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JAPAN
Jun 10, 2010

Wary of protests, whalers set out for hunt in Northwestern Pacific

KITAKYUSHU (Kyodo) Four whaling ships of the government-affiliated Institute of Cetacean Research departed Wednesday from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, planning to catch 260 whales in the Northwestern Pacific by the end of August.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2010

Senate panel cuts outlays for moving marines

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) In a sign of its displeasure over lack of progress on the relocation of a marine base in Okinawa, a U.S. Senate committee has cut outlays for the planned transfer of marines from the prefecture to Guam, a document obtained by Kyodo News on Tuesday showed.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 3, 2010

Resignation deepens unease about country's direction

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's surprise announcement that he is stepping down before the July Upper House election is likely to deepen uncertainty about Japan's politics and raise more concerns about its still fragile economic recovery, economists and analysts said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 2, 2010

Heavy blow to Mr. Hatoyama

The Hatoyama administration has been weakened after the prime minister decided to basically keep intact the 2006 Japan-U.S. pact on the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa. Mr. Yukio Hatoyama's dismissal of consumer affairs minister Mizuho Fukushima, who opposed the Futenma decision,...
JAPAN
May 27, 2010

Stable masters gave front-row seats to mob

NAGOYA (Kyodo) Two sumo stable masters face disciplinary action after they were found to have given senior underworld figures front-row tickets for a tournament last year.
MORE SPORTS
May 2, 2010

Maruyama climbs to top of leaderboard

Togo Aichi Pref. KYODO Former U.S. PGA Tour player Shigeki Maruyama shot a 2-under 68 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of The Crowns.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2010

Japanese executed in China for drugs

BEIJING (Kyodo) China executed convicted Japanese drug-smuggler Mitsunobu Akano on Tuesday, a move that could spark new friction in otherwise improving bilateral relations.
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2010

Prius topped auto sales in March for 11th month

Toyota's Prius hybrid was Japan's top-selling car in March for the 11th straight month despite massive recall woes, an industry group said Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 4, 2010

Kawamoto's clutch homer ends wild game

There wasn't a lot of quality pitching on Saturday, but the Yokohama BayStars and Tokyo Yakult Swallows put on one heck of a show at the plate.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2010

Okada hints 'feasible' Futenma option in works

NEW YORK (Kyodo) Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada says he has told the United States that an undisclosed Japanese proposal for the relocation of the Futenma military base is more feasible than the current plan hammered out in 2006.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 2, 2010

Valdez gets win on Dragons debut

The beginning of Chunichi Dragons pitcher Edward Valdez's first game in Japan went all wrong. Thanks to teammate Masaaki Koike, the ending was just right.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2010

Nago protests hit-and-run to U.S. ambassador

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. (Kyodo) The Nago Municipal Assembly unanimously adopted Friday a resolution protesting a recent hit-and-run incident involving a U.S. military vehicle, which allegedly struck a car carrying a man and his two sons in the Okinawa city.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2010

Sea Shepherd activist arrested

The Japan Coast Guard on Friday arrested a member of U.S.-based antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for trespassing in connection with his boarding of a whaling fleet vessel in the Antarctic Ocean last month.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami