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Japan's opposition Democratic Party widened its lead in opinion polls published on Monday, a day before unpopular Prime Minister Taro Aso is expected to dissolve parliament's lower house for an August 30 election.
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is headed for a rout at an August 30 general election expected to puncture its decades-long domination of politics, opinion polls showed on Monday.
TOKYO, July 20 (UPI) -- A gasoline and bioethanol mixture made from rice and animal feed made its debut at retail gas stations in the Niigata prefecture in Japan.
Japan's Nobuhiro Tajima won his fourth consecutive Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday, but a loose track kept him ...
Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso was set on Tuesday to call an election for August 30 and try to unify his fractured party, which polls suggest is headed for defeat after more than 50 years of almost unbroken rule.
The Japanese are turning to Apple's iPhone as a source of ideas for how to rescue their ailing cellphone business, the head of a local think tank said today. Professor Takeshi Natsuno of Keio University told the New York Times that companies like Hitachi, NEC and Sharp have generally been unable to sell phones outside of Japan due to difficult, often highly customized interfaces and that the ...
Japanese handset makers’ rush to innovation in the last 15 years has put them so far ahead they can’t find a niche to expand outside their networks.
July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s approval rating fell 4 percentage points to 20 percent, nearly a record low, the Asahi newspaper reported.
Japanese electronics company Sharp is seeking tieups overseas, improved technology, and ramped-up business at home to boost its solar power business
A growing frustration over mass layoffs and tough times breeds an unusual call for change in parliamentary elections in risk-averse Japan.
The number of swine flu cases in Japan has topped 4,000, the health ministry said Sunday, marking a rise of roughly 1,000 cases in four days.
A swath starting in India and crossing Shanghai to southern Japan will be plunged into darkness for about five minutes Wednesday in the longest total solar eclipse that will happen this century.
Japanese marathon runner Keizo Yamada has hung up his sneakers at the grand old age of 81 -- although he could be tempted back to run the odd half marathon.
Japan's main opposition Democratic Party widened its lead over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a poll released by Kyodo News on Sunday, two days before Prime Minister Taro Aso is expected to dissolve the Lower House for an August 30 election.
Monterey County all-star student musicians and vocalists including 10 from Salinas schools ' are heading to Japan.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —Alissa Haber and Andrea Duran homered as the U.S. exacted a measure of revenge for its loss in the Olympic gold medal game, defeating Japan 6-1 Saturday night at the World Cup of Softball.
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