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Tokyo's governor says he wants to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics — a month after Japan's capital lost out to Rio de Janeiro for the rights to host the 2016 games.
By now, we should all be familiar with Toyota’s woes. No sooner did the automaker finally ascend to the No. 1 global spot, displacing General Motors, than it began to hit speedbumps and potholes. There were historic financial losses, lawsuits, and embarrassing, tragic recalls. At one point, it was widely believed that Toyota could do no wrong. All of a sudden, it could do no right.
The Tokyo International Film Festival opened with stars including Hollywood actress Sigourney Weaver strolling a "green" carpet made of recycled plastic bottles.
Officials from the Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Olympics on Tuesday criticized Tokyo's governor for making "inappropriate" comments about why his city lost out to Brazil in the IOC vote.
Second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France defeated Mischa Zverev of Germany 6-4, 6-3 Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Japan Open.
Its bid tainted by the perceived tepid support of its citizens, Tokyo failed to bring the Olympics back to Japan's capital when the International Olympic Committee rejected it in the second round of voting to choose the 2016 Games.
Tokyo has spent months telling how important the environment is to its bid for the 2016 Games.
Maria Sharapova won her first tournament since returning from a 10-month injury layoff when Jelena Jankovic retired because of an arm injury in the first set of the Toray Pan Pacific final Saturday
Tokyo has made its case to host the 2016 Olympics as the best bid for athletes.
Tokyo's Olympic bid organizers have urged new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to join them in Copenhagen for the International Olympic Committee's vote on the host city for the 2016 Summer Games.
Japan's incoming prime minister Yukio Hatoyama will be asked to support Tokyo's 2016 Olympic bid by attending the IOC meeting in Copenhagen next month.
Tokyo now has 17 Japanese companies serving as official sponsors for the city's bid to host the 2016 Olympics, organizers said Thursday.
Delta Air Lines says it will suspend nonstop Salt Lake City-to-Tokyo flights because of diminished demand and fallout from the swine flu.
Delta Air Lines says it's reducing the number of nonstop Salt Lake City-to-Tokyo flights, less than two months after the carrier launched them.
The Olympic Council of Asia has endorsed the bid of Tokyo to host the Summer Games in 2016.
Officials of Tokyo's bid for the 2016 Olympics have invited Japan's crown prince to travel to Copenhagen for the IOC vote on Oct. 2.
Under a big red flag, the headquarters of the Communist Party of Japan are the center of the most vibrant grass-roots movement in the country. The party's ranks are swelling, it has 24,000 branch offices and more than a million people read its newspaper. Only one party — the one that runs the country — beats it at fundraising.
The chairwoman of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission says its members were "most impressed" by Tokyo's bid to host the 2016 Summer Games.
Members of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation team arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday to begin a four-day inspection of the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2016 Olympics.
The chairman of Tokyo's bid for the 2016 Olympics says the global economic crisis hasn't hurt his city's petition to host the Olympics because it has $4 billion in reserve and won't have to purchase land for new venues.
Tokyo organizers unveiled details of their bid to host the 2016 Olympics on Friday, emphasizing a compact, sustainable and financially robust games.
France's Virginie Razzano rallied from a set down Saturday to defeat top-seeded Venus Williams 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4 in the final of the Japan Open.
Top-ranked Maria Sharapova retired during the second set of her Pan Pacific Open semifinal against Ana Ivanovic on Saturday because of a hamstring injury.
Roger Federer had a rusty start at the Japan Open before overcoming unseeded Viktor Troicki 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) on Wednesday to reach the third round.
Pakistan key for global stability: ErdoganTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan assured Pakistanis on Monday that the people of Turkey support them in their campaign against terrorism and extremism, and said his country has always called for redressing issues confronting Pakistan, as "it is a key country for regi …
Tokyo Journal - Taking On Skyscrapers to Protect View of an "Old Friend"With the help of a university professor, the neighborhood's mostly graying residents formed the Society to Protect Nippori's Fujimizaka, which Mr. Kaneko leads.
Toyota Goes Steampunk With New Electric-Car Concept for TokyoBy far the coolest steering wheel I've ever seen.
Time Out's Top Ten cities in the worldThe article is three pages long, and I accidentally seeded the second page. If you want to start at page one, click here.
WISH 2009 Demo Event In Tokyo: 14 Japanese Web Startups Present Their ServicesI attended WISH 2009 [JP] on Friday, a newly launched web industry event offering fourteen Japanese startups the chance to demo their wares onstage to a panel of judges and an audience of 400 people.
Book Hoarders, Be Warned!The area around Tokyo in Japan was shaken this week by two earthquakes and soaked by a typhoon. The only person who died as a result of the earthquake was a 43 year-old woman who was drowned in books
Strong earthquake shakes Tokyo area - Yahoo! News on Yahoo! NewsA magnitude 71 eathgquake hit the capital region of Japan at 7:56 PM local time Sunday. The quake was centered 188 miles beneath the Izu Islands off the eastern coast of Japan. It rattled furniture and walls homes.No real damage was done, nor casualties reported.
In Tokyo, A Culinary Search for the Fountain of YouthThe search for the Fountain of Youth took Ponce de Leon to the sunny climes of Florida in 1513, and many a retired snowbird has followed ever since.
UK's 'strongest beer' condemnedA Scottish brewery has been branded "irresponsible" after launching what it said was the UK's strongest beer.
China dismisses US spy charges as fabricationBeijing said Monday that a Chinese-born former Boeing engineer convicted by a US court of spying for China had been set up, and insisted it had no links to the espionage case...
Iran to respond in 'decisive way' if attacked: officialTOKYO: A senior Iranian official, reacting to comments by US Vice President Joe Biden, said on Monday his country would respond "in a very full-scale and very decisive way" if it were attacked by Israel...
Young Japanese Raise Their Voices Over Economy A group of young people recently gathered in a darkened park here. Holding placards and megaphones, they chanted slogans condemning the Japanese government and a lack of jobs and opportunity.
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Sumo under siegeAs a stable master awaits trial for the death of a young apprentice he allegedly ordered to be beaten, David McNeill talks exclusively to the sport's first European champion about the scandals that plague it.
New Mexico Senate President Sides With World's Largest Neurotoxic Additive Maker, Ajinomoto - The Black Ship: Japan News and ForumI just published a major article in Japan, the first time there in English, and of course your comment would be most welcome, all the way at the bottom under reader rants!!!
Tokyo in rescue plan for companiesThe Japanese government stepped up its efforts to combat the credit crisis on Tuesday by setting aside Y1,500bn ($16.9bn, £12bn, €13bn) in public funds to encourage banks to buy shares in cash-strapped companies.
Leaflet explains electric toilet seat useTOKYO, Feb. 2 -- Japanese makers of electric toilet seats tricked out with warm water bidets said they are issuing fliers explaining proper use after a series of accidents.
Japanese mum bids to follow in Foreman's footstepsA Japanese mother of two will bid to emulate George Foreman by winning a world boxing title at 45.
Tokyo Fish Market Welcomes Back TouristsThe world's largest fish market plans to reopen its pre-dawn tuna auctions to tourists in Tokyo next week, an official said on Sunday, ending a month-long ban imposed over complaints of loutish behaviour, including licking and hugging fish.
On January 20, Barack Hussein Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.
Alistair Overeem vs. Badr Hari at Dynamite?Badr Hari will fight Alistair Overeem on the Fields Dynmaite show on New Years Eve in Tokyo
Pedestrians Will Power Holiday Display at Shibuya Station, Tokyo People are producing electricity by walking across a special panel on the plaza outside Shibuya train station in Tokyo. The Shibuya Ward government installed the 90-square-centimeter 2.5-centimeter thick piezoelectric mat near the Hachiko dog statue at Shibuya station.
Japan's Catholic martyrs honored in mass ceremonyTOKYO (Reuters Life!) – Bells tolled at the largest beatification ceremony ever held in Asia as thousands gathered on Monday to honor 188 Catholics killed in the persecution that almost wiped out Christianity in Japan four centuries ago.
Beatifying martyrs of JapanTOKYO — Samurai warriors, housewives and children were crucified, thrown into hot springs and tortured, but refused to renounce their religion. The Vatican's upcoming beatification of 188 such martyrs will recognize Japan's relatively unknown history of Christian persecution.
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