Tag: Japan
Japan police guard ATMs to catch crooks
More than 50,000 Japanese police have been deployed to guard automatic teller machines throughout the country as part of an operation to stop elderly and vulnerable people falling victim to swindlers. [MORE]
Japanese sailor dies after fighting 15 men
Japan is probing the death of a naval officer who died after being forced to fight 15 other men during training for an elite counter-intelligence unit, the defence minister said.[MORE]
Aust whaling delegation accused of derailing resolution
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Australia is being accused of derailing a deal that was close to being sealed with pro-whaling nations.[MORE]
Socceroos to face Japan at MCG
Australia will play its potentially deciding Asian World Cup group match against Japan in Melbourne on June 17 next year, Football Federation Australia (FFA) says.[MORE]
Alonso wins Japan GP
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso claimed his second victory of the season on Sunday when he drove to a comfortable triumph in a drama-packed Japanese Grand Prix.[MORE]
Kubica told to mind his own business
McLaren team boss Ron Dennis has slammed suggestions that Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton is a dangerous driver.[MORE]
Hamilton on pole in Japan with Massa fifth
World championship leader Lewis Hamilton secured pole position for the Japanese GP with a dazzling last-gasp lap in qualifying, leaving rival Felipe Massa in fifth.[MORE]
Tokyo goes ape over resident monkey
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There have been some unusual sightings in Tokyo this week.[MORE]
Japan man likely to face death for stabbing spree
Japanese prosecutors have indicted a man for killing seven people in a stabbing spree after deciding he was fit for trial, a court official said.[MORE]
Asian markets lose 11pc in early trade
The share market rout has hit hard in Asia, where the region's biggest exchange in Tokyo has fallen by 11 per cent.[MORE]
Ferrari's Massa promises fight-back
Ferrari's Felipe Massa has warned championship leader Lewis Hamilton that the fight for the Formula One title will rage all the way to the wire.[MORE]
Modest jellyfish a scientific bonanza
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Fluorescent proteins from an unassuming jellyfish have helped three scientists to this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry.[MORE]
Fluoro jellyfish nets researchers Nobel prize
This year's Nobel Prize for chemistry has gone to three scientists for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein GFP, which was first seen in jellyfish. [MORE]
Urawa, Osaka share spoils in ACL semi
Defending champion Urawa Red Diamonds battled to a 1-1 away draw with fellow J-League side Gamba Osaka in the first leg of their AFC Champions League semi-final match last night.[MORE]
Briton freed after stripping off at palace
Japanese police have released a British tourist who shocked onlookers by swimming naked in the moat of the country's Imperial Palace, concluding he had mental problems.[MORE]
Chemistry Nobel for protein discovery
Two American scientists and a Japanese researcher have won the 2008 Nobel prize for chemistry for their discovery of a green fluorescent protein that has become a key tool in bioscience.[MORE]
Financial crisis grips Japan
The financial crisis has hit hard in Japan, where shares on the Tokyo exchange have recorded their biggest one-day fall since the 1987 stock market crash.[MORE]
Japanese network sues over Wipeout
Tokyo Broadcasting System has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against ABC America, charging that Wipeout is "a blatant copycat" of several of its classic Japanese competition series.[MORE]
Three physicists share Nobel prize
Japan's Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa, and Yoichiro Nambu of the United States, have won the 2008 Nobel Physics Prize for groundbreaking theoretical work in fundamental particles.[MORE]
Nikkei closes down 3pc
Shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange have finished down 3 per cent on a day when the Japanese market hit its lowest level in almost five years.[MORE]
Nikkei drops 5pc on back of investor fears
Tokyo's stock market has fallen to its lowest level in five years as the overnight turmoil in the United States reverberates across Asia.[MORE]
Restaurant turns to monkey business
A Japanese tavern has turned to two monkeys for help with its table service.[MORE]
Tama the purr-fect antidote to financial gloom: study
As the economic might of Japan faces up to the global banking crisis, a single cat has boosted the finances of a small Japanese city by millions of dollars, according to a study.[MORE]
Berdych claims Japan Open title
Czech Tomas Berdych halted fifth seed Juan Martin Del Potro's hot streak by beating the Argentine 6-1, 6-4 to win the Japan Open in Tokyo on Sunday.[MORE]
Stosur bows out in Japan
Australia's Samantha Stosur has lost her quarter-final at the Japan Open in straight sets.[MORE]
