RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:00:59 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/angry-driver-takes-off-with-man-on-car-bonnet-after-parking-dispute A 78-year-old-man was arrested for attempted homicide on Thursday after he drove his car for about one kilometer with another man on his bonnet in… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:53:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/view/musashi From left: Actors Shun Oguri, 26, Anne Suzuki, 21, and Tetsuya Fujiwara, 26, appear on stage to promote their upcoming movie "Musashi" in Tokyo on… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:12:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/top-in-category/view/tokyos-intl-luxury-hotels-bracing-for-economic-slump Bruised by the fallout from the global financial turmoil and signs the tourism industry is shrinking, international luxury hotels in Tokyo are trying to diversify… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:19:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/aso-says-world-religions-can-learn-from-japan Prime Minister Taro Aso said Thursday some of the world's major religions could learn from Japan's work ethic. The conservative leader, who is known for… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/arabs-and-west-agree-on-gaza-resolution-hamas-says-no Key Arab nations and Western powers reached agreement Thursday on a proposed U.N. resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire between Hamas militants and… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/ex-pentagon-official-nye-likely-choice-as-next-us-envoy-to-japan The U.S. administration of President-elect Barack Obama is likely to choose Joseph Nye, a Harvard University professor emeritus and a former assistant secretary of defense,… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:44:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/new-texts-unlikely-to-say-military-forced-okinawa-mass-suicides New high school history textbooks will keep describing the mass suicides during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa as ones in which people were ''driven into… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:38:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/2-college-students-run-cafe-bar-in-osaka-to-promote-forestation Two university students are running a cafe bar in the center of the business district in Osaka's Nishi Ward to raise money for forestation on… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:33:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/tokyo-education-board-to-dispatch-olympians-to-schools-as-lecturers The Tokyo board of education said Thursday it will dispatch former Japanese Olympians, including softball gold medalist Yukiko Ueno, and their coaches to schools in… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:31:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/govt-aims-for-cuts-in-cell-phone-charges-via-connection-fee-reform The communications ministry indicated Thursday it will lower fees charged by cell phone firms to other telecom carriers using their networks with the aim to… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:21:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/toyota-asks-japan-workers-to-take-pay-cuts Toyota Motor Corp said Thursday it is negotiating with its workers in Japan to slash salaries as it stops production to adjust to slumping global… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:20:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/nissan-to-cut-british-work-force-by-1200 Japanese automaker Nissan said Thursday it will slash its British work force by 1,200 as it lowers production in anticipation of a grim economic year.… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:15:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/at-least-38-dead-in-pakistan-fire At least 38 people were killed and 25 wounded when a fire ripped through dozens of homes in a shanty town in Pakistan's largest city… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:11:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/democrats-criticize-obamas-proposed-tax-cuts President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't do much to stimulate the… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:10:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/new-us-led-naval-force-to-battle-somali-pirates A new international naval force under American command will soon begin patrols to confront escalating attacks by Somali pirates after more than 100 ships came… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:05:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/commentary/view/china-at-sea Comments by China's national defense spokesman last month make it about as official as it's going to get: China's navy is in the market for… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:52:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/travel/view/france-rebrands-itself-to-keep-no-1-tourism-spot With the opulent French Riviera, iconic Eiffel Tower and luscious vineyards, France stands tall and proud as the world's No. 1 travel destination. But it's… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:51:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/17-day-old-baby-gets-liver-transplant Jichi Medical University in Tochigi Prefecture said Thursday it succeeded in transplanting to a 17-day-old baby girl, weighing only 2,600 grams, part of her father's… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:49:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/disabled-man-treads-water-for-15-hours-before-rescue A disabled fishing boat skipper who fell overboard off Shimoji Island, Okinawa Prefecture, was rescued by the Japan Coast Guard after about 15 hours, coast… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:45:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/windows-7-beta-available-worldwide Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has announced that a test version of the U.S. software titan's Windows 7 operating system will be available worldwide on… Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:42:00 +0100