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Treaty outlawing cluster bombs enters into force

An international treaty that bans the use and stockpiling of cluster bombs entered into force on Sunday with Japan and 37 other countries having already ratified it. But because many of the military powers that have cluster bombs in their arsenals, such as the United States, Russia and China, have ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 4:06 PM

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---------- Baseball: Ramirez, Obispo lift Giants HIROSHIMA - Alex Ramirez hit his 33rd home run, Wirfin Obispo pitched seven shutout innings and the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp 5-0 on Saturday.

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 3:50 PM

Baseball: Ramirez, Obispo lift Giants

Alex Ramirez hit his 33rd home run, Wirfin Obispo pitched seven shutout innings and the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp 5-0 on Saturday. Ramirez took Dioni Soriano (0-3) deep to left for a two-run homer in the first inning at Mazda Stadium. The Venezuelan slugger is tied for the ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 3:50 PM

Baseball: Ramirez, Obispo lift Giants

Alex Ramirez hit his 33rd home run, Wirfin Obispo pitched seven shutout innings and the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp 5-0 on Saturday. Ramirez took Dioni Soriano (0-3) deep to left for a two-run homer in the first inning at Mazda Stadium.

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 2:22 PM

Baseball: Ramirez, Obispo lift Giants

Alex Ramirez hit his 33rd home run, Wirfin Obispo pitched seven shutout innings and the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp 5-0 on Saturday. Ramirez took Dioni Soriano (0-3) deep to left for a two-run homer in the first inning at Mazda Stadium.

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 2:22 PM

Maehara says gov't should take note of Okinawa's wishes

Okinawa affairs minister Seiji Maehara said during his visit to the island prefecture on Saturday that the government should give due consideration to local authorities' wishes when it proceeds with the controversial relocation of a U.S. Marine base in the prefecture. ''We must have the flexibility to allow us to ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 1:47 PM

Soccer: Kashima back to winning ways as Omiya stun Urawa in derby

Takuya Nozawa hit a brace as Kashima Antlers returned to winning ways with a routine 3-0 victory over Vissel Kobe in the J-League on Saturday. Nozawa's sixth and seventh goals of the season put Kashima in control at the break and Marquinhos sealed victory 16 minutes from time to nudge ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 1:47 PM

Pakistan flood death toll tops 800

The worst monsoon floods in recent memory have killed as many 800 people in Pakistan, a provincial minister said Saturday, according to the newspaper Dawn. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain added the death toll is expected to rise as many villages are without communications in the wake ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 1:47 PM

Sumo: Panel hammers out framework to eliminate gangsters

An independent panel whose aim is to introduce reform measures to clean up the scandal-tainted world of sumo proposed a framework on Saturday to the Japan Sumo Association to severe ties with the criminal underworld. In the third meeting of the independent panel, the group suggested that penalties be imposed ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 12:49 PM

Mudslide halts local train, injures 4 aboard

A mudslide hit a local train on the JR Iwaizumi Line in Iwate Prefecture on Saturday morning causing the one-car train to come to an emergency stop, slightly injuring three people aboard and one of the operators of the train, police said. Soil next to the single-track line in a ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 11:46 AM

Golf: Takayama, Chand share lead at Sun Chlorella Classic

Tadahiro Takayama shot a bogey-free 8-under 64 on Saturday to join Fiji's Dinesh Chand atop the leaderboard heading into the final round of the Sun Chlorella Classic. Takayama, a two-time winner on the tour, closed his round with four consecutive birdies and reached 15-under 201 at Otaru Country Club in ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 11:46 AM

9 die, seven hurt in Nepal bus accident

Nine passengers died in a bus accident in Nepal on Saturday, police said. The passenger bus plunged 40 meters below a hilly road in the Nawalparasi district 150 kilometers southwest of Kathmandu on Saturday afternoon, resulting in the deaths and injuries to seven people, Superintendent of Police Krishna Gautam, the ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 11:46 AM

Release of findings on Toyota acceleration problem blocked: WSJ

Senior officials of the U.S. Department of Transportation have temporarily blocked the release of the findings of a U.S. safety agency regarding some crashes stemming from sudden acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles, with the probe indicating possible driver error in the accidents, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday citing ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 10:56 AM

Most A-bomb survivors dissatisfied with Japan's disarmament work

Nearly nine out of 10 atomic bomb survivors who visited New York on the occasion of a U.N. conference in May reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty expressed dissatisfaction with Japan's efforts at nuclear disarmament, according to a Kyodo News survey released Saturday. Those who expressed concerns over whether their experience ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 10:56 AM

Japan's population falls for 1st time in 3 yrs

Japan's population fell to 127,057,860 in the year to March 31, down for the first time in three years, largely because of an increase in the number of deaths amid the aging of the population, data released by the internal affairs ministry showed Saturday. The population was down 18,323, with ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 9:50 AM

Japan's new envoy to serve with 'patriotism and pro-China spirit'

Japan's new ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa arrived in Beijing on Saturday and said he will serve with ''patriotism and a pro-China spirit.'' Niwa said he wants to develop bilateral relations in a long-term perspective, citing a time frame of ''1,000 and 2,000 years,'' and that he sees little sense ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 9:50 AM

Baseball: Fighters' early power surge enough to put away Lions

Eiichi Koyano hit two of his team's four homers and drove in four runs as the Nippon Ham Fighters held on for a 9-7 win over the Seibu Lions on Saturday, snapping a three-game losing skid. Shota Ono ignited the offense with a solo blast with two outs in the ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 9:50 AM

Hanged serial killer leaves legacy so others can learn from his mistakes

Around 150 people gathered for a symposium in Tokyo Saturday to learn lessons passed on by a man who was hanged for killing four people decades ago when he was 19. The gathering was organized by a group of lawyers and supporters of Norio Nagayama, who asked in his will ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 9:50 AM

Indonesian batik maestro who revived Japanese-influenced batik dies

Indonesian batik master Iwan Tirta, who revived Japanese-influenced ''hokokai batik,'' died Saturday morning from various illnesses. He was 75. His assistant Tisna confirmed the death, saying Tirta had suffered from heart, lung and kidney problems for the past few years.

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 8:35 AM

N. Korean diplomats confiscate copies of Kim Jong Il biography

North Korean diplomats in Myanmar have confiscated hundred of copies of a biography of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il written by a well-known local author, the biographer confirmed Saturday. The diplomats visited a publishing house earlier in July and demanded the publisher hand over the remaining copies of the ...

Posted on July 31, 2010 at 8:35 AM