Zookeepers hunt fugitive flamingo in Japan
Zookeepers in northern Japan are racing against nature to catch a fugitive flamingo before it freezes or migrates south for the winter. Bird experts have tried to net the escapee on the lake it ...
View ArticleJapan should face up to wrongdoing
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - Japan's attitude toward its history and current situation cannot help it win its neighboring countries' trust, and it will not become a real power politically ...
View ArticleHashimotos overtures to Ishihara other hawks continue
OSAKA — Negotiations between Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), Your Party and departing Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara regarding political ...
View ArticleNoda muzzled as Diet opens extra session
The extraordinary Diet session kicked off Monday in an unprecedented manner as the opposition-controlled Upper House refused to let Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda give his policy speech in the ...
View ArticleMainali retrial State drops its case
The Tokyo High Court held a one-day retrial Monday of Govinda Prasad Mainali, whose acquittal was sought by prosecutors in a reversal of their long-held position, because new evidence indicated ...
View ArticleForex Flash Consumer spending to take a hit in Japan – ING
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - September data on Japanese retail sales Monday revealed a sold decline of -3.6% MoM (+0.4% YoY); well below consensus (-1.5% MoM). "For the September quarter, we ...
View ArticleJapan PM appeals against budget deadlock
Speaking at an extraordinary session of parliament on Monday, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda warned that unless the bill was passed, large parts of Japanese public life could grind to a halt. The ...
View ArticleJapan stands to lose a lot from Diaoyus dispute
Travel between the two countries has also been affected, with more than 60,000 air tickets cancelled so far. The number of Chinese tourists to Japan has dropped by 70 percent since the start of the ...
View ArticleJapanese Town Recovers from Disaster for Third Time in Half Century
IWAKI, JAPAN -- The sight of audiences applauding hula dancers and performers twirling fire knives are an indication Iwaki has bounced back - again. The city of 300,000 people in Fukushima ...
View ArticleThe China Factor How Will Its Dispute With Japan Affect Carmakers
Japan's top automakers seem to be heading in different directions, with Honda Motor Co Ltd. (TYO: 7267) slashing its earnings forecast for the year but rival Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) ...
View ArticleHonda on target in win over Grozny
MOSCOW — Keisuke Honda showed he is hitting top form ahead of the upcoming World Cup qualifier, the Japan midfielder scoring his sixth goal of the season Sunday in CSKA Moscow's 2-1 away ...
View ArticleThe government is not a job-creation machine
WASHINGTON — Who creates most jobs? Hint: It's not the government. Almost everyone seems to grasp that the private sector is the true jobs machine. But here's a notable exception to ...
View ArticleFighters face pivotal test at home after consecutive losses
The Yomiuri Giants are headed to Hokkaido with an eye on capturing the Japan Series title. The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters are headed home simply trying to come up with a way to earn a return trip ...
View ArticleGiants wrap up Series sweep
San Francisco Giants closer Sergio Romo (left) and catcher Buster Posey embrace after beating the Detroit Tigers 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 4 to win the World Series on Sunday. The Giants swept the ...
View ArticleKepco to report fault under Oi plant inactive
TSURUGA, Fukui Pref. — Kansai Electric Power Co. plans to tell the government that it has not found any data to prove that a fault running under the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture ...
View ArticleJX Nippon may cut Muroran refinery
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. is considering shutting down oil refinery operations at its Muroran plant in Hokkaido by the end of March 2014, sources ...
View ArticleTokyo gubernatorial election Dec. 16
The Tokyo Metropolitan Election Board said Monday that the election to replace Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, who announced his resignation last week, will be held on Dec. ...
View ArticleSibos banking financial meeting opens in Osaka
Networking: Participants attending the Sibos international gathering of banking and financial leaders walk in the atrium of the Intex Osaka conference hall in Suminoe Ward, Osaka, when the four-day ...
View ArticleTaiji hunts continue to anger confound readers
The sense of what's right or wrong about the Taiji slaughter is, however, nothing new. Nearly 2,000 years ago the Greek poet Oppian wrote: "The hunting of dolphins is immoral and whoever ...
View ArticleMore firms add autumn initiation for non-April hires
In Japan, initiation ceremonies for new employees are traditionally held in April, the start of the fiscal and school years, when freshly minted graduates hired through the mainstream recruitment ...
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