Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators amid lingering worries over the pace of the global economic recovery. But gains were modest across the region as investors took a wait-and-see stance ahead of closely-watched U.S. employment figures due out Friday.
Dolphins have been herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter, conservationist group Sea Shepherd said Friday. A town official said none were killed.
The dolphin hunt at Taiji, documented in "The Cove," begins Sept. 1 every year. The boats returned empty Wednesday.
Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an official said. The measures approved by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan include an asset freeze on 88 entities, 15 banks and 24 individuals, trade ministry official Hideaki Fujisawa said.
Japan is sweltering through its hottest summer on record, weather officials said Thursday. The Asian country joins a large swath of the Northern Hemisphere that has experienced an unusually hot summer. Meteorologists say 17 nations have recorded all-time-high temperatures this year, more than in any other year, and scientists have said that July was the hottest month on record for the world's oceans.
Japan’s Internal Affairs and Communication Ministry is pissed off at the US because baby-monitor chatter from US military families is interfering with official business. Japan houses some 47,000 US forces, many of who reside there with their family—children included.
The star of an Oscar-winning documentary about a Japanese town that slaughters dolphins delivered a petition to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday demanding an end to the hunt. "The Cove" star Ric O'Barry handed the petition, signed by 1.7 million people from 155 nations, to an official at the embassy's gate.
Japan is sweltering through its hottest summer on record, weather officials said Thursday. Japan joined many parts of the Northern Hemisphere in seeing an unusually hot summer. Meteorologists say 17 nations have recorded all-time-high temperatures this year, more than in any other year, and scientists have said that July was the hottest month on record for the world's oceans.
Japan's public TV broadcaster has decided to resume live sumo broadcasts after canceling coverage of July's Nagoya tournament over a betting scandal that hit the country's ancient sport. NHK officials said Thursday the station will televise the Sept.
Asian stock markets rose Thursday as investors hungry for good news seized on stronger U.S. manufacturing as a sign the world economy isn't slowing as much as feared. The second day of gains in the region follows a month of heavy selling amid jitters about the global recovery as figures from major economies suggested growth was faltering.
I am feeling increasingly redundant these days. First, bloggers took away my livelihood – now, everyone can write. Second, Twitter took away the need for breaking news – now, everyone can report from the trenches. Third, TripAdvisor took away my job of travel writing – now, everyone is a reviewer. And just when I have just about reinvented myself into a mashup “I can do everything” kind of person, along comes news that I could be replaced as a travel companion for men.
The star of "The Cove," an Oscar-winning documentary about a Japanese dolphin hunt, is back in Japan to protest the slaughter but had to cancel his trip to the village at the center of the controversy because of threats from an ultranationalist group. Instead, Ric O'Barry, the former dolphin-trainer for the 1960s "Flipper" TV show, is playing host to a reception Wednesday for some 100 animal-lovers at a Tokyo hotel.
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