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Saturday, 29 November 2008 |
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Though the Oita HeatDevils have started the season with a disappointing 2-10 record, first-year head coach Tadaharu Ogawa is patiently working to turn things around. |
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Saturday, 29 November 2008 |
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Japan coach Takeshi Okada said Thursday he has decided not to call up key players such as Yasuhito Endo and Keiji Tamada for a training camp set to get under way on Jan. 10 to give them some rest. |
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Saturday, 29 November 2008 |
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Highly regarded Japanese amateur pitcher Junichi Tazawa has rejected offers from three major league clubs, effectively ensuring he will join the Boston Red Sox, baseball sources said Friday. |
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Saturday, 29 November 2008 |
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The NBA's leading rebounder, Howard had 26 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks to help the Orlando Magic beat the Wizards 105-90 on Thursday night. |
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Saturday, 29 November 2008 |
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GEISEI, Kochi Pref. (Kyodo) Ryo Ishikawa all but ensured himself of becoming the youngest golfer in history to earn ¥100 million in prize money on the Japanese men's tour after making the cut in ... |
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Saturday, 29 November 2008 |
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OTTAWA (AP) Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson scored in a shootout to give the Ottawa Senators a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night. |
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Saturday, 29 November 2008 |
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More single Japanese men than women are looking for love this Christmas to beat the holiday blues, according to a survey released this week. Seventy percent of single Japanese males -- but only 55 per... |
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Saturday, 29 November 2008 |
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LONDON, Nov. 29 (AP) - (Kyodo)The Japanese government in September approved buying whale meat from Iceland, the first such purchase since 1991, relevant authorities said Saturday, adding some of... |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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TOKYO — Banks and other deposit-taking entities in Japan incurred an additional loss of 699 billion yen in the July-September period on their investments in a range of securitized financial pro... |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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Moroto The Japanese ambassador to Uganda, Mr Keiichi Kato brought a smile to the faces of over 800,000 starving Karimojong, when he launched the rice and oil distribution at Lokopo, Matany in Morot... |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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The Japanese government said Friday that industrial production in October fell a sharp 3.1 per cent from the previous month and is expected to decline precipitously in the months ahead. Factory outpu... |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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TOKYO - World bronze medallists Jessica Dube of Drummondville, Que., and Bryce Davison of Cambridge, Ont., are third after Friday's short program at the NHK Trophy. Dube and Davison posted a score of ... |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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TOKYO — Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said Friday the Self-Defense Forces will not acquire new models of cluster bombs even though they would not be banned under a new accord on the munition... |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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Mashaie Vice-President and Head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran Rahimd Mashaie said Friday that friendship and cooperation between Iran and Japan will afford ext... |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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AFP, TOKYO Saturday, Nov 29, 2008, Page 10 Japan sank deeper into recession last month as factory output slumped and consumers reduced spending in response to the economic crisis, a raft of grim d... |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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TOKYO — Japan will provide some $7 million, or 710 million yen, worth of aid including emergency relief, food and water assistance, to Congolese fleeing from escalated fighting in eastern Democ... |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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LONDON, Nov. 28 (AP) - (Kyodo)Officials should give the green light to the staging of a motorbike race on an island south of Tokyo, claims an expert who has won and been a regular competitor in ... |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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Prime Minister Taro Aso and opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa faced off Friday in the Diet for the first time as party leaders, but neither was able to land a decisive punch. In their sparring over ... |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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Japan 's workers are being urged to switch off their laptops, go home early and use what little energy they have left on procreation, in the country's latest attempt to avert demographic disaster.The ... |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
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The Associated Press November 28, 2008 - 8:06 a.m. TOKYO - The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues closed at 8,512.27 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, up 138.88 points or 1.66 per cent. |
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