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Human torso found at mountain where head of missing woman found
Crime › 01:05 PM JST - 8th November
MATSUE — A human torso was found Sunday at a mountain in Hiroshima Prefecture near the site where the head of a…
16-year-old boy struck by arrow dies
National › 11:55 AM JST - 8th November
TOKYO — A 16-year-old boy who fell unconscious earlier this month after being struck between the eyebrows with an arrow, shot by…
Headline News
- Vaccines for seasonal flu in short supply in Japan (2)
- Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction (48)
- Yu Yamada shows off new hairstyle (10)
- Okada says there will be no base deal during Obama's visit (2)
- Imported vehicle sales dive 22.7% in Oct
- Indian engineers becoming backbone of Japan's IT industry (6)
- Giants down Fighters in Game 6 to win Japan Series (10)
- NATO strike blamed for killing Afghan forces
- If you saw someone you thought was murder suspect Tatsuya Ichihashi on the street, in a restaurant or on a train, for example, realistically speaking, what would you do? (28)
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Vaccines for seasonal flu in short supply in Japan
National › 05:26 AM JST - 8th November
TOKYO — Vaccines for seasonal flu are in short supply in Japan as production is down on last year and…
Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction
Crime › 06:05 AM JST - 8th November
TOKYO — A Czech man has taken his 5-year-old son apparently to a place overseas from his home in Gifu…
Yu Yamada shows off new hairstyle
Entertainment › 05:00 AM JST - 8th November
TOKYO — Actress Yu Yamada, 25, shocked crowds in Ikebukuro on Saturday when she appeared at the illumination ceremony of…
Okada says there will be no base deal during Obama's visit
Politics › 01:06 PM JST - 8th November
TOKYO — Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Sunday that no deal on relocating U.S. troops on Okinawa can be expected…
Imported vehicle sales dive 22.7% in Oct
Business › 06:40 AM JST - 8th November
TOKYO — Sales of imported motor vehicles in Japan, including those made at Japanese carmakers' overseas plants, plunged 22.7% in…
Indian engineers becoming backbone of Japan's IT industry
Technology › 04:40 AM JST - 8th November
TOKYO — Indian system engineers are making their presence felt in Japan's information technology industry. Around 22,000 Indians were living…
Giants down Fighters in Game 6 to win Japan Series
Sports › 06:37 AM JST - 8th November
SAPPORO — The Yomiuri Giants beat the Nippon Ham Fighters 2-0 in Game 6 Saturday to claim their first Japan…
NATO strike blamed for killing Afghan forces
World › 06:27 AM JST - 8th November
KABUL — U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of…
Actress Satomi Ishihara, 22, poses with her 2010 calendar at Maruzen bookstore in Tokyo on Saturday. The calendar,…
Features
Ordinary Britons to get taste of exclusive Japanese beef
LONDON — Japanese Wagyu beef has long been the preserve of Britain's exclusive restaurants and London's high-end stores, like Harrods.…
Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting…
10% jobless is Obama's new world
WASHINGTON — For months he had warned it was coming but that did not ease the political shockwaves for President…
Japan awash in fake medicines
For Japan, says Shukan Jitsuwa (Nov 12), 2006 was Year One of the fake med influx that by…
Hawaii wedding extravaganza planned for Misaki Ito
Invitations are being sent out for the upcoming wedding of actress Misaki Ito, 33, and Yoshinori Enomoto, 40,…
Bubbling with enthusiasm
TOKYO — Mina Ishiwatari thought her mission in life was to find a groom, but changed her mind when her…
Compact electronic dictionary
TOKYO — Seiko Instruments Inc (SII) will release at the end of the month of an upgraded version of its…
The Year of No Money in Tokyo
Any foreigner who’s been in Japan for a while can tell you that there’s a lot of ups…
Budget hotels struggling to accommodate demanding guests
TOKYO — Budget hotels, once known as places with narrow baths and beds, are transforming themselves by installing outdoor bathtubs,…
Should the Japanese government stick to the 2006 agreement over the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, which the previous government and the U.S. agreed upon?
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World › 12:18 PM JST - 5th November
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