Tokyo Vice (New York Times)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:36:03 GMT
A real-life mass poisoning in Tokyo in 1948, possibly linked to notorious wartime medical experiments, is the basis for this highly original crime novel.
Okada, Kouchner talk Iran, N. Korea (The Japan Times)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:07:22 GMT
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada met Thursday with his French counterpart, Bernard Kouchner, ahead of a Group of Eight meeting in Canada later this month and said the two shared "serious concerns" over Iran's nuclear program. Okada also told the French foreign minister that Japan hopes to join an international treaty over child custody as early as possible to address custody problems involving ...
Japan Wants Charges In Tokyo Prius Crash (Manufacturing.net)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:09:15 GMT
Japanese police recommending charges against driver who says his Toyota Prius crashed because of brake failure after an analysis of data from the car showed no defects.
World Scene (The Washington Times)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:05:57 GMT
CUBA Abuse screamed at protesters HAVANA | Hundreds of government supporters surrounded a small group of Cuban dissidents as they marched through Havana Thursday on the seventh anniversary of the arrests of their loved ones, screaming abuse but otherwise allowing the protest to proceed peacefully. The Ladies in White, most of them mothers and wives of some of the 75 dissidents arrested in the ...
Japan police recommend charges in Prius crash (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:15:19 GMT
Japanese police are recommending charges against a driver who says his Toyota Prius crashed because of brake failure after an analysis of data from the car showed no defects. The 37-year-old driver, whose identity was withheld because no charges have been... Toyota Prius - Toyota - Japan - Black box - Recreation
National › Japan urged to join Hague Convention on int'l parental abduction (Japan Today)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:45:22 GMT
An official of an international organization dealing with The Hague Convention which covers international parental abduction urged Japan Thursday to join the convention, saying there…
Ambassadors urge action on child abductions (The Japan Times)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:20:28 GMT
Japan should sign the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and act to resolve its current cases by enabling parents left out in the cold to contact their spirited-away offspring, eight ambassadors in Tokyo said in a joint statement Thursday. The ambassadors of Australia, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States issued ...
Domestic violence in Japan hits record high in 2009 (EARTHtimes.org)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:42:51 GMT
Tokyo - Domestic violence in Japan increased 11.7 per cent in 2009 to 28,158 reported cases, the highest since surveys began in 2002, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Thursday. The number included 2,429 serious cases where courts issued restrain...
IBM denies tax evasion in Japan (The Economic Times)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:29:09 GMT
IBM denies tax evasion in JapanIBM denies tax evasion in Japan
Pro-N.Korean school mums rally in Japan (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:02:00 GMT
TOKYO (AFP) - Hundreds of mothers whose children attend pro-North Korean schools in Japan rallied on Tuesday, demanding that the government include them in plans to make high school tuition free.
