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Breaking News From Japan :Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:21:43 -0500 Technology that allows bosses to spy on employeesA Japanese phone company has come up with a new technology that can track most minimal movement of mobile phone users and beams the information back to HQ. Japan Revises Down Q4 Growth Figures (MENAFN) The Japanese government said that it has revised fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth down, due to slightly weaker corporate capital expenditures and private inventories, Xinhua... Lloyd's Chairman Visits Japan, So. Korea; Urges Closer Ties Article Reprints Lloyd's Chairman, Lord Levene, visited Japan and South Korea last week where he opened the new Lloyd's Japan office and hosted an event with Korean Re, titled - Japan Tuna Brokers Rally Against Bluefin Trade Ban TOKYO — Tuna brokers at Japan's largest fish market protested a proposed international trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna Thursday, saying it would unfairly hit Japan and its massive tuna market. Toyota Subsidiary Daihatsu Recalls Around 275,000 Cars In Japan TOKYO - Daihatsu Motor, a subsidiary of Toyota, said Thursday it will recall around 275,000 vehicles in Japan due to faulty brake lamps and loose bolts in the suspension system. The move comes as Dai... Japan's Spouse Hunters Hone Skills At Marriage School TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims turn them into marriage material. Asashoryu Denies Alleged Drunken Rampage, Undecided On Future Former Mongolian-born grand champion Asashoryu on Thursday refuted reports of an alleged drunken rampage that preceded his retirement from sumo. "I didn't commit any violent act," Asashoryu said at a... Eruption Of Okinawa Anger Could Threaten Japan-u.s. Ties: Okinawa Group+ Okinawa group+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 11 (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING) A group of Okinawa prefectural assembly members urged Cabinet ministers Thursday to move the U.S. Marines' Futemma Air Station ... Sony Unveils New Motion Contoller To Slow Nintendo The Japanese maker of the PlayStation 3 unveiled Thursday its highly anticipated motion controlling system, as it takes aim at Nintendo's dominance in the gaming sector. With the "PlayStation Move," S... Sony Unveils New Motion Contoller To Slow Nintendo Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us.The Japanese maker of the PlayStation 3 unveiled Thursday its highly anticipated motion controlling system, as it takes aim at Nintendo's d... Closing Price List -9-+ TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—TSE Prices UP/DN Tokyo Steel 1030 0 Tokyo Style Co 630 DN 12 Tokyu Const Co 248 UP 5 Tokyu Corp 386 UP 4 Tokyu Land Corp 344 UP 7 Tone... Weaker Yen, Optimism About Monetary Easing Lifts Japanese Market (RTTNews) - The stock market in Japan ended in positive territory on Thursday, lifted by weaker yen and optimism that the Bank of Japan, in its meeting next week, will announce additional measures to... Japanese Automakers To Install Brake Override Systems Seven Japanese automakers are likely to install braking systems that will allow drivers to stop their cars even if the accelerator is pressed down, company officials said Thursday.The companies -- Toy... 'the Cove' Puts Japanese Fishermen On The Defense OTSUCHI, Japan — As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran at me, yelling "No!" and pushing me out of the building. Another smeared his rubber fish gutting glove across my len... Japan, Korea May Face U.s. Wheat Supply Disruption March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japan, the biggest buyer of U.S. wheat, may stockpile the grain or seek alternative supplies before the U.S. closes its largest export gateway later this year for a three-month... Japanese Researchers Create Intestine From Stem Cells In an apparent world first, Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing intestine from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which can develop into various types of cells in the body. Nara Medic... Tokyo Ward Mayor To Take Paternity Leave In Japan First Bunkyo Ward Mayor Hironobu Narisawa announces his parental leave during a press conference on Thursday. (Mainichi) A Tokyo ward mayor plans to take two weeks' paternal leave following the birth of his... Key 10-year Jgb Yield Rises On Gains In Tokyo Stocks+ TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond closed higher Thursday on selling following gains in Tokyo stocks. The yield on the No. 306, 1.4 per... Panasonic's Groundbreaking Full Hd 3d Home Entertainment System Now Exclusively Available At Best Buy's Magnolia Stores - Best Buy's Union Square, NYC Store Sells World's First Panasonic Full HD 3D System - - DIRECTV Gives First Panasonic Full HD 3D System Customer One Year of Free Service - SECAUCUS,... Government, Boj Must Have Same Policy Direction</font> -(Dow Jones)- Japan's finance minister said Thursday the government and the Bank of Japan must share the same policy direction to beat deflation, putting fresh pressure on the central bank to do mor... Japan’s Nikkei 225 Rises To Two-month High On Iron-ore Demand March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks rose, sending the Nikkei 225 Stock Average to its highest close since Jan. 21, on speculation increased demand will boost earnings at iron-ore producers and tha... Asian Stocks Fluctuate On Mixed View For China, Japan Economies March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fluctuated as commodity-related companies fell on concern China will pare back measures that boosted growth, while Japanese shares gained on speculation the countr... 65 Years After The War, Japan Needs Convincing Of The Need For Us Bases END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> On a humid March evening in Okinawa young American men with crewcuts and thick necks sp... Japanese Gaming To Profit From Child Subsidies END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Japan's gambling industry is expected to be an unlikely beneficiary of a national chi... Sushi Chef Charged With Serving Illegal Whale 2 hours ago LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat.Typhoo... Mdn To Launch Subscriptions On Sony Reader The Mainichi Newspapers Co. has decided to begin offering subscriptions to The Mainichi Daily News (MDN) on the Sony Reader, an electronic reading device sold by U.S.-based Sony Electronics Inc. The ... Nikkei Hits 7-week Closing High TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei average hit a seven-week closing high on Thursday, with exporters such as Sony Corp climbing after U.S. wholesale inventories fell unexpectedly in January and in wake of the y... Victims Of 1995 Aum Tokyo Subway Sarin Gas Attack Near 6,300 TOKYO — The number of victims of the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway by the Aum Shinrikyo cult is almost 6,300 in a nationwide police survey—far more than the earlier estimate o... Mitsubishi Motors Promotes The I-miev Electric Vehicle In Switzerland TOKYO, March 11, 2010 - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MM Automobile Schweiz AG and Switzerland's largest electricity provider Al... Mol Announces Changes To Asia-east Coast South America Service March 11, 2010, TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced revised coverage on its Asia-East Coast South America Service (CSW). The revised coverage w... Geckosystems' Elder Care Robot Trials Result In More Japanese Interest http://www.geckosystems.com/ ) -- announced today that their Japanese representative, Hajime Yasumatsu, has reported recently regarding his initiatives for GeckoSystems with another Japanese firm, in ... Leadframe Maker Sdi Signs Cooperation Agreement With Mitsubishi Shindoh Leadframe maker Shuen Der Industry (SDI) has signed a technology cooperation agreement with Japan-based Mitsubishi Shindoh on March 10 for the production of copper strips for leadframes. Under the agr... Mitsubishi Electric Develops New Optical Transmission Devices For Next Generation 100 Gb Ethernet Applications Tokyo, March 11, 2010 - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has developed transmission devices featuring the world's top-level characteristics for super high-speed, 1... Teijin Pharma Strengthens Presence In Spain's Home Healthcare Field - Furthers Business Expansion in European Market - TOKYO, JAPAN (March 11, 2010) --- Teijin Pharma Limited, the core company of the Teijin Group's pharmaceuticals and home healthcare business... Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America Announces Fda Acceptance Of Lurasidone New Drug Application For Treatment Of Schizophrenia - The NDA Included More Than 40 Clinical Studies in Schizophrenia, Involving 2,500 Patients Treated with Lurasidone - Fort Lee, N.J., March 10 - Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. (DSPA)... Japanese Baby-bot With Runny Nose Teaches Parenting Skills It giggles and wiggles its feet when you shake its rattle, but will get cranky and cry from too much tickling: Meet Yotaro, a Japanese robot programmed to be as fickle as a real baby. The cuddly baby... Japan Machinery Orders Fell 3.7 Precent In January TOKYO -- Japanese machinery orders, a closely watched indicator of future business investment, fell in January as companies reined in spending after a big jump the previous month. Core machinery order... Japan Revises Down Q4 Economic Growth To 3.8 Per Cent From 4.6 Per Cent TOKYO - Japan's economy grew sharply less in the fourth quarter than initial estimates, the government said Thursday. The world's second biggest economy's gross domestic product expanded at an annual... Asian Markets Open Flat; Nikkei Up 1% The Asian markets have opened on a flat note today morning. The Hang Seng is down 33 points at 21,175. The Nikkei has advanced 94 points or 1% to 10,658. The Shanghai Composite is flat at 3,048. ... Tokyo Stocks Rebound On Hopes For Japan, Global Economy, Weaker Yen+ yen+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 11 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS AND PRICES) Tokyo stocks rebounded Thursday morning on growing optimism about the economic recovery in Japan and elsewhere in the wor... Tokyo Stocks Rebound On Hopes For Japan, Global Economy, Weaker Yen+ TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: TO BE LED) Tokyo stocks rebounded Thursday morning on growing optimism about the economic recovery in Japan and elsewhere in the world, while exporters o... Revised Gdp Shows Economic Conditions Still Severe</font> (Nikkei/Dow Jones)--The Japanese government's top spokesman said Thursday that a downward revision in the country's fourth-quarter growth rate shows that domestic economic conditions remain severe. Upturn Casts Doubt On Japan Banks' Union When Shinsei and Aozora announced plans to merge last July, just about the only people who approved the plan were the Japanese banks themselves, their major shareholders and the government.Now, after ... Japanese Stocks Rise On Weaker Yen, Wall Street Gains Tokyo - Stocks in Tokyo climbed in Thursday morning trading following modest gains on Wall Street as Japan's export-oriented issues were bolstered by a weaker yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Avera... Japan Steals March On Fair Value Rules Japan steals march on fair value rules Japanese companies begin using IASB's fair value rules, joining Australia and New Zealand in adopting IFRS 9 Japan Shares Rise As Trading Firms Strengthen TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares traded broadly higher Thursday morning in Tokyo with trading firms among the bigger advancers following strength in oil prices in New York. The Nikkei 225 was up... Mitsubishi Electric Develops New Optical Transmission Devices For Next Generation 100 Gb Ethernet Applications Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it has developed transmission devices featuring the world's top-level characteristics for super high-speed, 100 Gb Ethernet applicatio... Dollar Trades At Mid-90 Yen Level In Early Tokyo Deals+ TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The U.S. dollar fluctuated in the mid-90 yen level early Thursday in Tokyo, inheriting its strength on overnight trading in New York. At 9 a.m., the dollar cha... The Great Ginkgo Tree At Kamakura's Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine After The Storm KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--The great ginkgo tree that stood for 1,000 years at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in this ancient capital is no more. It was uprooted in the storm that raged Tue... Runaway Prius New Problem For Toyota LOS ANGELES--Toyota Motor Corp.'s procedures for its huge recalls could come under scrutiny after a Prius hybrid deemed low in priority for repairs sped out of control on a highway outside San Diego o... Nuclear Weapons Ban Unchanged Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada made clear Wednesday that the government will not alter its policy of barring nuclear weapons from Japanese waters and territory. The policy comes a day after Okada... Sony, Seeking Comeback, To Sell 3-d Tvs, Game Software In June Sony Corp. in June will start selling three-dimensional flat-panel TVs along with other products that officials say will provide a complete 3-D package for movie viewers, computer users and gamers. ... Asahi Content Soon To Be Offered On Sony Reader The Asahi Shimbun will soon start providing English-language news articles for viewing on Reader, Sony's digital ebook devices, sold by Sony Electronics Inc. in the United States. The Asahi Shimb... Toyota To Hire 10% Fewer Grads Toyota Motor Corp., reeling from massive vehicle recalls, will scale back its hirings next fiscal year by 10 percent as part of efforts to streamline its work force. According to a recruitment pl... Jal Vows To Return To Black By Fall Japan Airlines Corp.'s new chairman promised to return the struggling airline to profitability in autumn while it still has government funds. Kazuo Inamori acknowledged that JAL's performance has... 61 Airports Fall Short On Passengers Sixty-one airports across the nation failed to meet projected demand in fiscal 2008, underlining a widely held belief that many were built on the basis of overly optimistic projections. Actual an... Report On Secret Pacts In a democracy, no government has the right to maintain a decades-long deception on diplomatic and national security policies that form the backbone of a nation. But this is precisely what happened in... A Measure Of Life's Journey Behind All The Tears Asahi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for elementary schoolchildren, ran the following short poem by first-grader Kenta Akimoto 14 years ago: "I cried/ At the entrance ceremony/ Of kindergarten/ Mothe... Wind Power Generation Faces Public Opposition Wind power generation, which uses a new energy source and is regarded as indispensable to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, is facing head winds across the nation. There is growing concern among r... Japan Final Q4 Gdp Weaker Than Expected (RTTNews) - Japan's gross domestic product was up 0.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to the previous three months, the Cabinet Office said on Thursday.That was weaker than expectation... Japanese Stocks Rise On Economic View Report, Yen; Jfe Drops March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks rose after the Nikkei newspaper reported the government may lift its view on the nation’s economy and the yen depreciated. Japan’s Note Yields May Fall To Six-year Low, Chuo Mitsui Says March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s five-year notes may rise, pushing yields to the lowest level since August 2003, as the central bank looks to maintain its monetary-easing policy, according to Chu... 65 Years After The War, Japan Needs Convincing Of The Need For Us Bases END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> On a humid March evening in Okinawa young American men with crewcuts and thick necks sp... Japan Gdp, China Data On Tap For Thursday (RTTNews) - Japan is scheduled to release final gross domestic product numbers for the fourth quarter of 2009 on Thursday, headlining a busy day for Asian economic news.GDP is expected to climb 1.0 p... Sony PlayStation Network to Add HD Movies from Major Film Studios Sony has announced that six major motion picture studios, including its own, have signed on to digitally distribute HD movies to Sony's PlayStation Network for its PS3 console. Strong winds, snow wreak havoc; 140 hurt The Yomiuri Shimbun Strong winds and snow battered the Pacific side of the nation Tuesday and Wednesday, wreaking havoc with road, rail and air routes and leaving thousands of homes without pow... 'Dr. Yellow' train keeps line safe, elates spotters NAGOYA — A seven-car shinkansen line inspection train runs about once every 10 days between Tokyo and Hakata in Fukuoka Prefecture, and rail buffs who spot it claim it brings good luck. People have enough to fret about So many people were killed and injured during World War II; so many families, houses, schools and hospitals were destroyed. Those who survived the war were so shocked at the damage and destruction tha... More respect for foreign workers Foreigners rally over job security ": I thought writer Kazuaki Nagata did a great job covering this important event. However, I would urge The Japan Times' editorial staff to use the term "foreign wor... Free Tilly and other circus animals The death of the trainer is a tragedy, and one can only have sympathy for her family. But the incident raises broader questions: Was the attack deliberate? Did the whale, an orca named Tilikum and nic... A prudent move for safety's sake That said, Welsch has a point: There is one group of Americans who are appalled by the continued situation at Futenma — military personnel familiar with Futenma. They are appalled that peace act... The U.S. media badly needs a wakeup call Different societies allow their news media different roles. In most countries the media is subordinated to power, whether of the government or the ruling class. Surprisingly or not, the American model... Living as if animal welfare matters For humanity's sake, let's tie whaling in with animal welfare as a whole, " was excellent! I have had many years' experience working with farm livestock. For 10 years in my youth I reared calves on a ... Secret agreements to get along A Foreign Ministry panel of experts on Tuesday concluded that secret agreements existed between the United States and Japan concerning the "bringing in" of U.S. nuclear weapons to Japan, military oper... Revamps, re-openings, relocations and the return of Fashion Week Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo — from March 22-26 — is gearing up for its 10th round of showcasing some of the country's best and freshest fashion geniuses. While it is technically an industr... Just another case of stubbornness The debate here isn't about animal welfare, indigenous peoples' killing the occasional bison, boar or seal for subsistence, or shipping sheep off to Yemen. The issue is more complex and has many layer... Crown Prince attends Ghana Noguchi event ACCRA (Kyodo) Crown Prince Naruhito attended a memorial symposium in the Ghanaian capital Tuesday held to present an award named after Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi and expressed hope for fur... Conservation fund targets businesses with wildlife logos, trademarks In efforts to save endangered species, a new fund is being planned to draw support from businesses using animals and plants for their corporate logos and trademarks, organizers said Wednesday. Kansai wants help trimming debt OSAKA (Kyodo) Kansai International Airport Co. plans to ask the government to help it trim at least ¥800 billion of its interest-bearing debts totaling more than ¥1 trillion, the president o... Toyota out of top 10 firms for grads Toyota Motor Corp. has fallen to 13th place from seventh in terms of popularity among science and engineering students, dropping out of the top 10 most popular companies for the first time in 14 years... Slave labor redress snub upheld KANAZAWA, Ishikawa Pref. (Kyodo) An appeals court Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that rejected demands by wartime forced laborers from China that the central government and a Japanese marine tr... Kitano awarded French arts honor Out-of-body experience: Film director and artist Takeshi Kitano poses by one of his artworks at a Tuesday exhibition in Paris along with French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand. AP PHOTO Allowance may cover children in institutions The ruling tripartite bloc agreed Wednesday to expand the government's planned monthly child rearing allowances to kids at child care institutions and add a clause to that extent in a related bill cur... Tahara opinion on abductees chided Soichiro Tahara, a well-known journalist, said on a TV Asahi program last April 25 that abductees Megumi Yokota and Keiko Arimoto are no longer alive and added the Foreign Ministry is aware of this, p... Eight Sado center crested ibises killed; weasel suspected Eight crested ibises were killed and two critically injured at the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, attacked in their cage apparently by outside predators, t... JASA chief Mori plans to retire Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori said Wednesday he will step down as head of the Japan Sports Association when his current term expires at the end of March next year. O'Driscoll to get 100th Ireland cap DUBLIN (AP) Captain Brian O'Driscoll will earn his 100th cap for Ireland when he leads the team out against Wales at Croke Park on Saturday in Six Nations rugby. Oh Museum to open in Fukuoka The Sadaharu Oh Baseball Museum will open on July 3 in the outfield concourse at Fukuoka Yahoo Dome where Oh spent 15 years as manager of the Softbank Hawks. "I hope it's a museum where people, espe... Hibakusha denounce secret pacts HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) Hiroshima and Nagasaki reacted fiercely Tuesday to a government-appointed panel's confirmation of secret Japan-U.S. pacts, including one apparently granting tacit approval of nuclear... Weir to take break, skip worlds "While I understand the importance of competition, I feel that a short break at this time would be personally beneficial to me," said Weir, who was sixth at the Vancouver Olympics. "I can assure every... Bucks stand ground to drive back Celtics MILWAUKEE (AP) A serious mismatch on paper, it looked even more ridiculous in real life: Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings, all of 185 cm and 77 kg, standing up to Boston Celtics forward Gl... Schwab, White Beach both bad options Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima conveyed his opposition Wednesday to a proposed Nago onshore relocation plan for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in his prefecture during a meeting with Chief Cabin... |
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