Big international festival in Kyoto on Nov. 3
The festival, lasting from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., will feature a concert by a musician from Okinawa, lectures and workshops to learn different ways of counting numbers in various cultures, an opportunity ...
View ArticleSome cities starting to crack down on homes overflowing with junk
Public nuisance: Officials in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, inspect a "gomi yashiki" (trash house) overflowing with junk last month as municipalities begin to implement crackdowns. ...
View ArticleAim for nuclear disarmament
Every year, the member states of the United Nations gather in New York to debate disarmament, both conventional and nuclear. While the military and technical aspects of nuclear disarmament have been ...
View ArticleSteel giants industrial spying suit closely watched
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. says its lawsuit against South Korean steelmaker Posco has broader implications for other domestic businesses whose technology is ...
View ArticleAbortions set new low at 200000
The last fiscal year saw 202,106 abortions performed, a record low and down roughly 10,000 from 2010, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry ...
View ArticleIshihara out of control Tanaka
Education minister Makiko Tanaka criticized Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Friday for planning to launch a new party after resigning as ...
View ArticleSweep at Skate America illustrates Japans strength early in season
The senior Grand Prix season began with a bang for Japan as Takahiko Kozuka, Yuzuru Hanyu and Tatsuki Machida swept the medals at Skate America last ...
View ArticleCore consumer prices down 0.1 in September
Key consumer prices fell 0.1 percent in September compared with the previous year, reflecting falling prices for televisions and other appliances and reaching five consecutive months of decline, the ...
View ArticleDisaster-zone project spending up but workers elude
Public works spending in 58 disaster-hit municipalities in the northeast surged 2.6-fold in fiscal 2011 compared with average levels thanks to reconstruction funding, but many projects lag because of ...
View ArticleDefense firm gouged since 1970
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. swindled the Defense Ministry and other entities by overstating employee working hours on certain projects dating from around 1970, an investigation by the Board of Audit ...
View ArticleSuns Zeller poised for NBA debut
Former Shiga Lakestars big man Luke Zeller has survived the Phoenix Suns' latest roster cut and could make his regular-season NBA debut in the coming days. Phoenix waived forward/center Solomon ...
View ArticleEx-land minister Maeda faces prosecution for election law violation in Gifu
GIFU — The Gifu Prefectural Police have turned over to prosecutors their case against former land minister Takeshi Maeda, who allegedly violated the public office election law earlier this ...
View ArticleHitachi group set to win U.K. nuclear venture
FRANKFURT/LONDON — A consortium led by Hitachi Ltd. is likely to win the race to acquire a British nuclear power venture involving Germany's RWE AG and E.on AG, media reports said ...
View ArticleDefense chief to visit India to boost ties amid China rise
Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto plans to visit India in early December for talks with his Indian counterpart, A. K. Antony, in an attempt to bolster military ties to counter China, sources ...
View ArticleAxed managers sexual harassment lawsuit against Prada Japan fails
The Tokyo District Court on Friday quashed a demand by a former manager of Prada Japan that the firm pay her ¥58 million in damages for sexual harassment, ruling that telling her to lose weight ...
View ArticleKeidanren urges DPJ to promptly restart nuclear plants
Responding to the major business lobby, a senior DPJ official explained that the government has decided on a short-term policy to restart reactors as soon as their safety is confirmed, the sources ...
View ArticleJapan woefully vulnerable to cyber-attack
Some locked themselves in a room and spent six hours analyzing a malware worm called Gumbler that had tampered with the websites of Japanese companies like Honda in 2009. Others spent hours writing ...
View ArticleU.S. to ensure China-riled seas stay open carrier skipper
MANILA — The U.S. Navy's presence in Asia will help safeguard "freedom of navigation" amid China's increasingly aggressive territorial claims in the East and South China ...
View ArticleCanon scales back earnings forecast
Canon Inc. has lowered its earnings forecasts for the year through December, taking into account the yen's strength, a slowdown of the Chinese economy and a boycott of Japanese products in ...
View ArticleSerena outplays top-ranked Azarenka
ISTANBUL — Serena Williams extended her dominance over the top-ranked player in the world on Thursday, defeating Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-4 at the WTA ...
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