMG) as their new marketing representation office in ...
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