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Toyota must ensure safety for its customers worldwide: Hatoyama
Politics › 05:08 AM JST - 10th February
TOKYO — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Tuesday urged Toyota Motor Corp to ensure the safety of its vehicles for its customers…
Indicted ex-aide of Ozawa says he won't resign as lawmaker or leave DPJ
Crime › 02:42 AM JST - 10th February
TOKYO — Tomohiro Ishikawa, a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and former aide to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, said Tuesday he…
Headline News
- Gov't panel urges tightening metabolic gauge for women (4)
- Man tells police he was assaulted by Asashoryu in car (23)
- Beat Takeshi announces newest action flick (4)
- Coalition partners to make proposals on Futenma relocation Feb 17
- McDonald's Japan reports highest group net profit since listing (1)
- Panasonic to release 3-D image-capable full high-definition TV
- JOC seeking partnership deals with other Olympic committees (1)
- U.S. poised to seize Afghan town as Taliban dig in
- Which industries do you think that Japan still leads the world in, despite the hammering Japan Inc's reputation is taking over Toyota? (9)
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Gov't panel urges tightening metabolic gauge for women
National › 07:00 AM JST - 10th February
TOKYO — A health ministry study panel called Tuesday for tightening a controversial metabolic gauge for women to 80 centimeters…
Man tells police he was assaulted by Asashoryu in car
Crime › 07:00 AM JST - 10th February
TOKYO — A 38-year-old man told police during voluntary questioning on Tuesday that recently retired sumo grand champion Asashoryu had…
Beat Takeshi announces newest action flick
Entertainment › 03:00 AM JST - 10th February
TOKYO — Director Takeshi Kitano this week completed filming of his latest action movie, "Outrage." The film will star Kitano…
Coalition partners to make proposals on Futenma relocation Feb 17
Politics › 03:08 AM JST - 10th February
TOKYO — A government committee exploring possible alternatives for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in…
McDonald's Japan reports highest group net profit since listing
Business › 06:39 AM JST - 10th February
TOKYO — McDonald's Holdings Co (Japan) said Tuesday its group net profit in 2009 rose 3.4% from the previous year…
Panasonic to release 3-D image-capable full high-definition TV
Technology › 06:58 AM JST - 10th February
OSAKA — Panasonic Corp said Tuesday it will release on April 23 in Japan what it says is the world's…
JOC seeking partnership deals with other Olympic committees
Sports › 05:58 AM JST - 10th February
VANCOUVER — The Japanese Olympic Committee aims to sign partnership agreements with around 10 other national Olympic committees during the…
U.S. poised to seize Afghan town as Taliban dig in
World › 07:16 AM JST - 10th February
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan — U.S. and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to…
Singer Leah Dizon and comedian Hori pose with the new pachinko machine ART II Star Blazers, which is…
Features
Abuse of elderly people increasing in Japan
TOKYO — Abuse of elderly people has been increasing physically, psychologically, economically and in neglect of required nursing care. Some…
Aoi Nakamura shows off his rough side
TOKYO — Many actors claim that they owe their careers to the support of family, but in the case of…
The influence game: Toyota's powerful DC friends
WASHINGTON — The U.S. lawmakers now investigating Toyota's recall include a senator who was so eager to lure the Japanese…
The dumbing down of Japanese students
TOKYO — “Is it true,” asks Shukan Gendai (Feb 13) in a black banner headline, “that the Japanese have grown…
Arrested Noevir vice president fails to learn from dad
The founder of cosmetics manufacturer Noevir, known as a distinguished and vigorous individual must be frowning upon his…
Fast movers
TOKYO — When you consider that FedEx Express delivers approximately 3.4 million packages and 10 million pounds of freight to…
An iStand for your iPhone
If you find that your precious iPhone keeps slipping out of your paws just as you’re about to…
Indie publishing: Releasing your own book is getting (a tiny bit) easier
TOKYO — Most aspiring writers spend their entire lives insisting that they’ve got a decent book in them. Hugh Ashton…
Kamogawa Sea World offers sleepovers
KANAGAWA — Who knew that women would be so keen to have a slumber party with manta rays and dolphins?…
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