| |   Remembering Vincent Chin: Pete Hoekstra and Being Asian in America
| On the night of June 19, 1982 in Detroit, after a confrontation at a local club where Vincent Chin was having his bachelor's party, two auto workers, Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz, beat Chin with a baseball...
Strategy to Break Okinawa Impasse Sparks Controversy
| Japanese and U.S. officials are discussing a possible compromise on a long-stalled plan to move thousands of American Marines off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. The transfer is considered a critical...
Monsoon may be weak, say US, Japan forecasters but meteorologists at home dismiss prediction
AHMEDABAD: Weather forecasters in the US and Japan have predicted a below-normal monsoon in India but meteorologists at home have dismissed the projection, saying it is too early to raise an alarm for the count...
Nine-month profit down, but year looking up
| Tokyo: Japanese car giant Toyota announced a plunge in profits yesterday, but said the year might not be quite as bad as previously expected, as the world's number three automaker upped its forecasts. | ...
Seoul's nuclear solution
| South Korea has evolved from being one of the world's poorest nations six decades ago to becoming the 15th largest economy on a nominal GDP basis, the world's sixth largest exporter and tenth largest importer...
5 missing in sea tunnel collapse
Divers were searching for five workers after an undersea tunnel collapsed at one of Japan's biggest oil refineries. | //--> Wednesday, February 08, 2012 | Divers were searching for five workers after an underse...
76ers' victory spoils Kobe milestone party
| Los Angeles: Kobe Bryant moved past Shaquille O'Neal to become the NBA's fifth highest scorer on Monday but it was a bitter-sweet moment for the Los Angeles guard as the Lakers lost 95-90 to the Philadelphia ...
SC justice to go on leave
| COURT Administrator Jose Midas Marquez yesterday denied reports that Del Castillo will retire or resign in exchange for the dismissal of impeachment complaint against him over the supposed plagiarism in his p...
Five missing as tunnel collapses
| DIVERS have begun searching for five missing workers in the dark and muddy waters of a collapsed tunnel at one of Japan's biggest oil refineries. | Six people were in the partially constructed undersea t...
Philadelphia Sixers rally to beat a white hot Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers
| WHEN Kobe Bryant has it going the way he did Monday night at the Wells Fargo Center, it's sort of like the old saying in boxing that everybody has a plan until they get punched. | Bryant, returning home,...
JAL sees 787 delivery delay as Boeing tackles fresh glitch
Japan Airlines said on Tuesday it no longer expects its first Dreamliner from Boeing by the end of February as a fresh manufacturing glitch is seen adding pressure to an already-tight 787 production timetable. ...
Tokyo is dreaming
Japan Foundation has organized a media exhibition on Tokyo City—Tokyo is dreaming. | It is an exhibition from the city symphony genre where the city is potrayed through images-visuals and sound. | ·...
No assault charges against Kobe Bryant in San Diego church case
| SAN DIEGO -- No charges will be filed against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant over an alleged incident in August at a church in San Diego, the city attorney's office announced Tuesday. | A young man had a...
For the Ace of Cakes, life is sweet
| "You know how guys start cooking?" Duff Goldman, aka the Ace of Cakes, asks. "Guys know that girls like guys who know how to cook." | There's a rare pause in our phone conversation. The Food Network chef is p...
Larry Bird said he’d pick Kobe over LeBron to be his teammate
| Boston Celtics Hall of Famer Larry Bird said if he were to choose any current player with whom to play, it would be Kobe Bryant over LeBron James--even though he thinks James "by far is the best player" in th...
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