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- Business › Tokyo stocks fall on profit taking after rally, poor economic data
- Tokyo stocks fell Thursday with investors increasingly turning to lock in quick profits after the key Nikkei index rose sharply the previous day to an…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 3:14 PM
- World › Australia concerned about Rio Tinto espionage trial in China
- Australia expressed disappointment Thursday that charges of stealing business secrets against one of its citizens would be tried in a closed court in China, and…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 1:15 PM
- World › Thailand 'Red Shirt' protesters vow class war
- Thousands of demonstrators remained encamped in the historic heart of the Thai capital Thursday, vowing to engage in "class warfare" until the government is ousted.…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Technology › Sony, Google, Intel envision easy Internet access for TV viewers
- Sony Corp is working with Google Inc and Intel Corp to develop a technology platform designed to let television users access Internet content easily, The…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- Business › Toyota chief says quality control training lapsed amid fast growth
- Toyota's training of workers to maintain quality control failed to keep up with the company's rapid growth, its president Akio Toyoda said in an interview…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 11:43 AM
- Crime › Reports to Internet watchdog on illegal content up 95.3% in 2009
- A nongovernmental Internet watchdog received 27,751 reports of illegal and harmful content in Internet sites from Net users in 2009, up 95.3% from the previous…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Politics › U.S., Japan begin discussions on security issues including nuclear umbrella
- The United States and Japan have started formal discussions on a wide range of security issues, including the U.S. nuclear umbrella and missile defense, a…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 10:29 AM
- Crime › Elderly man stabs three at Fukuoka retirement home
- An elderly man at a retirement home in Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, was arrested for attempted murder Wednesday after he stabbed three other residents with…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 8:36 AM
- Crime › Mother arrested for killing daughter wrote of child's death on blog
- A 24-year-old woman arrested on Tuesday for murdering her 2-month old daughter had written about her daughter's death on her blog, it was learned Wednesday.…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 8:27 AM
- Picture of the Day › Model citizen
- A performer for salon "BEAUTRIUM" takes part in "Splash International 2010" in Tokyo on Wednesday. A total of six hair salons took part in the…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 7:33 AM
- Entertainment / Arts › Hugh Grant on relationships, cheating and the art of lazy acting
- Hugh Grant insists he doesn’t like acting. So why does he do it? “Because I’m not really good at anything else,” said the 49-year-old British…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 7:00 AM
- World › Bus-truck collision kills 53 in Afghanistan
- At least 53 people were killed in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, provincial government officials…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 6:50 AM
- Technology › Gov't to offer loans for shinkansen projects in developed nations
- The government said Wednesday it will make regulatory changes in mid-April so that the Japan Bank for International Cooperation can extend loans for construction of…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 6:42 AM
- Lifestyle › SDF museum and PR center in Shibuya closes
- The Self-Defense Forces have closed their museum and PR center in Shibuya. The facility was opened in July 2008 to try to increase the appeal…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 6:26 AM
- Sports › High court rules publisher to pay damages for sumo match-fixing article
- The Tokyo High Court ordered Kodansha Ltd Wednesday to pay 4.4 million yen in damages to the Japan Sumo Association and its former chairman Kitanoumi,…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 6:21 AM
- Book Reviews › Food for thought
- Mayumi Nishimura jokes that she doesn’t get invited out for dinner very often. “I think people are afraid that I will criticize what they are…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 6:19 AM
- Entertainment › Johnny Depp to spend 15 hours in Japan for 'Alice in Wonderland' premiere
- Actor Johnny Depp, 46, will make a 15-hour visit to Japan next Monday, arriving in a private jet for the Japan premiere of Tim Burton's…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 6:10 AM
- National › Japan leading charge against bluefin ban
- Opposition grew Wednesday against a proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna, with several Arab countries joining Japan in arguing it would hurt…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 6:00 AM
- World › Health bill gains ground with weekend vote likely
- President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 5:49 AM
- World › Clinton to attend Mideast session amid crisis
- With the Mideast peace process stalled and U.S.-Israeli relations in crisis, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton headed Wednesday to a Mideast strategy meeting of…
- Posted on March 18, 2010 at 5:39 AM


















