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Japan mulls over relocation of US Marine base

Japan's foreign minister said Monday that Tokyo should honor its agreement to find a new location for a major U.S. Marine base, but he and the prime minister said they were still seeking options on where it should go. Japan and the U.S. agreed in ...

From MARI YAMAGUCHI, eTaiwan News,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: US Marine Corps,  Yukio Hatoyama (politician),  Katsuya Okada,  Barack Obama

Japan drops child-snatching case against US man

TOKYO - Japanese prosecutors confirmed Friday that they have dropped the case against an American man arrested in Japan when he snatched his children from his ex-wife. ...

From MARI YAMAGUCHI, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Yukio Hatoyama (politician),  Barbara Boxer,  U.S. Republican Party,  Bob Corker

Japan police arrest suspect in slain Briton case

TOKYO Japanese police said Tuesday that they arrested the main suspect in the slaying of a British teacher whose body was found taped up and half-buried in a sand-filled bathtub, ending a more than two-year manhunt. Lindsay Ann Hawker, 22, was found ...

From MARI YAMAGUCHI, San Diego Union-Tribune,  10 Nov 2009

Japan starts power generation with plutonium fuel

Japan used weapons-grade plutonium to fuel a nuclear power plant Thursday for the first time as part of efforts to boost its atomic energy program. Kyushu Electric Power Co. said workers fired up the No. 3 reactor at its Genkai plant in the ...

From MARI YAMAGUCHI, Taiwan News,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kyushu Electric Power

Panasonic begins tender offer for Sanyo takeover

TOKYO - Panasonic Corp. said Thursday it has started its bid to take over smaller rival Sanyo Electric Co. ...

From MARI YAMAGUCHI, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Panasonic Corporation,  Sanyo Electric,  Goldman Sachs,  Daiwa Securities,  European Union

Panasonic posts first quarterly profit in a year

sales forecast of 7 trillion yen ($76.7 billion) was unchanged. TOKYO — Panasonic posted a quarterly profit for the first time in a year and narrowed its forecast for annual losses, helped by cost cuts and recovering demand for home electronics. ...

From MARI YAMAGUCHI ASSOCIATED PRESS, The San Jose Mercury News,  30 Oct 2009

Panel recommends Japan Airlines seek rescue funds

The government has formed a committee of top officials to focus on strategies for a turnaround at struggling Japan Airlines, the transport minister said Friday. Japan's largest airline, suffering deep losses from declining travel and bloated ...

From MARI YAMAGUCHI, eTaiwan News,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Japan Airlines

Former sex slaves ask Japan for apology

TOKYO - Japan’s new prime minister should keep his word and give official apology and compensation to women across Asia who were forced into sex slavery during World War II, a South Korean victim said yesterday, representing dozens of others. The women ...

From MARI YAMAGUCHI, Boston Globe,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Yukio Hatoyama (politician)

Former sex slaves urge Japan PM to resolve issue

TOKYO—Japan's new prime minister should keep his word and give official apology and compensation to women across Asia who were forced into sex slavery during World War II, a South Korean victim said Wednesday, representing dozens of others. The women ...

From MARI YAMAGUCHI, Boston Globe,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Yukio Hatoyama (politician)

Japanese destroyer collides with South Korean ship

TOKYO - A Japanese navy destroyer and a South Korean container ship collided Tuesday off southern Japan, sparking fires on both ships and injuring three crew members, officials said. ...

From MARI YAMAGUCHI, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  27 Oct 2009

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