tips4travels.com gives you the latest news from Japan http://tips4travels.com/en Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:05:20 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japanese-baby-bot-with-runny-nose-teaches-parenting-skills.htm It giggles and wiggles its feet when you shake its rattle, but will get cranky and cry from too much tickling: Meet Yotaro, a Japanese robot programmed to be as fickle as a real baby. The cuddly baby... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-machinery-orders-fell-3.7-precent-in-january.htm TOKYO -- Japanese machinery orders, a closely watched indicator of future business investment, fell in January as companies reined in spending after a big jump the previous month. Core machinery order... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/sony-reveals-details-name-of-its-motion-controller.htm The company announced the product’s final name – PlayStation Move – along with limited pricing information Wednesday evening at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco. Users will be ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-revises-down-q4-economic-growth-to-3.8-per-cent-from-4.6-per-cent.htm TOKYO - Japan's economy grew sharply less in the fourth quarter than initial estimates, the government said Thursday. The world's second biggest economy's gross domestic product expanded at an annual... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:29:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/sony-shows-off-motion-controller.htm Sony has unveiled its contender to the market leading Nintendo Wii with its new motion-control video system called PlayStation Move.Details were revealed during the Game Developers Conference in San F... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:19:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/tokyo-stocks-rebound-on-hopes-for-japan-global-economy-weaker-yen+.htm yen+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 11 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS AND PRICES) Tokyo stocks rebounded Thursday morning on growing optimism about the economic recovery in Japan and elsewhere in the wor... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/tokyo-stocks-rebound-on-hopes-for-japan-global-economy-weaker-yen+.htm TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: TO BE LED) Tokyo stocks rebounded Thursday morning on growing optimism about the economic recovery in Japan and elsewhere in the world, while exporters o... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-suspends-atlantic-tuna-imports-due-to-documentation-flaws+.htm TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The Japanese government has suspended the import of about 2,200 tons of farmed Atlantic bluefin tuna due to flaws in documents relating to the catch, in the first... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/victims-of-1995-aum-tokyo-subway-sarin-gas-attack-near-6300+.htm TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The number of victims of the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway by the AUM Shinrikyo cult is almost 6,300 in a nationwide police survey -- far more than th... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/revised-gdp-shows-economic-conditions-still-severe&lt/font&gt.htm (Nikkei/Dow Jones)--The Japanese government's top spokesman said Thursday that a downward revision in the country's fourth-quarter growth rate shows that domestic economic conditions remain severe. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/upturn-casts-doubt-on-japan-banks&#039-union.htm When Shinsei and Aozora announced plans to merge last July, just about the only people who approved the plan were the Japanese banks themselves, their major shareholders and the government.Now, after ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japanese-market-trades-notably-higher.htm (RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is trading firm on Thursday with investors picking up several blue chip stocks despite economic growth falling a bit short of an earlier estimate. A weaker yen h... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/sony-unveils-motion-sensing-controller-for-playstation-3.htm Sony has unveiled a hotly anticipated motion-sensing controller that it hopes will fuel new interest in its PlayStation 3 videogame consoles.PlayStation Move wands will hit the market in time for the ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-steals-march-on-fair-value-rules.htm Japan steals march on fair value rules Japanese companies begin using IASB's fair value rules, joining Australia and New Zealand in adopting IFRS 9 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-growth-revised-down-as-deflation-deepens.htm TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- The Japanese government revised fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth down Thursday, due to slightly weaker corporate capital expenditures and private inventories, and al... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:28:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-shares-rise-as-trading-firms-strengthen.htm TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares traded broadly higher Thursday morning in Tokyo with trading firms among the bigger advancers following strength in oil prices in New York. The Nikkei 225 was up... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:28:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/mitsubishi-electric-develops-new-optical-transmission-devices-for-next-generation-100-gb.htm Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it has developed transmission devices featuring the world's top-level characteristics for super high-speed, 100 Gb Ethernet applicatio... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:25:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/dollar-trades-at-mid-90-yen-level-in-early-tokyo-deals+.htm TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The U.S. dollar fluctuated in the mid-90 yen level early Thursday in Tokyo, inheriting its strength on overnight trading in New York. At 9 a.m., the dollar cha... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/tokyo-stocks-open-higher-on-weaker-yen-wall-street-gains+.htm TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Tokyo stocks opened higher Thursday with investors taking comfort over a weaker yen relative to the U.S. dollar and overnight gains on Wall Street. In the firs... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/the-great-ginkgo-tree-at-kamakura&#039s-tsurugaoka-hachimangu-shrine-after-the-storm.htm KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--The great ginkgo tree that stood for 1,000 years at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in this ancient capital is no more. It was uprooted in the storm that raged Tue... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/runaway-prius-new-problem-for-toyota.htm LOS ANGELES--Toyota Motor Corp.'s procedures for its huge recalls could come under scrutiny after a Prius hybrid deemed low in priority for repairs sped out of control on a highway outside San Diego o... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/nuclear-weapons-ban-unchanged.htm Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada made clear Wednesday that the government will not alter its policy of barring nuclear weapons from Japanese waters and territory. The policy comes a day after Okada... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/sony-seeking-comeback-to-sell-3-d-tvs-game-software-in-june.htm Sony Corp. in June will start selling three-dimensional flat-panel TVs along with other products that officials say will provide a complete 3-D package for movie viewers, computer users and gamers. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/asahi-content-soon-to-be-offered-on-sony-reader.htm The Asahi Shimbun will soon start providing English-language news articles for viewing on Reader, Sony's digital ebook devices, sold by Sony Electronics Inc. in the United States. The Asahi Shimb... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/toyota-to-hire-10-fewer-grads.htm Toyota Motor Corp., reeling from massive vehicle recalls, will scale back its hirings next fiscal year by 10 percent as part of efforts to streamline its work force. According to a recruitment pl... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/jal-vows-to-return-to-black-by-fall.htm Japan Airlines Corp.'s new chairman promised to return the struggling airline to profitability in autumn while it still has government funds. Kazuo Inamori acknowledged that JAL's performance has... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/61-airports-fall-short-on-passengers.htm Sixty-one airports across the nation failed to meet projected demand in fiscal 2008, underlining a widely held belief that many were built on the basis of overly optimistic projections. Actual an... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/report-on-secret-pacts.htm In a democracy, no government has the right to maintain a decades-long deception on diplomatic and national security policies that form the backbone of a nation. But this is precisely what happened in... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/a-measure-of-life&#039s-journey-behind-all-the-tears.htm Asahi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for elementary schoolchildren, ran the following short poem by first-grader Kenta Akimoto 14 years ago: I cried/ At the entrance ceremony/ Of kindergarten/ Mothe... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/wind-power-generation-faces-public-opposition.htm Wind power generation, which uses a new energy source and is regarded as indispensable to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, is facing head winds across the nation. There is growing concern among r... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-final-q4-gdp-weaker-than-expected.htm (RTTNews) - Japan's gross domestic product was up 0.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to the previous three months, the Cabinet Office said on Thursday.That was weaker than expectation... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japanese-stocks-rise-on-economic-view-report-yen-jfe-drops.htm March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks rose after the Nikkei newspaper reported the government may lift its view on the nation’s economy and the yen depreciated. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan&rsquos-note-yields-may-fall-to-six-year-low-chuo-mitsui-says.htm March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s five-year notes may rise, pushing yields to the lowest level since August 2003, as the central bank looks to maintain its monetary-easing policy, according to Chu... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/65-years-after-the-war-japan-needs-convincing-of-the-need-for-us-bases.htm END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> On a humid March evening in Okinawa young American men with crewcuts and thick necks sp... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:27:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-gdp-china-data-on-tap-for-thursday.htm (RTTNews) - Japan is scheduled to release final gross domestic product numbers for the fourth quarter of 2009 on Thursday, headlining a busy day for Asian economic news.GDP is expected to climb 1.0 p... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/sony-playstation-network-to-add-hd-movies-from-major-film-studios.htm Sony has announced that six major motion picture studios, including its own, have signed on to digitally distribute HD movies to Sony's PlayStation Network for its PS3 console. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/strong-winds-snow-wreak-havoc-140-hurt.htm The Yomiuri Shimbun Strong winds and snow battered the Pacific side of the nation Tuesday and Wednesday, wreaking havoc with road, rail and air routes and leaving thousands of homes without pow... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/&#039dr.-yellow&#039-train-keeps-line-safe-elates-spotters.htm NAGOYA — A seven-car shinkansen line inspection train runs about once every 10 days between Tokyo and Hakata in Fukuoka Prefecture, and rail buffs who spot it claim it brings good luck. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/okinawa-doesn&#039t-need-a-new-base.htm Group hopes U.S. ad raises awareness of Futenma : I was pleased to read about the work of the Japan-U.S. Citizens for Okinawa (JUCO) network to educate the American public about the negative conseque... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/people-have-enough-to-fret-about.htm So many people were killed and injured during World War II; so many families, houses, schools and hospitals were destroyed. Those who survived the war were so shocked at the damage and destruction tha... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/more-respect-for-foreign-workers.htm Foreigners rally over job security : I thought writer Kazuaki Nagata did a great job covering this important event. However, I would urge The Japan Times' editorial staff to use the term foreign wor... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/free-tilly-and-other-circus-animals.htm The death of the trainer is a tragedy, and one can only have sympathy for her family. But the incident raises broader questions: Was the attack deliberate? Did the whale, an orca named Tilikum and nic... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/a-prudent-move-for-safety&#039s-sake.htm That said, Welsch has a point: There is one group of Americans who are appalled by the continued situation at Futenma — military personnel familiar with Futenma. They are appalled that peace act... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/the-u.s.-media-badly-needs-a-wakeup-call.htm Different societies allow their news media different roles. In most countries the media is subordinated to power, whether of the government or the ruling class. Surprisingly or not, the American model... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/living-as-if-animal-welfare-matters.htm For humanity's sake, let's tie whaling in with animal welfare as a whole, was excellent! I have had many years' experience working with farm livestock. For 10 years in my youth I reared calves on a ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/secret-agreements-to-get-along.htm A Foreign Ministry panel of experts on Tuesday concluded that secret agreements existed between the United States and Japan concerning the bringing in of U.S. nuclear weapons to Japan, military oper... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/revamps-re-openings-relocations-and-the-return-of-fashion-week.htm Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo — from March 22-26 — is gearing up for its 10th round of showcasing some of the country's best and freshest fashion geniuses. While it is technically an industr... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/just-another-case-of-stubbornness.htm The debate here isn't about animal welfare, indigenous peoples' killing the occasional bison, boar or seal for subsistence, or shipping sheep off to Yemen. The issue is more complex and has many layer... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/u.s.-base-problem-drags-on.htm The loud dispute over the future of the U.S. Marine Air Station at Futenma, Okinawa, is puzzling. Even U.S. officialdom agrees that this base causes enormous inconvenience to the residents of Ginowan ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/conservation-fund-targets-businesses-with-wildlife-logos-trademarks.htm In efforts to save endangered species, a new fund is being planned to draw support from businesses using animals and plants for their corporate logos and trademarks, organizers said Wednesday. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/kansai-wants-help-trimming-debt.htm OSAKA (Kyodo) Kansai International Airport Co. plans to ask the government to help it trim at least ¥800 billion of its interest-bearing debts totaling more than ¥1 trillion, the president o... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/toyota-out-of-top-10-firms-for-grads.htm Toyota Motor Corp. has fallen to 13th place from seventh in terms of popularity among science and engineering students, dropping out of the top 10 most popular companies for the first time in 14 years... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/slave-labor-redress-snub-upheld.htm KANAZAWA, Ishikawa Pref. (Kyodo) An appeals court Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that rejected demands by wartime forced laborers from China that the central government and a Japanese marine tr... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/kitano-awarded-french-arts-honor.htm Out-of-body experience: Film director and artist Takeshi Kitano poses by one of his artworks at a Tuesday exhibition in Paris along with French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand. AP PHOTO Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/allowance-may-cover-children-in-institutions.htm The ruling tripartite bloc agreed Wednesday to expand the government's planned monthly child rearing allowances to kids at child care institutions and add a clause to that extent in a related bill cur... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/tahara-opinion-on-abductees-chided.htm Soichiro Tahara, a well-known journalist, said on a TV Asahi program last April 25 that abductees Megumi Yokota and Keiko Arimoto are no longer alive and added the Foreign Ministry is aware of this, p... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/eight-sado-center-crested-ibises-killed-weasel-suspected.htm Eight crested ibises were killed and two critically injured at the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, attacked in their cage apparently by outside predators, t... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/tokyo-bucharest-commercial-cooperation-agreement-signed.htm The Tokyo and Bucharest chambers of commerce agreed to strengthen economic cooperation Wednesday, with Romanian President Traian Basescu attending a ceremony in Tokyo to mark the signing of the agreem... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/jasa-chief-mori-plans-to-retire.htm Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori said Wednesday he will step down as head of the Japan Sports Association when his current term expires at the end of March next year. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/o&#039driscoll-to-get-100th-ireland-cap.htm DUBLIN (AP) Captain Brian O'Driscoll will earn his 100th cap for Ireland when he leads the team out against Wales at Croke Park on Saturday in Six Nations rugby. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/oh-museum-to-open-in-fukuoka.htm The Sadaharu Oh Baseball Museum will open on July 3 in the outfield concourse at Fukuoka Yahoo Dome where Oh spent 15 years as manager of the Softbank Hawks. I hope it's a museum where people, espe... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/hibakusha-denounce-secret-pacts.htm HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) Hiroshima and Nagasaki reacted fiercely Tuesday to a government-appointed panel's confirmation of secret Japan-U.S. pacts, including one apparently granting tacit approval of nuclear... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/weir-to-take-break-skip-worlds.htm While I understand the importance of competition, I feel that a short break at this time would be personally beneficial to me, said Weir, who was sixth at the Vancouver Olympics. I can assure every... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/bucks-stand-ground-to-drive-back-celtics.htm MILWAUKEE (AP) A serious mismatch on paper, it looked even more ridiculous in real life: Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings, all of 185 cm and 77 kg, standing up to Boston Celtics forward Gl... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/schwab-white-beach-both-bad-options.htm Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima conveyed his opposition Wednesday to a proposed Nago onshore relocation plan for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in his prefecture during a meeting with Chief Cabin... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/csk-iwai-in-final-talks-over-cosmo.htm OSAKA (Kyodo) Major information services provider CSK Holdings Corp. has entered the final phase of talks with Iwai Securities Co. to sell its subsidiary Cosmo Securities Co. to Iwai, sources said Wed... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/matsui-makes-angels-debut-in-victory-over-padres.htm TEMPE, Ariz. (Kyodo) Designated hitter Hideki Matsui hit a single in a 1-for-2 spring debut for the Los Angeles Angels in a 6-5 win against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/two-regional-banks-request-fsa-aid.htm Fidea Holdings Co., a Sendai-based banking group, and another regional lender, Miyazaki Taiyo Bank, have applied for public cash infusions with the Financial Services Agency, financial industry source... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/vick-receives-ed-block-courage-award-amid-protests.htm Divided opinion: Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick answers questions before receiving the Ed Block Courage Award in Baltimore on Tuesday. AP PHOTO Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/veteran-terao-to-hang-up-skates.htm Terao had signaled his intention to call it quits after failing in his bid to secure a fifth consecutive Winter Olympic berth at the short track national championships in December. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/fluke-gagne-goal-gives-flyers-win.htm The lucky deflection sent the puck past goalie Dwyane Roloson with 6:06 left to play, and completed a Philadelphia Flyers rally for a 3-2 win Tuesday night. Philadelphia beat the Islanders for the 15t... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/investors-unconvinced-by-fujitsu-claims-tse-probe.htm Fujitsu Ltd. has drawn renewed calls from investors to shed more light on the departure of former President Kuniaki Nozoe after the Tokyo Stock Exchange ended a probe Tuesday into the conflicting reas... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/kaifu-aware-of-secret-pacts-others-mum.htm Three out of 27 top government leaders polled claimed they knew Japan and the United States had secret pacts covering nuclear arms and other sensitive issues but others declined comment, a survey show... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/danish-leader-seeks-speedy-delivery-of-climate-aid-to-poor-nations.htm Visiting Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, who chaired a U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen last December, called Tuesday for the early implementation of financial aid worth $30 billion ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/absentee-clarke-included-in-squad.htm WELLINGTON (AP) Vice-captain Michael Clarke has been included in Australia's test squad only two days after quitting a cricket tour of New Zealand for personal reasons and returning to his Sydney home... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/kochi-blossoms-signal-start-of-spring.htm KOCHI (Kyodo) Signs of full-blown spring were observed when cherry blossoms bloomed Wednesday in the city of Kochi, coming out the earliest in any location other than Okinawa and nearby southern islan... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/memo-shows-toyota-employees-in-japan-raised-concerns.htm Toyota Motor Corp. turned over to Congress today a 3 1/2 -year-old memo written by employees in Japan raising questions about the company's safety record. The Oct. 3, 2006 memo was requested by Rep. E... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-baby-robot-teaches-parenting-skills.htm TSUKUBA, Japan (AFP) – It giggles and wiggles its feet when you shake its rattle, but will get cranky and cry from too much tickling: Meet Yotaro, a Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:27:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japanese-woman-graduates-from-school-at-age-of-91.htm TOKYO, March 10 (RIA Novosti) - A 91-year-old woman has graduated from evening school in southern Japan, the daily Mainichi Simbun paper reported on Wednesday. The Kobe evening school is for people wh... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:56:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/&#039the-cove&#039-puts-japanese-fishermen-on-the-defense.htm EDITOR'S NOTE - Miles Edelsten is a senior producer for Associated Press Television News and has covered Japan for 10 years. OTSUCHI, Japan (AP) - As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one r... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:50:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/&#039the-cove&#039-puts-japanese-fishermen-on-the-defense.htm EDITOR'S NOTE - Miles Edelsten is a senior producer for Associated Press Television News and has covered Japan for 10 years.OTSUCHI, Japan (AP) - As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran at ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-defends-dolphin-hunt-in-oscar-winning-documentary-&#039cove&#039.htm A dolphin demonstrates a flip at at dolphin pool in Taiji, southwestern Japan, wher visitors can play with the animals on Monda. The Japnaese fishing village featured in 'The Cove,' which won an Oscar... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/&#039the-cove&#039-puts-japanese-fishermen-on-the-defense.htm EDITOR'S NOTE - Miles Edelsten is a senior producer for Associated Press Television News and has covered Japan for 10 years. OTSUCHI, Japan (AP) - As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran a... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/cherry-blossoms-come-out-in-kochi-earliest-on-japan&#039s-main-islands.htm KOCHI, Japan, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Signs of the full-blown spring season were observed in Japan when cherry blossoms bloomed Wednesday in the western city of Kochi, coming out the earliest i... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/airport-for-budget-travel.htm MITO, JAPAN — The diktat from the governor was the kind of sweeping order that gives Japanese bureaucrats heart attacks: plans for a three-story airport terminal, painstakingly laid over years, ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:15:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/tokyo-angered-by-bluefin-tuna-trade-ban.htm EUROPE has joined the United States in formally seeking to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, the king of Japanese sushi and sashimi, in a move that has angered Tokyo. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:15:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/cathay-pacific-and-saa-will-bring-korean-and-japanese-visitors-to-sa.htm Submit your comment Cathay Pacific Airlines and SAA, both of which fly between Johannesburg and Hong Kong, will bring large numbers of soccer fans from Korea and Japan for the FIFA World Cup in June a... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/&#039the-cove&#039-puts-japanese-fishermen-on-the-defense.htm EDITOR'S NOTE—Miles Edelsten is a senior producer for Associated Press Television News and has covered Japan for 10 years. OTSUCHI, Japan (AP)—As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, on... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:55:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japanese-astronaut-noguchi-engages-in-key-work-on-int&#039l-space-station+.htm TSUKUBA, Japan, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi on Wednesday installed a robotic arm outside the country's Kibo laboratory module on the International Space Station, t... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:52:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-romania-agree-to-cooperate-on-climate-change-iran+.htm TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Romanian President Traian Basescu agreed Wednesday to cooperate on the swift resolution of issues facing the internatio... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:52:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/libredigital-powering-content-for-sony-reader.htm . LibreDigital will provide newspaper and magazine content to Sony's family of e-readers. Users can purchase a single paper or subscribe to have its delivered wirelessly each day. The company #39... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:50:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/minister-to-explain-thai-investment-situation-to-japanese-firms+.htm BANGKOK, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Thai Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said Wednesday he is ready to answer questions about the country's investment conditions from Japanese investors when he... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-confirms-cold-war-era-&#039secret&#039-pacts-with-us.htm Japan confirmed for the first time Tuesday the existence of once-secret Cold War-era pacts with the U.S. that tacitly allowed nuclear-armed warships to enter Japanese ports in violation of Tokyo's pos... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:05:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japanese-shares-fluctuate-as-shippers-drop-nisshin-steel-gains.htm March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese shares fluctuated as shipping lines fell after commodity-transport fees slipped. Casio Computer Co. gained after a newspaper reported it will swing to profit. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/dollar-stays-around-90-yen-line-in-tokyo-morning-amid-lack-of-fresh-cues+.htm cues+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 10 (Kyodo)—The U.S. dollar steadied around the 90 yen line Wednesday morning in Tokyo as investors largely retreated to the sidelines amid a lack of fresh trading cue... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/february-beer-shipments-fall-6.3-in-japan+.htm TOKYO, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Domestic shipments of beer and beer-like drinks dropped 6.3 percent in February from a year earlier to 29.25 million cases, hitting the lowest level for February ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-gasoline-stocks-down-61703-kl-on-week-at-2.19-million-kl.htm Crude stocks held by Japanese refiners increased by 1,111,430 kiloliters on week to 14.95 million kiloliters, or 94.01 million barrels, PAJ said. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:03:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/want-boj-to-support-economy-via-appropriate-policy.htm -(Dow Jones)- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he wants the Bank of Japan to support the economy through appropriate monetary policy. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:03:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/japan-jan-machine-orders-ease-3.7-on-month.htm (RTTNews) - Core machinery orders in Japan were down a seasonally adjusted 3.7 percent in January compared to the previous month, the Cabinet Office said on Wednesday. That was roughly in line with ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/japan-news/3d-tv-what&#039s-sony-and-samsung-up-to.htm A model wearing a pair of 3D glasses poses next to Sony Corp's new 3D Bravia television during an unveiling in Tokyo March 9. Sony will launch 3D televisions in June, entering an increasingly crowded ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:11:00 +0100