The Japan Times: All Stories

Gang members increasingly use Twitter, Facebook to make threats against rivals

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:10:00 PST

LOS ANGELES (AP) When a gang member was released from jail soon after his arrest for selling methamphetamine, friends and associates assumed he had cut a deal with authorities and became a police...

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Fujisoft provides some robotic tenderness

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:11:00 PST

Need a friend?: Artificial intelligence may remain stuck on the computer screen, but aritifical companionship seems to be rolling ahead. Fujisoft hopes for a wide fan base with Palro, which stands...

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More research key to solving glaciers' riddles

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:12:00 PST

Three years ago, a grim warning from the panel of scientists advising the United Nations on climate change caught the attention of policymakers in Asia. In one of several long reports, the panel...

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Iran's revolutionary echoes

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:13:00 PST

STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Iran's continued unrest, now extending through the 30th anniversary of the revolution that toppled the shah, raises the question of whether the Islamic Republic is about to fall....

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Gang members increasingly use Twitter, Facebook to make threats against rivals

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:14:00 PST

In search of a big, new idea

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:15:00 PST

Governments everywhere are nowadays being overpowered by the problems and tasks they face. This is the clear conclusion to be drawn not only from the terrible time U.S. President Barack Obama is...

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Is your Valentine's Day going to be hot and spicy?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:16:00 PST

At this time of the year it seems inappropriate to talk about food that's not chocolate — but word is getting out that women have begun to regard the giving and getting of chocolate on...

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Slow shifts in U.S. defense strategy

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:17:00 PST

Every four years, the U.S. Department of Defense issues a vision statement that outlines U.S. defense priorities and the ways it intends to meet them. The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) provides a...

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Secret weapons, sex tips can't save rulers

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:18:00 PST

NEW YORK (Bloomberg) What are we to make of loony leaders? Latin America has its share. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner drove her nation's economy off a cliff while advising the...

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Verdasco too tough for Sampras

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:19:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Pete Sampras showed off that old brilliant serve. The rest of the retired star's game is lacking a bit these days. Sampras hit nine aces and hung tough against a top player 12...

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Boso soon to see last evening newspaper train

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:20:00 PST

The only train still reserved for transporting evening papers will stop running March 12 to cut costs, a newspaper transport union official said Tuesday. The JR Sobu Line train carrying evening...

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Panasonic regained global patent application lead in '09

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:21:00 PST

GENEVA (Kyodo) Panasonic Corp. filed more patent applications than any other company in 2009, surpassing China's Huawei Technologies Co. to take the top spot for patent filings for the first time in...

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U.S. friends in high places involved in Toyota probe

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:22:00 PST

WASHINGTON — Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the carmaker. The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying,...

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Win Morozov's new book 'Kiss and Cry'

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:23:00 PST

With the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics just days away, The Japan Times is continuing to get in the spirit by offering several readers the chance to win a copy of renowned Russian coach Nikolai...

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Hiroshima added to ANA cargo service

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:24:00 PST

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) All Nippon Airways Co. has launched a nighttime cargo delivery service to five areas in Asia from Hiroshima Airport via Tokyo's Haneda and Okinawa's Naha airports. The service...

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Knicks lose a legend with McGuire's passing

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:25:00 PST

NEW YORK — The easiest columns to write are about people you love. No reaching fouls. No nonsense. No censoring concerns. No painful creative thought process. No substance search.

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Indicted Ozawa aide says he won't resign

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:26:00 PST

Tomohiro Ishikawa, the Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and former aide to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa indicted over political funding irregularities, said Tuesday he will not resign as a...

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It's official: JAL rules out Delta ties

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:27:00 PST

Japan Airlines Corp. will maintain its partnership with AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, rejecting an offer from Delta Air Lines Inc., JAL said in a statement Tuesday. Sources had said earlier that...

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¥100 million wins uninhabited isle

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:28:00 PST

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) An unidentified organization won a contract Tuesday to buy an uninhabited islet in the Seto Inland Sea off Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, for about ¥100 million, bidders said. The...

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Toyota the city rides out the storm

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:29:00 PST

TOYOTA, Aichi Pref. — Even in its hometown, the great automaker has lost some of its mystique. Rising out of the barren winter rice fields of Aichi Prefecture, this city of 400,000 is probably the...

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Cosmo Oil to buy wind power firm

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:30:00 PST

Cosmo Oil Co. said Tuesday it will make a major push into the wind power generation business by taking over EcoPower Co., a major player in the field, around late March. Cosmo said it will acquire...

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Hiroshima will reassess reach of 'black rain'

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:31:00 PST

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) The Hiroshima Municipal Government said Tuesday it will re-examine the extent of the radioactive "black rain" that fell after the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city. The...

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Browns release troubled Stallworth

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:32:00 PST

CLEVELAND (AP) Donte' Stallworth will get the chance to resurrect his NFL career, but it won't happen in Cleveland. The Browns released the troubled wide receiver on Monday, wasting little time...

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Minke population not growing: U.S. study

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:33:00 PST

The population of Antarctic minke whales has not increased even though larger whales they competed with for food were whittled down by hunting, according to a recent study by U.S. researchers,...

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NGOs air concerns over strife in Gaza Strip

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:34:00 PST

Japanese nongovernmental organizations and Diet members expressed serious concern Tuesday over the conflict-ravaged Gaza Strip, urging the government and the international community to be more...

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Airliner seat maker Koito hit for fabricating fire-resistance data

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:35:00 PST

The transport ministry has instructed an airplane seat maker to improve its business operations after the company fabricated fire resistance and strength data on 150,000 seats for planes for 32...

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Police question Asashoryu assault victim; yokozuna may be next

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:36:00 PST

Tokyo police on Tuesday questioned the man allegedly assaulted by recently retired sumo grand champion Asashoryu and may question the former wrestler himself. The Metropolitan Police Department...

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Carter pumps in 48 as Magic drop Hornets

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:37:00 PST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) The high-flying layups. The fall-away jumpers. The step-back 3-pointers. Vinsanity was back.

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Occupation censored Unit 731 ex-members' mail: secret paper

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:38:00 PST

A public document has recently come to light that shows the U.S. military ordered Occupation authorities to censor the mail of former members of Unit 731, the Imperial Japanese Army section that...

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Apache find fighting spirit to outlast 89ers at home

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:39:00 PST

Can home-court advantage help a terrible home team? That question has come up again and again for the Tokyo Apache this season. Knowing full well their home record (1-10 before Tuesday night's...

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Campus nurseries help new moms cope

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:40:00 PST

Sayaka Shibata, 31, a graduate student in a medical research lab at the University of Tokyo, might not have returned to the lab after maternity leave if the university did not open an on-campus...

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Gainey steps down as Habs general manager

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:41:00 PST

MONTREAL (AP) From his time as captain to his tenure as general manager, Bob Gainey has spent a lifetime providing leadership for the Montreal Canadiens. Now, he's handing the reins to a trusted...

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Unlocking the mind's positive power to cure bodily ills

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:42:00 PST

Junko Ogihara underwent surgery for ovarian cysts when she was in her mid-30s and afterward suffered from various chronic ailments. Nothing she tried was effective until she realized she had to cure...

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Saints bask in glory of victory

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:43:00 PST

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) Clearly exhausted from a late night of post-Super Bowl celebrations, Sean Payton leaned on a podium Monday morning, clutching the Vince Lombardi trophy in his right hand. ...

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Nagashima finishes third in trial

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:44:00 PST

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Kyodo) Medal hope Keiichiro Nagashima placed third and compatriot Joji Kato did not finish Monday in the men's speedskating 500-meter time trial ahead of the Olympics. ...

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Truck's crane pierces halted bus; seven hurt

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:45:00 PST

A large crane truck rear-ended a commuter bus Tuesday morning in Tokyo, injuring the bus driver and six passengers, police said. The arm of the 7-ton crane truck pierced the rear window of the bus...

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Bill would turn Japan Post into three firms

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:46:00 PST

The government unveiled a draft bill Monday to review the postal privatization process, proposing a realignment of the Japan Post group into three companies from the current five. The draft calls...

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Toyota recalls Prius, three other hybrids

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:47:00 PST

Struggling to keep its reputation for quality from being tarnished further, Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday issued a recall of 223,068 of its hybrid cars in Japan, including the latest Prius model, to...

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Stowaway stirs worry over air security

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:48:00 PST

A body found in the landing-gear bay of a Delta Air Lines Inc. jet that flew to Narita International Airport from New York may spur a fresh review of U.S. aviation security. Lack of oxygen or...

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