RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sat, 10 May 2008 06:21:29 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/police-suspect-teen-slain-where-her-body-found Police suspect a 15-year-old high school girl was killed in the forest in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, where her body was found Thursday, police officials said… Sat, 10 May 2008 06:04:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/yamaha-wins-copyright-suit-in-china Yamaha Corp said Friday it has won a copyright infringement suit over accompaniment style data used in its electronic musical instruments. In the lawsuit against… Sat, 10 May 2008 05:54:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/softbank-to-offer-free-calls-between-mobile-ip-phones Softbank Corp said Friday it will offer free call services around the clock between users of its mobile phone and Internet Protocol telephone services. Eligible… Sat, 10 May 2008 05:49:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/konica-minolta-allegedly-hides-y18-billion-in-income-over-2-yrs Konica Minolta Holdings Inc, a major Japanese precision apparatus maker, and several of its consolidated subsidiaries have been ordered by tax authorities to pay back… Sat, 10 May 2008 05:48:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/industry-ministry-eyeing-territorial-tax-system-for-japan-business The industry ministry is trying to introduce a territorial tax system next fiscal year for Japanese companies, switching from the current system of collecting taxes… Sat, 10 May 2008 05:12:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/japan-denies-report-it-asked-s-korea-to-mediate-abductee-kin-meeting Japanese government officials on Friday denied a media report that Japan had asked South Korea to mediate the arrangement of a meeting between the parents… Sat, 10 May 2008 05:05:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/japan-airlines-reduces-losses-in-4th-quarter Japan Airlines reduced losses in the January-March quarter from the same period last year on cost cuts but forecast lower profit Friday for this fiscal… Sat, 10 May 2008 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/mazda-unveils-all-new-biante-minivan Mazda Motor Corp on Friday unveiled its newly developed eight-seat minivan, the Mazda Biante, which will go on sale in Japan during summer 2008. The… Fri, 09 May 2008 19:49:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/hu-visits-yokohama-calls-on-japanese-chinese-youths-to-study-history Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao emphasized Friday the importance for youths in both Japan and China to study and learn from modern history, as he… Fri, 09 May 2008 19:38:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/matsui-runs-hitting-streak-to-career-high-17-games Hideki Matsui extended his hitting streak to a career-high 17 games and had his fourth multihit performance in five games as the New York Yankees… Fri, 09 May 2008 19:21:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/un-says-myanmars-refusal-to-grant-visas-is-unprecedented-in-modern-relief-history A U.N. official says the World Food Program is suspending cyclone aid to Myanmar because its government seized supplies flown into the country. He says… Fri, 09 May 2008 18:34:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/leader-of-al-qaida-in-iraq-arrested-in-mosul The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured and said a man with a similar… Fri, 09 May 2008 17:39:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/diet-to-enact-bill-allowing-use-of-space-for-defense-purposes The Diet is poised to enact a bill that is intended to allow the use of space for defense purposes, in a departure from the… Fri, 09 May 2008 17:36:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/escalator-at-nagoya-subway-suddenly-stops-slightly-injuring-11 An escalator at a Nagoya subway station suddenly stopped and briefly moved in the opposite direction on Friday morning, causing 11 people to sustain minor… Fri, 09 May 2008 15:44:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/us-marine-found-guilty-of-wrongful-sexual-contact-with-japan-woman A U.S. court-martial sentenced a Marine to two years in prison Friday, the day after finding him guilty of ''wrongful sexual contact'' with a Japanese… Fri, 09 May 2008 13:21:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/16-year-old-boy-arrested-for-allegedly-beating-grandfather-to-death-in-kagawa Police on Friday arrested a 16-year-old youth for allegedly beating his 76-year-old grandfather to death at their apartment. Police said the boy, who cannot be… Fri, 09 May 2008 12:06:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/japan-to-give-additional-10-million-aid-to-cyclone-hit-myanmar Japan decided Friday to give additional emergency aid of up to $10 million to cyclone hit-Myanmar through U.N. agencies and to offer the dispatch of… Fri, 09 May 2008 11:28:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/new-products/view/exit-usb-hub Evergreen has released a unique USB hub. Exit Hub literally is in the shape of an emergency exit logo, 12 cm tall, featuring four USB2.0… Fri, 09 May 2008 10:18:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/prada-to-release-handset-in-japan PRADA on Thursday said it will release a mobile handset produced by LG with its brand in the Japanese market in June. The L852i handset,… Fri, 09 May 2008 10:06:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/teen-to-undergo-mental-test-after-pushing-man-off-station-platform-to-death The Osaka Family Court on Thursday ordered a psychiatric checkup on an 18-year-old boy accused of pushing a 38-year-old man to his death off a… Fri, 09 May 2008 08:50:00 +0100