Saturday 28th January, 2012
Moderate quake hits Japan
An undersea quake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale Saturday struck near the eastern coast of Honshu island in Japan, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor occurred at 0022 GMT at a depth of ...
UN official surveys typhoon damage in the Philippines
The head of the United Nations office dedicated to disaster risk reduction wrapped up her visit to the Philippines today by comparing the damage caused by Typhoon Sendong to that of major tsunamis ...
Japan, Russia to boost economic, security ties
TOKYO -; The foreign ministers of Japan and Russia have agreed to strengthen economic and security cooperation but made no progress on resolving a long-standing territorial dispute over islands off ...
Japan scouts investment opportunities in Bengal
New KeralaKolkata, Jan 27 : A business delegation from Japan visited Kolkata on Friday where they held talks with the state authorities, expressing interest in investment possibilities in sectors such as ...
Russia and Japan will exchange opinion on prospects for concluding a peace treaty
Itar TassTOKYO, January 28 (Itar-Tass) - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gamba favoured on Saturday the development of relations with Russia in all spheres as a partner in the Asia-Pacific ...
Lavrov calls on Tokyo to give up preliminary conditions in relations with Moscow
Itar TassTOKYO, January 28 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes that progress in settling problems of a Peace Treaty between Russia and Japan is possible only under conditions of ...
Japan's electronics industry forced to eliminate tens of thousands of jobs
Asia News NetworkNEC Corp's announcement on Thursday that it would cut 10,000 jobs globally followed a decision by electronic parts maker TDK Corp in October to slash 11,000 jobs, with both being examples of ...
Japan, land of the rising trade deficit
Asia News NetworkFor years, Japan prided itself as an exporting nation par excellence, importing raw materials from around the globe and turning them into finished goods prized the world ...
Tokyo stocks close flat
General SourcesAFP Friday, Jan 27, 2012 TOKYO - Tokyo stocks closed flat on Friday as investors cautiously looked to a European Union leaders meeting next week. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock ...
Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes Japan
CBS News(AP) TOKYO - A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Yamanashi prefecture in central Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or ...
Japan's 'Nuclear Alley' conflicted over reactors
News and SentinelOHI, Japan (AP) -- International inspectors are visiting a rugged Japanese bay region so thick with reactors it is dubbed "Nuclear Alley," where residents remain deeply conflicted as Japan ...
Edano not banking on nuclear energy this summer
The Asahi ShimbunEconomy minister Yukio Edano said he does not expect any nuclear power plant to be operating this summer, but thermal power and conservation efforts should be enough for the nation to get ...
Road map released for Fukushima decontamination
The Asahi ShimbunThe Environment Ministry released a road map on Jan. 26 for decontaminating areas around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, hoping to provide encouragement for residents forced to flee the ...
NEC to cut 10,000 jobs, expects net loss of 100 billion yen
The Asahi ShimbunElectronics giant NEC Corp. said Jan. 26 it will slash 10,000 jobs in Japan and abroad and forecast a net loss of 100 billion yen (about $1.3 billion) for the business year ending in ...
Red-faced NTT DoCoMo takes action to keep lines up
The Asahi ShimbunNTT DoCoMo Inc. will invest more than 100 billion yen ($1.29 billion) to expand communications facilities to prevent a recurrence of a recent spate of embarrassing outages to its cellphone networks, ...
VOX POPULI: Contemplating existence of life on Red Planet
The Asahi ShimbunOf all the other planets in the universe, Mars is the most familiar to us earthlings. Our image of Martians as octopus-like creatures invading our planet was established by "The War of the ...
SPORTS & LIFE: Mothers successfully juggle child care, sports
The Asahi ShimbunThis is Part 3 of a five-part series on the role of sports in the lives of Japanese people. It is based on a recent survey conducted by The Asahi ...
Japan becomes land of the rising yen
The Globe And MailMount Fuji looms over the Tokyo skyline. This week, Japan reported its first annual trade deficit since 1980, caused by the impact of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and energy crisis and a decline ...
Prisoner escapes Japan jail in underwear
Daily NationGuolin "fell on his rear and turned over. Then he ran off at a steady trot". At the time the temperature was around 4 degrees C (39 degrees F). Prison breakouts are extremely rare in ...
Nuclear-free Japan not to lack power
Turkish Daily NewsKansai Power's nuclear power plant reactor No. 2 is seen in Ohi, Japan. Japan will be able to avoid power cuts this summer even if the nation's last few nuclear reactors cease ...
Strong quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning
One NewsQuake jolts southern New Zealand A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted eastern Japan this morning, public broadcaster NHK said. The quake, at 7:43 am (2243 GMT on Friday), ...
Cabinet OKs child allowance bill; fight looms to gain passage by March
News on JapanThe Cabinet approved a bill Friday to create a new child allowance system starting April 1, replacing the present framework that expires at the end of ...
Glitches to cost DoCoMo execs
News on JapanNTT DoCoMo Inc. President Ryuji Yamada and five other executives will face a pay cut over a series of communications service disruptions since last year, the company said Friday, while announcing a ...
Huge Yamanashi solar farm online
News on JapanLandlocked Yamanashi receives plenty of sunshine and is trying to attract solar power plant projects. In addition to the one in Kofu, other projects are proceeding in the cities of Kai and ...
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