TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike does not expect her new conservative party to pick a candidate for prime minister during the campaign for the Oct. 22 election, leaving the door open to eventually backing a lawmaker from Prime Minister Shinzo ... ( read original story ...)
Death toll in tanker-Chinese fishing vessel collision rises to 13
Three patrol vessels of the Japan Coast Guard had begun work since early Friday with frogmen sent to search for the missing people, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the consulate general as saying. Five bodies were found in the vessel on Friday morning ... ( read original story ...)
A new way to produce clean hydrogen fuel from water using sunlight
Credit: Osaka University Hydrogen is the most abundant element in ... Get the Most Popular Science News in your inbox: Sign up for our weekly email and get the best and most interesting science stories in your inbox ( read original story ...)
Mercedes’ Hamilton secures pole position for Japanese GP
SUZUKA, Japan -- Championship leader Lewis Hamilton secured pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, leading a 1-2 finish for Mercedes drivers on Saturday. Hamilton posted a lap record time of 1 minute, 27.319 seconds to finish 0.332 ahead of Valtteri ... ( read original story ...)
BSP, Bank of Japan renew bilateral swap arrangement
MANILA, Philippines — The central banks of the Philippines and Japan renewed a deal for easier peso to yen – vice versa – transactions to further strengthen economic and trade ties between Manila and Tokyo. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Grand Prix: Sebastian Vettel banking on sunshine to lift qualifying gloom
Sebastian Vettel is pinning his hopes on sunshine in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix to brighten his championship chances, after a lack of speed in qualifying further clouded his title prospects. The German, who trails championship-leading Mercedes rival ... ( read original story ...)
Metallica Shares “Battery” 1986 Live Footage
Official live footage of Metallica performing "Battery" live in Nagoya, Japan back on November 17th of 1986 is streaming below. The footage is included on the upcoming deluxe box set of the band's forthcoming remastered edition of "Master Of Puppets ... ( read original story ...)
Watch Previously Unreleased Video Of METALLICA Performing ‘Battery’ In Japan In 1986
A previously unreleased video of METALLICA performing the song "Battery" can be seen below. The clip was filmed at at Aichi Kinro Kaikan, Nagoya, Japan on November 17, 1986 and is taken from the upcoming reissue of METALLICA's seminal third album ... ( read original story ...)
Japan beats All Whites in international football friendly
The All Whites have been beaten 2‑1 by Japan in wet conditions in their international football friendly in Nagoya. Japan, ranked 40th in the ... Listen to the latest news on our 5 radio stations Legend FM, Viti FM, Radio Sargam, FM96 and Navtarang. ( read original story ...)
Celina Wins Cap But McGoldrick Misses Out
Serbia host Georgia in their final game. Elsewhere, Blues youngster Monty Patterson was an unused sub as New Zealand lost 2-1 to Japan in a friendly in Nagoya. Midfielder Tristan Nydam wasn’t in the matchday squad for the England U19s as they lost 1-0 ... ( read original story ...)
Mercedes’ Bottas set for gearbox penalty in Japan
SUZUKA, Japan, Oct 6 - Valtteri Bottas is set to drop five places on the grid for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix as the result of an unscheduled gearbox change on his Mercedes. Rules say a driver has to use one gearbox for six straight races. He can take ... ( read original story ...)
Top focus in Japan election: Will Tokyo governor run?
TOKYO – Just days before Japan's national election campaign kicks off ... a carefully scripted plan to call the Oct. 22 snap election, announcing ahead of his news conference that she would personally head a new party, the Party of Hope, which she ... ( read original story ...)
Raikkonen gets Japanese GP grid penalty after gearbox change
Get unlimited news Full access to our news and in-depth Autosport Plus features - all in an ad-free enviroment. Subscribe to Autosport Plus FIA will enforce grid drying rules in Japan The FIA has told Formula 1 teams that rules banning them from grid ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam, Japan share experience in invention commercialisation
HCM City (VNA) – Vietnamese and Japanese intellectual property experts gathered at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 6 to share experience in completing copyright system and improving the quality and comercialisation of inventions. According to ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Japan Real Estate Investment to acquire real estate property for 333.1 mln yen
* Says it plans to acquire Sendai-based real estate property on Nov. 1, at the price of 333.1 million yen ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Japan Retail Fund Investment acquires trust beneficial rights of property for 6.35 bln yen
* Says it acquired trust beneficial rights of Aichi-based property on Oct. 6, at the price of 6.35 billion yen ( read original story ...)