| 21 Nov 09 |
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One-time trade in ivory sought Tanzania and Zambia have proposed they be allowed to sell ivory from African elephants, which is prohibited under the Washington Convention, in a one-off deal to Japan and China, sources said Saturday. While the proposal will be discussed at the... |
| 21 Nov 09 |
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Locks foil pirate attack on tanker SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Pirates slipped aboard a Japanese-managed tanker in the South China Sea early Thursday, but there were no casualties and no damage, a Singapore-based piracy monitoring center said Friday. Seven robbers armed with knives and short swords... |
| 20 Nov 09 |
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China envoy hears Hatoyama fraternal pitch Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi agreed Friday to develop bilateral diplomatic ties in a "spirit of fraternity," in line with the Hatoyama's political philosophy. Expressing hope that the top leaders of the... |
| 20 Nov 09 |
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Toshiba to cut costs with China JV Toshiba Corp. said Friday it will set up a joint venture in China in April and transfer its Chinese subsidiary's semiconductor assembly operation to the venture as a cost-cutting measure. The joint venture to assemble system large-scale integrated... |
| 19 Nov 09 |
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Tibet to Tokyo: alan takes flight  'First of all, I am a Tibetan, 100 percent," says singer Alan Dawa Zhuoma. "I'll never forget the many Chinese teachers and friends who gave me knowledge and encouraged me while I studied in Chengdu and Beijing, but wherever I go, I am Tibetan and I... |
| 19 Nov 09 |
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Solid foundation for U.S., China U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao held a summit in Beijing earlier this week and agreed to push cooperation on such issues as the fight against global warming, denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and efforts to realize a... |
| 18 Nov 09 |
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War-displaced woman looking for kin in Japan A woman born in China shortly after the war and left there as an infant by her Japanese family has come to Japan in search of relatives. The woman, identified as Qu Meiqin, presumed to be 64, plans to meet Thursday with a man in Ibaraki Prefecture who... |
| 16 Nov 09 |
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Laox to open 110 stores in China Home electronics retailer Laox Co. said Monday it will open 110 stores in China for musical instruments and a variety of merchandise popular in Japan. Laox said it will aim to generate ¥27.5 billion in the year to March 2013 by opening the stores under ... |
| 16 Nov 09 |
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APEC offers Japan chance to display leadership  For many Japanese, closeness to other Asian countries might mean eating Chinese food at Tokyo restaurants or swooning over good-looking South Korean film stars. But for Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, it means proposing the creation of an East Asian... |
| 16 Nov 09 |
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Ota captures Asian men's foil title Yuki Ota won his third consecutive men's individual foil title at the Asian championships in Doha on Sunday. The Beijing silver medalist beat South Korean Kwon Young Ho 15-4 in the semifinals earlier Sunday before defeating China's Zhu Jun 15-3 in the... |
| 16 Nov 09 |
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Obama, Dalai Lama figure in Indo-China rift CHENNAI, India — New Delhi recently allowed Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to visit the Buddhist monastery town of Tawang in India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. This region, which lies on the Indo-Tibetan border, has long be... |
| 15 Nov 09 |
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Abitova blasts field in Yokohama  YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Inga Abitova of Russia upstaged the top two finishers at the 2008 Beijing Olympics to win the inaugural Yokohama Women's Marathon on Sunday. Abitova pulled away from the leading pack past the 30-km mark en route to victory in 2 hours, 27... |
| 14 Nov 09 |
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Tsukada claims over 78-kg title CHIBA (Kyodo) Beijing Olympic silver judo medalist Maki Tsukada beat defending champion Mika Sugimoto in the women's over 78-kg final to claim her first title at the Kodokan Cup national weight-class championships on Saturday. Tsukada, who finished third... |
| 14 Nov 09 |
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Priest's 1603 book found in Beijing A Christian book published in Japan in 1603 has been found at a national library in Beijing, researchers said Saturday. The book was written by a Portuguese priest in Latin to provide other priests working in Japan with advice and was printed by a hot... |
| 14 Nov 09 |
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Obama touches most bases in well-received Asia speech U.S. President Barack Obama's first big speech on Asia, delivered Saturday morning in Tokyo, had a little something for just about everyone. He was tough on North Korea and Myanmar, but offered a way back to the fold. He was big on Japan and on China,... |
| 13 Nov 09 |
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Softbank investment drives users from Chinese Web site BEIJING (Kyodo) Chinese Internet forums are abuzz over an investment by Japanese investment company Softbank into a popular Chinese social networking site, state media reported Friday. After finding out about the venture, some users have closed their... |
| 13 Nov 09 |
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Airlines hope China route gives lift  The start of regular daily charter flights between Tokyo's Haneda airport and Beijing in October has raised expectations that the route will prove lucrative for airlines in the future. The inauguration of flights took place amid sluggish demand for air... |
| 13 Nov 09 |
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China-India tensions rising NEW DELHI — The India-China relationship has entered choppy waters due to a perceptible hardening in the Chinese stance. Anti-India rhetoric in the state-run Chinese media has intensified, even as China has stepped up military pressure along the disput... |
| 13 Nov 09 |
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China extradites '99 heist fugitive YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Police have arrested a 34-year-old man who had gone into hiding in China after being wanted in connection with a 1999 robbery in Yokohama. Chinese authorities handed over Masao Fujie in the first extradition from China to Japan through... |
| 13 Nov 09 |
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Kawasaki wins gold in 20-km walk GUANGHZOU, China (Kyodo) Mayumi Kawasaki captured the gold medal in the women's 20-km walk at the Asian Championships on Friday. Kawasaki clocked 1 hour, 30 minutes, 12 seconds to win the title for the first time, finishing almost four minutes ahead of... |
| 12 Nov 09 |
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Fukushima wins Asian sprint title GUANGZHOU, China (Kyodo) Chisato Fukushima fought a head-wind of 1.0 meters per second to win the women's 100 meters in 11.27 seconds at the Asian championships in Guangzhou on Wednesday. Fukushima picked up her first 100-meter Asian title. Vu Thi Huong... |
| 12 Nov 09 |
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Hong Kong to keep currency pegged to 'predictable' greenback  Despite the recent weakening of the dollar against other currencies, Hong Kong will keep its currency pegged to the greenback and will not consider linking it to the Chinese yuan, the Hong Kong financial and treasury secretary said Wednesday. "I think... |
| 12 Nov 09 |
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A balancing act between the East and West Wayne Wang, often described by U.S. film critics as "our resident Chinese filmmaker," has returned —if not exactly to his roots then a turf where he feels especially comfortable. After drumming up ubiquitous crowd pleasers like "Maid in Manhattan" a... |
| 12 Nov 09 |
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Obama's Asian occasions HONOLULU, EAST-WEST WIRE — This week Barack Obama begins his first trip to Asia as U.S. head of state. His visit to Singapore for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting plus additional stops in Japan, China and South Korea offer ... |
| 12 Nov 09 |
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Hollywood fails to take the Chinese out of Wayne's world  Wayne Wang has a special position in American cinema — though drawing story and characters with the compassionate warmth that has become his trademark he remains an outside observer, perched on the periphery of many screen lives. "That's because I'... |
| 11 Nov 09 |
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Little to gain from Soros' words George Soros' assertion in his Nov. 8 article, "No alternative to a new world architecture," is simple. I may never be as smart as Soros, but a poor Kyoto monk like me knows that the world is not a zero-sum game. China, India or Asia's rise need not spell... |
| 10 Nov 09 |
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UAL jet has emergency landing A United Airlines passenger jet flying from Beijing to Chicago made an emergency landing at Narita airport early Tuesday due to an engine problem, transport ministry officials said. Flight 850 developed the problem at around 10:30 p.m. while flying over... |
| 09 Nov 09 |
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'Weaving princess' finds niche in Fukushima FUKUSHIMA — Yoko Funaki, 35, was one of the first women to come to the village of Showa in Fukushima Prefecture 15 years ago as a student to take part in the Weaving Princess System to foster production of traditional China-grass textiles, the village... |
| 09 Nov 09 |
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Mickelson ousts Els to win HSBC Champions SHANGHAI — Thousands of fans caused a bottleneck at the entrance to the HSBC Champions, all of them eager to see the Sunday showdown at Sheshan International between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods. The Shanghai surprise? Woods turned out to be merely... |
| 09 Nov 09 |
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Murder-suicide in three deaths? KUMAMOTO (Kyodo) Three people found dead at a farmhouse in Ueki, Kumamoto Prefecture, were identified Monday as a married couple living in the house and a trainee from China, police said. Koichi Hirochi, 67, and his wife, Tomiko, 63, were found Sunday... |
| 09 Nov 09 |
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Nissan Century moves into Chinese equities Nissan Century Securities Co. is the latest Japanese brokerage to offer Chinese stocks in a bid to bolster revenue as local shares lag the global markets. Average daily trading on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropped 21 percent this... |
| 09 Nov 09 |
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Forex reserves break record again Japan's foreign exchange reserves jumped by $4.17 billion to a record $1.057 trillion in October after gold and the euro surged, the Finance Ministry said Monday. The reserves, the world's second-largest after China's, have broken records for three... |
| 09 Nov 09 |
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Enough concessions on Taiwan For those who are concerned that democratic Taiwan should continue to have the freedom to choose its own future, President Barack Obama's coming visit to Beijing brings back the memory of a regrettable episode during President Bill Clinton's visit to... |
| 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... |
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