| |   In Japan, a Frail Osawa Conducts Only One Tchaikovsky Movement
| MATSUMOTO, Japan — As classical music lovers in New York and New England fret over the fitness of James Levine to start a demanding season at the Metropolitan Opera and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, gr...
Annual madness at travel fair
| CROWDS thronged the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) Fair at the Putra World Trade Centre in hopes of scoring good deals on travel packages. | The halls were fairly packed at 10am on th...
Driving better designs to reduce costs
| IN AN effective extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme, the true cost of waste management is internalised within the retail price. Because they are now financially responsible, producers will seek to r...
Tom Sutcliffe: When morality is a moveable feast
| I think it might be best not to ask Morrissey for his views on the Japanese right now, given the weekend's reports that a significant number of Japan's elementary and junior high schools have served up whale ...
Greenpeace pair found guilty of whale meat theft
| It is a battle that has played out for years on the oceans; an annual game of cat and mouse between Japanese whalers and the environmentalists trying to disrupt their hunting season. | Yesterday, the latest r...
Superbug appears in Japan
--> Superbug appears in Japan | Share ARTICLEURL | Tokyo, Sept. 6: Japan on Monday said it has detected its first case of an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” that surfaced in South Asia and has triggered a g...
Land Known for 'Jobs for Life' Takes to Dual Careers
| OSAKA, JAPAN — From 9 to 5, Hiroko Yokogawa toils at a small architectural design firm, doing clerical work and managing accounts. But even when her shift is over, her day’s work is nowhere near d...
Suzuki plans third auto plant in India
| Tokyo: Suzuki Motor Corporation is planning a third vehicle plant in India to keep up with burgeoning sales, the Japanese small-car maker said on Monday. | The plant will be up and running, perhaps as ea...
Chinese war labourers to sue Mitsubishi Materials - Xinhua
| BEIJING (Reuters) - About 100 elderly Chinese who say they were forced to work in Japanese mines during World War Two plan to sue the Mitsubishi Materials Corp next week, the Xinhua news agency said Monday, c...
Cash plan to end Japanese whaling
| AUSTRALIA should pay Japan to end whaling rather than try to stop it in the courts, a Queensland academic says. | Queensland University of Technology economics professor Clevo Wilson has called for whale-watc...
High Court appeal for whaling activists
| TWO Greenpeace campaigners given suspended jail sentences for theft over an investigation into corruption in Japan's whaling industry will appeal against their convictions to the High Court. | Junichi Sa...
Seattle visit nostalgic for Japan's ambassador to U.S.
| When Ichiro Fujisaki first arrived in the United States in 1960 at age 13, he found himself thrust into a strange new world, starting public school in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood even though he spoke no E...
BOJ to stand pat on policy, keeping gunpowder dry
* BOJ rate decision expected around 0330-0500 GMT * Policy rate likely to stay on hold at 0.1 pct, no new steps * Governor Shirakawa embargoed comments likely after 0715 GMT By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Sept 7 (Reute...
Freed Japanese journalist says Taliban didn't kidnap him
| From the report: | A Japanese freelance journalist who was kidnapped for five months in Afghanistan and released Saturday says his kidnappers weren't members of the Taliban, but corrupt Afghan soldiers. | Doz...
Seattle memorial wall honors Japanese-American soldiers
| SEATTLE - Three thousand bricks now make up a memorial wall in Seattle's Chinatown International District to honor Japanese-American soldiers. | Names are carved in black granite bricks that are stacked to cr...
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