A Day in the Life - Tokyo Joe

Not a collision, more a brush. Instinctively back-pedaling, I dropped my time-card. Uttering neither Japanese nor English, I said it all. Of her sweet-scented lines I picked up and hung up at, ‘Shinpai nai’ Gotta work on that.

What Does this Mean?!

Many of the Japanese words that I have been learning have an English equivalent which makes it easy to understand how to use it. However, there have been some words that I’ve learnt that are difficult to translate. Each of my friends seem to have a different English...

Tokyo Summer - Vacations around Tokyo

You know summer has officially hit Japanese shores when you spot the usually impecably suited sarariman carrying his coat slung over his arm, something they normally wouldn’t be caught dead doing. Then you turn around and spot the young mothers with their 2.5 families...

Global plasma TV sales jump 95 percent: survey (Reuters)

" SEOUL (Reuters) - Global sales of plasma televisions surged 95 percent in the April-June quarter from a year earlier to 2.2 million units, bolstered by robust sales at Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (6752.T), U.S. research firm DisplaySearch said. Plasma...

Japan, Russia agree on handing over Japanese fisherman's body

"Japan and Russia agreed on the handover procedures of the body of a Japanese fisherman who was shot dead by gunfire from a Russian patrol vessel on Wednesday in controversial waters, Kyodo News reported Friday from Yuzhno- Sakhalinsk, Russia. The two countries had been...

US, Japan to share Blu-ray region code

"Blu-ray Disc players and movies expected on sale later this year in Japan and the U.S. will share the same region code, Sony said Thursday. Current DVD discs and players on sale in the two countries use different region codes so that software bought in one country will not...

Japan PC makers: No Sony battery recall needed

"Fujitsu and other Japanese computer makers said on Thursday that no recall of batteries made by Sony was necessary as their computers were designed to avoid overheating. "We have determined that there is no possibility that any battery trouble could cause smoking or fire in...

Internet crimes hit record high in Japan

"The number of Internet-related crimes in Japan in the first six months of this year hit a record high, according to data issued Thursday by the National Police Agency.The NPA said there were 1,802 cases of such crimes in the first half of 2006, which is up 12 percent on the...

Cyber crime hits new high in Japan

"TOKYO (AFP) - Reported online crime hit a record high in Japan in the first six months this year, led by growing fraud in Internet auctions. Japan reported 1,802 cyber crime cases in the first half of 2006, an 11.8 percent jump compared to the same period last year, the...

Japan proposes 16-nation Asian trade bloc (AFP)

" 1 hour, 45 minutes ago KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Japanese officials have proposed a sprawling 16-nation free-trade grouping with China, South Korea " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> South Korea , Australia, India, New Zealand and the 10-nation Southeast Asian...

Japan protests Russian attack on boat - Houston Chronicle

" By HIROKO TABUCHI Associated Press Writer 2006 The Associated Press TOKYO — Japan launched strong protest to Russia Wednesday after a Russian patrol boat opened fire on a Japanese vessel, killing a fisherman in the latest flare-up of a territorial dispute between the...

Fisherman shot dead for sake of a haul of crab in islands dispute - Times Online

" From Richard Lloyd Parry in Tokyo Mikhail Galuzin, the acting Russian ambassador, faces questions in Toyko (KATSUMI KASAHARA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES) RUSSIAN coastguards patrolling a disputed chain of islands shot dead a Japanese fisherman yesterday, in the contested...

Japan protests after Russia firing - CNN International

" Tokyo calls in diplomat to protest incident in disputed waters Russia's acting ambassador in Tokyo, Mikhail Y. Galuzin, leaves the Japanese Foreign Ministry Wednesday. YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Japan Russia Treaties and International Organizations Fishing or Create Your Own Manage...