Provides the latest RSS feeds for Japan News. 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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:14:35 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:14:35 -0500 30 A Japanese phone company has come up with a new technology that can track most minimal movement of mobile phone users and beams the information back to HQ. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/610818/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:10:13 -0500 ANI http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/610818/cs/1/ Hyderabad, Mar 11 : Leveraging the newly launched BRAVIA's ''high performance'' and ''monolithic design'', Sony India aims to achieve 30 per cent share in LCD TV segment by Financial Year 2010-2011, w... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028880/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:15:52 -0500 New Kerala http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028880/ Japan's newest airport opened outside Tokyo yesterday aiming to lure budget airlines, but there was deep scepticism about its profitability as it has only one scheduled daily flight so far.Ibaraki Air... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028450/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:07:01 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028450/ The PlayStation Move motion-control system will go on sale this fall. Sony exec Peter Dille says he expects gamers to migrate 'naturally' from the Nintendo Wii to the Move. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028937/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:04:30 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028937/ Japan's economy grew sharply less in the fourth quarter than initial estimates, the Government said yesterday. GDP expanded at an annual pace of 3.8 per cent in the October-December quarter, revised d... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33027519/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:58:08 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33027519/ Japan's economy grew sharply less in the fourth quarter than initial estimates, the Government said yesterday. GDP expanded at an annual pace of 3.8 per cent in the October-December quarter, revised d... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028454/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:58:06 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028454/ Move is small device that looks like a microphone Starter kit begins at under $100 for a Move, a PlayStation eye camera and a game Sony president calls Move games "amazingly diverse" http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028934/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:53:35 -0500 CNN http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028934/ END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Sony last night fired its opening shot in the battle to oust Nintendo's Wii from the world's liv... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33027893/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:47:06 -0500 Times Online http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33027893/ JAPAN'S Coast Guard has obtained an arrest warrant for an anti-whaling activist who has been held aboard a Japanese harpoon ship since boarding it in the Antarctic last month. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028446/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:45:43 -0500 The Daily Telegraph http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028446/ (AP) — TOKYO - Tokyo's third international airport opened Thursday with festivity-and heavy criticism that it's a wasteful project expected to serve just a fraction of the passengers forecast.... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028935/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:29:52 -0500 New Jersey Online http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028935/ A dolphin swims in a pool in Taiji, southwestern Japan, where visitors can play with the animals. The Japanese fishing village was featured in "The Cove," which won an Oscar for best documentary. (AP) http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028936/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:14:14 -0500 Arab News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33028936/ END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Sony last night fired its opening shot in the battle to oust Nintendo's Wii from the world's liv... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33024817/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:41:39 -0500 Times Online http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33024817/ (MENAFN - Jordan Times) During a ceremony held at Aqaba's Princess Basma Centre for Development, Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC), the central development arm of Aqaba Special Economic Zone... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33024495/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:28:00 -0500 MENAFN http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33024495/ The Japanese maker of the PlayStation 3 unveiled Thursday its highly anticipated motion controlling system, as it takes aim at Nintendo's dominance in the gaming sector. With the PlayStation Move, Son... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33025876/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:07:51 -0500 CBC News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33025876/ END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Japanese fishmongers gathered in protest yesterday against a European and American threat to ban... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33025877/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:01:11 -0500 Times Online http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33025877/ How are companies managing their climate-change risks and is there a better way to do it? Felix Salmon will tackle the topic regularly on The Climate Desk, a soon-to-be-launched website. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33024514/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:20 -0500 Reuters http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33024514/ Japanese fish wholesalers have protested at a market in Tokyo after yesterday’s decision by the EU to support an international ban to stop trading in Atlantic bluefin tuna. Japan, the world&#82... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33025335/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:55:08 -0500 Euro News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33025335/ TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The Japan Golf Tour Organization said Thursday a team event will be held between Japanese and South Korean players in a suburb of Seoul on Sept. 10-12. The $70... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33025412/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:36:53 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33025412/ TOKYO: Tuna brokers at Japan's largest fish market protested a proposed international trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna Thursday, saying it would unfairly hit Japan and its massive tuna market. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33025408/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:29:04 -0500 Arab News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33025408/ TOKYO and LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - NSD Co., Ltd. (9759/T), a leading systems integrator in Japan, and Language Weaver, the leader in trusted automated translation solutions, to... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33023151/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:36:08 -0500 Market Wire http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33023151/ TOKYO - The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues closed at 10,664.95 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, up 101.63 points or 0.96 per cent. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33022280/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:25:55 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33022280/ TOKYO — Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us. The Japanese maker of the PlayStation 3 unveiled Thursday its highly anticipated motion controlling system, as it takes aim... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33023150/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:25:05 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33023150/ Mozambique's tropical savanna is as wide as 550,000 square kilometers, or 1.4 times larger than Japan's land area, and has soil and weather conditions similar to those of Brazil's cerrado, or "inacc... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33022306/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:48:31 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33022306/ There's a scene in Steven Spielberg's 2002 movie "Minority Report" that’s stuck with me, even many years after I initially saw the film. As Tom Cruise walks through a mall, camer... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33022299/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:41:49 -0500 CNN Asia http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33022299/ (MENAFN) The Japanese government said that it has revised fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth down, due to slightly weaker corporate capital expenditures and private inventories, Xinhua... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33020650/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:06:11 -0500 MENAFN http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33020650/ Article Reprints Lloyd's Chairman, Lord Levene, visited Japan and South Korea last week where he opened the new Lloyd's Japan office and hosted an event with Korean Re, titled - http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33020261/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:02:31 -0500 Insurance Journal http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33020261/ TOKYO - Daihatsu Motor, a subsidiary of Toyota, said Thursday it will recall around 275,000 vehicles in Japan due to faulty brake lamps and loose bolts in the suspension system. The move comes as Dai... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33020132/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:55:09 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33020132/ TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims turn them into marriage material. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33020986/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:44:46 -0500 News on Japan http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33020986/ Former Mongolian-born grand champion Asashoryu on Thursday refuted reports of an alleged drunken rampage that preceded his retirement from sumo. "I didn't commit any violent act," Asashoryu said at a... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33020985/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:44:45 -0500 News on Japan http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33020985/ Okinawa group+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 11 (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING) A group of Okinawa prefectural assembly members urged Cabinet ministers Thursday to move the U.S. Marines' Futemma Air Station ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33020644/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:18:06 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33020644/ TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—TSE Prices UP/DN Tokyo Steel 1030 0 Tokyo Style Co 630 DN 12 Tokyu Const Co 248 UP 5 Tokyu Corp 386 UP 4 Tokyu Land Corp 344 UP 7 Tone... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33018282/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:50:14 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33018282/ (RTTNews) - The stock market in Japan ended in positive territory on Thursday, lifted by weaker yen and optimism that the Bank of Japan, in its meeting next week, will announce additional measures to... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33018939/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:44:18 -0500 Quote.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33018939/ Seven Japanese automakers are likely to install braking systems that will allow drivers to stop their cars even if the accelerator is pressed down, company officials said Thursday.The companies -- Toy... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33018127/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:43:54 -0500 People's Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33018127/ OTSUCHI, Japan — As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran at me, yelling "No!" and pushing me out of the building. Another smeared his rubber fish gutting glove across my len... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33016732/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:13:24 -0500 My San Antonio http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33016732/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japan, the biggest buyer of U.S. wheat, may stockpile the grain or seek alternative supplies before the U.S. closes its largest export gateway later this year for a three-month... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33015849/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:49:10 -0500 Business Week http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33015849/ In an apparent world first, Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing intestine from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which can develop into various types of cells in the body. Nara Medic... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33016739/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:40:17 -0500 Mainichi Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33016739/ Bunkyo Ward Mayor Hironobu Narisawa announces his parental leave during a press conference on Thursday. (Mainichi) A Tokyo ward mayor plans to take two weeks' paternal leave following the birth of his... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33016738/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:40:15 -0500 Mainichi Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33016738/ TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond closed higher Thursday on selling following gains in Tokyo stocks. The yield on the No. 306, 1.4 per... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33016737/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:22:18 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33016737/ - Best Buy's Union Square, NYC Store Sells World's First Panasonic Full HD 3D System - - DIRECTV Gives First Panasonic Full HD 3D System Customer One Year of Free Service - SECAUCUS,... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33016734/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:21:30 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33016734/ -(Dow Jones)- Japan's finance minister said Thursday the government and the Bank of Japan must share the same policy direction to beat deflation, putting fresh pressure on the central bank to do mor... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33016376/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:17:28 -0500 Morning Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33016376/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks rose, sending the Nikkei 225 Stock Average to its highest close since Jan. 21, on speculation increased demand will boost earnings at iron-ore producers and tha... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33013690/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:35:30 -0500 Business Week http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33013690/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fluctuated as commodity-related companies fell on concern China will pare back measures that boosted growth, while Japanese shares gained on speculation the countr... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33013689/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:26:05 -0500 Business Week http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33013689/ END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> On a humid March evening in Okinawa young American men with crewcuts and thick necks sp... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014360/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:37 -0500 News on Japan http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014360/ END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Japan's gambling industry is expected to be an unlikely beneficiary of a national chi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014359/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:35 -0500 News on Japan http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014359/ 2 hours ago LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat.Typhoo... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014358/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:34 -0500 News on Japan http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014358/ The Mainichi Newspapers Co. has decided to begin offering subscriptions to The Mainichi Daily News (MDN) on the Sony Reader, an electronic reading device sold by U.S.-based Sony Electronics Inc. The ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014356/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:17:09 -0500 Mainichi Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014356/ TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei average hit a seven-week closing high on Thursday, with exporters such as Sony Corp climbing after U.S. wholesale inventories fell unexpectedly in January and in wake of the y... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33013756/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:12:54 -0500 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33013756/ TOKYO — The number of victims of the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway by the Aum Shinrikyo cult is almost 6,300 in a nationwide police survey—far more than the earlier estimate o... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014352/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:04:46 -0500 Japan Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014352/ TOKYO, March 11, 2010 - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MM Automobile Schweiz AG and Switzerland's largest electricity provider Al... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014351/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:57:34 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014351/ March 11, 2010, TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced revised coverage on its Asia-East Coast South America Service (CSW). The revised coverage w... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014350/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:57:32 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33014350/ http://www.geckosystems.com/ ) -- announced today that their Japanese representative, Hajime Yasumatsu, has reported recently regarding his initiatives for GeckoSystems with another Japanese firm, in ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33012016/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:21:38 -0500 Market Wire http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33012016/ Leadframe maker Shuen Der Industry (SDI) has signed a technology cooperation agreement with Japan-based Mitsubishi Shindoh on March 10 for the production of copper strips for leadframes. Under the agr... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33011306/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:14:18 -0500 Digitimes http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33011306/ Tokyo, March 11, 2010 - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has developed transmission devices featuring the world's top-level characteristics for super high-speed, 1... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33012013/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:31:58 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33012013/ - Furthers Business Expansion in European Market - TOKYO, JAPAN (March 11, 2010) --- Teijin Pharma Limited, the core company of the Teijin Group's pharmaceuticals and home healthcare business... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33012015/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:31:57 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33012015/ - The NDA Included More Than 40 Clinical Studies in Schizophrenia, Involving 2,500 Patients Treated with Lurasidone - Fort Lee, N.J., March 10 - Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. (DSPA)... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33012014/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:31:56 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33012014/ It giggles and wiggles its feet when you shake its rattle, but will get cranky and cry from too much tickling: Meet Yotaro, a Japanese robot programmed to be as fickle as a real baby. The cuddly baby... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009761/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:46:49 -0500 Space Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009761/ TOKYO -- Japanese machinery orders, a closely watched indicator of future business investment, fell in January as companies reined in spending after a big jump the previous month. Core machinery order... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009413/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:32:53 -0500 The China Post http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009413/ TOKYO - Japan's economy grew sharply less in the fourth quarter than initial estimates, the government said Thursday. The world's second biggest economy's gross domestic product expanded at an annual... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009420/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:29:43 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009420/ The Asian markets have opened on a flat note today morning. The Hang Seng is down 33 points at 21,175. The Nikkei has advanced 94 points or 1% to 10,658. The Shanghai Composite is flat at 3,048. ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009070/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:10:40 -0500 Business Standard http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009070/ yen+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 11 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS AND PRICES) Tokyo stocks rebounded Thursday morning on growing optimism about the economic recovery in Japan and elsewhere in the wor... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009061/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:52:20 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009061/ TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: TO BE LED) Tokyo stocks rebounded Thursday morning on growing optimism about the economic recovery in Japan and elsewhere in the world, while exporters o... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009062/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:52:18 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009062/ (Nikkei/Dow Jones)--The Japanese government's top spokesman said Thursday that a downward revision in the country's fourth-quarter growth rate shows that domestic economic conditions remain severe. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009396/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:47:32 -0500 Morning Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009396/ When Shinsei and Aozora announced plans to merge last July, just about the only people who approved the plan were the Japanese banks themselves, their major shareholders and the government.Now, after ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009144/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:47:03 -0500 Financial Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33009144/ Tokyo - Stocks in Tokyo climbed in Thursday morning trading following modest gains on Wall Street as Japan's export-oriented issues were bolstered by a weaker yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Avera... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33006271/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:49:05 -0500 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33006271/ Japan steals march on fair value rules Japanese companies begin using IASB's fair value rules, joining Australia and New Zealand in adopting IFRS 9 http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33006840/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:32:10 -0500 Infomatics http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33006840/ TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares traded broadly higher Thursday morning in Tokyo with trading firms among the bigger advancers following strength in oil prices in New York. The Nikkei 225 was up... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33006827/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:26 -0500 Market Watch http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33006827/ Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it has developed transmission devices featuring the world's top-level characteristics for super high-speed, 100 Gb Ethernet applicatio... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33006381/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:25:14 -0500 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33006381/ TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The U.S. dollar fluctuated in the mid-90 yen level early Thursday in Tokyo, inheriting its strength on overnight trading in New York. At 9 a.m., the dollar cha... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007259/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:47 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007259/ KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--The great ginkgo tree that stood for 1,000 years at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in this ancient capital is no more. It was uprooted in the storm that raged Tue... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007248/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:23 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007248/ LOS ANGELES--Toyota Motor Corp.'s procedures for its huge recalls could come under scrutiny after a Prius hybrid deemed low in priority for repairs sped out of control on a highway outside San Diego o... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007247/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:22 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007247/ Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada made clear Wednesday that the government will not alter its policy of barring nuclear weapons from Japanese waters and territory. The policy comes a day after Okada... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007246/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:21 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007246/ Sony Corp. in June will start selling three-dimensional flat-panel TVs along with other products that officials say will provide a complete 3-D package for movie viewers, computer users and gamers. ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007249/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:21 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007249/ The Asahi Shimbun will soon start providing English-language news articles for viewing on Reader, Sony's digital ebook devices, sold by Sony Electronics Inc. in the United States. The Asahi Shimb... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007250/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:20 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007250/ Toyota Motor Corp., reeling from massive vehicle recalls, will scale back its hirings next fiscal year by 10 percent as part of efforts to streamline its work force. According to a recruitment pl... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007251/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:19 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007251/ Japan Airlines Corp.'s new chairman promised to return the struggling airline to profitability in autumn while it still has government funds. Kazuo Inamori acknowledged that JAL's performance has... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007253/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:17 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007253/ Sixty-one airports across the nation failed to meet projected demand in fiscal 2008, underlining a widely held belief that many were built on the basis of overly optimistic projections. Actual an... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007252/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:16 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007252/ In a democracy, no government has the right to maintain a decades-long deception on diplomatic and national security policies that form the backbone of a nation. But this is precisely what happened in... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007256/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:15 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007256/ Asahi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for elementary schoolchildren, ran the following short poem by first-grader Kenta Akimoto 14 years ago: "I cried/ At the entrance ceremony/ Of kindergarten/ Mothe... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007254/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:14 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007254/ Wind power generation, which uses a new energy source and is regarded as indispensable to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, is facing head winds across the nation. There is growing concern among r... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007255/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:14 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33007255/ (RTTNews) - Japan's gross domestic product was up 0.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to the previous three months, the Cabinet Office said on Thursday.That was weaker than expectation... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33006858/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:01:18 -0500 Quote.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33006858/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks rose after the Nikkei newspaper reported the government may lift its view on the nation’s economy and the yen depreciated. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33002442/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:38 -0500 Business Week http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33002442/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s five-year notes may rise, pushing yields to the lowest level since August 2003, as the central bank looks to maintain its monetary-easing policy, according to Chu... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33002444/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:37 -0500 Business Week http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33002444/ END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> On a humid March evening in Okinawa young American men with crewcuts and thick necks sp... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33003344/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:27:11 -0500 Times Online http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33003344/ (RTTNews) - Japan is scheduled to release final gross domestic product numbers for the fourth quarter of 2009 on Thursday, headlining a busy day for Asian economic news.GDP is expected to climb 1.0 p... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33002562/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:53:15 -0500 Quote.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/33002562/