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 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:17:23 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:17:23 -0500 30 Young Japanese males are apathetic about dating and are disinterested in sex, a new study has said. http://www.osakanews.net/story/203247375 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:30:08 -0500 ANI http://www.osakanews.net/story/203247375 The firm has been making its Colt subcompact car and Outlander sports utility vehicle at a factory in the Netherlands, but it will enter negotiations with workers and the Dutch government to end ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203260337&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:43:33 -0500 CNBC http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203260337&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange climbed 108.06 points to 8,939.99. "The market looks bullish on improvement in the US jobless data," SMBC Nikko Securities general manager of ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203260791&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:14:39 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203260791&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Ordinary tourists from China and Japan are extremely reluctant to visit the UK in the period before, during and after the Olympic games, according to major tour operators in those countries.Global ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203258937&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:58:51 -0500 4Hoteliers http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203258937&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Starbucks may have staked out over 900 shops in Japan, but the major coffee franchise, whose retail locations are popular leisure spots, better watch its back. A new kind of hangout- one with ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203259470&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:49:29 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203259470&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 TOKYO/LONDON Feb 6 (Reuters) - Official investigations into a massive fraud at Japan's Olympus Corp are highly likely to lead to further revelations on the scandal soon, according to the ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203259471&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:49:23 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203259471&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 The Yomiuri Shimbun The Democratic Party of Japan is in a bind over whether an administrative reform bill it plans to submit should specify a 20 percent cut in overall personnel costs of ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203259472&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:49:20 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203259472&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 A second half fightback has fallen agonisingly short as New Zealand were forced to settle for sixth place at the Champions Trophy women's hockey tournament in Rosario, Argentina, this morning ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203259468&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:48:51 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203259468&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- When Sony Corp.’s 2006 release of PlayStation 3 flopped because features installed by the engineer who founded the business made the games console too expensive, Chief ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203257946&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:20:42 -0500 Bloomberg BusinessWeek http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203257946&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Black Sticks escape with draw against Argentina Japan's Rika Komazawa scored a golden goal securing a win for her team and killing off a spirited second half comeback by the Black Sticks ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203257687&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:16 -0500 TVNZ http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203257687&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 The Yomiuri Shimbun Don't rely too much on a flu vaccine, but do wash your hands regularly. That's the advice from doctors at a time when a flu epidemic has infected an estimated ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203257944&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:09:20 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203257944&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Yokozuna Hakuho came back from the brink of defeat, toppling Goeido with a powerful throw in the final of a one-day exhibition tournament on ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203257945&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:09:16 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203257945&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s alternative trading platforms missed out on a potential payday as regulators stopped them from fielding orders when a computer error caused the biggest trading ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203257943&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:08:46 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203257943&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 A few posts ago I wrote that "winning" in global auto industry competition is a "must" for Japan's auto makers. But can Japan afford for its legendary electronics companies ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203255343&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:17:01 -0500 Forbes http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203255343&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 A few posts ago I wrote that "winning" in global auto industry competition is a "must" for Japan's auto makers. But can Japan afford for its legendary electronics companies ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203255332&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:16:44 -0500 Forbes http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203255332&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 The Softbank Hawks of Japan's Pacific League have signed former major league pitcher Brad Penny to a one-year contract. Softbank announced the signing of free agent Penny on its website ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253411&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:53:01 -0500 CBC News http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253411&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s biggest makers of TVs, phones and chips say they’ll lose about $17 billion this year, about three-quarters of what Samsung Electronics Co. will spend on ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253488&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:51:06 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253488&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sony PS Vita the other day. That's right, I plunked down a $50 deposit at a Gamestop near work, thereby earning the right to own Sony's new handheld game console the day it comes out here ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253487&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:48:22 -0500 CNet http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253487&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Visitors joined zoo staff in celebrating in front of the elephant's play area, providing a birthday treat for the pachyderm, holding quizzes on its feed, and a session in which zookeepers ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253490&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:42:11 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253490&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 PARIS — Tomoko Fukumi continued to build her case for this summer's London Olympics, outclassing Brazil's Sarah Menezes in the 48-kg final to win the Grand Slam Paris judo title on ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253433&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:42:06 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253433&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Coming through: Italy's Luke McLean (center) attempts to get past France's William Servat (right) and Francois Trinh-Duc during their Six Nations match on Sunday in Saint Denis, France. ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253297&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:42:04 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253297&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 KOBE — FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa has injured her right calf while training in Spain with her Nadeshiko League team INAC Kobe Leonessa, a team spokesperson said on ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253491&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:42:01 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253491&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Another day at the office: Lightning right wing Martin St. Louis looks to shoot as the Panthers' Marcel Goc watches on Saturday in Tampa, Florida. St. Louis, playing in his 900th game, scored ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253493&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:41:58 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253493&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Olympus Corp. said Sunday it will hold an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on April 20 to select a new management team and replace its top executives, who will resign over an accounting ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253492&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:41:54 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253492&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Rodgers earned 48 votes to two for New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253494&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:41:51 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253494&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Deserved honor: Curtis Martin, who rushed for the fourth-most yards in NFL history, was one of six players elected to the Hall of Fame on Saturday. ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253495&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:41:47 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253495&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 NEW YORK — Recently a friend confided over dinner that her job was "killing" her. I was surprised. She is a director of a midsize nonprofit that is doing citizen diplomacy work in ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253373&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:41:43 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253373&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 This much is clear: Despite rampant illegalities, bank fraud and countless cases of perjury, the response to date — at the federal level and from most, but not all, states — has been ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253010&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:41:37 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253010&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 The report was all but ignored except by the very serious press and the BBC. Perhaps it is not surprising. How did the ILO calculate such a figure? Did they count the unemployed? How can anyone ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253496&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:41:32 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253496&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Njoroge crossed the finish line at Oita Athletics Stadium in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 38 seconds and Mongolia's Serod Batochir was a distant second in 2:11:05. Ethiopia's Yakob Jarso finished a ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253497&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:41:26 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253497&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Forward Takuya Komoda played the role for the Sendai 89ers in a 66-62 win over the host Niigata Albirex BB on Sunday in the bj-league. The 24-year-old Komoda scored a season-high 13 points, sank ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253134&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:41:18 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253134&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 ARNHEM, Netherlands — Japan forward Mike Havenaar made his first start in Europe, setting up the winner in Vitesse Arnhem's 1-0 home win over NAC Breda on ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253498&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:41:11 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253498&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 LOS ANGELES — Now that the federal government has closed its investigation of Lance Armstrong, some legal experts are wondering whether the effort to prosecute superstar athletes over doping ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253501&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:41:07 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253501&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 "Hirata Makoto desu. Shuttō shite kimashita." (????????????????"I am Makoto Hirata. I've come to give myself ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253503&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:40:58 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253503&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Morita recovered from a sluggish start in the first set to give Japan an insurmountable 3-0 lead after Sunday's first reverse singles match of the World Group II ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253281&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:40:52 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253281&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 WASHINGTON — Japan is set to propose a working-level forum for auto trade issues with the United States to speed up its efforts to join negotiations on a trans-Pacific trade framework, sources ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253068&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:40:47 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253068&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 LONDON — Arsenal bounced back with style from its miserable run in the Premier League on Saturday, hammering beleaguered Blackburn 7-1 with Robin van Persie grabbing a hat trick to keep up his ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253504&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:40:45 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253504&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Italian investigative authorities have started investigating credit rating agencies on suspicion of manipulating markets by issuing ratings without a solid basis. The investigation appears to be ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253505&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:40:42 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253505&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — Official campaigning for the mayoral election kicked off Sunday in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, where the relocation of a key U.S. Marine Corps base remained the top ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253507&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:40:40 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253507&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 NEW YORK — There has been much talk recently about whether America is ready for a Mormon president. This tolerance question should cut both ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253506&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:40:37 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253506&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A 17-year-old Japanese girl was among the eight winners of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Saturday, the organizers ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253508&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:40:30 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253508&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Vonn captured her 50th World Cup victory Saturday, winning the downhill on the demanding Kandahar course with temperatures plunging to minus 25 ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253020&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:40:28 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253020&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Putting together his most dazzling game in three years — and doing it against the NBA's hottest team, no less — Parker scored 42 points and became the all-time franchise assists ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253509&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:40:24 -0500 Japan Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203253509&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Japanese international and Wolfsburg midfielder Makoto Hasebe extends his running contract until 2014 with the German Bundesliga champion 2009, the club announced on Thursday. Midfielder Hasebe ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203252207&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:45 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203252207&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Four tourists were seriously injured early on Thursday in a crash involving a minibus and a truck in Bundaberg, 220 miles north of Brisbane in Australia's Queensland, the Department of ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203251856&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:59 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203251856&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Kingston Holdings, has appointed Four Communications, for a region-wide public relations programme to support the group's strong growth in the Middle East and North ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203250445&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:05:43 -0500 Mena Report http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203250445&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Manama-Feb 5-(BNA) Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Dr. Essam Abdulla Fakhro received Japanese Ambassador to Bahrain Shigeki Sumi and hailed good political and economic relations. ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203249389&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:53:35 -0500 Bahrain News Agency http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203249389&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Mr. Imai, who lives in Southern California, owns a 1971 Datsun 510 wagon and a 1972 Datsun pickup. The vehicles’ peculiar silhouettes, diminutive scale and heavy use of chrome trim are typical ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203247961&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:57:52 -0500 New York Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203247961&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Senior officials of the foreign and defence ministries of the two countries will meet in Washington on Monday to start full-fledged negotiations on a new realignment plan, according to the ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203245069&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:21:03 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203245069&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Participants in the January 14-15 anti-nuclear conference in Tokyo. Photo by John Tutty. Five anti-nuclear activists travelled from Australia to attend the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242022&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:02:49 -0500 Green Left Online http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242022&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 As the one-year anniversary of the devastating March 11, 2011, Japanese earthquake approaches, and debris from the ensuing tsunami moves closer to the West Coast, a group of Oregon agencies, ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242200&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:52:19 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242200&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Recently, however, the company has struggled. Led until this week by Welshman Sir Howard Stringer, Sony has battled floods in Japan, a fire at its main warehouse in London, a rising Yen and a ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242363&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:41 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242363&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 NEW YORK — Multiple hot dog eating champion Takeru Kobayashi has won an annual chicken wing eating contest in Philadelphia, downing a record 337 wings in 30 ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242362&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:39 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242362&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 An apparently new species of spider has been found in our woods, even though the creature has probably been around since long before humans came to ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242361&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:38 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242361&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Arecent education ministry survey of third-year middle school students nationwide found most students have an ambivalent and contradictory attitude toward English. Of the 3,225 students surveyed, ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242364&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:35 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242364&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 The number of foreign nationals detained by immigration officials for one year or more has dropped significantly since a more flexible approach was adopted in response to harsh criticism of ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242366&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:30 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242366&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 OSAKA — An American resident in Osaka died Saturday after a passer-by found him lying unconscious on a street in the busy Minami area in Chuo Ward earlier in the day, police ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242367&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:28 -0500 News on Japan http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242367&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 The Watari district of Fukushima city is seen in northeast Japan, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/ Greg Baker) Japan should take steps toward full-scale restoration of regions devastated by the ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242360&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:31:11 -0500 Mainichi Daily http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242360&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Women admire the soft light released from traditional "toro," or garden lanterns, in Kasugataisha shrine in Nara on Feb. 3. The lanterns were lit in an event called, ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242355&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:19 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242355&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 The industry ministry has proposed new guidelines that will push electric power companies to cut personnel and advertising expenses before approval is given to increase rates. But there are limits ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242356&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:17 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242356&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Total net profits of about 43 percent of firms listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunged by almost 50 percent year on year in the first three quarters of fiscal 2011, according ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242357&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:16 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242357&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Three short films by Atsushi Wada, Akihito Izuhara and Naoto Kawamoto have been nominated in the Berlinale Shorts category at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival, festival officials ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242358&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:13 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242358&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The IOC awarded Japanese broadcast rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics to a national consortium on Feb. 3 in a deal worth 36 billion yen ($472 ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242359&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:12 -0500 The Asahi Shimbun http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203242359&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 A new Japanese model? Hiroshi Mikitani, chief executive of up-and-coming e-retailer Rakuten, believes Japan's big industrial firms 'cannot keep doing what they have been doing.' ... http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203240288&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:41:12 -0500 The Guardian http://feeds.osakanews.net/?rid=203240288&cat=c4f2dd8ca8c78044