Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri articles from November 2010

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri archives from November 2010

Nakaima win brings Futenma solution no closer.
November 30, 2010... Nakaima win brings Futenma solution no closer Ryuhei Yoshimura and Kakuchi Funatsuki / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff writers Yomiuri NAHA NAHA--Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima's reelection Sunday leaves the Democratic Party of Japan-led...

EDITORIAL / Govt must push ahead with Futenma accord.(Editorial)
November 30, 2010... EDITORIAL / Govt must push ahead with Futenma accord Yomiuri In Sunday's Okinawa gubernatorial election, voters opted for continued cooperation with the central government in resolving the Futenma base relocation issue, thereby leaving a...

Buggy software bedevils hapless library patrons.
November 30, 2010... Buggy software bedevils hapless library patrons Yomiuri A computer system that a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. developed and sold to public libraries nationwide has caused serious problems, including the exposure of private data...

Govt readies 1 trillion yen in subsidies for local authori.
November 30, 2010... Govt readies 1 trillion yen in subsidies for local authorities Yomiuri The central government on Monday made moves toward transferring more of its financial and administrative powers to local governments, beginning with no-strings-attached...

New quake-resistance rules a first / Tokyo government eyes.
November 30, 2010... New quake-resistance rules a first / Tokyo government eyes compulsory tests for buildings along key roads Yomiuri The Tokyo metropolitan government is planning to require owners of buildings along emergency transportation roads to conduct...

Pre-World War II speeches to be sold as CD set.
November 30, 2010... Pre-World War II speeches to be sold as CD set Yomiuri Nippon Columbia Co. has produced a set of three compact discs containing speeches by politicians and military personnel from the pre-World War II era. "Nihon no Rekishiteki Enzetsu"...

Bases focus of election for 30% of Okinawa voters.
November 30, 2010... Bases focus of election for 30% of Okinawa voters Kazuhiro Takeda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri A Yomiuri Shimbun survey has found that relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station and other issues related to U.S....

Oak tree deaths expanding to remote islands.
November 30, 2010... Oak tree deaths expanding to remote islands Yomiuri The number of prefectures in which a large number of broad-leaf oak trees have died due to pathogenic fungus transmitted by ambrosia beetles has doubled over the last five years,...

Major banks target individuals in loan push.
November 30, 2010... Major banks target individuals in loan push Ryosuke Yamauchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri The country's leading banks are bolstering their unsecured loan business and trying to shore up profitability with related nonbank...

Beverage makers compete to make plastic bottles lighter.
November 30, 2010... Beverage makers compete to make plastic bottles lighter Yomiuri To reduce production costs, major beverage makers are competing to develop new soft drink bottles that are lighter and easy to hold. Kirin Beverage Co. plans at the end of...

Shipbuilders strive to stay afloat / Japanese companies cu.
November 30, 2010... Shipbuilders strive to stay afloat / Japanese companies cut costs, boost technical capabilities to battle foreign rivals Makoto Fukumori / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Once No. 1 in the world, this nation's shipbuilding industry...

Govt seen as opposing Kyoto extension at next week's clima.
November 29, 2010... Govt seen as opposing Kyoto extension at next week's climate talks in Mexico Yomiuri Formulating its stance ahead of U.N. climate change talks that start Monday in Cancun, Mexico, the government has decided to oppose extending the 2008-12...

EDITORIAL / Censures a devastating blow to Kan Cabinet.(Editorial)
November 29, 2010... EDITORIAL / Censures a devastating blow to Kan Cabinet Yomiuri Censure motions against Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku and transport minister Sumio Mabuchi have been submitted to the House of Councillors and adopted with the...

'MPD data' book wreaks havoc / Foreign residents who had p.
November 29, 2010... 'MPD data' book wreaks havoc / Foreign residents who had private info exposed express fear, anger Yomiuri People who saw their personal information published last week in a book containing what is believed to be police antiterrorism...

Filling in Yakushima's blanks / Mapping remote island's wi.
November 29, 2010... Filling in Yakushima's blanks / Mapping remote island's wild, lush mountains a 5-decade quest Akiko Yoshinaga / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri YAKUSHIMA, Kagoshima YAKUSHIMA, Kagoshima--"The moss is much paler than usual. It...

Caregivers help elderly travel more freely.
November 29, 2010... Caregivers help elderly travel more freely Yomiuri A growing number of services are emerging to help elderly people who want to travel but are held back by physical problems. Yae Tobari, 86, visited the Isawa hot spring resort in...

Thailand ready to call back tourists.
November 29, 2010... Thailand ready to call back tourists Cameron McLauchlan / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Thailand is open for business. That is the message behind the "Believe in Thailand" project recently launched by the Thailand Convention and...

Start-ups looking abroad for IPOs.
November 29, 2010... Start-ups looking abroad for IPOs Daisuke Segawa and Takeshi Nagata / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondents Yomiuri An increasing number of Japanese start-ups plan to list their initial public offerings on stock exchanges in other Asian...

MUSINGS / Nov. 26, 2010.
November 29, 2010... MUSINGS / Nov. 26, 2010 Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's Nov. 26 issue. * * * A sense of humor is "to smile in spite of" everything. So wrote German philosopher Alfons...

INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD / Young Japanese, be ambitious--st.
November 29, 2010... INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD / Young Japanese, be ambitious--study abroad Tadao Kakizoe / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun Yomiuri The number of Japanese scientists studying abroad has been shrinking in recent years, an ominous development...

Grant, Steelers teach Green Rockets a lesson.
November 29, 2010... Grant, Steelers teach Green Rockets a lesson Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri KASHIWA, Chiba KASHIWA, Chiba--Peter Grant proved Sunday he had put the monthlong Top League break to good use, both on the training...

ANALYSIS / CO2 rules uncertain before climate meet.
November 29, 2010... ANALYSIS / CO2 rules uncertain before climate meet Hiroko Kono / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Writer Yomiuri The Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997 at the Third Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP3)...

Sony scraps LCD plans with Sharp / Opts to boost procureme.
November 28, 2010... Sony scraps LCD plans with Sharp / Opts to boost procurement abroad instead Yomiuri Sony Corp. will scrap plans to jointly produce liquid crystal display TV panels with Sharp Corp., The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned, a move that can be seen...

Job offers for foreign nurses, care workers drop by 50%.
November 28, 2010... Job offers for foreign nurses, care workers drop by 50% Yomiuri The number of job offers from domestic hospitals and nursing care facilities willing to accept Indonesians and Filipinos as potential nurses and nursing care workers next...

EDITORIAL / N. Korea a ticking bomb China must help defuse.(Editorial)
November 28, 2010... EDITORIAL / N. Korea a ticking bomb China must help defuse Yomiuri South Korea and the United States plan to hold joint military exercises in the Yellow Sea, west of the Korean Peninsula, for four days beginning Sunday. The USS George...

'Leaked MPD data' out as book / Documents published as is;.
November 28, 2010... 'Leaked MPD data' out as book / Documents published as is; names of police, informants revealed Yomiuri A Tokyo publishing house has released a book containing what are believed to be Metropolitan Police Department antiterrorism documents...

Censure motions Kan's death knell? / Opposition could leve.
November 28, 2010... Censure motions Kan's death knell? / Opposition could leverage Cabinet attacks to achieve Diet paralysis, Kan's downfall Hiroshi Yumoto and Chikara Shima / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri Censure motions against two Cabinet...

Memories of grandfather win speech prize.
November 28, 2010... Memories of grandfather win speech prize The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Sarah Inoue, a second-year student at Tamagawa Gakuen Middle School in Tokyo, was awarded the H.I.H. Prince Takamado Trophy on Saturday for her victory in the 62nd All...

POLITICAL PULSE / Govt must address China's arms buildup.
November 28, 2010... POLITICAL PULSE / Govt must address China's arms buildup Takayuki Tanaka Yomiuri How should we deal with a neighboring country that keeps beefing up its military might? This has been a hard problem throughout the ages. In the mid-1930s,...

Chiang Mai No. 2, no worries.
November 28, 2010... Chiang Mai No. 2, no worries Cameron McLauchlan / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Thailand landed an impressive one-two this year when Bangkok and Chiang Mai were named the top two cities in Travel and Leisure's 2010 World's Best...

Toyota survives scare / Gutsy decision allows Verblitz to.
November 28, 2010... Toyota survives scare / Gutsy decision allows Verblitz to trim Rams Rich Freeman / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri A gamble by Toyota captain Yoshitaka Nakayama paid off Saturday as Verblitz got the second half of the Top League...

Corporate tax cuts eyed by DPJ team.
November 27, 2010... Corporate tax cuts eyed by DPJ team Yomiuri A tax reform team Friday compiled a set of draft proposals calling for effective cuts in corporate tax to be carried out under a fiscal 2011 reform plan, Democratic Party of Japan officials said....

EDITORIAL / Lay judges choose ultimate penalty for minor.(Editorial)
November 27, 2010... EDITORIAL / Lay judges choose ultimate penalty for minor Yomiuri A panel of three professional and six lay judges at the Sendai District Court on Thursday sentenced to death a minor who killed two women and seriously injured a man earlier...

370 mil. yen sent to Ozawa group / Money appears to have m.
November 27, 2010... 370 mil. yen sent to Ozawa group / Money appears to have made dubious journey from defunct party Yomiuri A local chapter of the Democratic Party of Japan headed by former party President Ichiro Ozawa donated 370 million yen to his...

Violence common at centers for abused, delinquent kids.
November 27, 2010... Violence common at centers for abused, delinquent kids Yomiuri Sixteen percent of temporary care centers for abused children and juvenile delinquents have seen violence between residents resulting in injuries, a recent survey has found. ...

Condemned youth earned no leniency / By sentencing minor t.
November 27, 2010... Condemned youth earned no leniency / By sentencing minor to death, lay judge system bucks usual focus on rehabilitation Makoto Inagaki and Fumio Tanaka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The Sendai District Court ruling that on...

IN THE NEWS / Senior volunteer keeping Bhutan beautiful.
November 27, 2010... IN THE NEWS / Senior volunteer keeping Bhutan beautiful Takashi Ozaki / Yomiuri Shimbun Photographer Yomiuri THIMPU THIMPHU--Deep inside a thick forest on the outskirts of this city, it's a shock to come across a mountain of garbage...

Who knew civil war could be so profitable?
November 27, 2010... Who knew civil war could be so profitable? Masaki Uchida / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri SENDAI SENDAI--Standing in front of the ruins of Sendai Castle, an armor-clad man raised a sword and began to boast of his prowess in...

Shells used by N. Korea 'highly lethal'.
November 27, 2010... Shells used by N. Korea 'highly lethal' Takashi Nakagawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri SEOUL SEOUL--North Korea used highly lethal explosives during its attack on civilian residential areas on a small South Korean island...

Cell phone makers go abroad / Manufacturers aim to conquer.
November 27, 2010... Cell phone makers go abroad / Manufacturers aim to conquer foreign markets with smartphones Yu Toda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri As their domestic market shrinks, Japanese cell phone manufacturers are gearing up to once more...

U.S. flat-panel TV sales weak / Slower-than-expected econo.
November 27, 2010... U.S. flat-panel TV sales weak / Slower-than-expected economic recovery sparks price cuts Taro Koyano / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Yomiuri NEW YORK NEW YORK--Flat-panel TV sales in the U.S. market have been sluggish because of a...

SPECIAL REPORT / A tale of 2 basketball leagues II / Bounc.
November 27, 2010... SPECIAL REPORT / A tale of 2 basketball leagues II / Bouncing back on an international level John E. Gibson / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri This is the second of a two-part series on the state of basketball in Japan and the...

Yoshida grabs lone women's mat gold.
November 27, 2010... Yoshida grabs lone women's mat gold The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Saori Yoshida was her usual dominant self, although it turned out to be a very unusual day for Japanese women's wrestling. Yoshida captured her third straight Asian Games...

JCG officer 'mailed Senkaku video to CNN'.
November 26, 2010... JCG officer 'mailed Senkaku video to CNN' Yomiuri The Japan Coast Guard officer who leaked the Senkaku collision video to the Internet told investigators he mailed the footage to CNN's Tokyo office before posting it on YouTube, The Yomiuri...

Suu Kyi says NLD will continue as political party.
November 26, 2010... Suu Kyi says NLD will continue as political party Junichi Fukasawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri BANGKOK BANGKOK--Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi wants her political organization to expand its democratic reform...

Kan vows tough joint stance with U.S., ROK on N. Korea.
November 26, 2010... Kan vows tough joint stance with U.S., ROK on N. Korea Yomiuri Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday told the Diet his government would cooperate closely with the United States and South Korea to defuse the crisis arising from North Korea's...

EDITORIAL / Boost JCG ability to guard territorial waters/.(Editorial)
November 26, 2010... EDITORIAL / Boost JCG ability to guard territorial waters Yomiuri The Sept. 7 collisions between a Chinese trawler and Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels in Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands is a reminder of the importance of...

Tuition-free procedures halted / Govt to stop accepting ap.
November 26, 2010... Tuition-free procedures halted / Govt to stop accepting applications from pro-Pyongyang schools Yomiuri The education ministry has decided to stop accepting high school tuition waiver applications from pro-Pyongyang schools, The Yomiuri...

Yamba inn closes doors after 215 years.
November 26, 2010... Yamba inn closes doors after 215 years Yomiuri MAEBASHI MAEBASHI--A 215-year-old traditional inn in the Kawarayu hot spring resort in Naganoharamachi, Gunma Prefecture, which was once set to be submerged due to the Yamba Dam project,...

Kabuki star Ichikawa beaten up at restaurant.
November 26, 2010... Kabuki star Ichikawa beaten up at restaurant Yomiuri Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo was taken to a hospital after apparently getting beaten up at a restaurant in Tokyo early Thursday, police said. The 32-year-old actor suffered face, head...

IN THE NEWS / 1st Japanese world puzzle champ is robot res.
November 26, 2010... IN THE NEWS / 1st Japanese world puzzle champ is robot researcher by day Masanori Matsumoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri KOFU KOFU--At the World Puzzle Championship 2010, competitors had to solve a variety of puzzles...

Blades of glory: World champion barber's tale.
November 26, 2010... Blades of glory: World champion barber's tale Yukako Fukushi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Young barbers were transfixed by the hand movements of their master, Takashi Yamaguchi, as the scissors rang rhythmically in his hand at...

Suu Kyi: West should act together.
November 26, 2010... Suu Kyi: West should act together Yomiuri These are excerpts of an interview with Aung San Suu Kyi held by The Yomiuri Shimbun on Wednesday. The Yomiuri Shimbun: You said it's best to have a dialogue with the military government. Have...

A STUDY OF BRANDS / At Bottega Veneta, fashion trumps logo.
November 26, 2010... A STUDY OF BRANDS / At Bottega Veneta, fashion trumps logo Yomiuri Italian lifestyle brand Bottega Veneta has stood out by not standing out--it doesn't use a logo on its pieces. Instead, it has built a reputation on quality and...

Gas pump depopulation invites govt intervention.
November 26, 2010... Gas pump depopulation invites govt intervention Yomiuri The economy ministry will extend financial assistance and other support to gas stations amid a sharp decrease in the number of pumps nationwide, largely due to excessive competition...

Maglev rides to return from 2013.
November 26, 2010... Maglev rides to return from 2013 Yomiuri People wanting to travel at 500 kph on a maglev train will be able to pay to do so on a test track in Yamanashi Prefecture as early as fiscal 2013, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said. "The...

Barbie: 50 years of independence.
November 26, 2010... Barbie: 50 years of independence Kumi Matsumaru / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Since Barbie made her debut as a dress-up doll in 1959, she has charmed girls and women alike not just in her home country of the United States, but...

Another face for Tammy.
November 26, 2010... Another face for Tammy Kumi Matsumaru / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri "I knew she paints Barbie dolls, usually full-length. I prefer Tammy dolls, however, so I suggested she paint a bust portrait of Tammy. She wasn't sure about it...

The 'Buck stops with 'Yamato': Space adventure has atmosph.
November 26, 2010... The 'Buck stops with 'Yamato': Space adventure has atmosphere & star power, but lacks gravity Cristoph Mark / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Space Battleship Yamato Two and half stars out of five Dir: Takashi Yamazaki ...

'Bleach' one hell of an adventure.
November 26, 2010... 'Bleach' one hell of an adventure Chiyono Sugiyama / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Bleach: Jigoku-hen (Bleach: The Hell Verse) Three and half stars out of five Dir: Noriyuki Abe Voice cast: Masakazu Morita, Toru Furuya,...

Accordion key to inner self for Barboza.
November 26, 2010... Accordion key to inner self for Barboza Atsuko Matsumoto / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri It weighs 13 kilograms, but once Raul Barboza places it in his lap, it begins producing beautiful sounds as if speaking just for him. "When...

Old genre gets new blood.
November 26, 2010... Old genre gets new blood Tom Baker / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Yomiuri Daybreakers 4 stars out of five Dir: Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig Cast: Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe In classic cinematic shorthand for a...

Sakamoto falls to N. Korean.
November 26, 2010... Sakamoto falls to N. Korean The Daily Yomiuri Yomiuri Seven-time world champion Hitomi Sakamoto suffered a stunning loss in the Asian Games wrestling competition, falling in the semifinals of the women's 48-kilogram class to North Korea...

SPECIAL REPORT / A tale of 2 basketball leagues / Planned.
November 26, 2010... SPECIAL REPORT / A tale of 2 basketball leagues / Planned merger could bring order to the court John E. Gibson / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri This is the first of a two-part series on the state of basketball in Japan and the...

JR Tokai plans to start partial maglev service in 2020.
November 25, 2010... JR Tokai plans to start partial maglev service in 2020 Yomiuri Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) is considering opening up a portion of the maglev train line between Tokyo and Nagoya before the entire route is completed, The Yomiuri...

Govt to review tuition waiver for pro-Pyongyang schools.
November 25, 2010... Govt to review tuition waiver for pro-Pyongyang schools Yomiuri Education minister Yoshiaki Takaki suggested Wednesday the government might review the inclusion of pro-Pyongyang high ethnic Korean schools in its tuition waiver program...

Kan slams N. Korea shelling.
November 25, 2010... Kan slams N. Korea shelling Yomiuri Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday condemned North Korea's shelling of a South Korean island in the Yellow Sea as an "impermissible, atrocious act." Kan made the statement at the Prime Minister's...

EDITORIAL / We condemn N. Korea's reckless attack on islan.(Editorial)
November 25, 2010... EDITORIAL / We condemn N. Korea's reckless attack on island Yomiuri North Korea's abrupt firing of artillery shells at an island where civilians live is a grave military provocation, which cannot be tolerated. The outrageous, reckless...

Mindan says North Korea attack was 'over the line'.
November 25, 2010... Mindan says North Korea attack was 'over the line' Yomiuri The Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan) expressed anger Wednesday over North Korea's artillery attack on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island. "We all want the peaceful...

Sengoku censure motion put off / Opposition camp to join i.
November 25, 2010... Sengoku censure motion put off / Opposition camp to join in adoption of resolution condemning N. Korea Yomiuri The opposition parties agreed Wednesday to postpone their plan to submit a censure motion in the House of Councillors against...

2 held over stealing online game user IDs.
November 25, 2010... 2 held over stealing online game user IDs Yomiuri YOKOHAMA YOKOHAMA--Police arrested two people Wednesday on suspicion of accessing an online game with user IDs and passwords they obtained from other players via virus software. ...

A purple dream to end violence against women.
November 25, 2010... A purple dream to end violence against women Yomiuri Towers around the nation will be lit up in purple on Thursday--the U.N. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Purple was chosen because people and groups...

Fears grow on child care reform.
November 25, 2010... Fears grow on child care reform Noriko Sakakibara and Yoshiko Kosaka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Yomiuri The government's plan to integrate kindergartens and child day care centers in fiscal 2013 is fiercely opposed by parents and...

Korea experts: North hoped to force bilateral talks with U.
November 25, 2010... Korea experts: North hoped to force bilateral talks with U.S. Yomiuri Two experts on Korean affairs have shared their views with The Yomiuri Shimbun regarding North Korea's artillery attack Tuesday on South Korea. Prof. Hajime Izumi of...

Attack worries travel agencies / Japanese firms gather inf.
November 25, 2010... Attack worries travel agencies / Japanese firms gather info on implications of N. Korean shelling Yomiuri Travel agencies in the country are concerned about a possible adverse impact on business from North Korea's shelling of a South...

ECONOMIC FORUM / Past heroes relevant now.
November 25, 2010... ECONOMIC FORUM / Past heroes relevant now Junichi Maruyama Yomiuri The final episode of "Ryoma-den," NHK's grand serial, will air Sunday, ending with the assassination of Sakamoto Ryoma (1835-1885), who is played by singer-actor...

Educators work to close language gap.(Excerpt)
November 25, 2010... Educators work to close language gap Yomiuri Following is an excerpt from The Yomiuri Shimbun's Gakuryoku-ko series, which examines experimental measures to improve students' scholastic abilities. This installment--the third of four...

MUSINGS / Nov. 21, 2010.
November 25, 2010... MUSINGS / Nov. 21, 2010 Yomiuri The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's Nov. 21 issue. * * * There is no crime lower than bank-transfer fraud targeting elderly people. For this reason,...

THE HOT CORNER / The new knowledge debate.
November 25, 2010... THE HOT CORNER / The new knowledge debate Jim Allen / Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter Yomiuri Sometimes, a postseason award becomes a lightning rod, attracting an enormous amount of energy from advocates of one view or another. That happened...

Yanagida dismissal misfires; DPJ still in pinch.
November 24, 2010... Yanagida dismissal misfires; DPJ still in pinch Yomiuri Until Sunday, Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida was confident he could remain in his post, despite mounting criticism of his recent controversial remarks, but the next day he suddenly...

Teen leaps to death from 6th floor / Called 119 to declare.
November 24, 2010... Teen leaps to death from 6th floor / Called 119 to declare intent; suicide note suggests bullying was factor Yomiuri SAPPORO SAPPORO--A 13-year-old middle schoolgirl leaped to her death from the balcony of her sixth-floor apartment in...

EDITORIAL / Kan Cabinet must pull itself together.(Editorial)
November 24, 2010... EDITORIAL / Kan Cabinet must pull itself together Yomiuri Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida resigned Monday to take responsibility over his recent verbal gaffe, remarks that many interpreted as disrespectful of Diet deliberations. His...

Ghibli Museum presents new Miyazaki film.
November 24, 2010... Ghibli Museum presents new Miyazaki film Yomiuri Hayao Miyazaki's latest short animation film, "Pan-dane to Tamago Hime" ("Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess"), is now playing at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo. Miyazaki, 69, wrote the...

Planetariums make Tokyoites look to the stars.
November 24, 2010... Planetariums make Tokyoites look to the stars Kojiro Ito / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Yomiuri Tokyo stargazers will be given another opportunity to gaze at the heavens without having to squint through clouds and pollution. Cosmo...