Provides the latest RSS feeds for Japan News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Osaka News.Net http://www.osakanews.net/ en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:41 -0500 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:41 -0500 30 Toyota Motor Corp. turned over to Congress today a 3 1/2 -year-old memo written by employees in Japan raising questions about the company's safety record. The Oct. 3, 2006 memo was requested by Rep. E... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32995739&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:20:01 -0500 The Detroit News http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32995739&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TSUKUBA, Japan (AFP) – It giggles and wiggles its feet when you shake its rattle, but will get cranky and cry from too much tickling: Meet Yotaro, a http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32996488&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:27:04 -0500 Yahoo! News http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32996488&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 11:40 CST Japan may have one of the lowest birthrates in the world, but researchers at a Japanese university are hoping that a new bionic baby will help change ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32993484&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:42:14 -0500 RedOrbit http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32993484&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO, March 10 (RIA Novosti) - A 91-year-old woman has graduated from evening school in southern Japan, the daily Mainichi Simbun paper reported on Wednesday. The Kobe evening school is for people wh... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32993486&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:56:28 -0500 RIA Novosti http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32993486&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 NAIROBI, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING WITH CROWN PRINCE'S ARRIVAL IN NAIROBI) Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito arrived in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday afternoon on the seco... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32993485&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:42:13 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32993485&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 France awarded one of its highest artistic honours on Tuesday to the Japanese screen star and film maker Takeshi Kitano, director of bizarre and violent cult movies such as "Battle Royale". Takeshi... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32993021&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:42:02 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32993021&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 EDITOR'S NOTE - Miles Edelsten is a senior producer for Associated Press Television News and has covered Japan for 10 years. OTSUCHI, Japan (AP) - As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one r... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989416&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:50:01 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989416&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 EDITOR'S NOTE - Miles Edelsten is a senior producer for Associated Press Television News and has covered Japan for 10 years. OTSUCHI, Japan -- As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran at me... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989936&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:49:17 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989936&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 EDITOR'S NOTE - Miles Edelsten is a senior producer for Associated Press Television News and has covered Japan for 10 years.OTSUCHI, Japan (AP) - As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran at ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989460&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:43:25 -0500 The Miami Herald http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989460&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 A dolphin demonstrates a flip at at dolphin pool in Taiji, southwestern Japan, wher visitors can play with the animals on Monda. The Japnaese fishing village featured in 'The Cove,' which won an Oscar... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989512&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:35:56 -0500 eTaiwan News http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989512&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 EDITOR'S NOTE - Miles Edelsten is a senior producer for Associated Press Television News and has covered Japan for 10 years. OTSUCHI, Japan (AP) - As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran a... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989931&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:31:18 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989931&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 KOCHI, Japan, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Signs of the full-blown spring season were observed in Japan when cherry blossoms bloomed Wednesday in the western city of Kochi, coming out the earliest i... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989939&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:15 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989939&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 OTSUCHI, Japan (AP) - As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran at me, yelling "No!" and pushing me out of the building. Another smeared his rubber fish gutting glove across my lens, while a ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989937&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:17:32 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989937&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 MITO, JAPAN — The diktat from the governor was the kind of sweeping order that gives Japanese bureaucrats heart attacks: plans for a three-story airport terminal, painstakingly laid over years, ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32988997&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:15:44 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32988997&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 EUROPE has joined the United States in formally seeking to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, the king of Japanese sushi and sashimi, in a move that has angered Tokyo. http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989934&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:15:40 -0500 The Daily Telegraph http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989934&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Submit your comment Cathay Pacific Airlines and SAA, both of which fly between Johannesburg and Hong Kong, will bring large numbers of soccer fans from Korea and Japan for the FIFA World Cup in June a... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32988806&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:12:34 -0500 Business Report http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32988806&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 China's head of delegation Tang Jiaxuan (R) speaks to members of the press as his Japanese counterpart Taizo Nishimuro listens during a press conference for the Japan-China Friendship Committee for th... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989516&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:03:18 -0500 World Press Review http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989516&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 EDITOR'S NOTE—Miles Edelsten is a senior producer for Associated Press Television News and has covered Japan for 10 years. OTSUCHI, Japan (AP)—As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, on... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989935&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:55:13 -0500 Denver Post http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989935&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TSUKUBA, Japan, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi on Wednesday installed a robotic arm outside the country's Kibo laboratory module on the International Space Station, t... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989938&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:52:48 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989938&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Romanian President Traian Basescu agreed Wednesday to cooperate on the swift resolution of issues facing the internatio... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989531&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:52:41 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989531&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 EDITOR'S NOTE - Miles Edelsten is a senior producer for Associated Press Television News and has covered Japan for 10 years. OTSUCHI, Japan -- As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran at me... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989930&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:48:25 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32989930&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 (MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Japan's core machinery orders fell a seasonally adjusted 3.7 percent in January from the previous month to JPY 723.8 billion (USD 8.0 billion) for the first declin... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32986373&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:02:22 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32986373&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 . LibreDigital will provide newspaper and magazine content to Sony's family of e-readers. Users can purchase a single paper or subscribe to have its delivered wirelessly each day. The company&#39... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32986823&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:50:04 -0500 Business Journal http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32986823&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 BANGKOK, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Thai Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said Wednesday he is ready to answer questions about the country's investment conditions from Japanese investors when he... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32985740&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:09:22 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32985740&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO (AFP) - The life and times of Japan's baseball legend and home-run king Sadaharu Oh will be showcased at a museum in his honour, his club said Wednesday.The Oh Sadaharu Baseball Museum will ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983976&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:23:57 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983976&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Japan confirmed for the first time Tuesday the existence of once-secret Cold War-era pacts with the U.S. that tacitly allowed nuclear-armed warships to enter Japanese ports in violation of Tokyo's pos... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983623&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:05:46 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983623&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO - The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues closed at 10,563.92 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, down 3.73 points or 0.04 per cent. http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32982636&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:59:35 -0500 Canadian Business http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32982636&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Japanese film director Takeshi Kitano has been named by France for the title of Commander of the Order of the Arts and Letters in recognition of his achievements, France's ministry of culture said Tue... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983979&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:48:34 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983979&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 A Foreign Ministry panel concluded Tuesday that secret pacts on nuclear arms and other issues were reached between Japan and the United States in the Cold War era, leading the Japanese government to e... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983978&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:48:32 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983978&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Princess Aiko, the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, attended school Monday for the first time in six days after expressing anxiety since being "treated harshly" by boys a... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983980&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:48:29 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983980&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 MITO, JAPAN — The diktat from the governor was the kind of sweeping order that gives Japanese bureaucrats heart attacks: plans for a three-story airport terminal, painstakingly laid over years, ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32982825&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:46:21 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32982825&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Digital Hollywood Media Summit , LibreDigital today announced that it is the provider powering the delivery of digital newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The New Yorker and PC Mag... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983977&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:37:58 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983977&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 BANGKOK, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Thai Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said Wednesday he will "honestly tell" Japanese investors to wait for a week and see if his coalition government led by ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983764&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:20:39 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32983764&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Machine orders in Japan dropped in January after it showed progress by the end of last year reaching the highest since August 2000. Japanese companies still concerned about the strength of recovery af... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32980790&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:36:02 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32980790&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Newly-crowned Miss Universe Japan Maiko Itai (Mainichi) A 25-year-old former civil servant was crowned with this year's Miss Universe Japan on Tuesday. "I can't believe it," said Maiko Itai after win... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32981143&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:01:15 -0500 Mainichi Daily http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32981143&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO | Japan confirmed Tuesday secret Cold War-era pacts with Washington that tacitly allowed nuclear warships in Japanese ports in violation of a hallowed postwar principle, effectively acknowledgin... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978305&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:13:22 -0500 Washington Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978305&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: RNN), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company commercializing potential best in class oncology and CNS therapeutics, today announced that the Japanese Patent O... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978071&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:58:04 -0500 Medical News Today http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978071&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sony aims to ship 20-25 million LCD TVs in 2010 worldwide of which six million will be LED-backlit models, and 3D LCD TV shipments are expected to reach 10% of its total shipments in 2010, according t... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978095&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:51:34 -0500 Digitimes http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978095&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sony Ericsson officials stopped short of confirming a recent report that the company is developing a smartphone that can download and play PlayStation games, saying only that the company is working cl... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978691&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:41:49 -0500 Techworld http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978691&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Kenichiro Mochizuki prays in front of Tokyo Memorial Hall on the morning of March 10. (Mainichi) On March 10, 65 years after the Great Tokyo Air Raid of 1945, an association of families left bereaved ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978688&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:30:00 -0500 Mainichi Daily http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978688&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Successive Japanese Cabinets up to at least 1989 had full knowledge of the secret 1960 agreement between Japan and the United States allowing nuclear-armed U.S. vessels to enter Japanese ports, accord... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978689&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:29:58 -0500 Mainichi Daily http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978689&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: CLARIFYING) Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Wednesday that he does not think the United States will load nuclear Tomahawk cruise missiles on... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978096&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:12:39 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978096&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 March 10, 2010 - Fujifilm Corporation (President and CEO: Shigetaka Komori) has announced that it signed an agreement to acquire the 100% of the shares of the Brazil-based medical product sales agency... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978685&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:11:58 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978685&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 A group of high school students in Tokyo are collecting signatures from people to support a world without nuclear arms to submit to the review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in May... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978686&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:06:14 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32978686&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Kolkata, Mar 10 : Sony India plans to reach new heights in the LCD TV segment with targets to capture 30 per cent all India market share with an investment of Rupees 1.4 billion during the current yea... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976375&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:29:58 -0500 New Kerala http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976375&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TAIJI, Japan — The Japanese fishing village featured in "The Cove," which won an Oscar for best documentary, defended its practice of hunting dolphins Monday as a part of a long tradit... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976006&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:29:27 -0500 My San Antonio http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976006&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s national weather service issued warnings for heavy snow throughout the nation as the country’s two biggest airlines canceled or delayed flights affecting mo... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976403&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:06:38 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976403&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Author Kim Il Woo holds up his new book documenting the Korean victims of the Great Tokyo Air Raids. (Mainichi) As Wednesday marks the 65th anniversary of the Great Tokyo Air Raids, which claimed the ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976401&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:58:17 -0500 Mainichi Daily http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976401&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 The Sony Bravia 3D TV is announced at the company's headquarters in Minato Ward, Tokyo on Tuesday. (Mainichi) Sony announced that a range of 3D models will be added to its Bravia line of LCD TVs on Ju... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976400&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:58:15 -0500 Mainichi Daily http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976400&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 "You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time." The latest development on the probe into Japan-U.... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976402&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:58:13 -0500 Mainichi Daily http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976402&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 - Persons with relevant information are requested to contact the Committee - Tokyo: March 10, 2010 - Japan Airlines (JAL) announced last month, the establishment of the Compliance Investigati... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976399&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:39:26 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32976399&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Soothing space draws visiting Japanese and other fans of casual Asian fare. Details, from cedar-lined walls to ceramic plates and bowls, are charming and tasteful. Bar boasts sake, shochu, wine and Ja... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973996&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:13:00 -0500 Sign on San Diego http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973996&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO -- Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will start selling 3-D televisions in June, joining a competitive industry-wide push to convince consumers to embrace the technology for their living rooms. http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973995&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:48:07 -0500 The China Post http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973995&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TAIJI, Japan -- The gala crowd in Los Angeles cheered as “The Cove” won the best documentary Oscar with its grisly portrayal of dolphin hunting. Half a world away, residents of the small Japanese ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973695&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:47:05 -0500 China Post Online http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973695&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese shares fell after a gauge of commodity-transport fees dropped and a central bank report stoked concern deflation will hurt company earnings. http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973249&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:36:35 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973249&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Fujitsu Ltd.'s disclosure incident this week shows how much Japan has changed -- and also how much it remains the same. Late Tuesday, the Tokyo Stock Exchange gave Fujitsu ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973683&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:30:04 -0500 Market Watch http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973683&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Fujitsu Ltd.'s disclosure incident this week shows how much Japan has changed -- and also how much it remains the same. Late Tuesday, the Tokyo Stock Exchange gave Fujitsu ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973681&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:30:01 -0500 Market Watch http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973681&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Fujitsu Ltd.'s disclosure incident this week shows how much Japan has changed -- and also how much it remains the same. Late Tuesday, the Tokyo Stock Exchange gave Fujitsu ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973682&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:29:55 -0500 Market Watch http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973682&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tokyo, March 10, 2010 - Nomura Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has determined the terms of its 20th and 21st series of unsecured straight bonds in the total principal amount of 60 billion yen t... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973993&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:09:43 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32973993&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 BEIJING, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—North Korea has agreed to lease a pier at Rajin port, close to the border with China and Russia, to a Chinese company for 10 years, giving three northeastern Ch... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32970867&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:45:42 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32970867&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 - Keeping Traffic Signals On During Power Failures and Natural Disasters - Tokyo, March 10, 2010 - Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) is pleased to announce the development of a "Lithium-ion Ba... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32971397&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:44:50 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32971397&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 - Installing NEC Base Stations Across Japan - Tokyo, March 10, 2010 - NEC Corporation (NEC) announced today that UQ Communications Co., Ltd. (President: Takashi Tanaka; HQ: Tokyo, Japan) has ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32971398&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:44:49 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32971398&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese shares fluctuated as shipping lines fell after commodity-transport fees slipped. Casio Computer Co. gained after a newspaper reported it will swing to profit. http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32968738&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:35:03 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32968738&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 cues+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 10 (Kyodo)—The U.S. dollar steadied around the 90 yen line Wednesday morning in Tokyo as investors largely retreated to the sidelines amid a lack of fresh trading cue... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32969180&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:08:39 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32969180&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Domestic shipments of beer and beer-like drinks dropped 6.3 percent in February from a year earlier to 29.25 million cases, hitting the lowest level for February ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32968664&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:08:35 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32968664&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Crude stocks held by Japanese refiners increased by 1,111,430 kiloliters on week to 14.95 million kiloliters, or 94.01 million barrels, PAJ said. http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32968875&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:03:14 -0500 Morning Star http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32968875&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 -(Dow Jones)- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he wants the Bank of Japan to support the economy through appropriate monetary policy. http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32968548&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:03:10 -0500 Morning Star http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32968548&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO — Confirming the existence of a secret Japan-U.S. pact that led Tokyo to allow nuclear-armed U.S. vessels to visit Japanese ports was the first challenge that Foreign Minister Katsuya Oka... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32966681&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:38:39 -0500 Japan Today http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32966681&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Submit your comment Former French president Charles de Gaulle once labelled a Japanese premier a "transistor salesman". Now Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is hawking bullet trains and nuclear plants af... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32966529&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:33:15 -0500 Business Report http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32966529&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 yen+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 10 (Kyodo)—Tokyo stocks opened marginally higher Wednesday with investors somewhat encouraged by a slightly weaker yen versus the U.S. dollar and modest gains on Wall ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32966279&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:32:35 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32966279&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 KOBE--A 22.54-meter-high model of a DNA molecule built by Konan University has been recognized as the world's largest by Guinness World Records. The model, completed in May last year, reproduces ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32967026&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:32:03 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32967026&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada announces on Tuesday the results of an investigation into secret pacts between Japan and the United States. (THE ASAHI SHIMBUN) http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32967027&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:32:02 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32967027&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Japanese scientists have identified the chemical makeup of a compound in the brain that creates effects similar to those of marijuana, a discovery that could eventually help people lose weight, kick s... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32967028&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:32:00 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32967028&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 China's automobile sales will continue to post double-digit growth, but Japanese manufacturers will likely see their share shrink in the world's biggest market, a Chinese industry official said. ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32967029&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:31:59 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32967029&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 I was in Washington, D.C., recently while congressional hearings were held into the massive recalls announced by Toyota Motor Corp. I sensed that public sentiment in the United States was rapidly... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32967030&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:31:56 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32967030&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 (RTTNews) - An index measuring domestic corporate goods prices was up 0.1 percent in February compared to the previous month, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday, standing at 102.5.That was exactly i... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32966311&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:52 -0500 Quote.com http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32966311&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Japan's core machinery orders fell less than expected in January from the previous month, easing concern that a recovery in corporate spending could slow down and harm the economy. http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32963155&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:35:24 -0500 CNBC http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32963155&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 SAGA (Kyodo) Kenichi Ikeda of the city of Nagasaki has carried around three bags and a secret he could not tell his family at home — inside the bags were hundreds of women's undergarments that h... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32964315&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:10 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32964315&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Photo: PA A security guard at the Nagasaki Bio Park noticed Akira Honda, 24, ushering the Humboldt Penguin into his suitcase in January. According to the zoo, the penguin is worth about Y400,00... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32964316&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:08 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32964316&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares traded modestly higher Wednesday morning in Tokyo, finding support from technology stocks and some financial shares. The Nikkei 225 Average was up 0.1% at 10,579... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32963808&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:14:54 -0500 Market Watch http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32963808&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japan's corporate goods price index rose 0.1% in February from the month before, the Bank of Japan reported Wednesday. Compared to a year earlier, the CGPI measure of whol... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32964310&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:14:48 -0500 Market Watch http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32964310&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO — A man died after being hit by a Tokyo Monorail train bound for Haneda Airport on Tuesday evening in a tunnel between Showajima and Seibijo stations. The accident occurred about 6:25 p.m... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32964311&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:59:51 -0500 Japan Today http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32964311&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The U.S. dollar traded at just above 90 yen early Wednesday in Tokyo, a tad higher than its late Tuesday quotes in New York. At 9 a.m., the dollar traded at 90.... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32964313&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:53:35 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32964313&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 BEIJING — Four of nine former Red Army Faction members who defected to North Korea after hijacking a Japan Airlines plane to the country in 1970 plan to request talks with the Japanese governme... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32960319&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:11:46 -0500 Japan Today http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32960319&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO — The Japanese Olympic Committee suggested Tuesday that the result of three silver and two bronze medals at the Vancouver Olympics was nothing to sneeze at but called for stronger efforts... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32960688&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:11:41 -0500 Japan Today http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32960688&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 BEIJING — Japan’s chief delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear programs, Akitaka Saiki, met his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei in Beijing on Tuesday and discussed st... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32960320&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:11:28 -0500 Japan Today http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32960320&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Filson, a 113-year-old Seattle company known for making durable, tough clothing for fishing, hunting and other outdoor activities, has opened its first store outside the U.S. Aimed at a fervent hipst... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32956898&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:48:22 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32956898&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 I'd like to take that a step further and add that a woman feels her age when she absolutely pines for a time machine just so she can travel back and tell her young self to hold onto that collection of... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957434&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:28:10 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957434&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 HONG KONG — On Feb. 26, International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn put forward a bold-sketch map for what he called "an IMF for the 21st century," but in the very same ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957436&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:28:08 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957436&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 NEW YORK (AP) Microsoft Corp. has said its new software for smart phones, Windows Phone 7 series, is a "clean break" with the past. Now it's clear just how clean that break is: The new phones, expecte... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957435&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:28:04 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957435&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 In 2009, China succeeded in tiding over the impact of the worst global financial crisis in decades thanks to the government economic stimulus package, which included a 4 trillion yuan (¥52 trilli... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957023&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:28:02 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957023&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Budget computing: Onkyo opts for a very different form of computer in the shape of its new DE411. Apart from being an all-in-one design, the DE411 also nixes a high-powered processor in favor of the l... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957437&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:28:00 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957437&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 NEW YORK (AP) A new Web sensation called Chatroulette! feels like a throwback to the early 1990s, when online chat rooms brimmed with lonely strangers looking for meaningful connections, meaningless s... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957438&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:58 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957438&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 ANKARA — The exposure of the plan hatched by senior military officials — called "Operation Sledgehammer" — to destabilize Turkey's government, and the subsequent arrest of high-ranki... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957063&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:56 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957063&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Economic experts: Michael Ettlinger (right) of the Center for American Progress discusses fiscal problems confronting the U.S. and Japanese governments while his co-panelists (from left) Nicholas Sze... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957024&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:54 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957024&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 It has been several days now, and the dust has settled, but nobody can say that the battle for the gold medal in Vancouver between Mao Asada and Kim Yu Na didn't live up to its billing. http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957439&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:52 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957439&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Marion had a season-high 29 points and 14 rebounds and the Mavericks stretched the league's longest active winning streak to 12 straight games with a 125-112 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957440&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:50 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957440&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Charles scored 16 points and Moore added 11 to help top-ranked Connecticut win an NCAA record 71st straight game — a 59-44 victory over No. 6 Notre Dame on Monday night in the semifinals of the ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957441&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:48 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957441&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Not that any of the above data has anything to do with Friday night's Lakers liquidation by the Bobcats, who have now thrown down L.A. seven times in nine showdowns. http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957442&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:44 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957442&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 HONOLULU (AP) Bob Nash was fired as coach of the University of Hawaii's men's basketball team on Monday after posting a 34-56 record over three seasons. http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957443&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:42 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=32957443&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044