| US to move 4,700 Marines from Japan to Guam: reports Tokyo and Washington have agreed to move 4,700 Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa to Guam in a bid to revive a stalled plan for the realignment of US forces in Japan, according to reports. ... | |
| Japan beat Slovenia 5-0 in Fed Cup Japanese No.1 Ayumi Morita posted three wins to lead Japan to a 5-0 victory over Slovenia in the Fed Cup tennis World Group II first round tie on... |
| US, Japan agree to partial Marine transfer from Okinawa TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States and Japan have agreed to tweak a six-year-old agreement on Marines based on the southern island of Okinawa, allowing Washington to deploy forces to the... |
| ExxonMobil To Restructure Holdings In Japan TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExxonMobil and TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K have entered into an agreement which will result in the restructuring of ExxonMobil's holdings in Japan. Under the terms of the... |
| US, Japan agree to partial Marine transfer from Okinawa: media TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States and Japan have agreed to tweak a six-year-old agreement on Marines based on the southern island of Okinawa, allowing Washington to deploy forces to the Pacific... |
| Japan: Australian activists address global anti-nuclear conference Participants in the January 14-15 anti-nuclear conference in Tokyo. Photo by John Tutty. Five anti-nuclear activists travelled from Australia to attend the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free... |
| Debris from Japan earthquake moves closer to West Coast As the one-year anniversary of the devastating March 11, 2011, Japanese earthquake approaches, and debris from the ensuing tsunami moves closer to the West Coast, a group of Oregon agencies,... |
| Sony: can a new CEO save the struggling tech giant? Recently, however, the company has struggled. Led until this week by Welshman Sir Howard Stringer, Sony has battled floods in Japan, a fire at its main warehouse in London, a rising Yen and a... |
| Kobayashi wins chicken wing crown NEW YORK — Multiple hot dog eating champion Takeru Kobayashi has won an annual chicken wing eating contest in Philadelphia, downing a record 337 wings in 30... |
| Our woods may be home to a 'new ' spider species An apparently new species of spider has been found in our woods, even though the creature has probably been around since long before humans came to... |
| Students' retreat from English Arecent education ministry survey of third-year middle school students nationwide found most students have an ambivalent and contradictory attitude toward English. Of the 3,225 students surveyed,... |
| Sales tax may be raised higher than 10% due to welfare reforms: Noda Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Saturday said the sales tax could be raised higher than the 10 percent rate currently proposed, due to the radical overhaul of the welfare system he is... |
| Immigration cuts lengthy detention for foreigners The number of foreign nationals detained by immigration officials for one year or more has dropped significantly since a more flexible approach was adopted in response to harsh criticism of long-term... |
| American's death in Osaka probed OSAKA — An American resident in Osaka died Saturday after a passer-by found him lying unconscious on a street in the busy Minami area in Chuo Ward earlier in the day, police... |
| Fukumusume women and others scatter beans at Miyagiken Gokoku-jinja shrine in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 3. Women admire the soft light released from traditional "toro," or garden lanterns, in Kasugataisha shrine in Nara on Feb. 3. The lanterns were lit in an event called,... |
| Difficulties exist in restraining TEPCO's rate hike The industry ministry has proposed new guidelines that will push electric power companies to cut personnel and advertising expenses before approval is given to increase rates. But there are limits to... |
| Net profits halve for Japan's top companies Total net profits of about 43 percent of firms listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunged by almost 50 percent year on year in the first three quarters of fiscal 2011, according... |
| ANIME NEWS: Three Japanese shorts nominated for Berlin awards Three short films by Atsushi Wada, Akihito Izuhara and Naoto Kawamoto have been nominated in the Berlinale Shorts category at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival, festival officials... |
| OLYMPICS/ IOC sells Japan 2014, '16 Games rights for $472 mil. LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The IOC awarded Japanese broadcast rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics to a national consortium on Feb. 3 in a deal worth 36 billion yen ($472... |
| Japan's technology giants faced down disaster – but the new enemy is doubt A new Japanese model? Hiroshi Mikitani, chief executive of up-and-coming e-retailer Rakuten, believes Japan's big industrial firms 'cannot keep doing what they have been doing.'... |
| Pact to move Marines from Okinawa base to Guam intact: US, Japan WASHINGTON -- The United States and Japan said on Friday they remain committed to their plan to transfer 8,000 U.S. Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa to the U.S. territory of Guam, a move... |
| Rangers' Hamilton confirms alcohol relapse ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Hamilton shed no tears, used no prepared statement as he apologized and shared few details about his relapse with alcohol. Still, it was clear he was upset by what he... |
| IOC, Japan finalize Olympic TV deal LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The IOC awarded Japanese broadcast rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics to a national consortium Friday in a $472 million... |
| First-place Clippers add Martin to stable LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers and free agent Kenyon Martin have agreed to a one-year deal, returning the veteran forward to the NBA after a brief stint in... |
| Pakistan's Khan notches half century DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Younis Khan scored his first half century of the series as Pakistan steadily progressed to 120-2 at tea on the second day of the third and final test against... |
| Goodell says NFL won't expand soon During his annual Super Bowl news conference, commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday there hasn't been any discussion about adding to the league's 32 teams, and indicated he's not too... |
| JFW gave grant to panelist's label The Japan Fashion Week Organization, which sponsors the Tokyo Collection, the nation's biggest fashion event, gave a government grant last year to a label owned by a member of its selection... |
| Blue Jackets end skid in OT Derick Brassard scored his second goal with 1:05 left in overtime, and Columbus snapped its six-game skid with a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday... |
| Blackledge continues to make big impact for Phoenix Chalk up a major victory for the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix's front office. The Eastern Conference power improved to 5-0 since versatile forward Lawrence Blackledge joined the team. The... |
| Thunder top Grizzlies behind Durant's 36 Durant scored 36 points and hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer in the final minute to lift the Thunder to a 101-94 victory against Memphis on Friday night in a rematch of their epic Western Conference... |
| Federal prosecutors give up on doping probe of Armstrong Untouchable: Federal prosecutors gave up their investigation of doping by seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong on Friday after two years. ... |
| The artist: Shimane's Davis is master of the blocked shot Imposing: Shimane Susanoo Magic center Jeral Davis is a force around the basket, blocking shots and dunking on his foes with equal proficiency. SHIMANE SUSANOO MAGIC /... |
| IMF team to address yen during trip WASHINGTON — The IMF said it will send a team to Tokyo this week to discuss the yen's appreciation with government officials, academics and business... |
| Japan rallies past Slovenia in opener MIKI, Hyogo Pref. — Kimiko Date-Krumm and Ayumi Morita both came back from a set down to win Saturday as Japan took a 2-0 lead over Slovenia in the first round of the Fed Cup's World Group... |
| Ozawa to oppose Noda's bills to hike sales tax Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa said he will oppose any bills the Noda administration submits in the current Diet session to raise the sales tax, describing the planned hike as... |
| Health issues sideline Calhoun The Hall of Fame coach, who turns 70 in May, has been suffering for several months from spinal stenosis, a lower back condition that causes him severe pain and hampers mobility, the school said... |
| Osaka, Nagoya mayors agree to policy talks OSAKA — Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto have agreed to start policy consultations between their regional political groups on fielding candidates for the next... |
| Abbott out of Four Continents Colorado Springs Colorado — Three-time U.S. figure skating champion Jeremy Abbott has withdrawn from next week's Four Continents because of a right hip... |
| Vonn earns 50th World Cup win Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany — Lindsey Vonn captured her 50th World Cup victory by winning the downhill on the demanding Kandahar course... |
| Plushenko awaits knee surgery He announced his plans for surgery Friday on Twitter. He had already ruled himself out of the world championships that begin March 25 in Nice, France, so he can recover from the... |
| Five Chinese resume Tohoku training Chiba — Five Chinese trainees have returned to Japan to resume their training at a Miyagi Prefecture seafood processing company whose executive officer died while helping them survive the March... |
| Takada says being GM, manager equally challenging Those were some of the observations made by BayStars general manager Shigeru Takada at a meeting of the Association of American Baseball Research in Tokyo last week. At age 66, Takada has taken on... |
