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PHOENIX, Arizona, January 8. RISING star Dagny Knutson led an American charge on the first day of the Junior Pan Pacific championships, held in the U.S. territory of Guam. Japan and the United States ...

Posted on: Thursday, 8 January 2009, 09:40 CST Australia has denied a Japanese appeal to stop anti-whaling activists from stocking up; announcing Thursday that their boat is permitted to dock at an...

Sony Electronics showed off its latest high-definition televisions Wednesday. The new HDTV models reflect the company's emphasis on improved color reproduction, fast 240-Hz refresh rates and Inter...

All Nippon Airways said Wednesday it will raise airfares for regular international flights, including to Hawaii, 7 percent to 13 percent in April. ANA’s hikes will be 13 percent for North Ameri...

January 8, 2009, 8:24 AM "Coming soon," read a mysterious sign in the portable PC section of Sony's CES booth last night. Sony showed 3-D technology to journalists, too, but that "wasn't an announceme...

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) — Sony Corp on Thursday unveiled a bendable video screen and eyeglasses that allow the wearer to watch a movie from any location, saying the industry must keep innovating in t...

LAS VEGAS: Japanese electronics giant Sony on Wednesday debuted a powerful, fashionable notebook computer small enough to fit in a purse or suit jacket. The Vaio P Series "lifestyle" personal co...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian court of appeal has rejected a petition to cancel a 34-year prison sentence on a Brazilian man for murdering and robbing a restaurant owner in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka P...

TOKYO — The Bank of Japan said Thursday it will provide 1.22 trillion yen in emergency loans to financial institutions as part of a new program to spur lending to the country’s businesses...

Japanese scientists said Thursday they had successfully cloned the ancestral bull of a luxurious brand of beef, possibly opening the way to distribute cloned beef.At the start of the Year of the Ox, r...

WASHINGTON--Joseph S. Nye, a Harvard professor who has authored several influential reports on Japan-U.S. relations, is tipped to be the next ambassador to Japan, sources said Wednesday. Presiden...

The government is considering relaxing constraints on the use of weapons by the Self-Defense Forces so they can protect Japanese and foreign vessels from pirates abroad, The Asahi Shimbun has learned....

Japan's Sony Corp plans to launch the world's lightest 8-inch notebook PC, taking aim squarely at a rapidly growing market for ultra-portable personal computers. The new Sony Vaio PC will come with...

Edge Online reports on a Sony press release called "Keeping Gaming and Entertainment Simple," in which the Japanese consumer electronics giant emphasizes out-of-the-box features of the game console: ...

Edge Online reports on a Sony press release called "Keeping Gaming and Entertainment Simple," in which the Japanese consumer electronics giant emphasizes out-of-the-box features of the game console: ...

The chief executive of Sony Ericsson, a venture of Sony Corp and Ericsson, sees a tough cell phone market through the end of 2009, with unit sales down by about 5-6% as consumer demand slows in the we...

The Bank of Japan said Thursday it will provide 1.22 trillion yen ($13 billion) in emergency loans to financial institutions as part of a new program to spur lending to the country's businesses.

TOKYO, Jan. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—One out of every four companies in Japan has cut jobs or plans to do so due to the economic downturn, according to a survey released Thursday by Teikoku Databank cred...

Japan+ (AP) - TOKYO, Jan. 8 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING INFO) The U.S. administration of President-elect Barack Obama is likely to choose Joseph Nye, a Harvard University professor emeritus and a former...

TOKYO, Jan. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen will visit Japan for six days from Monday, accompanied by two ministers and a trade mission representing over 60 firms, to strengthen...