Japan's sumo vows to cut mob ties as tournament nears
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:16:50 -0700
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's scandal-hit national sport of sumo has vowed to weed out any links to yakuza organised crime groups as its governing body readies for the autumn tournament being staged in less than two weeks.
Japan looks to rid sumo of mobster links
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:03:55 -0700
TOKYO - The Japan Sumo Association has stepped up efforts to keep organized crime out of the ancient sport by banning any people with gangster links from attending events.
Afghan captors release Japanese reporter
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:06:00 -0700
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese journalist who was abducted by apparent Taliban militants in Afghanistan five months ago has been freed by his captors, reports said Sunday.
Reports: Afghan captors release Japanese reporter
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:25:45 -0700
A Japanese journalist who was abducted by apparent Taliban militants in Afghanistan five months ago has been freed by his captors, reports said Sunday. Afghanistan - Taliban - Asia - Journalist - Politics
Afghan governor says kidnapped Japan journalist freed
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:47:38 -0700
A Japanese journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan in April has been freed, according to an Afghan provincial official who said on Sunday the journalist had been abducted by the Taliban.
Kidnapped Japan journalist freed in Afghanistan
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:36:10 -0700
TOKYO, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A Japanese journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan in April has been freed, media reports said on Sunday. Kosuke Tsuneoka, a 41-year-old freelance journalist, was at Japan's embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Kyodo news agency reported, quoting Japanese government sources.
Japanese chemical tanker robbed off Indonesia: media
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:09:53 -0700
A chemical tanker operated by a Japanese firm has been robbed of money while it was sailing off the Anambas Islands, Indonesia, according to Kyodo News, citing information obtained by Japan's transport ministry.
Kidnapped Japan journalist freed in Afghanistan: media
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:05:29 -0700
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan in April has been freed, media reports said on Sunday.
Japan indicts Montenegrin alleged 'Pink Panther' jewel thief
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:58:53 -0700
TOKYO - Japanese prosecutors on Friday indicted a Montenegrin alleged member of the "Pink Panther" gang of international jewellery thieves over a robbery three years ago in Tokyo.
Japan indicts alleged ‘Pink Panther’ jewel thief
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:23:42 -0700
Japanese prosecutors yesterday indicted a Montenegrin alleged member of the “Pink Panther” gang of international jewellery thieves over a robbery three years ago in Tokyo.
Judgment draws near in whale-meat trial
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:04:40 -0700
In 2008, two officials of Greenpeace Japan presented to prosecutors what they described as evidence of a Japanese whaler's embezzlement of whale meat and asked them to investigate. Instead of indicting the whaler and his colleagues, prosecutors charged the two environmental activists with theft and trespassing.
Pink Panthers jewel heist suspect charged in Japan
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:12:01 -0700
Japanese prosecutors charged a man believed to belong to the "Pink Panthers" ring of jewelry thieves Friday with stealing a diamond tiara and other jewelry worth millions from a Tokyo store. Pink Panther - Tokyo - Japan - Jewellery - Asia
Alleged Pink Panther faces charges in Japan over diamond tiara theft
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:53:28 -0700
A member of "Pink Panther" gang of international jewellery thieves has been indicted to stand trial in Tokyo over a robbery three years ago.
Japan charges jewel gang 'thief'
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:17:57 -0700
Japanese prosecutors charge an alleged member of the Pink Panther gang of international jewel thieves with stealing a tiara and other jewellery worth £2.2m in Tokyo in 2007.
Japan whale meat case echoes apartheid: Greenpeace chief
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:12:38 -0700
TOKYO (AFP) - Greenpeace chief Kumi Naidoo on Friday likened Japan's treatment of two of its anti-whaling activists to the tactics of the former apartheid regime he once campaigned against in his native South Africa.
NHK to resume live broadcasts of sumo
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:58:13 -0700
(AP:TOKYO) Japan's public TV broadcaster is to resume live sumo broadcasts, after canceling coverage of July's Nagoya tournament over a betting scandal that hit the country's ancient sport.
NHK to telecast sumo again
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:16:51 -0700
TOKYO - JAPAN'S public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday it would resume live broadcasts of sumo at an autumn tournament this month after the sport's governing body promised to cut all ties with yakuza crime groups. The state broadcaster in July refused to air a tournament live for the first time in 58 years to protest scandals involving links between the ancient sport and organised crime ...
Japan endures hottest summer on record
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:58:31 -0700
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Japan to sentence Greenpeace anti-whaling activists
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:17:19 -0700
TOKYO (AFP) - Two Greenpeace activists will face possible jail terms in Japan on Monday for stealing a box of whale meat in a trial the environmental group says will test the country's limits on political activism.
Japan pension probe finds five-year-old corpse at home
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:08:35 -0700
TOKYO—A 58-year-old woman has admitted to keeping her father's corpse hidden at home for five years, in Japan's latest case of suspected pension fraud, local media reported Wednesday.
