Evidence of the Showa Emperors deep regret
The information I added was simple. It is that in the years on the heels of Japan's defeat in World War II, the Showa Emperor tried to express "profound regrets" for the calamity ...
View ArticleHamamatsus Galloway orchestrates high-octane offense in impressive win over...
You probably didn't know that Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix newcomer Kevin Galloway attended USC, College of Southern Idaho, Kentucky and Texas Southern before embarking on a pro career last ...
View ArticleJapan considers tougher rules for MLB hopefuls
TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese baseball officials are considering stricter rules for amateur players who bypass the country's professional leagues to play in Major League Baseball. Concern with the ...
View ArticleVIDEO Shane Williams in Japan - Part 1
two-part adventure. The 2008 IRB International Player of the Year now plays semi-professional rugby at Japanese Division Two side Mitsubishi Dynaboars after the former Ospreys wing did ...
View ArticleE-Books Finally Get Traction in Japan
The Japanese are avid readers; the country's publishing industry generated $22.5billion in revenue last year, according to the Japan Book Publishers Association. A decade ago, long before the ...
View ArticleScience news that’s good for tumour hunting bad for Japan’s fish
Radioactive cesium levels in most kinds of fish caught off the coast of Fukushima haven't declined in the year following Japan's nuclear disaster, a signal that the seafloor or leakage from ...
View ArticleKuromori Kagura at Japan Society
Folk performing arts are always in danger of disappearing, and dance in particular is at risk. After all, dance is largely an oral tradition; its survival depends on one generation passing knowledge ...
View ArticleSanDisk Celebrates Japan Milestones
SNDK ), a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, today announced it is celebrating its tenth anniversary of participation in joint venture fab operations in Yokkaichi, Japan, and its ...
View ArticleJapan Retail Sales Data Due On Monday
10/28/2012 6:30 PM ET Japan is on Monday scheduled to release September figures for retail sales, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.Retail sales are expected to rise 1.0 ...
View ArticleJapan vulnerable to cyber-attack
When most of the world was watching the Olympic Games, dozens of Japanese students were enthralled by the world of computer viruses and bugs. Some locked themselves in a room and spent six hours ...
View ArticleSaina loses in French Open final
India's top-seeded Saina Nehwal suffered a shocking loss to unseeded Japanese Minatsu Mitani in the women's singles final of the French Open Super Series badminton championship at the Stade Pierre De ...
View ArticleJapan stocks rise after U.S. economic data
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks moved higher in early Monday trading, with sentiment appearing to get a lift from stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth data out Friday, as well as ...
View ArticleTokyo stocks open up 0.29
Tokyo stocks opened 0.29 percent higher on Monday as investors waited for a policy meeting by the Japanese central bank and key US jobs data later in the week.The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock ...
View ArticleJapan Stock Futures Australian Equities Rise Before U.S. Data
Japanese stock futures and Australian equities rose as investors awaited economic data in the U.S. this week and as the approaching Hurricane Sandy shut floor trading on the New York Stock ...
View ArticleJapan unmoved by advisers island remarks
/enpproperty--> Skepticism on Sunday continued to spread in Japan over calls by the ruling party's top adviser Yukio Hatoyama for Tokyo to face up to Beijing over the Diaoyu Islands ...
View ArticleJapan Retail Sales Rise 0.4 In September
10/28/2012 8:00 PM ET Retail sales in Japan were up 0.4 percent on year in September, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Monday, standing at 10.615 trillion yen.That was well shy of ...
View ArticleHurdles ahead for Canada in Japanese free-trade talks
Canada and Japan will begin their first round of free-trade talks in late November - what are expected to be difficult negotiations aimed at unlocking access to an Asian economy beset by import ...
View ArticleJapans Jojima wants bold Bank of Japan moves to beat deflation
Reuters © Japan's Finance Minister Koriki Jojima speaks during the closing session of the Sendai Dialogue, a disaster risk management meeting in Sendai, northern Japan October 10, 2012. ...
View ArticleAsia Markets Asia stocks rise with earnings helping Japan
SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Asian stocks gained modestly Monday, with earnings helping the Japanese market to advance and commodity-related gains supporting sentiment ...
View ArticleNikkei edges up ahead of policy news
(1 hr 16 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo opened 0.29 percent higher today as investors waited for a policy meeting by the Japanese central bank and key US jobs data later in the week. The Nikkei 225 ...
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