Japan News

Thursday, 19 November 2009, 3:52 pm Press Release: Greenpeace New Zealand Final voyage of the Japanese whaling fleet? Innoshima, Japan, 19 November, 2009 - Following a week of potentially crippling budgetary reviews and a high-profile visit from US President Barack Obama to Japan, shortly after 10am today the so-called 'scientific' whaling fleet ...

Singer Miley Cyrus and her friends, who made "slant eyes" in a private photograph, did not injure an Asian woman or other Asians from Los Angeles, a judge ruled today in throwing out the woman's lawsuit.

The Bank of Japan kept interest rates near zero and raised its economic assessment even as government pressure for it to fight deflation intensified.

A shopper leaves a clothing store selling all items on 20 percent to 80 percent off in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov.

The youth are 'agents of true change and transformation before their respective church communities, families and friends...' hope for the Church's evangelization and for the future of Asia.

American actor Taylor Lautner, American actress Kristen Stewart and British actor Robert Pattinson pose for photographs during the 'Twilight' press conference at Ebisu Garden Place on February 27, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.

TOKYO - Japan's economy expanded at an annual pace of 4.8 percent in the third quarter, the government said today, marking the second straight quarter of growth and the biggest rise in real gross domestic product since 2007.

SAITAMA A 34-year-old Tokyo woman under arrest for fraud received some 70 million from one of four male acquaintances who died mysterious deaths now being probed as foul play, investigative sources said Thursday.

Images from the 41st Tokyo Motor Show at Makuhari Messe in October, 2009 in Chiba, Japan.

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SCIENTISTS in Japan said they have uncovered evidence that shows it may be possible to delay or prevent heart failure in humans.

TOKYO Japan suspended beef shipments from an American meatpacker Saturday over its failure to remove cattle parts banned under a bilateral agreement, as officials here raised concerns about U.S. safeguards against mad cow disease.

MENASHA - Max Schultz is amazed with the views at the new Aylward Gallery. Schultz, the director of the gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, said the experience is akin to being outdoors from inside.

A bear in the mountains of Takayama, Japan, mauled nine people in a bus terminal, four of them seriously, before it was killed by hunters, officials said.

WASHINGTON - Asian leaders at this week's economic summit will demand a greater voice in the way global financial institutions make crucial decisions.

An unmanned Japanese cargo spacecraft yesterday was plucked out of space by a robotic arm and attached to the International Space Station .

The HTV launched on Sept. 11 from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan aboard an H-IIB launch vehicle carrying up to 6,000 kg.

The International Space Station, pictured above, is about to receive a supply ship from Japan.

The Japanese space agency launched a powerful new rocket Thursday carrying an unmanned space station cargo ship on a complex maiden voyage to deliver some 7,400 pounds of equipment and supplies to the orbital outpost.

Suntory, the whisky-to-green tea drinks conglomerate, is in talks to buy Orangina, the French brand, as part of efforts to expand its business interests beyond Japanese shores.