Archive for the 'Japan' Category

The ‘‘rather rosy’’ start for Japan in 2008, as a senior Foreign Ministry official described it recently, with the handshakes and applause over commitments to climate change and African development in key summits hosted here had soon lost momentum with Japan’s domestic political chaos and the global economic crisis.



There will be an informational meeting for students interested in being a part of the Cupertino-Toyokowa delegation to Japan next year.



Tokyo Tower stood for a dream of the future, but that dream is gone. Tokyo Tower offers no more dreams, just as Japan has no more dreams.



TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Emperor Akihito made a rare comment on economic matters to call on the nation to unite in fighting its recession, in a New Year message released Thursday.



Japan on Wednesday urged Israel to immediately halt airstrikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.



Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) — All Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Corp., the country’s largest carriers, canceled flights heading to and from Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport due to heavy snow across northern Japan.



AUSTRALIA’S falling dollar and a big sell by Japan’s local queen of pop are driving huge gains for Jetstar in defiance of the slump in Japanese visitor arrivals.



Japan’s Emperor Akihito made a rare comment on economic matters to call on the nation to unite in fighting its recession, in a New Year message released Thursday.



Japanese Emperor Akihito waves from a balcony of the Imperial Palace to well wishers in Tokyo on December 23, 2008. Japan’s Emperor made a rare comment on economic matters to call on the nation to unite in fighting its recession, in a New Year message released Thursday.



Japan defender Atsuto Uchida is set to commit his future to Kashima Antlers and sign a new deal that will keep him with the J-League champions until the summer of 2013, it was learned Wednesday.