Provides the latest RSS feeds for Tokyo News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Tokyo News.Net http://www.thetokyonews.net/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:09:50 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:09:50 -0500 30 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242022&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:02:49 -0500 Green Left Online http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242022&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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, ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242200&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:52:19 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242200&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242363&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:41 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242363&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242362&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:39 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242362&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242361&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:38 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242361&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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, ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242364&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:35 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242364&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242366&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:30 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242366&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242367&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:28 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242367&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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, ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242355&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:19 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242355&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242356&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:17 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242356&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242357&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:16 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242357&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242358&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:13 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242358&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242359&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:12 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203242359&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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.' ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203240288&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:41:12 -0500 The Guardian http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203240288&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235834&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:38:41 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235834&cat=e6040a2efc655265 LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The IOC awarded Japanese broadcast rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics to a national consortium Friday in a $472 million ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235488&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:38:35 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235488&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235833&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:38:32 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235833&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235677&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:38:29 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235677&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235838&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:38:22 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235838&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235837&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:38:18 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235837&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235836&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:38:16 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235836&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235835&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:38:12 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235835&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235841&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:38:04 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235841&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Untouchable: Federal prosecutors gave up their investigation of doping by seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong on Friday after two years. ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235192&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:38:01 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235192&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 / ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235842&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:57 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235842&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235843&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:52 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235843&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235489&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:47 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235489&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235844&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:44 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235844&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235182&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:38 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235182&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235845&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:35 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235845&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235846&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:31 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235846&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235847&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:24 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235847&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235771&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:16 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235771&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235849&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:10 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235849&cat=e6040a2efc655265 VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Hino Motors Ltd. is testing trucks that can withstand extreme cold in a bid to expand sales in the Russian market, company officials said ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235155&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:02 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235155&cat=e6040a2efc655265 HONG KONG: Japan will look to take a giant stride toward a fifth consecutive appearance at the Olympic Games on Sunday as Takashi Sekizuka's side travel to Amman to face fellow Group C ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235523&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:25:13 -0500 Arab News http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235523&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Leaks of radioactive water have become more frequent at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant, less than two months after it was declared stable. It underlines the continuing challenges facing Tokyo ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235066&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:35:00 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203235066&cat=e6040a2efc655265 In my opinion the reason why the not-so-prestigious private universities in Japan are said to be having a hard time attracting Japanese students is that many of the lecturers have poor academic ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234082&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:20:12 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234082&cat=e6040a2efc655265 None. Only perfection would confer that level of worthiness. Given the limitless human potential for failure, error, frustration and — sometimes even among fundamentally good people — ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234084&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:20:10 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234084&cat=e6040a2efc655265 The expression of the poet Ryuichi Tamura, as he looks out at the reader from the cover of this book, reminded me just a little of photographs of the Irish poet W.B. Yeats, though without the ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234087&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:20:04 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234087&cat=e6040a2efc655265 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, ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234086&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:20:01 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234086&cat=e6040a2efc655265 I had just arrived with a friend named Henry on the island of Yakushima, which lies in the East China Sea about 190 km south of Kagoshima in Kyushu. It is famed for its wild virgin forests, ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234085&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:19:58 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234085&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Alas, this very important subject gets short shrift in this misleadingly titled, hastily cobbled together assessment of the causes and consequences of the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234088&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:19:51 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234088&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Those responsible for the nurse certification exam are, and always will remain, an arrogant lot. They hold these exams just to let people fail and, in their mind, once again prove the superiority of ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234090&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:19:47 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234090&cat=e6040a2efc655265 The chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau was found to have given lectures on the coming mayoral election in Ginowan on Okinawa Island, the site of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, to bureau ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234089&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:19:44 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234089&cat=e6040a2efc655265 The intended purpose of the health ministry's nursing exam is not to certify foreign applicants but to send them back to their home country after they have been exploited for three to four ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234091&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:19:40 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234091&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Research by Matt Welch of Reason magazine shows that no speech varies less from president to president than the State of the Union address. Talking down to the American people at the eighth-grade ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234092&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:19:33 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234092&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Last week in Counterpoint I wrote about the three deep gaps crisscrossing this country, turning it into a kakusa shakai (society of disparities). These rifts, amply recognized today among the ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203233696&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:19:30 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203233696&cat=e6040a2efc655265 School breaks: Students head into exams at the University of Tokyo campus. The university recently announced that it will change the start of the academic year from spring to fall in order to align ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234094&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:19:26 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203234094&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Abu Dhabi, 4 Feb. 2012 (WAM) - The Department of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi will organize tomorrow Monday in the Japanese capital, the Abu Dhabi Investment Forum-Tokyo, with participation of ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203233367&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:48:10 -0500 WAM http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203233367&cat=e6040a2efc655265 An exhibition "The spirit of Budo - the history of Japan`s martial art" opened in the National Art Museum in Baku. The event was organized by Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203231759&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:25:28 -0500 News.Az http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203231759&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Laser mine detection systems for helicopters have been ordered from Northrop Grumman for Japan's maritime military. Northrop said order for four Airborne Laser Mine Detection Systems is the ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203228702&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:34:13 -0500 UPI http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203228702&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Deep winter snows and severe weather have killed at least 50 people in Japan in recent weeks, officials say. Three men died Wednesday when an avalanche engulfed three tents set up for bathers at a ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203228704&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:25:14 -0500 UPI http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203228704&cat=e6040a2efc655265 The Yomiuri Shimbun/Asia News Network Saturday, Feb 04, 2012 The Tokyo metropolitan government conducted its first large-scale drill for stranded commuters Friday, which involved about 10,000 ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203230115&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:21:31 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203230115&cat=e6040a2efc655265 flu virus accounted for about 90 per cent of these cases. As this virus has not seriously hit the country for the past four seasons, most new infections have been among children who have not built ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203222859&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:10:11 -0500 Asia News Network http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203222859&cat=e6040a2efc655265 The Japanese clearly value tradition, yet for one reason or another - fire, natural disaster, the second world war, an enthusiasm for progress - there aren't many towns left that truly ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223685&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:57 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223685&cat=e6040a2efc655265 KITAKYUSHU, Japan — Two years ago, the authorities in this gritty rust belt region declared war on the yakuza, Japan’s entrenched organized crime syndicates. And that is exactly what ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223688&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:50 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223688&cat=e6040a2efc655265 An Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin is seen in Kagoshima Bay last September, with Mount Sakurajima, an active volcano, in the background. Credit: Kagoshima City ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223686&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:45 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223686&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Photo: AFP Japan's Panasonic Corp warned of a record annual $US10.2 billion net loss, joining beleaguered rivals Sony and Sharp in a sea of red ink as they struggle to fix their broken TV ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223690&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:44 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223690&cat=e6040a2efc655265 The Yomiuri Shimbun At least 1.3 million people in the Tokyo metropolitan area will likely have no place to take temporary refuge if the area is directly hit by a strong earthquake, ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223689&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:38 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223689&cat=e6040a2efc655265 In 1991, former MIT dean Lester Thurow wrote that "If one looks at the last 20 years, Japan would have to be considered the betting favorite to win the economy honors of owning the 21st ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223693&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:30 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223693&cat=e6040a2efc655265 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Detroit automakers are urging President Barack Obama to reject Japan's bid to join talks on a regional free trade agreement, the head of an automotive group ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223695&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:27 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223695&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Tokyo – Following the report of Japan's first annual trade deficit in more than 30 years, the country's major manufacturers have been delivering earnings results soaked in red ink. ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223694&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:24 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223694&cat=e6040a2efc655265 The mobile phone service provider will use the stations — rendered obsolete by the nationwide switch to digital broadcasting last July — mostly as cell towers in mountainous areas ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223699&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:19 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223699&cat=e6040a2efc655265 The massive radioactive fallout from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has sparked fear in seafood lovers and commercial fishermen both at home and abroad, and some worry the contamination could ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223698&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:17 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223698&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Police wiretapped mobile phones in 10 investigations last year and the eavesdropping led to the arrest of 22 people, a Justice Ministry report to the Diet showed ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223697&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:14 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223697&cat=e6040a2efc655265 A U.S. F/A-18 fighter jet flew over an elementary school in Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, at a dangerous and illegally low altitude in December, the Japanese Communist Party's local chapter ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223696&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:12 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223696&cat=e6040a2efc655265 SENDAI -- It may not sound like the most romantic of ingredients, but a company here is using boiled fish paste to create heart-shaped "kamaboko" for Valentine's Day on Feb. ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223678&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:50:48 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223678&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Japan's vaunted manufacturers are racking up billions of yen in losses, partly stemming from the yen's appreciation, with some firms closing plants and slashing ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223679&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:50:46 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223679&cat=e6040a2efc655265 The lawless behavior of gangsters has gone beyond simple threats or the flexing of muscles. Yakuza activities have reached an outrageous level and cannot be ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223680&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:50:41 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223680&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Unusually heavy snow is blanketing coastal regions of northern Japan. The haiku section of The Asahi Shimbun recently ran this poem: "A prison of snow/ Sawauchimura village is under ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223681&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:50:40 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223681&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Toyota have entered the FIA world endurance championship after Peugeot abruptly pulled out of the new sportscar series last month, the Japanese manufacturer team said on Feb. ... http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223682&cat=e6040a2efc655265 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:50:39 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.thetokyonews.net/?rid=203223682&cat=e6040a2efc655265