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 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:48:25 -0500 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:48:25 -0500 30 LONDON (AFP) - A Japanese insect is to be introduced on a trial basis in Britain to tackle a damaging super-weed, the government announced Tuesday.The Japanese knotweed was originally used as an ornam... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32950537/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:40:52 -0500 West Australian http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32950537/ (MENAFN - Jordan Times) Monday's trading value amounted to JD17.7 million spread over 15.8 million shares traded through 6,429 transactions. The share price index closed at 2,450 points... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32950509/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:26:07 -0500 MENAFN http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32950509/ Sony plans to launch new 3D television sets in Japan from 10 June.A 46-inch 3D screen will cost around 350,000 yen ($3,898; £2,608), 52% more expensive than a regular Sony flatscreen television.... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32950692/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:41 -0500 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32950692/ PHOTO: BLOOMBERG Sony Corp aims to sell at least 25 million televisions in the 12 months ending March 31 next year, with 3D sets accounting for about 10 percent of that. The company plans to offer ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32950694/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:42:25 -0500 Taipei Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32950694/ del.icio.us Japan's centrist government criticized its conservative predecessors Tuesday for keeping nuclear and military deals with the U.S. secret during the Cold War.A panel of historians released ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946896/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:05:51 -0500 VOA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946896/ China now has direct access to the Sea of Japan for the first time since the 19th century. Goods from hitherto landlocked Jilin and Heilongjiang will be able to move through the port of Rajin. Trade w... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946526/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:53:47 -0500 Spero News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946526/ Last week we discussed and, hopefully, provided some clarification on sushi. Let’s look at what else is available at Japanese restaurants in Kenya so that readers can order and enjoy some of the del... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32947401/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:47:07 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32947401/ Sony Corp. said yesterday it will start selling 3-D televisions in June, joining a competitive industrywide push to convince consumers to embrace the technology for their living rooms.The Japanese ele... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32947400/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:37:10 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32947400/ (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 9, 2010 after receiving a report by a gover... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946906/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:37:00 -0500 Examiner http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946906/ Japan's new center-left government criticized its conservative predecessors yesterday for keeping secret nuclear and military deals made with the U.S. during the Cold War.A panel of historians yesterd... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946900/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:36:57 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946900/ TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Tuesday vowed to stick to its ban on nuclear arms after a probe showed its predecessors may have turned a blind eye to breaches, but said ties with security all... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946892/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:25 -0500 The Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946892/ END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Japan lied for almost half century about secret agreements to allow nuclear-armed Ame... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946916/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:16:54 -0500 Times Online http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946916/ By Kim Yoo-chul Staff Reporter Sony-Ericsson, a joint venture between Japan's Sony Corp. and Sweden's Ericsson AB, plans to introduce its first Android handset ― XPERIA X10 ― to the local mark... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946117/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:58:44 -0500 The Korea Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946117/ (AXcess News) Reno - Sony is set to begin selling 3-D televisions in Canada and the United States in June. Sony will offer consumers its fully capable 3-D TV model in four sizes; 42 46-inch 3-D TV mod... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32947403/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:52:11 -0500 Axcess News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32947403/ TOKYO (AP) - Japan confirmed for the first time Tuesday the existence of once-secret Cold War-era pacts with the U.S. that tacitly allowed nuclear-armed warships to enter Japanese ports in violation o... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946888/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:47:24 -0500 Find Law http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32946888/ Japan ended decades of denials on Tuesday by confirming the existence of secret cold-war-era agreements with Washington that, among other things, had allowed American nuclear-armed warships to sail in... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32942092/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:47:03 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32942092/ TOKYO - The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues closed at 10,567.65 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, down 18.27 points or 0.17 per cent. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32942264/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:33:09 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32942264/ Japan ended decades of denials on Tuesday by confirming the existence of secret cold-war-era agreements with Washington that, among other things, had allowed American nuclear-armed warships to sail in... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32944125/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:16:06 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32944125/ JAPANESE governments lied to their people for more than 30 years about a "tacit" secret agreement allowing nuclear-armed US vessels to use their ports, a special Foreign Ministry panel repor... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32942109/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:15:01 -0500 The Australian http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32942109/ Dogs come to resemble their owners, or so the saying goes. In Japan, the human population is greying, with a record 29 million of the island nation’s 128 million citizens now over the age of 65,... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32940825/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:55:34 -0500 News on Japan http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32940825/ (RTTNews) - Japan has revealed the existence of three Cold War-era agreements it signed with the United States after keeping it secret for decades.Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada explained de... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32940462/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:21:45 -0500 Quote.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32940462/ Employees stand in the parking lot of the Yokohama Tire Corp. plant on Indiana Street in Salem on Monday afternoon. Workers were able to go back into the plant by about 6 p.m. after smoke was cleared ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32938133/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:42:59 -0500 Roanoke Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32938133/ The Japanese fishing village featured in "The Cove," which won an Oscar for best documentary, defended its practice of hunting dolphins Monday as a part of a long tradition. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32937826/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:22:11 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32937826/ Japan has confirmed the existence of a secret Cold War deal allowing the transit of nuclear-armed US vessels through its ports.The move by a government-appointed panel ends decades of official denial ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32937848/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:16:00 -0500 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32937848/ Consumer electronics major Sony India today said it will invest up to Rs 1,800 crore in the next one year on marketing and promotional activities to create awareness about its products in India. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32937523/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:07:56 -0500 Business Standard http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32937523/ Tokyo, Mar 9, 2010 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced the availability of a new service to search patent databases outside Japan, offered as software as a service (SaaS). The new service, call... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32937838/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:01:57 -0500 Yahoo!7 News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32937838/ (6702.TO) Tuesday said it has received a verbal warning from the Tokyo Stock Exchange regarding a change in the explanation of its former president's resignation. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32938125/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:45:07 -0500 Morning Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32938125/ TOKYO, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS) Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Tuesday he cannot rule out the possibility that nuclear weapons were introduced into Japan under secre... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32935605/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:20:52 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32935605/ March 9, 2010, TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces U.S. sales subsidiary Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. replicated on March 8 (in the U.S.) a recent demonstration of an "unintended accel... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32935953/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:20:04 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32935953/ March 9, 2010 - "New York Highway", a pure car carrier owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (hereinafter called "K" Line) and Taiyo Nippon Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., arrived at the port of Muroran in Hokkaid... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32935954/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:20:03 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32935954/ TOKYO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's broadest economic indicator, the coincident index, rose for the 10th consecutive month in January, according to data released by the Cabinet Office on Tuesday. The ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32935608/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:14:19 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32935608/ (RTTNews) - The stock market in Japan ended in negative territory on Tuesday, as traders paused to lock in profit following two days of gains. Weak cues from Wall Street where the major averages ende... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32935959/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:14:16 -0500 Quote.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32935959/ A 15-year-old Japanese schoolboy tipping the scales at 145 kilograms is set to make his professional sumo debut and is already being tipped as a future 'yokozuna'. National junior high school champio... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933727/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:17:20 -0500 News on Japan http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933727/ explains why he's given the green light to the introduction into the UK of a foreign species of insect. It's to aid the fight against Japanese knotweed, which damages buildings, roads, railways, drain... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933559/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:10:07 -0500 The Guardian http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933559/ 3/8/2010, 7:39 p.m. EST (AP) — NEW YORK - If you're confused about the outlook for the U.S. economy and stocks one year after the market hit bottom, then you've got good company-the Wall Street... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933719/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:01:10 -0500 New Jersey Online http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933719/ TOKYO — Tokyo stocks slipped Tuesday as some investors, seeking to secure quick profits, sold shares following gains the previous two trading days, while a weaker U.S. dollar against the yen al... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933717/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:59:11 -0500 Japan Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933717/ TOKYO, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Tuesday he cannot rule out the possibility that nuclear weapons were introduced into Japan under secret pacts with the United S... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933451/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:53:26 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933451/ expected+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 9 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS) A Foreign Ministry panel concluded Tuesday that secret pacts on nuclear arms and other issues were reached by Japan and the Unit... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933450/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:53:24 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933450/ TOKYO, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING LAST ITEM) The following is a chronology of major events related to secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States. Aug. 1945 - U.S. atomi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933452/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:53:12 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933452/ Japan on Monday, trying out a power-assisted robo-suit dubbed HAL or Hybrid Assistive Limb. "That's amazing!" Rasmussen gasped as he tried out the exoskeleton device, which mimics mov... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933642/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:49:02 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32933642/ March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks fell, as the Topix index’s biggest two-day climb in three months prompted some investors to take advantage of the gains to sell. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931629/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:55:11 -0500 Business Week http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931629/ innovations+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 9 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING COMMENT, INFO IN 4TH GRAF) Industry minister Masayuki Naoshima warned Tuesday that Japan would fall short of its emissions reduction t... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931370/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:29:34 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931370/ TOKYO, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDTING WITH OKADA'S COMMENT IN 3RD GRAF) A Foreign Ministry panel submitted a report Tuesday to Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on its probe into alleged J... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931373/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:29:31 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931373/ TOKYO, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A Foreign Ministry panel submitted a report Tuesday to Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on its probe into alleged Japan-U.S. secret pacts involving the introduction ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931372/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:29:29 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931372/ March 9, 2010 --- Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Prvt.) Ltd. (HMSI), Honda's wholly-owned motorcycle production and sales subsidiary in India, today announced plans to build a second motorcycle pro... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931628/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:28:38 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931628/ (RTTNews) - Japan's leading index rose for the eleventh consecutive month in January, a preliminary report from the Cabinet Office showed Tuesday. The index stood at 97.1, up from 94.7 in December. T... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931631/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:23:12 -0500 Quote.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931631/ A freighter carrying a cargo of high- level nuclear waste docked at the Mutsu Ogawa port in Aomori Prefecture, north Japan on Tuesday, local media reported.The vessel, which departed from Barrow Port ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931369/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:22:53 -0500 People's Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32931369/ March 9 (Bloomberg) -- The yen rose against the euro, snapping a two-day drop, on speculation Japanese companies are bringing home overseas earnings before the nation’s fiscal year ends this mon... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32929090/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:38:10 -0500 Business Week http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32929090/ (6758.TO) Tuesday said it aims to sell more than 25 million liquid crystal display televisions in the coming fiscal year, a 67% increase from its forecast for the current fiscal year ending in March... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32929758/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:57:50 -0500 Morning Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32929758/ Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen took a leap into the robotics future in Japan on Monday, trying out a power-assisted robo-suit dubbed HAL or Hybrid Assistive Limb. "That's amazing!" Rasmu... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32929620/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:56:22 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32929620/ TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Motors said Monday it had finalized a deal to supply electric vehicles to Peugeot Citroen, just days after announcing it had decided against a capital alliance with its French part... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32927193/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:08:26 -0500 The China Post http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32927193/ TOKYO -- Japan logged a current account surplus of US$9.9 billion in January, reversing a year-before deficit thanks to recovering exports, government data showed Monday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32927496/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:07:52 -0500 The China Post http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32927496/ ESTES PARK, Colo. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- "Rocky Mountain Blue Collar Haiku" (ISBN: 9781449918378) targets a more extensive audience than conventional books of haiku poetry. Containing literary quali... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32927615/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:46:54 -0500 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32927615/ TOKYO — The number of foreign nationals staying in Japan after their visas expired was down 18.8% from a year before to 91,778 as of Jan. 1, 2010, slipping below 100,000 for the first time in 2... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32927490/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:38:08 -0500 Japan Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32927490/ Hans Peter Roth, co-author of the book "The Cove" shows the cove where dolphin hunts were carried out in Taiji town in Wakayama prefecture, western Japan. Dolphin hunters in a Japanese fishing town ha... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32927505/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:24:39 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32927505/ (RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is trading lower on Tuesday with investors looking to cash in on recent gains following a flat close on Wall Street overnight. Lower commodity prices are also c... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32927795/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:24:30 -0500 Quote.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32927795/ Punctured by embarrassing revelations that his mother rather than an army of donors paid for much of his political career, and hurt by a funding scandal that has embroiled party election campaign chie... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32925471/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:32:08 -0500 Forbes http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32925471/ Tokyo - It may seem odd, but the locals swear it's true. People in a Japanese mountain region have reported a number of kangaroo sightings, and journalists are now trying to stalk the marsupials. T... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32926062/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:10:41 -0500 IOL http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32926062/ TOKYO — The number of foreign nationals staying in Japan after their visas expired was down 18.8% from a year before to 91,778 as of Jan. 1, 2010, slipping below 100,000 for the first time in 2... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32925785/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:58:51 -0500 Japan Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32925785/ LONDON, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ACCOMPANIED BY ONE PHOTO, ALONG WITH PHOTO CAPTION, FROM KYODO PHOTO DATABASE TREASURE, NUMBERED 2010030900044) Insects imported from Japan are to be rele... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32925867/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:53:00 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32925867/ Years of trying to get its voice heard in policy matters are now paying off for the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo). It is no secret that the nation's main trade union lobby courted th... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32926050/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:52:34 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32926050/ "Bakugan," an action adventure fantasy anime television series, was originally broadcast in Japan in 2007. It is now a global phenomenon, viewed in 110 countries. Toys, games and other offshoots are h... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32926052/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:52:33 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32926052/ The starvation death of a 4-year-old boy has raised questions about the system for detecting and preventing parental abuse. Were there no warning signs? Why was the boy not saved? Police sus... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32926056/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:52:31 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32926056/ Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano said Monday that the government planned to pick one preferred site for the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma by the end of this month. As... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32926055/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:52:30 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/32926055/