Hybrids help Toyota, Honda dominate Japan car sales The Times Of India | 6 Jul 2009, 0857 hrs IST, REUTERS Text: TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp's Prius hybrid was Japan's best-selling car in June while Honda Motor Co's rival Insight ranked fourth, helping the two hybrid leaders dominate the list of top-selling models...
Japan PM woes deepen as opposition wins local poll The Star | TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese opposition party candidate won a closely-watched local gubernatorial election on Sunday, Japanese media said, the latest setback for Prime Minister Taro Aso and his party ahead of a tough national poll. Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso is seen through a prompter at his ...
Takeo Doi, scholar on Japanese psyche, dies The News Tribune | Takeo Doi, a scholar credited with analyzing the Japanese psyche as thriving on a love-hungry dependence on authority figures, has died, his family said Monday. He was 89. | Doi, who died Sunday from illnesses related to old age, wrote the 1971 boo...
Japanese navy ships leave for anti-piracy mission The News Tribune | Two more Japanese navy destroyers left Monday to join an international mission to curb piracy off the coast of Somalia, and for the first time will be authorized to escort both foreign and Japanese vessels. | Harusame and Amagiri will replace two o...
Takeo Doi, scholar on Japanese psyche, dies The Press Democrat | Doi, who died Sunday from illnesses related to old age, wrote the 1971 book, "The Anatomy of Dependence," which introduced the idea of "amae" - a childlike desire for indulgence - as key to understanding the Japanese mind. | Doi's work was a hit in...
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Japan's royal couple tour Ottawa area CBC Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk to wellwishers at the Mackenzie King Estate in Gatineau Park, Que. (Patrick Doyle/Canadian Press) | Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Mi...
Japanese emperor begins Canadian tour Canada Dot Com Japanese emperor begins Canadian tour | OTTAWA - Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife, Empress Michiko, begin an 11-day tour of Canada on Friday. | The royal couple is scheduled t...
Takeo Doi, scholar on Japanese psyche, dies Herald Tribune | TOKYO - Takeo Doi, a scholar credited with analyzing the Japanese psyche as thriving on a love-hungry dependence on authority figures, has died, his family said Monday. He was 89. | ...
Japanese navy ships leave for anti-piracy mission Wtop By MARI YAMAGUCHI | Associated Press Writer | TOKYO (AP) - Two more Japanese navy destroyers left Monday to join an international mission to curb piracy off the coast of Somalia, and for the first time will be authorized to escort both foreign and Ja...
Asia Olympic Council backs Tokyo's 2016 bid Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | SINGAPORE - The Olympic Council of Asia has endorsed the bid of Tokyo to host the Summer Games in 2016. | "Asia will always support any city from Asia," Kuwait's Ahmad Fahad al-Sabah, the council president, said after a general assembly meeting in Singapore. "They're doing a great job making progress toward a successful bid...
Mandy Moore sings praises to Tokyo, Big Sur Denver Post | Mandy Moore (Getty | Theo Wargo) | Once known as that other blond girl who wasn't Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera or Jessica Simpson, Mandy Moore has managed to grow up in public and carve out a strong career for herself without finding her face splashed in the tabloids. After releasing her debut album a decade ago, Moore won roles in such fil...
Japan's royal couple arrive in Canada Syracuse | (AP) - TORONTO - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko were greeted by Canada's foreign affairs minister Friday when they arrived in Ottawa for the royal couple's first-ever visit to Canada together. | The royal couple will spend 11 days in Canada to attend various ceremonies and events before traveling to Hawaii. | "Both Canada and the sta...
