Victims escape attempts thwarted by Sumida
A man who lived with a group of people reportedly under the spell of Miyoko Sumida--the prime suspect in a case in which a body was found in a metal drum last autumn in Amagasaki, Hyogo ...
View ArticleRugby Japan scrum-half to make history in Super 15
Japan's Fumiaki Tanaka is set to become the first player from his country to compete in the southern hemisphere's Super Rugby competition next season for the Dunedin-based ...
View ArticleMan grabs woman from behind cuts her hair
According to police, the 28-year-old woman, who operates a bar, was on her way home at about 3:30 a.m., TBS reported. She told police that a man grabbed her hair from behind and started cutting ...
View ArticleInternational wheelchair marathon in Oita
Wheelchair athletes have put on a heated marathon in Oita City, southwestern Japan. 251 athletes from 15 countries and territories took part in the 32nd Oita International Wheelchair Marathon on ...
View ArticleFirms struggle to recover from China violence
Several Japanese retailers in China have resumed business activities following anti-Japan protests last month. The retailer Heiwado reopened 2 department stores for the first time in 6 weeks on ...
View ArticleFine chocolate conquers world with booming sales
The globalization of chocolate is most striking in Japan, where annual sales are soaring by 25 percent and French chocolatiers are feted like stars while their Japanese counterparts now rank among ...
View ArticleLCC terminal opens at Kansai Airport
A new terminal dedicated to low cost carriers has opened at Kansai Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. The 2nd terminal of the airport started operations at 4:30 AM on ...
View ArticleMainali indictment not wrong Prosecutors say charges based on available...
Prosectors in the case of a Nepalese man sentenced to life imprisonment over the 1997 murder of a Tokyo Electric Power Co. employee say their indictment was not wrong based on evidence they had at ...
View ArticleJapans retail sales rise less than expected in September
Retail sales rose 0.4 percent from a year earlier, the Trade Ministry said in Tokyo today, after a revised 1.7 percent rise in August. The median estimate of 15 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News ...
View ArticleBanks hit by phishing
A new "phishing" scam is targeting customers of three megabanks: Japan Post Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, police said ...
View ArticleMan catches brother after he jumps from 4th floor
According to police, the 32-year-old man jumped at about 4 p.m. Sunday from the balcony of the apartment he shared with his 36-year-old brother in Ota Ward, TV Asahi ...
View ArticleThe emerging popularity of skateboarding in Japan
if you're a skateboarder, and you happen to be lucky enough to be traveling to Japan, the escalating skateboarding opportunities there deserve your ...
View ArticleBag snatchers target women in Fukuoka
Bag snatchers have been targeting women in Fukuoka City, with 5 cases occurring within 2 hours on Sunday night and about 50 cases this month, according to ...
View ArticleStocks flat at close
Tokyo stocks were flat by the close on Monday amid a wait-and-see mood ahead of a Bank of Japan policy meeting and a drop in automakers' shares after Honda cut its profit ...
View ArticleHonda cuts profit outlook due to China-Japan island dispute
As the territorial dispute between China and Japan is gathering pace, analysts warn it could hurt trade relationships and bring Japanese producers more losses than the earthquake in ...
View ArticleHitachi Ltd. CEO Nakanishi Writing Template for Restoring Global...
To watch the restructuring going on at Hitachi Ltd. (PINK: HTHIY) is to see how and where Japan's large corporations must, and can, change to survive and compete ...
View ArticleJapan PM Without bond bill public life will grind
Yoshihiko Noda Japan’s Prime Minister appealed for cross-party consensus in order to pass the new financing bill. During his speech at the parliament on 29 October, Noda said that if the ...
View ArticleWeak Data Adds Pressure On Bank Of Japan
10/29/2012 5:40 AM ET Japanese retail sales grew less-than-expected in September as the government subsidies for fuel-efficient car purchases came to an end, raising concerns that the economy may ...
View ArticleJapan PM says government will stall without debt bill
The day-to-day functions of Japan's government will seize up unless deadlocked politicians pass a new debt financing bill, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda warned Monday."If the current ...
View ArticleTowerJazz Announces 1st Technical Global Symposium in Japan to be held in...
TowerJazz , the global specialty foundry leader, announced today its first Technical Global Symposium (TGS) in Japan being held on December 4, 2012 at the Tokyo Conference Center ...
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