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There are signs of improvement in Afghanistan, but NATO will not pull its troops out of the country anytime soon, the organization's leader said Friday. However, he denied NATO is looking to become an international police group. Complete Story...
Using the military to track Japanese whalers as part of Australia's anti-whaling campaign could cause a diplomatic rift with Tokyo, an opposition politician warned Friday.
A gunman opened fire at a sports club in southwestern Japan on Friday night, killing one employee and wounding seven other people before escaping, police said.
Confidence at Japanese major companies fell to its lowest in more than two years, a closely watched Bank of Japan survey showed Friday, amid anxiety about the stronger yen and a possible slowdown in the U.S. economy.
Japan said Thursday that Russia seized four Japanese fishing boats in disputed waters between the two countries, calling the detention unacceptable and demanding an explanation from Moscow.
Japanese stocks slipped Friday in erratic trading after a key central bank survey showed confidence at Japanese companies fell to its lowest level in more than two years.
Toshiba plans to make a quick-charging new battery for forklifts, construction machinery and other industrial use.
Sharp Corp. sued Samsung of South Korea Wednesday for alleged patent violations on its liquid crystal displays, demanding damages and a halt to manufacturing and sales.
As if the idea of having one robot to serve you wasn't unusual enough, Honda says its humanoids are now ready to work in pairs — and they can even serve drinks.
Despite a "dodgy" U.S. economy, holiday sales of electronics remain strong, Sony Corp.'s top executive said Tuesday as he reiterated the company's fiscal targets.
Pirates released a Japanese tanker and its 22 crew members off the Somali coast Wednesday and all the crew are unharmed, a U.S. Navy spokesman said.
Japanese drugmaker Eisai Co. said Monday it will buy U.S. biopharmaceutical company MGI Pharma Inc. for $3.9 billion in cash in a move aimed at boosting its cancer drug business and sustain sales growth.
Japan's crown princess celebrated her 44th birthday on Sunday, still suffering from a stress disorder that has kept her from most official duties and public appearances since 2003.
Masked and demure, she speaks from the tiny screen of a cell phone like a thumb-size fairy forever trapped inside. "Welcome home," she says softly to the viewer. "Speak to me about anything."
Japanese stocks hit a one-month high Friday, lifted by Wall Street's rally overnight on the U.S. government's plan for dealing with country's credit crisis.
Japan's economy grew less than originally thought in the third quarter because of a downward revision in corporate capital investment, the government said Friday, clouding the outlook for the world's No. 2 economy.
Japan hanged three murder convicts on death row Friday and for the first time publicly disclosed their names in a new policy that lifts Tokyo's cloak of secrecy surrounding executions.
Cracks were found in two F-15s deployed in Japan during an investigation that followed the crash of the fighter jet in the United States last month, the U.S. military said Thursday.
Compared to a virtuoso, its rendition was a trifle stilted and, well, robotic. But Toyota's new robot plays a pretty solid "Pomp and Circumstance" on the violin.
Japanese stocks rose Thursday, as market sentiment was cheered by Wall Street's overnight rebound and the yen's weakness against the U.S. dollar.
In an opening gambit, Japan has proposed that the Bali climate conference pursue a broad "least common denominator" approach to negotiating new controls on global-warming gases. Environmentalists couldn't think less of it.
How many scoops of stewed beef can you pile onto a bowl of rice? Two video-savvy cooks who tried to find out could find themselves out of jobs after the Japanese beef bowl chain Yoshinoya D&C; Co. suspended them for posting a clip of their experiment on YouTube.
Yahoo Japan Corp. and eBay Inc. said Tuesday they have agreed to team up in online auctions, planning services for next year that will make it easier for consumers to buy things via the Internet from the U.S. and Japan.
Japan's central bank chief Toshihiko Fukui expressed concern Monday that a downturn in the U.S. economy could slow global growth, suggesting that the Bank of Japan won't raise interest rates anytime soon.
Counting the whales before the Japanese whaling fleets starts their quest to see how many whales it can provide for the fish market - in the name of science.
Greenpeace: "Hopefully what [Australia's rep Senator Penny Wong] will see is that there is overwhelming support for the 25 to 40per cent range of targets for industrialised countries" - but Oz & US intransigent.
The reason Japanese are now bitterly complaining about American bases being in Japan, about having to pay the cost of relocation -- a relocation Japan itself demanded -- is that they have forgotten why Americans are there in the first place.
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's new government may send a navy ship to Antarctica to track Japan's whaling fleet and gather evidence to mount a legal challenge, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Thursday.
But the trend towards sitting may be about more than cleanliness. One of the most popular short poems of this year was a salaryman's bittersweet paean to the modern Japanese WC: The only warmth in my life is the toilet seat.
Gore has slammed the refusal of Kyoto non-signatory USA to accept "25-40% emissions reductions by 2020" at the Bali Conference - however recent Kyoto signatory Rudd Australia backs the US against the EU.
Your editorial (Chattanooga, Times 20 July 1990) clearly points to a sound policy intiative in Southeast Asia.
Rather than flee or freeze when confronted with their feline enemy, the mice sniffed and even played with them, blissfully unaware of the potential dangers.
Dentsu has released their list of Japan's top ten hit products in 2007 (actually it lists their top 20), and it's worth a look.
The Pulse Asia poll was conducted in October, when Arroyo's government was plagued by allegations of kickbacks in a deal with China's ZTE Corp to set up a broadband network linking government offices.
It is a miracle substance - lighter than feathers, stronger than steel, one of the toughest fibres found in nature. Now scientists in Japan have found a way of harnessing the remarkable power of spiders' webs to make anything from tights and fishing nets to bulletproof vests.
Canada, Japan, the newly-elected Rudd Australian government and non-Kyoto signatory United States, are strongly opposing an international Bali consensus for 25-40% greenhouse pollution reduction by 2020.
It's official: Japanese outfielder Kosuke Fukudome is making a move to play in the Major Leagues in 2008.
Back in November, Meiji, Japan's largest milk producer, announced that it would cut its profit forecast for this year's net income by 23 percent.
New text again (in the Kyoto Protocol part of the negotiations here). And now the crucial targets are back in. But only as an option. Option two of paragraph two. This text will likely be something that ministers will wrangle about here.
The agent for Japanese free agent Kosuke Fukudome said today he doesn't expect to hear from his client about his intentions to play in the U.S. in 2008 until sometime after 10 p.m.
Seven soccer teams have conquered their respective continental cups, proved their regional pre-eminence, and have now arrived in Japan with the aim of being declared world champions. The show is just begin, don't miss it!
"We still have the power to choose our fate, and the remaining question is only this," Mr. Gore said: "Have we the will to act vigorously and in time, or will we remain imprisoned by a dangerous illusion?"
Somali pirates who seized a Japanese chemical tanker six weeks ago have demanded a $1m ransom.
Earlier today, the Cabinet Office released its most recent discussion paper in both Japanese and English.
Believe it or not, the photo above is of a train interior in japan. With the results looking nicer than most nurseries, the japanese have taken the idea of 'child-friendly public transport' to the next level with these 2 beauties, both designed by eiji mitooka.
You are the tutor of the young Emperor, and you must not allow Japan to be destroyed! Travel throughout the land and carry out a mission to reunite the country. Treachery and deception will be your roadblocks.
Code of Honor
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