| 07 Nov 09 |
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Freedoms on the outer limit  There's something special about places on the outer limits of great nations or continents; a sort of liberated and reflective space, away from it all, yet still connected to it. Think Alaska, Vancouver Island, the Koh Chang islands in Thailand, Xining in... |
| 07 Nov 09 |
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Mickelson overtakes Woods; Ishikawa moves into share of eighth SHANGHAI — Tiger Woods stalled with pars. Phil Mickelson poured it on with birdies. The back nine Saturday at the HSBC Champions changed names atop the leaderboard, as Mickelson made three birdies over the last five holes for a 5-under 67 that took h... |
| 07 Nov 09 |
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China sailors visit A-bomb museum HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) In a rare mass visit, about 230 cadets and crew from a visiting Chinese naval training vessel visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the A-bomb Dome on Saturday. The military visit to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, where the museum... |
| 07 Nov 09 |
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Japan deepens ties with Mekong Japan pledged ¥500 billion in fresh aid to the Mekong region after concluding a summit Saturday aimed at catching up with neighboring China in strengthening its partnership with the Southeast Asian region. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanma... |
| 06 Nov 09 |
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Dongguan official invites direct investment A vice mayor of the Chinese industrial city of Dongguan urged Japanese manufacturers Friday to expand on its turf and exploit its domestic market to help the city recover from the global economic crisis and fall in exports. "We are looking for more... |
| 06 Nov 09 |
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Tiger charges into share of lead SHANGHAI — Tiger Woods birdied five of his last 10 holes for another 5-under 67, giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with fellow American Nick Watney at the HSBC Champions. Seven of the top nine players on the leaderboard at the final World Go... |
| 06 Nov 09 |
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Target high-end tourists: hotels head Wooing the high-end tourist market, especially travelers from China, South Korea and Taiwan, is key to achieving the government's goal of attracting 20 million foreign visitors annually by 2016, the head of Japan's hotel association said Friday. Yutaka... |
| 05 Nov 09 |
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China naval vessel makes port call  HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) A Chinese naval training vessel with some 360 crew members on board called Thursday at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Etajima port in Hiroshima Prefecture. The crew of the 5,470-ton Zhenghe, including naval officer candidates, are... |
| 05 Nov 09 |
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JAL to cut 61 international flights to China, Mexico Struggling Japan Airlines Corp. said Thursday it will cut 61 weekly round-trip passenger flights on 10 international routes and three cargo flights on one route from December to January to help improve business performance. The cut will come in addition... |
| 05 Nov 09 |
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Opera group to perform classic China narrative  The China National Peking Opera Company (CNPOC) is performing "The Water Margin — The Vows of Song Jiang and the Heroes of Mount Liang Shan Po" across Japan until Dec. 10. The style of Peking opera, which is also known as Beijing opera, has existed f... |
| 04 Nov 09 |
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Eel exec in label scam guilty, fined The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced the former chairman of a food processing and sales company to a suspended two-year prison term for falsely labeling and selling Chinese eel as those raised in Japan. The court also ordered Hayama Nakamura,... |
| 04 Nov 09 |
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Honda plans to add 100 new dealers a year in China, Hojo says Honda Motor Co. plans to add an average of about 100 car dealerships a year in China over the next five years to meet demand, Chief Financial Officer Yoichi Hojo said Wednesday. The automaker will have added about 80 dealerships in China by the end of... |
| 04 Nov 09 |
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China issues tech, investment calls  The global economic crisis triggered by the Lehman Brothers fiasco has left China with an opportunity to pursue further sophistication of its industrial structure from labor-intensive to a more technology- and capital-intensive model, a Chinese official... |
| 04 Nov 09 |
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Effects of Japan's identity crisis Kazuo Ogoura's Oct. 30 article, "Significance of East Asia," reveals some flawed assumptions about Japan's neighbors. Korea and China have never sought U.S. or Western approval. They have never aspired to be honorary members of the West. Japan, on the... |
| 03 Nov 09 |
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Golfer Barron gets doping ban SHANGHAI (AP) Doug Barron, a 40-year-old journeyman who lost his tour card three years ago, became the first player to be suspended by the PGA Tour for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. Barron has been suspended for one year. He... |
| 02 Nov 09 |
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Ishikawa aiming for top-35 finish Teenage sensation Ryo Ishikawa left for China on Monday hoping to finish inside the top 35 at the prestigious HSBC Champions in Shanghai this week. "The tournament is packed with famous players. My world ranking is 35th or thereabouts so I would like to... |
| 02 Nov 09 |
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Central banks 'experimenting' to counter deflationary pressure Second of two parts A major challenge for Japan at present is to find ways to counter the deflationary pressure arising from further rises of the yen's exchange rate, not only against the U.S. dollar itself but also against the currencies of China and... |
| 02 Nov 09 |
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Missiles crimp Taiwan's thoughts of peace HONG KONG — Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, in his first interview after taking on the chairmanship of the ruling Nationalist Party (Kuomintang), again urged China to scrap missiles that stand along its coast, aimed at the island. The number of su... |
| 31 Oct 09 |
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China overpoliticizing my trips: Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama said Saturday on a visit to Tokyo that China was overpoliticizing his travels and claimed his decisions on where to go were spiritual in nature, not political. Tibet's spiritual leader said he believed the Chinese government saw him as a... |
| 31 Oct 09 |
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Oda, Suzuki grab Grand Prix titles  BEIJING (Kyodo) Nobunari Oda produced a winning double for Japan after retaining his lead from the short program en route to winning his second consecutive Grand Prix title at the Cup of China on Saturday. Oda came first in the free skate, collecting a... |
| 31 Oct 09 |
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Japan, China, S. Korea hold disaster-readiness talks KOBE (Kyodo) Japan, China and South Korea agreed at a ministerial meeting in Kobe on Saturday to cooperate more in preparing for typhoons, earthquakes and other major disasters. The ministerial meeting, which was the first of its kind, was attended by... |
| 31 Oct 09 |
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Beijing asked to admit guilt for 'gyoza' Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada recently asked Beijing to compile an interim report admitting the frozen dumplings that sickened 10 people in Japan about two years ago were laced with poison in China, diplomatic sources said Saturday. Okada made the... |
| 30 Oct 09 |
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More doubts about Copenhagen The prospects for success at the United Nations meeting in December in Copenhagen to devise a global accord to fight global warming appear to be receding. Ironically, one reason for the growing pessimism is the bilateral agreement struck by China and... |
| 30 Oct 09 |
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Oda takes lead in Cup of China BEIJING (Kyodo) Nobunari Oda got off to a flying start in his bid for a second consecutive title on Friday after grabbing the lead in the men's short program at the Cup of China, the third event of the Grand Prix series. Oda, who won the season-opening... |
| 29 Oct 09 |
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Bamboo labeling scam nets arrests SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) Two businessmen were arrested Thursday on suspicion of falsely labeling and selling Chinese-grown bamboo shoots as grown in Japan, police said. The suspects were identified as Osamu Shirakawa, 55, president of Tokyo-based food product... |
| 29 Oct 09 |
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Bringing SecondLife into the real art world  Born in Guangzhou in 1978 and now based in Beijing, Cao Fei is one of China's most prominent young artists, known for photographs and videos that combine elements of fantasy and documentary to reflect on cultural shifts since the country's economic... |
| 27 Oct 09 |
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China V.P.'s celebrity wife to tour Japan BEIJING (Kyodo) Peng Liyuan, the celebrity wife of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, will lead a popular Chinese opera on a two-week tour of Japan in November, according to Chinese media reports. Peng, a 46-year-old folk singer and a major general in... |
| 26 Oct 09 |
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Chinese sprint champ Wang fails doping test BEIJING (AP) Chinese women's 100-meters champion Wang Jing has tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and faces a lifetime ban from the Chinese athletics federation. The 21-year-old Wang will be stripped of the 100-meters title she won at the... |
| 26 Oct 09 |
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China to buy KHI bullet trains BEIJING (Kyodo) China's Ministry of Railways has concluded a contract to buy 140 bullet trains from a Chinese train maker affiliated with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., sources said Monday. In the deal worth about 45 billion yuan (¥604 billion), Chin... |
| 26 Oct 09 |
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India has enough food for those who can pay CHENNAI, India — India is still hungry 62 years after it was freed from the British colonial yoke. The Global Hunger Index for 2009 places India at a low 65th, with the far more populous China doing much better. While China has reduced the number ... |
| 25 Oct 09 |
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Paranoids feast on China's 'peaceful rising' LOS ANGELES — Paranoid people tend to live longer, goes the old joke. And so it is in this spirit only — not out of a desire to engage in Cold War China-bashing — that we raise concerns about China. So here's the paranoid's question: Just what is... |
| 25 Oct 09 |
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Japan, S. Korea, China to mull FTA HUA HIN, Thailand (Kyodo) Japan, China and South Korea agreed Sunday to begin joint research by academic, government and private-sector representatives on the possibility of forging a trilateral free-trade agreement. The accord was struck by the economic... |
| 25 Oct 09 |
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Haneda-Beijing route opens  The first direct flight linking Tokyo's Haneda airport and Beijing was made Sunday as Haneda's fourth international route was inaugurated. "Between the two countries, 1,300 flights fly annually. By directly linking the capitals, business, tourism and... |
| 25 Oct 09 |
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Sampras beats Agassi in exhibition MACAU (AP) Pete Sampras edged by Andre Agassi in three sets on Sunday as the two retired American tennis greats revisited one of the sport's greatest rivalries. The 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 win in this southern Chinese gambling enclave was the first time the two... |
| 24 Oct 09 |
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Ripping yarn of the oddball genius who uncovered China's greatest secrets There are certain extraordinary people whose lives are by no means pre-ordained. Joseph Needham was one such person. One of the world's leading biochemists, he would go on to become a renowned China scholar. Needham was a product of the Cambridge of the... |
| 24 Oct 09 |
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Chinese Navy ship to visit Japan BEIJING (AP) A Chinese Navy training ship will visit South Korea and Japan later this month as part of expanded military contacts between China and its neighbors. The visit of the Zhenghe to the port of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, will be only the second... |
| 24 Oct 09 |
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Realistic nuclear disarmament U.S. President — and Nobel Peace Prize-winner — Barack Obama wants to achieve a nuclear weapons-free world. That's a nice goal, but how achievable is it? Will the United States, Russia and China ever trust each other enough to give up all their nuc... |
| 23 Oct 09 |
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Nishimatsu settles with Chinese forced laborers  Nishimatsu Construction Co. agreed Friday with five Chinese to set up a ¥250 million trust fund to compensate not only them but 360 others who had been forced to perform hard labor during World War II, resolving their dispute at the Tokyo Summary Court.... |
| 22 Oct 09 |
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Liu sets world mark in 200 fly JINAN, China (AP) Olympic champion Liu Zige trimmed 1.6 seconds off the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly at China's National Games on Wednesday. Liu was timed in 2 minutes, 1.81 seconds, domestic news agency Xinhua reported. She eclipsed... |
| 22 Oct 09 |
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Ishikawa set to play in HSBC Champions Ryo Ishikawa will play at the prestigious HSBC Champions in Shanghai next month, it was learned Thursday. Ishikawa, who has won four events this year and currently tops the Japanese money rankings, has been given the green light to enter the November 5-8... |
| 22 Oct 09 |
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Kitajima eyes November return Two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima will make his first race appearance since the Beijing Olympics in a time trial event in Tokyo next month, swimming sources said Wednesday. Kitajima, 27, has entered the 50, 100 and 200 meters... |
| 22 Oct 09 |
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Mazda sets sales record in China Mazda Motor Corp. sold a record number of vehicles in China during the first half of the business year as government stimulus measures boosted demand. The Hiroshima-based carmaker sold 91,000 vehicles in China in the six months through September, Chief... |
| 22 Oct 09 |
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Itochu, Uny to form capital tieup Itochu Corp. and supermarket chain Uny Co. said Thursday they agreed to form a capital tieup to enhance their retail businesses in Japan and abroad, including China. Under the agreement, the major trading house will buy about 3 percent of Uny's... |
| 20 Oct 09 |
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Uighur activist comes to Japan Exiled Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer arrived Tuesday in Japan from the United States for a series of speeches across the country. After landing at Narita airport, Kadeer told reporters she wants the Japanese government to put pressure on China to improve... |
| 19 Oct 09 |
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Political horse trading and climate change AMSTERDAM — When the panda smiles, the world applauds. Or so it seemed after Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent speech at the United Nations. Judging by the way much of the media reported his words, it seemed as if China had actually made an importa... |
| 18 Oct 09 |
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Japan may make it easier for Chinese tourists to get visas NAGOYA (Kyodo) Tourism minister Seiji Maehara said Sunday the government will consider granting tourist visas to more individual travelers from China by easing requirements that have been viewed as a barrier to people-to-people exchanges between the two... |
| 18 Oct 09 |
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Two execs arrested for false bamboo labeling TOKUSHIMA (Kyodo) Police on Sunday arrested two executives of a food company on suspicion of passing off boiled bamboo shoots as produced in Tokushima even though they came from China. Teruyoshi Kanbara, the 54-year-old president of Shinsei Foods Co.... |
| 18 Oct 09 |
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China too reliant on exports, fixed-asset investments: expert  China can probably achieve its goal of 8 percent growth this year, but it won't be sustainable in the long term if the economy's overreliance on exports and fixed-asset investments doesn't end, a prominent Chinese economist recently said at a seminar in... |
| 17 Oct 09 |
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India shifts stand on carbon emission cuts after China announces a national program LONDON — With a new U.N. climate treaty to be considered in Copenhagen in December, the developed world and the emerging economies are trying to bridge their differences on how to curb greenhouse-gas emissions that cause global warming. The United Stat... |
| 17 Oct 09 |
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Japan Times Gone By 100 YEARS AGO An official dispatch received from Harbin says that Prince Ito (the Resident-General of Korea and four-time former prime minister of Japan), was shot at several times by some Koreans, just as His Excellency landed at 9 o'clock Tuesday... |
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