Mt. Fuji, gardens, shopping, cherry blossoms, cultural attractions, from palaces and historic sites to sumo wrestling and Kabuki theater, bullet trains, beaches, war memorials, traditional crafts and religious shrines and temples are some of Japans notable attractions.
Egypt envoy looks to attract tourism, investment from Japan Japan Times During a visit to The Japan Times, Abdelnasser, who has been at his post since September, said Egypt and Japan are in final preparations to open the Egyptian-Japanese University of Science and...
Flying Lotus "Los Angeles" Japan Times There's been a good buzz around producer Flying Lotus recently — which makes it all the more unfortunate that his second album comes tagged as "wonky," a genre descriptor so ridiculous it makes...
Russia stands firm in territorial dispute with Japan The Japan News.Net Moscow, (RIA Novosti) Russia has said it is ready to talk with Japan over territorial issues but insisted that its sovereignty over the southern Kuril islands north of Japan is unquestionable.
Japan scrambling for any summit progress Japan Times With only a few days to go until the Group of Eight summit gets under way in Hokkaido, Japanese diplomats were still struggling to find ways to achieve progress — no matter how small —...
WTA may have to find a new sponsor The Japan News.Net The Women's Tennis Association, which became the richest association in women's sport three years ago with Sony Ericsson as its title sponsor, is waging a losing battle to convince the mobile telephone company to renew its contract.
Fans raise $50,000 for Japanese band Japan Times Metal money-makers: Electric Eel Shock (Kazuto Maekawa right), the first Japanese band to raise $ 50,000 on Sellaband.com, clearly didn't spend the cash on a new wardrobe.
Hot Hoff steals Phelps Japan Times Nineteen-year-old Katie Hoff stole the show at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, winning two events about 45 minutes apart Wednesday night — and setting new American records in both. Phelps...
NGOs worried Africa will get short shrift Japan Times ... amp;I'm worried that the agenda on further development in Africa may get shoved to the the back burner" because host nation Japan may be satisfied with what was achieved at TICAD, Funada said.
Japan hopes to rely less on imported food Japan Times Japan will consider raising the target for its food self-efficiency rate from 45 percent to over 50 percent, farm minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi indicated Wednesday.
Bush vows to help resolve abductions, achieve CO è deal Japan Times The United States will continue pressing North Korea to resolve the abductions dispute during the six-party talks aimed at disbanding Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal, President George...
Insurers face FSA ire for nonpayment The Asahi Shimbun The Financial Services Agency will order about 10 life insurers to improve operations after they withheld benefits owed to policyholders, sources said. The FSA decided to take disciplinary...
Cut in taxis proposed to improve driver pay Japan Times The proposals call for the government to toughen the screening of prospective taxi operators, especially in areas where cabs are plentiful, ministry officials said. The ministry will also order...
LDP team seeks pension-funded SWF Japan Times The group, led by former financial services minister Yuji Yamamoto, presented a blueprint for the Japanese SWF and maintained that professional asset managers should be hired by the fund, which would...
Proliferation worries to top G8 summary Japan Times Japan as this year's G8 host is also discussing with member nations the inclusion of a provision to urge North Korea to take action to resolve humanitarian concerns, including its abductions of...
Clay looking good for decathlon gold Japan Times Clay is a product of mixed heritage — African-American and Japanese. (He was seeing sporting a temporary tattoo of the Hinomaru last summer at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka)....
Mitsui, Petrobras in ethanol JV Japan Times Mitsui & Co. said Thursday it will form a Brazilian joint venture with Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., or Petrobras, and another Brazilian entity to produce ethanol from sugar cane in Itaruma, Goias.
A wave of migrating brains and barbarians Japan Times Munich — Europe is experiencing a huge wave of migration between east and west. This movement resembles the Great Migrations (Volkerwanderung) of the fourth to sixth centuries.
Sanyo plans lithium-ion battery plant in Hyogo Japan Times Sanyo Electric Co. will build a new factory to manufacture rechargeable lithium-ion batteries in Minamiawaji, Hyogo Prefecture, sources said Thursday.
Sky monsters rule at Miraikan exhibition Japan Times Leaping lizards: An illustration for the exhibition "Pterosaurs: Rulers of the Skies in the Age of Dinosaurs," running until at the Miraikan science museum in Odaiba, Tokyo, puts the size...
A slice of Italy in Shirokanedai Japan Times Matsushita lived and worked in kitchens around Italy for half a dozen years, and his crew are equally Italophile. They shout their orders out across the kitchen in cheerful Italian. They have also...
Brazil reveals bioplastics plan Japan Times Amari, who met reporters after holding talks with Lula in the Brazilian capital, quoted him as saying that Brazil has lots of oil but wants to develop bioplastics as part of the country's...
Camp all about art, nature Japan Times Art in nature: Paintings by children are put on display in the woods for the Kids Art Camp outing set for to 21 in Fukushima Prefecture. GAS AS INTERFACE CO.
Liga tops Fluminense to win Copa Libertadores Japan Times Rio DE Goalkeeper Jose Francisco Cevallos saved three penalties and Liga de Quito defeated Fluminense 3-1 in a shootout to become the first Ecuadorean club to win the Copa Libertadores...
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