Indonesian prosecutors demand seven years for Japanese graft suspect
BANDUNG, Indonesia — Indonesian prosecutors are seeking a seven-year prison term for a Japanese businessman charged with bribing an Indonesian judge and a court ...
View ArticleMethane hydrates found in EEZ
Methane hydrates, viewed as a next-generation energy source, have been found under the sea in two areas of Japan's exclusive economic zone, a group of researchers ...
View ArticleNew rocket to be launched next year
Japan plans to launch its new Epsilon solid-fuel rocket from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture next August or September, according to officials at the Japan Aerospace Exploration ...
View ArticleBlazers appoint McGowan as CEO
PORTLAND, Oregon — The Portland Trail Blazers have appointed AEG Sports executive Chris McGowan as the team's new president and chief operating ...
View ArticlePredicting natural disasters remains a very risky business
More than 5,000 scientists have signed a letter supporting their colleagues who found themselves standing trial for manslaughter in the medieval city of L'Aquila, where 309 people died in an ...
View ArticleHitachi profit falls on economy disk-drive unit sale
Hitachi Ltd. posted a 52 percent drop in quarterly profit after selling a hard-disk drive unit and experiencing weaker demand amid the global economic ...
View ArticlePartisan politics hobble Diet
A 33-day extraordinary Diet session kicked off on Monday under unusual circumstances. The opposition in the Upper House refused to listen to a policy speech by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on the ...
View ArticleMurofushi undecided on Rio Games
Koji Murofushi, the London Olympic bronze medalist in the hammer throw, will continue with his career but remains unsure whether he will shoot for the next Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Kyodo News ...
View ArticleChipping away at Mr. Nodas rule
But the LDP shouldn't be too optimistic about its prospects in the next Lower House election, to be held within a year, because its candidate won only by a mere 5,669 votes despite expectations ...
View ArticleIndustrial output drop is biggest since 311
Industrial production fell 4.1 percent in September from the previous month in the sharpest drop since the March 2011 quake-tsunami catastrophe, government data showed ...
View ArticleMaking the case for performance enhancement
WASHINGTON — In the past month, cyclist Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. His commercial sponsors, including Nike, have fled. He has resigned as chairman of ...
View ArticleSome officials argue for equipping SDF with Ospreys
For the SDF?: A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey flies Oct. 12 over Ginowan, Okinawa. Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto said Tuesday the Self-Defense Forces may consider acquiring some of the U.S.-made ...
View ArticleJapans new ambassador to South Korea hopes to improve strained ties
"The relationship between South Korea and Japan is not only important to the two countries, but to all of Asia and the world as well," Bessho said Tuesday after arriving at Seoul's ...
View ArticleMadrid bid leader says Spain needs boost
Long shot: Representatives of Madrid's bid for the 2020 Olympics celebrate in May after joining Tokyo and Istanbul as one of the three finalists to host the games. ...
View ArticleWinners of top culture award named
Movie director Yoji Yamada, 81, and stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, 50, a joint winner of this year's Nobel Prize in medicine, are among this year's recipients of the nation's ...
View ArticleSharp in LCD talks with Apple Google
OSAKA — Sharp Corp. has entered talks with Apple Inc., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. on forming alliances for its advanced liquid crystal display panels, sources ...
View ArticleProfit doubt dogging bid to list Japan Post
Japan Post Holdings Co., the government-owned conglomerate providing mail delivery, banking and insurance services, has worked out a schedule toward going public in three years — a move ...
View ArticleYanks retain Cano Granderson
NEW YORK — Baseball's business began Monday with the New York Yankees exercising $15 million options on second baseman Robinson Cano and center fielder Curtis Granderson, two of the ...
View ArticleTokyo firms slapped with back taxes over fraudulent refunds
The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has ordered around 10 companies to pay a total of ¥500 million in back taxes, including heavy additional taxes, after finding that they had received fraudulent ...
View ArticleMessi receives Golden Boot for record haul of 50 Spanish League goals
BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona forward Lionel Messi was presented with his second Golden Boot award on Monday in recognition for scoring the most goals in Europe's domestic leagues last ...
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