Sunday 29th January, 2012
Japan's Ito wins back-to-back ski jumping World Cups
ski jumping World Cup in two days on home snow Sunday, coming from behind to leap the round's longest distance in his second attempt. The 26-year-old Japanese ace, who lifted the ...
Japan, Russia to boost business, security ties
Japan and Russia agreed Saturday to strengthen bilateral economic and security cooperation, despite the lack of progress in resolving a long-standing territorial ...
Mitsubishi Electric hit with suspension for bill padding
Japan's defence ministry and two other government entities have suspended Mitsubishi Electric Corp as a designated contractor because the company has been found to have inflated invoices, the ...
Japanese quake reconstruction blamed for rise in snow mishaps
The Seattle TimesTOKYO — This winter's heavier snowfall in Japan has seen more than 500 people across seven prefectures injured — some fatally — in snow-related accidents, including cases in ...
Japanese tramper dies on Milford Track
TVNZSource: Photos.com A tramper has died while walking the Milford Track in Fiordland. Police say the Japanese national appeared to have suffered a heart attack after falling. Senior Sergeant Dave ...
Kawauchi govt heading home / Village 1st to return among those forced out by Fukushima N-crisis
News on JapanThe Yomiuri Shimbun FUKUSHIMA--The government of a village forced to relocate due to the Fukushima nuclear crisis will return to the village in April, it has been learned, a move it hopes ...
Free care for Fukushima kids rejected
News on JapanThe Yomiuri Shimbun FUKUSHIMA--The government has turned down a request by the Fukushima prefectural government to make medical care free for prefectural residents aged 18 and under. ...
Radiation testing on school lunches differs
News on JapanChinese cabbage is tested for radiation at a school lunch center in the city of Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, on Thursday. FUKUSHIMA--Municipalities are carrying out tests for radioactive ...
Students: English useful, but not for me
News on JapanThe Yomiuri Shimbun Seventy percent of middle school students think English ability would be useful for obtaining a job in the future, but only 11 percent want to get a job that requires ...
Number of flu cases tops million mark
News on JapanThe Yomiuri Shimbun The number of flu-stricken patients reached about 1.11 million in the week ending last Friday, an increase of about 400,000 from the previous week, according to figures ...
In disparity-ridden Japan, don't mind the gaps - just get out of them
News on JapanWhen the term kakusa shakai came into vogue in 2006 — a fairly self-explanatory expression given that kakusa means "gap" or "disparity," and shakai means ...
Fish tales of Tsukiji
News on JapanStreets are bathed in indigo hues when I emerge from the Hibiya subway line's Tsukiji Station, heading for Tsukiji Oroshiuri Shijo which, though its name translates simply as "Tsukiji ...
Numbering system baffles citizens
News on JapanA government survey released Saturday found that more than 80 percent of respondents were largely unaware of details about an envisioned system that would number citizens to centralize control of ...
Talent agency's charity to provide billions for pandas
News on JapanA charity established by a talent agency to support reconstruction in the northeast expects to shoulder several billion yen of the cost of leasing giant pandas from China for a zoo in ...
Active 200-km fault found off Honshu's Kii Peninsula
News on JapanAn active fault around 200 km long that is believed to have been a source of huge quakes in the past has been found off Honshu's Kii Peninsula, according to researchers at the University of ...
What makes India an important market for Japan Inc?
Times of IndiaConsider these three data together. First, compared to 100,000 Japanese expats in China, India hosts just 4,000. Second, this week, Japan recorded its first trade deficit in 31 years; exports were ...
A herd of African elephants walk in the savanna at Amboseli National Park early in the morning. Towering in the back is Mount Kilimanjaro.
The Asahi ShimbunNAIROBI--At a Kenya Wildlife Service office in Loitok Tok near Amboseli National Park, a number of confiscated rifles from poachers are lined ...
INTERVIEW/ Xia Bin: China's senior economic advisor talks about strategy to promote renminbi
The Asahi ShimbunThe global currency market is in a state of flux, as the euro is in serious trouble and international confidence in the dollar is also eroding. The outlook for the yen, which has appreciated sharply ...
EDITORIAL: Edano should be open about energy plans
The Asahi ShimbunIn a recent interview with The Asahi Shimbun, industry minister Yukio Edano said the government will take measures to avert a power crunch this summer. He went on to say its plans will assume that ...
SPORTS & LIFE: Post-retirement a perfect time for sports
The Asahi ShimbunThis is Part 4 of a five-part series on the role of sports in the lives of Japanese people. It is based on a recent survey conducted by The Asahi ...
European crisis: India, Japan, Korea join hands
Times of IndiaDAVOS: Wary of the European debt crisis causing collateral damage all around the world, India, Japan and South Korea are working together to prevent ...
Occupied: Japanese Nuclear Foes Defy Order to Remove Tents
Common DreamsJapanese anti-nuclear protesters defied a government order Friday to vacate the area in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo’s Kasumigaseki. Protesters have been ...
GB women defeat Japan in opener
BBC SportAll GB matches live on BBC red button. Group stage: GB v Netherlands 1800 Sun 29 Jan; GB v China 1800 Tue 31 Jan (all times GMT). Highlights available on BBC Sport website (UK users ...
RF, Japan to intensify coop in innovation, nuclear energy – FM
Itar TassMOSCOW, January 28 (Itar-Tass) - Russia and Japan will intensify cooperation in innovation and nuclear energy, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported on ...
'Stepfather Step'; 'Kiruto no Ie'; CM of the week: Nichii Gakkan
Japan TimesReplacing the historical drama "Mito Komon" in its Monday evening slot is a much different type of series, a "humorous mystery" called "Stepfather Step" (TBS, 8 p.m.), ...
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