Sydney - Football fans were convinced Thursday that Australia would make it to a third World Cup, after their team snatched a goal in injury time to clinch a 1-0 victory over Bahrain in Manama. Palermo midfielder Mark Bresciano blasted past ...
19 Nov 2008
HONOLULU -- A Japanese navy ship on Wednesday failed to shoot down a mid-range ballistic missile target in a test off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced. Rear Adm. Brad Hicks, director of the U.S ...
19 Nov 2008
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese exports marked their biggest decline seven years in October, causing the country to post its second trade deficit in three months, adding to the grim outlook for the world's second-largest economy. The trade deficit, a rarity ...
19 Nov 2008
While much of the chatter at the Detroit auto show is about Toyota’s imminent overtaking of GM as the world’s largest automaker, the Japanese domestic carmarket ended the 2006 with a whimper. By year-end, auto sales in Japan fell 1.9% to 5.73 ...
19 Nov 2008
High school student Eri Yoshida, 16, smiles on Sunday during a press conference in Osaka, Japan, after being drafted by a professional baseball team. Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield was the inspiration for a 16-year-old girl who has been drafted ...
19 Nov 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — Desperate for starting pitchers, the New York Yankees expect to enter next season without 20-game winner Mike Mussina. FoxSports.com reported Wednesday that Mussina intends to retire and will make the move official this week. In the ...
19 Nov 2008
MIYAZAKI, Japan (AP) -- Australian Paul Sheehan shot a four-under 67 on Thursday to take the first-round lead at the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan.
20 Nov 2008
Japan's exports to Asia fell in October for the first time since 2002, showing that the fallout from the credit crisis has spread to neighbors such as China and adding momentum to investors' flight to the safety of cash.
20 Nov 2008
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Australia will step up diplomatic efforts to halt Japan's annual whale hunt, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said, as the country's fleet heads toward Antarctic waters to begin harpooning the mammals.
19 Nov 2008
Japanese stocks dived Thursday after a steep drop on Wall Street and government data showing that Japan's exports suffered a brutal drop in October.
19 Nov 2008
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. fell by a record, leading declines by Japan's seven biggest casualty insurers after they cut earnings forecasts because the plunge in global stocks has cut the value of their securities holdings.
19 Nov 2008
Japan posted its second trade deficit in three months in October as exports of goods such as cars and electronic gadgets suffered a record fall, adding to a grim outlook for the world's second-largest economy.
19 Nov 2008
Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde said Tuesday the country is hoping to achieve a bilateral free-trade agreement with Japan by 2011. But he declined to specify when the country wants to launch negotiations.
19 Nov 2008
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19 Nov 2008
Asian markets fell like dominoes Thursday after US stocks hit their lowest in more than five years. The rout was especially pronounced in Japan, where the Nikkei lost almost 7%.
19 Nov 2008
Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman Zawahiri ridiculed US President-elect Barack Obama as a “house negro” and warned him against sending more…
19 Nov 2008
Square Enix's newfound love of Western developers bears new fruit as European developer Frontier Developments announces that the Japanese publisher.
19 Nov 2008
Sounds of Japan wow listeners. Thursday, November 20, 2008. Yoshida brothers Kyoichiro, left, and Kenichi perform at the Suva Civic Centre on Tuesday + Enlarge this image. Yoshida brothers Kyoichiro, left, and Kenichi perform at the ...
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