Serbia, Japan, S. Korea secure Oly volleball spots
Sports Illustrated - Sun May 27, 12:33 pm ETTOKYO (AP) -- The women's volleyball teams from Serbia, Japan and South Korea won spots at the London Olympics at a qualifying tournament Sunday.
TOKYO (AP) -- The women's volleyball teams from Serbia, Japan and South Korea won spots at the London Olympics at a qualifying tournament Sunday.
American depositary receipts of Sony Corp., Japan ’s biggest consumer-electronics exporter, gained 0.4 percent from the closing share price in Tokyo. ADRs of China Southern Airlines Co. (1055) , Asia’s largest carrier by passenger numbers, dropped 2 percent.
A trade group representing Detroit's automakers is resisting Japan's effort to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, unless there are rules governing currency manipulation, a tactic Japan is accused of using to restrict auto imports in its domestic markets.
TOKYO: Japan’s former prime minister Naoto Kan will testify today to a parliamentary commission probing the Fukushima nuclear disaster, with the focus expected to be on early efforts to contain the crisis.
The chief government spokesman during Japan's nuclear crisis testified Sunday that he did not deliberately mislead the public about the extent of the accident.
More than a year after the catastrophe in Japan, beachcombers up and down the West Coast are awaiting the flotsam that was set on a eastward course by the destructive surge of water. Fishing floats, soccer balls, fuel tanks and...
Japan government spokesman says he didn't deliberately mislead public on nuclear crisis
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The chief govt spokesman of Japan's nuclear crisis testifies he didn't deliberately mislead the public.
Two Americans have been arrested in connection the death of a 21-year-old Irish exchange student in Japan, police in Tokyo were reported as saying on Sunday.
South Korea, Serbia and Japan qualified for the London Olympics, joining two-time world champions Russia, on the final day of the women's volleyball qualifying tournament on Sunday.
Police have detained two American men as part of an investigation into the strangling death of an Irish exchange student in Tokyo, local authorities said Sunday.
The chief government spokesman during Japan's nuclear crisis has testified that he did not deliberately mislead the public about the extent of the accident.
An index measuring corporate service prices in Japan was up 0.2 percent on year in April, the Bank of Japan said on Monday, standing at 96.5.
INDIANAPOLIS -- When it comes to thrills and excitement, nothing beats the Indianapolis 500. And the 96th running on Sunday was no exception. In fact, it could certainly lay claim as one of the greatest Indy 500s in history. The outcome was in doubt until the very last lap when Japan's Takuma Sato attempted to dive under race-leader Dario Franchitti in the first turn of the last lap. Sato lost ...