Larry Ellison gets 3rd crack at America's Cup San Fransisco Chronicle | (02-08) 04:00 PST Valencia, Spain -- Software tycoon Larry Ellison isn't accustomed to losing. | He outgunned his corporate rivals for 30 years to become the world's fourth-richest man and king of database technology. He won the hand of a celebrated romance novelist and built a 23-acre Japanese-in...
Crisis-hit Toyota 'set to announce recall of 270,000 Prius cars to fix brake fault' The Daily Mail | Crisis-hit Toyota is gearing up to recall hundreds of thousands of its hybrid Prius cars as the firm faces mounting pressure over safety fears, according to reports. | It has apparently been forced into the move after it emerged a problem has been discovered in the vehicle's high-tech braking syst...
For love of Buddha, this monk will dance to hip-hop The Times Of India TOKYO: He raps. He chants. And this month, Japan's famed hip-hop loving monk, better known as MC Happiness, will tap dance on stage, in the name of Buddhism. | Kansho Tagai heads the 400-year-old Kyoouji Temple in central Tokyo, offering softly chant...
Cult of the Living Doll in Tokyo The New York Times | TOKYO — In the West, a somewhat condescending verdict on Japanese women has long been that they are too submissive and doll-like. For close to a decade, the Japanese media have exhorted women to fight against this image by toughening up and c...
Asia takes film battle to Berlin Hong Kong Standard Asian movies will take pride of place this week at the 60th Berlin Film Festival, one of world cinema's top showcases, as new pictures by Roman Polanski and Martin Scorsese make their premieres. | //--> Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | ADVERTISEMENT | As...
China to strengthen co-op with Japan to boost mutual understanding China Daily | BEIJING: Chinese premier Wen Jiabao Monday urged China and Japan to strengthen exchange and cooperation to boost mutual understanding and trust. | Wen made the remarks while meeting with members of the fifth 21st Century Committee for China-Japan F...
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Toyota promises dealers: Prius fix, PR offensive close CNN February 6, 2010: 2:57 PM ET | NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Toyota Motor notified dealers it is prepared to unveil a solution to of the popular Prius hybrid sedan, as well as a publi...
Suzuki and Mazda lift forecasts on sales, cost cuts DNA India | TOKYO: Suzuki Motor Corp and Mazda Motor Corp, Japan's fourth- and fifth-biggest car makers, hiked their annual profit forecasts on Friday as they enjoyed higher demand in In...
Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker The Guardian | Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Phot...
Japanese Monk Gets Down With the Beat for Buddhism ABC News By Toshi Maeda | February 8, 2010 | TOKYO (Reuters) - He raps. He chants. And this month, Japan's famed hip-hop loving monk, better known as MC Happiness, will tap dance on stage, in the name of Buddhism. | Kansho Tagai heads the 400-year-old Kyoouji...
Body Found in Landing Gear of NY-to-Tokyo Flight ABC News By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Writer | TOKYO February 8, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press | A Delhi Airlines passenger jet sits on the tarmac after a dead body was found in the main landing... A Delhi Airlines passenger jet sits on the tarmac afte...
Body found in landing gear of N.Y.-Tokyo flight Newsvine | A body was found inside a wheel well of a Delta Air Lines plane after it landed in Tokyo from New York, and Japanese authorities Monday were trying to identify the man. | ...
San Antonio Spurs (29-20) at Los Angeles Lakers (39-13), 10:30 p.m. The Miami Herald | The San Antonio Spurs face the toughest test of their annual Rodeo Road Trip when they face the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center tonight. | Each year around this time the Spurs hit the road while the annual San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo takes over the AT&T Center. | Gregg Popovich's team set up temporary residenc...
Make AH1N1 vaccine more available, says expert Malaya | Dr. Lulu C. Bravo, executive director of the National Institutes of Health, UP Manila, called yesterday for the release of AH1N1 vaccines pending at the Bureau of Food and Drugs to make them available. | "Vaccines should be our main defensive strategy against AH1N1, which is now considered an emerging pandemic. At the moment only health care...
