A strong magnitude 6.9 quake struck Japan's northern island of Hokkaido near the town of Obihiro on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. ...
08:34 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Japanese Arata Izumi, who got Indian citizenship last year, is the first foreign player to have made it to the Indian football team. ...
08:03 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The solitary islands in the East China Sea used to be the fancy of poets and fishermen. But today, these rocky outposts, once shrouded in anonymity, are at the heart of a tug of war churning the waters between Asia's two biggest economies. ...
11:11 AM, Feb 01, 2013
UBS upgraded its ratings on Maruti Suzuki India Ltd to "buy" from "neutral," and raised its price target to Rs 2,000 from Rs 1,500, noting the weakening Japanese yen over the past three months would boost earnings. ...
01:00 PM, Jan 28, 2013
The Japanese government is set to launch the world's first 4K TV broadcast in July 2014, roughly two years ahead of schedule, to help stir demand for ultra high-definition televisions, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday without citing sources. ...
04:46 PM, Jan 27, 2013
After a tragedy like the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, it's a statistic that is always trotted out. Compared to just about anywhere else with a stable, developed government - and many countries without even that - the more than 11,000 gun-related killings each year in the United States are simply off the charts. To be sure, there are nations that are worse. But others see fewer gun...
02:32 PM, Jan 27, 2013
The slow progress of investigations into battery problems on Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner jets suggest the new plane could be grounded for months, raising fears that the financial hit to Boeing will be greater than had been initially predicted. ...
04:58 PM, Jan 26, 2013
All Nippon Airways Co, which has the biggest fleet of Boeing Co's troubled Dreamliner jets, on January 26 cancelled hundreds of flights until February 18, signalling a quick fix to the plane's safety problems was unlikely. ...
03:41 PM, Jan 26, 2013
US and Japanese aviation safety officials finished an initial investigation of a badly damaged battery from a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet on Friday as Boeing said it was halting deliveries until the battery concerns were resolved. Boeing said it would continue building the carbon-composite 787, but deliveries were on hold until the US Federal Aviation Administration approved and implemented a plan to ensure the safety of potentially flammable lithium-ion...
06:35 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Ishikawa has become a full member of the PGA Tour for 2013 and believes he can break into the winner's circle. ...
10:48 AM, Jan 19, 2013
Europe's air safety authority has followed the United States in ordering the grounding and safety review of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner following a series of incidents with the aircraft in recent days. ...
06:58 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Emerging economies are set to grow faster than the developed economies over the next four decades and India is likely to become one of the three largest economies by 2050, says a PwC report. According to the report 'World in 2050 The BRICs and Beyond: Prospects, challenges and opportunities', the global financial crisis has accelerated the shift of the economic centre of gravity and China is expected to surpass the...
04:56 PM, Jan 16, 2013
"For sure, it's important for an Asian man to win a grand slam. I hope I'm the one to make it," the Japanese said after reaching the third round of the Australian Open. ...
12:55 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Boeing Co's 787 planes were grounded for safety checks Wednesday by two major Japanese airlines after one was forced to make an emergency landing in the latest blow for the new jet. All Nippon Airways said a cockpit message showed battery problems and a burning smell were detected in the cockpit and the cabin, forcing the 787 on a domestic flight to land at Takamatsu airport in western Japan. ...
11:41 AM, Jan 16, 2013
A Japanese official says a woman in his town near Tokyo who became world's oldest living female in December, 2012 has died at 115. Koto Okubo died on Saturday at a nursing home in Kawasaki City, according to city official Mitsuhiro Kozuka. He said her relatives declined to release the cause of her death and family details. ...
12:47 PM, Jan 13, 2013
The US government has stepped in to assure the public that Boeing's new 787 "Dreamliner" is safe to fly, even as it launched a comprehensive review to find out what caused a fire, a fuel leak and other worrisome incidents this week. "I believe this plane is safe, and I would have absolutely no reservations about boarding one of these planes and taking a flight," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood declared...
02:40 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Boeing Co's new 787 Dreamliner suffered its second mishap in two days at the same airport with the same airline, extending a series of problems that have dogged the jet for more than a month and notched up concern about the plane. A fuel leak on January 8 forced a 787 operated by Japan Airlines to cancel takeoff at Boston's Logan International Airport. On January 7, an electrical fire erupted...
12:37 PM, Jan 09, 2013
China's annual economic growth may have quickened to 7.8 per cent in the fourth quarter a Reuters poll showed, snapping seven straight quarters of weaker expansion, but the recovery is likely to be tepid and the economy may need continued policy support. ...
12:48 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Amritraj lost 6-7 (2) 6-3 4-6 to eighth seed Japanese Go Soeda in the hard-fought second round match. ...
09:22 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Japanese researchers have developed a new talking fork that speaks different words and plays bizarre sounds while a person eats. The fork contains a micro controller, a speaker, amplifier and battery within its handle, and generates a variety of sounds depending on the type of food being eaten. ...
11:01 AM, Dec 30, 2012
