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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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,...

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. ...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) Newcastle hit back Saturday to denounce former manager Kevin Keegan's claim that interference by the club had provoked his...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...