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07 Jan 06 : 50 | Japan whalers say activists disrupted sailor search (Reuters) CANBERRA (Reuters) - Japanese whalers accused hardline anti-whaling activists Wednesday of disrupting a search for a missing sailor believed to have drowned after toppling overboard in stormy and frigid seas close to Antarctica. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News 17 hours ago |
06 Jan 11 : 51 | Halt whale protesters' port calls: Japan (AAP) Japan has said it would ask Australia to refuse port calls for refuelling by anti-whaling activists who have been dogging its whaling fleet in the Antarctic. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News 36 hours ago |
06 Jan 10 : 44 | Japan PM acknowledges family mining firm used POWs (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso acknowledged Tuesday that a family firm had used POWs to work in a mine during World War Two, and that the government had been mistaken when it denied that fact when he was foreign minister. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News 37 hours ago |
06 Jan 06 : 02 | Japan government under fire over gaffe on homeless (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's opposition on Tuesday pressed the unpopular government to fire a senior official who accused homeless people, many of whom lost jobs in the recession, of laziness. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News 42 hours ago |
06 Jan 05 : 58 | Japan to hunt for rare elements in seabed: official (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan plans to start exploring its seabed to harvest rare earth elements used in electronics, hoping to reduce its heavy reliance on Chinese imports, a government official said Tuesday. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News 42 hours ago |
05 Jan 07 : 45 | Japan says 'cannot accept' Chinese gas development (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan said Monday it "cannot accept" China's development of a gas field near a disputed part of the East China Sea after Beijing insisted it was acting within its own waters. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
05 Jan 13 : 02 | Jobless in Japan march to demand jobs, housing (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) - Hundreds of jobless Japanese marched around parliament on Monday demanding work and housing as lawmakers began discussing measures to combat a worsening recession. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
05 Jan 04 : 14 | Pressure mounts on Japan PM as parliament meets (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's parliament convened Monday for a session on measures to revive the flagging economy with Prime Minister Taro Aso under pressure both from within and outside the ruling bloc to call a snap election. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
05 Jan 09 : 47 | Spats cast pall over Japan imperial anniversary (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) - Emperor Akihito marks two decades on the Japanese throne on Wednesday, but the anniversary is set to pass quietly given the poor health of the royal family that some officials blame on internal squabbling. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
04 Jan 07 : 51 | Japan's beleaguered PM says no plan for snap election (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Taro Aso signalled Sunday he would not call elections at least for a few months, pledging instead to tackle the worsening economic crisis. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
04 Jan 09 : 56 | Japan PM: Economic steps must come before poll (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) - Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said on Sunday that passing legislation to rescue the economy from recession took priority over calling an early election, which surveys suggest his ruling bloc could well lose. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
04 Jan 08 : 57 | Former Japan MP commits suicide: police source (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - A former Japanese MP who resigned after making accusations of government corruption that were never proven has jumped to his death from an apartment block, a police source said Sunday. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
04 Jan 04 : 27 | Japan PM:No snap poll before 2009/10 budget passes (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) - Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Taro, facing a feisty opposition in a divided parliament, said on Sunday he would not call a snap election before the national budget for 2009/10 and related bills were passed, steps that usually take place in late March but could be later this... Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
03 Jan 12 : 03 | Japan striker Okubo to sign for Wolfsburg (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Former Real Mallorca striker Yoshito Okubo will join fellow Japan midfielder Makoto Hasebe at German Bundesliga side Wolfsburg, his J-League club announced Saturday. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
02 Jan 09 : 10 | Financial slump worries Japan's emperor (AAP) Japan's Emperor Akihito voiced concern about the growing impact of the global financial crisis on the nation's economy as he greeted new year crowds. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
01 Jan 20 : 57 | SKorean fools finger printing system at Japan airport: reports (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - A South Korean woman barred from entering Japan last year passed through its immigration screening system by using tape on her fingers to fool a fingerprint reading machine, reports said Thursday. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
01 Jan 06 : 43 | Japan's PM looks to past for hope (AAP) Japanese prime minister Taro Aso insists the nation can survive the current harsh economic climate just as it rose from the ashes of World War II. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
31 Dec 11 : 06 | Japan PM Aso tells Israel's Olmert to stop bombings (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso told his Israeli counterpart Ehud Olmert Wednesday to halt air strikes that have killed at least 390 Palestinians and injured thousands in the Gaza Strip . Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
06 Jan 14 : 33 | Aso concedes WWII prisoners worked for his family mining company (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso effectively conceded on Tuesday that Allied prisoners held by Japan during World War II dug coal for his family mining company. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News 33 hours ago |
29 Dec 07 : 46 | Computer glitch disrupts Japan's bullet trains (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Services on dozens of Japan's bullet trains were disrupted Monday due to a computer glitch, delaying more than 65,000 passengers during the busy New Year's season, the operator said. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
27 Dec 22 : 59 | Japan whalers out of Australia-claimed area (Reuters) SYDNEY (Reuters) - Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has said it achieved its aim of forcing Japan's whaling fleet out of Antarctic waters claimed by Australia. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
28 Dec 03 : 39 | Mitsubishi aim to lift Japan gloom in South American Dakar Rally (AFP) PARIS (AFP) - Japanese manufacturers Mitsubishi aim to lift the recent gloom which has enveloped the country's motorsport industry by clinching an eighth successive Dakar Rally title next month. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
26 Dec 07 : 13 | Heavy snow forces cancelation of flights, trains in Japan (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Heavy snow has blanketed northern Japan , stranding holiday travellers, as the weather agency warned of further severe winter storms and high waves over the weekend. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
26 Dec 04 : 32 | Japan PM orders preparations for Somalia mission (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan on Friday moved a step closer to sending its navy to piracy-plagued waters near Somalia, with Prime Minister Taro Aso instructing his cabinet to speed up preparations for a possible deployment. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
25 Dec 18 : 55 | Japan, Vietnam sign free trade pact (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan and Vietnam signed an economic partnership pact Thursday with a promise to cut tariffs on some 92 percent of goods and services traded between the two nations within a decade. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
25 Dec 06 : 54 | Japan considering sending warship to tackle pirates off Somalia (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan said Thursday it was considering dispatching a destroyer to waters off Somalia to guard against pirates who are inflicting a costly toll on the shipping industry. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
26 Dec 09 : 16 | Japan production in historic plunge amid global slump (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese production fell at the fastest rate on record in November as firms closed factories and cut jobs due to slumping demand brought on by the global economic crisis, according to the latest data. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
24 Dec 11 : 47 | Japan approves 'unprecedented' recession budget (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's government Wednesday approved a record high budget, vowing to take "unprecedented" action to weather a painful recession which it expected would only get worse in the new year. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
24 Dec 07 : 15 | Japan PM rejects snap election but meets defiance (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's beleaguered Prime Minister Taro Aso on Wednesday rejected calls for a snap election, pledging to focus on the economic crisis, but was immediately defied by a senior member of his own party. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
24 Dec 04 : 05 | Japan PM says no snap election (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's beleaguered Prime Minister Taro Aso said Wednesday he would not call an election for now, saying his government needed to focus on fighting the economic crisis. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
23 Dec 06 : 36 | Japan emperor turns 75, frets over economy, health (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Emperor Akihito, who turned 75 on Tuesday and is nearing his 20th anniversary on the throne, expressed his concern for those hit by the global financial crisis as he stood in front of hundreds of well-wishers. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
22 Dec 05 : 33 | Japan's gloom deepens as exports suffer record drop (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's economic woes deepened Monday as data showed it suffered a record drop in exports amid a global crisis while sentiment drastically weakened even among heads of major companies. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
22 Dec 22 : 13 | Japan emperor turns 75, pledges to care for family (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese Emperor Akihito turned 75 on Tuesday, pledging to work for the betterment of the imperial family as his worries about the state of the world's oldest monarchy inflict a toll on his own health. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
20 Dec 12 : 51 | Strong quake off Japan (AAP) A strong 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the east coast of Japan , the US Geological Survey said. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
19 Dec 09 : 53 | Japan launches first solar cargo ship (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - The world's first cargo ship partly propelled by solar power took to the seas on Friday in Japan , aiming to cut fuel costs and carbon emissions when automakers export their products. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
21 Dec 03 : 20 | Japan's emperor turns 75 with worries over royal future (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese Emperor Akihito turns 75 this week with worries mounting over his succession in the world's oldest monarchy and with the country's stressed crown princess entering her sixth year as a recluse. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
18 Dec 16 : 01 | Japan says WWII prisoners worked for premier's company (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Allied prisoners held by Japan during World War II dug coal for Prime Minister Taro Aso's family mining company, the government said Thursday for the first time. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
18 Dec 07 : 50 | Japan, Australia hold security talks (AAP) Japan and Australia have held talks on stepping up security and diplomatic cooperation despite a dispute between the Pacific allies over whaling. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
20 Dec 06 : 36 | Japan's cabinet OKs extra budget to stimulate economy (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - The Japanese cabinet has approved a 4. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
16 Dec 03 : 39 | Japan, Australia to hold security talks (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Australia's foreign affairs and defence ministers will travel to Japan this week for talks on boosting security cooperation between the Pacific allies, Tokyo said Tuesday. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
18 Dec 06 : 46 | Japan wrestlers killed fellow sumo (AAP) A Japanese court has convicted three sumo wrestlers for killing a younger colleague during training. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
03 Jan 22 : 36 | Close ports to terror ship: whaling body (AAP) The Australian and New Zealand governments should close their ports to an anti-whaling vessel committing "criminal acts", says the Japan Whaling Association. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
16 Dec 11 : 44 | Japan man guilty of abducting, not killing Briton (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese serial rapist was convicted on Tuesday of abducting Briton Lucie Blackman eight years ago and dismembering and abandoning her body, but was acquitted of killing her. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
13 Dec 03 : 45 | South Korea and Japan condemn North Korea over nuclear talks (Reuters) FUKUOKA, Japan (Reuters) - South Korean and Japanese leaders condemned Pyongyang on Saturday for failing to show a cooperative attitude in the latest round of six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear arms programmes. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
12 Dec 12 : 34 | Japan unveils giant package to beat financial 'tsunami' (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - Japan on Friday unveiled a giant 255 billion-dollar stimulus package, vowing that Asia's largest economy would be the first nation to beat a once-in-a-century financial "tsunami." Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
10 Dec 08 : 49 | Japan's frugal housewives tighten their belts (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's homemakers have made an art of living frugally in one of the world's most expensive countries, and they are now pruning spending further as the economy plunges into what could be a long recession. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
09 Dec 20 : 08 | Whaling activists' Japan trial protested (AAP) Environmental group Greenpeace has condemned as "political persecution" Japan's arrest of two activists who face trial on charges of stealing whale meat. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
09 Dec 06 : 12 | Greenpeace start whale protests in Japan (AAP) Members of Greenpeace on Tuesday launched a major anti-whaling campaign in Japan , protesting the arrest of two activists. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
11 Dec 06 : 25 | Dreams may no longer be secret with Japan computer screen (AFP) TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese research team has revealed it had created a technology that could eventually display on a computer screen what people have on their minds, such as dreams. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
08 Dec 00 : 27 | Japan PM's support sinks to 22 percent in latest poll (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's support sank sharply in a newspaper poll published on Monday, the latest survey to show his sagging popularity as he struggles with a fractious party and an economy in recession. Source : World News - Yahoo!Xtra News |
