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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Japan Herald.com http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/ en-us Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:12:54 -0400 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:12:54 -0400 30 TOKYO (Reuters) - The frontrunner to become Japan's next leader will pledge tax cuts and bigger government spending to boost the economy, a newspaper said on Monday, a contrast with rivals worried abo... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565135/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:58:08 -0400 Reuters http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565135/ TOKYO, Sept. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—TSE Prices UP/DN Tokyo Steel 1170 UP 63 Tokyo Style Co 858 UP 10 Tokyu Const Co 320 UP 20 Tokyu Corp 551 UP 11 Tokyu Land Corp 449 UP 42 TonenGeneral Sekiyu 856 UP 1... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17564149/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:30:47 -0400 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17564149/ A lawyer representing Russian sumo wrestler Roho said Sunday his client would not accept the outcome of a second positive reading for drug use, this time by an internationally recognized doping testin... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565595/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:29:49 -0400 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565595/ 3.6%+ (AP) - TOKYO, Sept. 8 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS) Tokyo stocks soared Monday morning, with the key Nikkei index rising about 3.6 percent, as the U.S. bailout of two troubled mortgage fina... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17563876/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:30:43 -0400 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17563876/ The Hang Seng has surged 794 points to 20,727. The Nikkei has rallied 438 points to 12,650. The Taiwan Weighted index has soared 333 points to 6,641. The Straits Times index has gained 92 points at 2... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17563874/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:54:56 -0400 Business Standard http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17563874/ The company said it recently discovered flaws with certain TZ series notebooks sold between May 2007 and July 2008. "The symptom may arise in which the unit’s plastic could be deformed in t... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17563662/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:46:55 -0400 The Australian http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17563662/ Members of the Liberal Democratic Party's Tokyo chapter prepare ballots Sunday for primaries to be held ahead of the party's leadership election on Sept. 22. The ballots will be sent out today to abou... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565594/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:29:51 -0400 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565594/ TOKYO — South Korean actor Lee Byung Hun will release a song in Japanese, Universal Japan said. The song is composed by TV producer Yasushi Akimoto. Lee said: “I would like to show my appreci... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17564899/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:38:23 -0400 Japan Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17564899/ MORIOKA--Producers of traditional metalware in Iwate Prefecture plan to ask Chinese authorities to reject a trademark application by a company they say is trying to cash in on their established brand ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565598/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:29:46 -0400 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565598/ WASHIMIYA, Saitama Prefecture--More than 100 anime fans carried a special portable shrine featuring characters from a hugely popular cartoon during the traditional Haji festival at Washimiya Shrine he... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565599/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:29:45 -0400 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565599/ Many Japanese gals lead double lives: Mild-mannered students in plain-Jane uniforms by day; French maids, furries, and goth Lolitas by night. Legions run around Tokyo, wheeling suitcases full of makeu... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565593/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:58:44 -0400 Wired News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565593/ Midfielder Takuma Edamura struck twice in the second half as Shimizu S-Pulse downed defending champion Gamba Osaka 3-2 at Expo '70 Stadium in the second leg of the Nabisco Cup semifinals Sunday to adv... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565602/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:29:40 -0400 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565602/ While many around this nation enjoyed Beijing's Olympic "festival of peace" this summer, there were also individuals here who remembered World War II and reminded us again of the importance of peace. ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565603/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:29:37 -0400 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565603/ Tokyo - Stocks in Tokyo rocketed upward Monday after the US government seized control of the two largest US mortgage lenders and guarantors, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565592/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:21:28 -0400 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565592/ Veteran Tasuku Hashimoto put the Hawks on the ropes Sunday afternoon at Fukuoka Dome and Julio Zuleta later provided the knockout blow. Hashimoto's pinch-hit grand slam in the top of the ninth in... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565604/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:29:39 -0400 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565604/ Police are looking for a man with "thinning hair" in connection with the body of a woman found stuffed in a suitcase in a Tokyo hotel room on Friday. The man, believed to be her acquaintance, was... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565597/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:29:48 -0400 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565597/ Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) will drop its opposition to the creation of an environment tax designed to curb emissions of greenhouse gases and other harmful substances, sources said. ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565601/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:29:42 -0400 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565601/ Mikasa Foods Co. aggressively purchased government stocks of tainted rice from abroad that was intended for glue manufacturing to sell to companies that make rice-based products such as senbei cracker... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565600/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:29:43 -0400 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565600/ "By this, one factor causing instability in the U.S. economy will be removed," Ibuki told reporters at the Ministry of Finance. "Given that the dollar is an international currency, http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565054/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:25:34 -0400 Morning Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565054/ Sweden held off a second-half burst of speed and scoring momentum by Japan to win 61-49 in a pool A preliminary game of Beijing Paralympics on Sunday at the National Indoor Stadium. Sweden led 33-15 a... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565151/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:22:55 -0400 People's Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565151/ Reuters TOKYO: The yen is snapping an eight-year slide against the euro and Australian dollar as the abrupt global economic slowdown forces investors to unwind long-entrenched positions, pushing these... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565605/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:21:46 -0400 Arab News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17565605/ GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) East Carolina didn't need any final-moment heroics to seal its latest upset. This time, coach Skip Holtz's plucky Pirates all but had No. 8 West Virginia put away by halftime. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562103/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:34 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562103/ OSAKA (Kyodo) Chihiro Kaneko pitched two-run ball over 7 2/3 effective innings Sunday, leading the charge as the Orix Buffaloes defeated the Seibu Lions 6-2 in the Pacific League. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562101/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:33 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562101/ NEWCASTLE, England (AP) Newcastle hit back Saturday to denounce former manager Kevin Keegan's claim that interference by the club had provoked his resignation. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562099/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:28 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562099/ Japan survived a spirited late fightback to open the final round of Asian qualifying for the 2010 World Cup with a 3-2 win away against familiar foe Bahrain on Saturday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17561778/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:41 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17561778/ NEW YORK (AP) Ominous clouds overhead, the sort of hard court that troubled him this season underfoot, Roger Federer sensed something Saturday he hadn't in quite a while. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562098/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:37 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562098/ TOKYO—Green polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo. Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in central Japan changed their co... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17561787/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:59:51 -0400 Denver Post http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17561787/ NEW YORK (AP) The four American cyclists who arrived for last month's Beijing Games wearing black masks and were subsequently ordered to apologize for offending the host nation are seeking an apology ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562107/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:16 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562107/ LOS ANGELES (AP) Manny Ramirez had three chances to hurt the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday. He came through twice, and that was more than enough for the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562104/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:24 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562104/ The kindergartner had a hole-in-one — though it doesn't count because it was on a par-3 course — last week on the 75-yard, fifth hole at Yorktown Golf Club. The shot was witnessed by sever... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562105/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:21 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562105/ FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Pref. (Kyodo) Toyokazu Fujishima superbly saved par from a tough greenside bunker in the first extra hole Sunday to win the Fujisankei Classic for his first career victory o... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562108/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:17 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562108/ OITA (Kyodo) Brazilian striker Ueslei scored his second goal in four days to steer Oita Trinita to the J. League Nabisco Cup final for the first time after a 1-0 win at home to Nagoya Grampus in the s... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562100/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:30 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562100/ Kohei Kudo and Shiho Nakashima won the halfpipe events held in Cardrona, New Zealand, on Sunday as the snowboarding World Cup season got under way, Japanese snowboard officials said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562106/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:19 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562106/ TOKYO, Sept. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: LEAD STORY TO FOLLOW) The average daily balance of Japanese banks lending rose 2.0 percent in August from a year before to 394.83 trillion yen, the Bank of Jap... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17561279/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:58:22 -0400 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17561279/ Chinese President Hu Jintao met separately with German President Horst Koehler and Japan-China Friendship Association Chairman Koichi Kato in Beijing on Sunday. The meetings took place on the sideline... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562040/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:51:50 -0400 People's Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17562040/ Monday, September 08, 2008 TOKYO: Japanese media and activists on Sunday denounced a decision allowing India to engage in international nuclear trade, warning it could hinder future efforts to comple... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559283/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:19:40 -0400 The News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559283/ Posted on: Sunday, 7 September 2008, 15:00 CDT Japanese users of Yahoo Japan Corp.'s auction site say they have been victims of identity theft. About 3,000 cases have been discovered among users of s... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559284/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:16:46 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559284/ "I think I've found my perfect role within the side," Flintofff said on the England and Wales Cricket Board's Web site Friday. "I've had a go at captaincy and I think now in my own way I can lead. K... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559636/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:54:13 -0400 Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559636/ PRAGUE — The Russian invasion of Georgia has sent shock waves throughout the West and the former Soviet space — especially Ukraine. Indeed, Ukraine could be the next potential crisis. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559640/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:54:06 -0400 Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559640/ HIROSHIMA — Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba and Nagasaki Gov. Genjiro Kaneko expressed disappointment Sunday that a U.S. proposal to lift the global ban on nuclear trade with India has received ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559620/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:54:02 -0400 Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559620/ But the Georgia crisis provided a rude awakening. The sight of Russian tanks in a neighboring country on the 40th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia has shown that the temptations of... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559332/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:53:32 -0400 Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559332/ MIZUNAMI, Gifu Pref. (Kyodo) Saiki Fujita upstaged Women's British Open champion Shin Ji Yai with a final-round charge Sunday, shooting a 5-under-par 67 to pull off a come-from-behind victory at the G... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559648/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:53:29 -0400 Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559648/ OITA (Kyodo) The Oita prefectural board of education on Sunday dismissed six of the 21 teachers who passed the recruitment test last year through manipulated exam results, board officials said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559649/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:53:27 -0400 Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559649/ NAHA, Okinawa Pref. (Kyodo) About 100 people from Japan and South Korea attended the unveiling Sunday of a cenotaph commemorating wartime sex slaves mainly from the Korean Peninsula forced to serve Ja... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559646/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:53:41 -0400 Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559646/ Japan's most-wanted fugitive has been eluding police for nearly a month. He slips urban dragnets. He runs through crowded train stations, shocking commuters. He even urinates in public. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17558985/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:53:58 -0400 Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17558985/ EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) New York Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka said on Friday that Washington Redskins tackle Chris Samuels made a dirty play when he fell on the back of his ankle after bei... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559645/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:53:46 -0400 Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559645/ ST. LOUIS (AP) Jim Furyk quietly pumped his fist when his final putt of a marathon day disappeared in the cup. Even though it was for bogey, this was cause for a small celebration Saturday at the BMW ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559652/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:53:21 -0400 Japan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559652/ TOKYO — Posing proudly for a snapshot with a glittery championship belt, Seigi Nishiyama was among some 600 wrestling fans packed into a Tokyo theater who can’t get enough of World Wrestl... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559653/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:38:04 -0400 Japan Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559653/ TOKYO — Baidu.com Inc’s Japanese arm is aiming to be the second choice of Internet search engines in Japan, its president, Toshikazu Inoue, said. Baidu Inc. will focus on making its servi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559298/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:38:00 -0400 Japan Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559298/ It's because the old guys are not cute. Why even Palin (a non-Japanese politician in a non-Japanese country) garners more interest. And did you know her cool specs were http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559654/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:37:55 -0400 Japan Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17559654/ MERCHANDISE EXPORTS TO Japan grew by 5.4 percent to $4.5 billion in the first half while Tokyo and Manila took another step closer to having the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement ratifi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17557523/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:40:28 -0400 Inquirer http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17557523/ A senior lawmaker in Japan's ruling party yesterday suggested that snap polls could be held in November, as the party prepares to choose a new prime minister later this month.The comment from Makoto K... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17555465/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:04:27 -0400 Daily Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17555465/ Is Kim Jong Il for real? The question has baffled foreign intelligence agencies for years, but a veteran Japanese expert on North Korea says the “dear leader” is actually dead — and ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17555870/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:00:11 -0400 General Sources http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17555870/ Japanese stock listings have hit a 16-year low and the chances of improved activity look bleak as companies are put off making initial public offerings by volatile equity markets.Just 30 IPOs worth $8... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17555875/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:45:52 -0400 Financial Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17555875/ TOKYO, Sept. 7 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING CHUNICHI-YOKOHAMA GAME) Linescores of Sunday's games in Japanese baseball: CENTRAL LEAGUE At Hiroshima Stadium Hanshin 000 001 100 - 2 5 1 Hiroshima 000... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17554181/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:28:07 -0400 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17554181/ (AFP)--Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso, who is hoping to succeed outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, pledged Sunday not to increase the consumption tax rate from the c... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17553884/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:23:31 -0400 Morning Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17553884/ (AFP)--A senior lawmaker in Japan's ruling party on Sunday suggested that snap polls could be held in November, as the party prepares to choose a new prime minister later this month. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17553885/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:23:29 -0400 Morning Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17553885/ It was a disappointing weekend for the Australian golfers on the Japan Tour with Craig Parry doing the best in a tie 42nd place at the Fujisankei Classic.Parry's even-par final round 71 left him at th... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17552319/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:33:47 -0400 sportal.com.au http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17552319/ TOKYO (Reuters) - Women may face a glass ceiling in their quest to get to the top in the United States but in Japan, an iron plate bars the way. That was the assessment on Sunday by former Japanese de... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17552324/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:19:44 -0400 The Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17552324/ "Hillary used the word 'glass ceiling' ... but in Japan, it isn't glass, it's an iron plate," Koike, 56, told private broadcaster Asahi TV. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17552328/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:07:00 -0400 The Epoch Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17552328/ Kaohsiung, Sept. 7 (CNA) Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu led a 13-member municipal delegation to Japan Sunday on a six-day business-promotion trip. Chen and her delegation are expected to pay visits to leadi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17552119/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:34:29 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17552119/ News ) - Posing proudly for a snapshot with a glittery championship belt, Seigi Nishiyama is among some 600 other sports fans packing a Tokyo theater who can't get enough of World Wrestling Entertainm... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17550551/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:36:30 -0400 Examiner http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17550551/ Japanese media and activists on Sunday denounced a decision allowing India to engage in international nuclear trade, warning it could hinder future efforts to completely abolish nuclear weapons. The ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17550329/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:02:19 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17550329/ TOKYO, Sept. 7 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Leading money winners on the Japan LPGA tour after the Golf 5 Ladies at Mizunami Country Club in Gifu Prefecture (Japanese unless noted): titles events 1. Akiko Fuku... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17550560/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:55:55 -0400 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17550560/ TOKYO - Posing proudly for a snapshot with a glittery championship belt, Seigi Nishiyama is among some 600 other sports fans packing a Tokyo theater who can't get enough of World Wrestling Entertainm... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17547803/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:18:44 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17547803/ The September 22 party vote is considered a prelude to national elections that several LDP leaders indicated could be held in November. Former defence minister Yuriko Koike said on Sunday that she ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17548153/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:15:13 -0400 Mail and Guardian http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17548153/ TOKYO: Japan's largest brokerage group Nomura Holdings is considering buying a stake in US investment bank Lehman Brothers, reports said yesterday. Nomura has funds exceeding $1.87 billion for invest... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17548155/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:12:22 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17548155/ ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's new president, Asif Ali Zardari, must dispel the perception he is an artful politician and urgently address a deteriorating economy and worsening militant violence, ne... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17548167/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:46:23 -0400 Swiss Info http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17548167/ BY Tom Plate BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. ― These days, when a Japanese Prime Minister resigns, the temptation is to say just two things. One is ``ho," and the other is ``hum." Since the early 1990s,... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17547876/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:38:35 -0400 The Korea Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17547876/ Japan and Qatar clinched crucial World Cup wins in the crushing humidity of the Gulf on Saturday to hammer home a double warning to Australia of the dangers ahead on the road to the World Cup finals. ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17546200/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:21:45 -0400 ABC Sports http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17546200/ Japan edged Bahrain 3-2 after leading by three goals in their opening match of Asia's final round of World Cup qualifying on Saturday.Japan was in control during the first half only to see the hosts c... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17544302/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:19:56 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17544302/ MANAMA, Sept. 7 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japan boss Takeshi Okada was a relieved man after his side opened the final round of Asian qualifying for the 2010 World Cup with victory away to Bahrain, despite v... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17544469/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:37:28 -0400 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/17544469/