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Tuna brokers, gov't oppose global bluefin trade ban
National › 11:48 AM JST - 11th March
TOKYO — Tuna brokers at Japan's largest fish market protested a proposed international trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna Thursday, saying it…
7 major Japanese carmakers to install brake override systems
Business › 11:37 AM JST - 11th March
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp and six other major Japanese carmakers are expected to fit new vehicles with brake override systems that…
Headline News
- Ibaraki Airport opens with only 1 regular daily flight to Seoul (20)
- Victims of 1995 Aum Tokyo subway sarin gas attack near 6,300 (2)
- Comedian Masako Ohara goes nude for book on love (24)
- Bunkyo Ward mayor to take paternity leave to encourage other men to do likewise (17)
- Tokyo stocks rebound
- Noguchi installs robotic arm on space station (1)
- Ishikawa hopes to show improvement in 3 U.S. PGA events (1)
- World's top scientists to review climate panel (12)
- How would you evaluate Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's first six months in office? (25)
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Ibaraki Airport opens with only 1 regular daily flight to Seoul
National › 01:37 PM JST - 11th March
TOKYO — Ibaraki Airport opened Thursday as the third airport in the Tokyo metropolitan area, with a daily flight to…
Victims of 1995 Aum Tokyo subway sarin gas attack near 6,300
Crime › 02:48 PM JST - 11th March
TOKYO — The number of victims of the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway by the Aum Shinrikyo…
Comedian Masako Ohara goes nude for book on love
Entertainment › 04:27 AM JST - 11th March
TOKYO — Comedian Masako Ohara, 34, has made her first foray into the world of nude photography by appearing naked…
Bunkyo Ward mayor to take paternity leave to encourage other men to do likewise
Politics › 10:08 AM JST - 11th March
WASHINGTON — The mayor of Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, Hironobu Narisawa, plans to take about a two-week paternity leave in April…
Tokyo stocks rebound
Business › 03:28 PM JST - 11th March
TOKYO — Tokyo stocks rebounded Thursday, sending the Nikkei index to a seven-week closing high, with investors encouraged by continued…
Noguchi installs robotic arm on space station
Technology › 03:24 AM JST - 11th March
TSUKUBA — Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi on Wednesday installed a robotic arm outside the country's Kibo laboratory module on the…
Ishikawa hopes to show improvement in 3 U.S. PGA events
Sports › 03:28 PM JST - 11th March
NARITA — Ryo Ishikawa said Thursday he is well prepared to play in three U.S. PGA tournaments, including the Masters…
World's top scientists to review climate panel
World › 06:00 AM JST - 11th March
UNITED NATIONS — At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday…
American actor Leonardo DiCaprio appears at a media event at Tokyo Midtown on Thursday to promote his latest…
Features
Apartment hunters rely on Internet before visiting real estate firms
TOKYO — Many apartment hunters are checking the Internet before going to real estate companies, which in turn are offering…
In the name of the Law
TOKYO — Sherlock Holmes and his faithful sidekick Dr Watson as action heroes? Why not, says Jude Law, who plays…
Whistling in the dark or daring to dream?
TOKYO — “Often I think this sad old world is whistling in the dark…” These are the opening words of…
Growing number of men have no close friends
“What if I die and nobody comes to my funeral? What if my wife dies and I’m left…
March is worst month for suicides of salaried workers
March is known as the month of the year with the highest suicide rate. For 12 consecutive years,…
Online marketplace takes off
TOKYO — When he was in Boston a couple of years ago, Takehiro Kakiyama went to a Kmart and marveled…
Canned coffee with zero sugar, fat, calories
Japan Tobacco is selling a new canned coffee, “Triple Roots,” which has no sugars, fat and calories. According…
Tao Te Ching: An All-New Translation
With its 81 memorable passages, the "Tao Te Ching" is one of humanity's spiritual touchstones. This all-new translation…
Airport body scanners spreading across U.S.
BOSTON — The Transportation Security Administration on Monday announced nine more U.S. airports that will receive body-scanning technology, as the…
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