A Kyodo News poll a week after the announcement showed that 33 percent ... said she should remain in that post. “You know the Japanese proverb saying, ‘If you chase after two rabbits, you won’t catch either?’ ” said Keiko Inokiri, 61, a homemaker ... ( read original story ...)
Hamilton wins Japanese GP to move s step closer to F1 title
SUZUKA, Japan: Championship leader Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, taking a major step toward winning his third Formula One title. The Mercedes driver crossed the finish line 1.2 seconds ahead of Malaysia GP winner Max Verstappen to ... ( read original story ...)
Under 17 World Cup: Japan banking on Kubo magic against Honduras
GUWAHATI: Asian superpower Japan begin their Under-17 World Cup campaign against Honduras when they take on the Concacaf qualifiers in the second match of Group E here at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium on Sunday. Clear favourites, alongside France, to ... ( read original story ...)
Haiti – Football : Grenadiers settle in Yokohama
Saturday at 4:00 pm after a flight of nearly 13 hours, the Grenadiers, the technical and management staff arrived in Yokoama, Japan's second largest city after Tokyo, where they have settled in the luxurious Hotel "InterContinental Yokohama Grand". ( read original story ...)
Strong M5.9 earthquake hits Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
In the 1980's studies began to forecast the imminence of a large earthquake in the Tōkai region, and warned of its potential impact on the cities of Tokyo and Yokohama (the two largest cities in Japan); to date, the expected event has not occurred. ( read original story ...)
A La Carte: Chicago-area burger bar looks for Springfield franchisee
Hibachi chef Robin Bekock is the owner/operator of YUM YUM HIBACHI after a decade experience working the local dining scene at OSAKA and KIKU ... south side after lease negotiations for the Wabash property east of LITTLE SAIGON fell through. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe fully behind U.S. on pressuring North Korea
TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that his government fully supports the U.S. stance on pressuring North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, with all options on the table. In a televised debate Sunday among leaders of major ... ( read original story ...)
Construction under way for 8,000-plus-panel solar project
will be built on about 10 acres of a 221.7-acre property owned by Teddy A ... Brookside Solar from the New York City-based Forefront Power LLC, a subsidiary of the Tokyo-based Mitsui and Co. Ltd., in March. Mr. Brennan, however, said AES Distributed ... ( read original story ...)
Decoding Shenzhen: The Chinese city that makes the world’s tech
CUHK's Chung says the concept of owning intellectual property rights is now catching on in the industry ... These days, people draw parallels between Huaqiangbei and Akihabara, Tokyo's vibrant and colourful district for electronics. Huang believes ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Muroran in Japan
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ebetsu, Sapporo, Shizunai-furukawachō. Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Sapporo (c. ( read original story ...)
Counter intelligence: Japan brings out the bazooka in AI war with China
China may have the clear lead in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the region, but Japan’s government, realising how vital the sector is to its economic future, has intervened in the hopes of levelling the playing field. ( read original story ...)
Japanese firms explore business prospects in south central region
Khanh Hoa (VNA) – The “Meeting Japan – South Central Region” conference took place in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa on October 6 to discuss bilateral cooperative prospects in the near future. Attending the event were ... ( read original story ...)
Abe says Japan fully behind US on pressuring North Korea
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that his government fully supports the U.S. stance on pressuring North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, with all options on the table. In a televised debate Sunday among leaders of major political ... ( read original story ...)
Solar cars begin 3,000 km journey through center of Australia
Nagoya Institute of Technology team director Hiroki Tanaka told Kyodo News they have made a variety of design changes to this year's racer and hope to improve on their previous performance in 2015, when they placed 16th. "Compared to our previous cars ... ( read original story ...)
Is the response to scams criminally slow?
Forgery of an official seal on a document earned the offender confiscation of his property and banishment ... who holed himself up in his apartment in Osaka’s Kita Ward while his lawyer tried to work a deal with the prosecutor’s office. ( read original story ...)
‘Smaller’ earthquakes pose greater risk than the next Big One
One side will rush west, toward Japan. The other side will rush east, in a seven-hundred-mile liquid wall that will reach the Northwest coast, on average, 15 minutes after the earthquake begins. By the time the shaking has ceased and the tsunami has ... ( read original story ...)