RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:08:25 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/view/calendar-girl Actress Satomi Ishihara, 22, poses with her 2010 calendar at Maruzen bookstore in Tokyo on Saturday. The calendar, whose theme is "Off," features photos of… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:19:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/imported-vehicle-sales-dive-227-in-october Sales of imported motor vehicles in Japan, including those made at Japanese carmakers' overseas plants, plunged 22.7% in October from a year earlier to 11,390… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:40:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/giants-down-fighters-in-game-6-to-win-japan-series The Yomiuri Giants beat the Nippon Ham Fighters 2-0 in Game 6 Saturday to claim their first Japan Series title in seven years. The Giants… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:37:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/police-begin-murder-investigation-of-6-deaths-linked-to-tottori-woman Police began a full-fledged investigation Saturday over a number of suspicious deaths surrounding a Tottori Prefecture woman arrested over a fraud case with the possibility… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:29:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/nato-strike-blamed-for-killing-afghan-forces U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:27:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/hatoyama-presses-myanmar-to-release-suu-kyi-before-elections-next-year Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama pressed Myanmar on Saturday to release the country's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi before it holds general elections next… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:13:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/top-in-category/view/budget-hotels-struggling-to-accommodate-demanding-guests Budget hotels, once known as places with narrow baths and beds, are transforming themselves by installing outdoor bathtubs, high-grade furniture and other distinctive services. The… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:11:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/czech-man-takes-son-out-of-japan-in-suspected-child-abduction A Czech man has taken his 5-year-old son apparently to a place overseas from his home in Gifu Prefecture, prompting the boy's Japanese mother to… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:05:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/muslim-leader-had-troubling-talks-with-fort-hood-suspect An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood military post was so conflicted over what to tell fellow… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/poll/view/should-the-japanese-government-stick-to-the-2006-agreement-over-the-realignment-of-us-forces-in-japan-which-the-previous-government-and-the-us-agreed-upon Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/obama-appeals-for-health-care-votes President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation as a bill to expand coverage to millions of… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:55:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/navy-ship-built-with-wtc-steel-goes-into-service The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into service Saturday both as a symbol of… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:51:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/carreys-scrooge-rings-in-hollywood-holiday-spirit Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:27:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/vaccines-for-seasonal-flu-in-short-supply-in-japan Vaccines for seasonal flu are in short supply in Japan as production is down on last year and more people want to be inoculated in… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:26:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/medvedev-arms-control-deal-with-us-can-be-reached Russia and the United States have a good chance of reaching a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year's end, but other nuclear powers must… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:13:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/use-of-police-dogs-doubles-in-decade The number of cases in which police dogs have been mobilized in Japan has almost doubled in the past decade as more canines are used… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:13:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/yu-yamada-shows-off-new-hairstyle Actress Yu Yamada, 25, shocked crowds in Ikebukuro on Saturday when she appeared at the illumination ceremony of the Christmas tress in Sunshine City's fountain… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/obamas-arrival-in-japan-delayed-from-nov-12-to-13 The United States has asked that President Barack Obama's visit to Japan be pushed back from next Thursday to Friday, a source close to Japan's… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/iran-north-korea-top-clintons-overseas-agenda Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia,… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:41:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/indian-engineers-becoming-backbone-of-japans-it Indian system engineers are making their presence felt in Japan's information technology industry. Around 22,000 Indians were living in Japan at the end of 2008,… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:40:00 +0100