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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/world/asia/japan world World - Japan en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:31:51 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/world/asia/japan http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/ts_afp/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal afp/20100210/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal AFP topstories Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:31:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/ts_afp/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265769100174-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=DtrkQAWzsIctFc7jE4xImQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/ts_afp/japanautorecallcompanyhondaglobal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265769100174-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=DtrkQAWzsIctFc7jE4xImQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/wl_nm/us_japan_politics nm/20100210/us_japan_politics Reuters world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:14:59 GMT Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Wednesday he will appoint a member of a waste-cutting task force as administrative reform minister, in a bid to boost flagging support ahead of a mid-year election. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/ts_alt_afp/japanuscanadaautocompanyrecallhonda afp/20100210/japanuscanadaautocompanyrecallhonda AFP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/ts_alt_afp/japanuscanadaautocompanyrecallhonda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265761858936-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=.ZccVaGsnJcyZ4xNd.uKSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Honda Motors logo is seen in the grill of a vehicle at a dealership in Manassas, Virginia. Japanese automaker Honda said Tuesday it was expanding a previously-announced recall over unsafe airbags in some 2001 and 2002 model-year cars to include an additional 420,443 vehicles in the United States and Canada.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japanese automaker Honda said Tuesday it was expanding a previously-announced recall over unsafe airbags in some 2001 and 2002 model-year cars to include an additional 420,443 vehicles in the United States and Canada.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/ts_alt_afp/japanuscanadaautocompanyrecallhonda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265761858936-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=.ZccVaGsnJcyZ4xNd.uKSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Honda Motors logo is seen in the grill of a vehicle at a dealership in Manassas, Virginia. Japanese automaker Honda said Tuesday it was expanding a previously-announced recall over unsafe airbags in some 2001 and 2002 model-year cars to include an additional 420,443 vehicles in the United States and Canada.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/japanusautocompanyrecalltoyotapartsbritain afp/20100209/japanusautocompanyrecalltoyotapartsbritain AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:53:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/japanusautocompanyrecalltoyotapartsbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265726436020-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=gWplSiSCL6Nd2vcsnhu9aw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_uk_afp/japanusautocompanyrecalltoyotapartsbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265726436020-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=gWplSiSCL6Nd2vcsnhu9aw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotalegal afp/20100209/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotalegal AFP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:59:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotalegal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265749112299-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=a2.Tr3yxcu5DI9VJ90UJKw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A mechanic looks in the engine of a Toyota Prius Hybrid car at a Toyota dealership. US lawsuits are piling up against Toyota as angry drivers reproach the Japanese giant for its slow response to safety problems and stakeholders worry about the financial consequences of the crisis.(AFP/Paul Ellis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US lawsuits are piling up against Toyota as angry drivers reproach the Japanese giant for its slow response to safety problems and stakeholders worry about the financial consequences of the crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotalegal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265749112299-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=a2.Tr3yxcu5DI9VJ90UJKw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A mechanic looks in the engine of a Toyota Prius Hybrid car at a Toyota dealership. US lawsuits are piling up against Toyota as angry drivers reproach the Japanese giant for its slow response to safety problems and stakeholders worry about the financial consequences of the crisis.(AFP/Paul Ellis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyota afp/20100209/japanusautorecallcompanytoyota AFP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:56:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265739124578-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=nzUPN46TkS2.H_lwK7vu4w--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Interactive graphic on the troubled Japanese car manufacturer Toyota as the company recalls hundreds of thousands of hybrid vehicles around the world, including its best-selling Prius, to repair a flaw in the braking system.(AFP iactiv)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota said Tuesday it was recalling hundreds of thousands of hybrid vehicles globally, including the best-selling Prius, plunging it deeper into crisis as lawsuits in the United States piled up.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265739124578-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=nzUPN46TkS2.H_lwK7vu4w--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Interactive graphic on the troubled Japanese car manufacturer Toyota as the company recalls hundreds of thousands of hybrid vehicles around the world, including its best-selling Prius, to repair a flaw in the braking system.(AFP iactiv)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotasteering afp/20100209/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotasteering AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:34:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotasteering"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265740418374-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dN_tMgPFt4IGCotTPK2qbA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Toyota logo is pictured outside a dealership near Chester in north-west England. US authorities said Tuesday they were "reviewing" complaints about steering problems from Toyota Corrolla drivers as the Japanese auto giant faced a barrage of complaints ranging from unintended acceleration to brake failure.(AFP/Paul Ellis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US authorities said Tuesday they were "reviewing" complaints about steering problems from Toyota Corrolla drivers as the Japanese auto giant faced a barrage of complaints ranging from unintended acceleration to brake failure.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotasteering"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265740418374-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dN_tMgPFt4IGCotTPK2qbA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Toyota logo is pictured outside a dealership near Chester in north-west England. US authorities said Tuesday they were "reviewing" complaints about steering problems from Toyota Corrolla drivers as the Japanese auto giant faced a barrage of complaints ranging from unintended acceleration to brake failure.(AFP/Paul Ellis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaprobe afp/20100209/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaprobe AFP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:20:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaprobe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265732053804-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OJ_52ON4i0YNE4Q79LZIkQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Vehicles at a Toyota dealership in Tustin, California. US investigators doubt Toyota fully understands what is causing its accelerator problems and are even less sure new floor mats are a solution, said a memo to lawmakers made available Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US investigators doubt Toyota fully understands its accelerator problems and are even less sure that new floor mats are an adequate solution, said a memo to lawmakers made available Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaprobe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265732053804-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OJ_52ON4i0YNE4Q79LZIkQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Vehicles at a Toyota dealership in Tustin, California. US investigators doubt Toyota fully understands what is causing its accelerator problems and are even less sure new floor mats are a solution, said a memo to lawmakers made available Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanairlinecompanybankruptcyjalamerican afp/20100209/japanairlinecompanybankruptcyjalamerican AFP us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:02:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanairlinecompanybankruptcyjalamerican"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265705323779-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=6SzBG8PyWA2wgKSiyQe4mQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Planes at Narita international airport near Tokyo. Japan Airlines, which declared bankruptcy last month, has said it will expand its alliance with American Airlines and its Oneworld partners rather than switch to Delta Air Lines.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan Airlines, after declaring bankruptcy last month, said on Tuesday it will expand its alliance with American Airlines and its Oneworld partners rather than switch to Delta Air Lines.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanairlinecompanybankruptcyjalamerican"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265705323779-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=6SzBG8PyWA2wgKSiyQe4mQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Planes at Narita international airport near Tokyo. Japan Airlines, which declared bankruptcy last month, has said it will expand its alliance with American Airlines and its Oneworld partners rather than switch to Delta Air Lines.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/japanautocompanyrecalltoyotahybrids afp/20100209/japanautocompanyrecalltoyotahybrids AFP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:54:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/japanautocompanyrecalltoyotahybrids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265698432822-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=119&q=85&sig=EuVNPiHReYuvxCCzY5t8LQ--" align="left" height="119" width="130" alt="Toyota Motor has said it will recall about 400,000 hybrid vehicles around the world, including its latest Prius model, to fix faulty brakes.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota Motor said Tuesday that it would recall about 400,000 hybrid vehicles around the world, including its latest Prius model, to fix faulty brakes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/japanautocompanyrecalltoyotahybrids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265698432822-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=119&q=85&sig=EuVNPiHReYuvxCCzY5t8LQ--" align="left" height="119" width="130" alt="photo" title="Toyota Motor has said it will recall about 400,000 hybrid vehicles around the world, including its latest Prius model, to fix faulty brakes.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotapriusbrakes afp/20100209/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotapriusbrakes AFP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotapriusbrakes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265687914467-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=Bt5JnDsT.jRu_ps6MJG2hQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Toyota Motor said Tuesday it would recall its newest Prius model, and two other hybrids, in Japan owing to brake problems as part of the latest in a string of safety issues to hit the auto giant.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota Motor said Tuesday it would recall its newest Prius model and two other hybrids in Japan owing to brake problems, the latest in a string of safety issues to hit the auto giant.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotapriusbrakes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265687914467-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=Bt5JnDsT.jRu_ps6MJG2hQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="Toyota Motor said Tuesday it would recall its newest Prius model, and two other hybrids, in Japan owing to brake problems as part of the latest in a string of safety issues to hit the auto giant.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_china_japan_sea nm/20100209/us_china_japan_sea Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:45:01 GMT Reuters - China has finished building a series of lighthouses and stone tablets on islands and reefs off its coast to delineate its territorial waters in the disputed East China Sea, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotacourt afp/20100209/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotacourt AFP science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:02:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotacourt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265684436347-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=lF_hDzD90dwkMuIX5M0vSA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A California woman has filed a lawsuit against Toyota alleging a 2010 Prius she purchased last year has severe braking problems which make it dangerous to drive, court papers have shown.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A California woman has filed a lawsuit against Toyota alleging a 2010 Prius she purchased last year has severe braking problems which make it dangerous to drive, court papers show.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotacourt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265684436347-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=lF_hDzD90dwkMuIX5M0vSA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="A California woman has filed a lawsuit against Toyota alleging a 2010 Prius she purchased last year has severe braking problems which make it dangerous to drive, court papers have shown.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaresume afp/20100208/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaresume AFP us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:19:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaresume"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265669327585-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=2B1IAa5DekQj0s1DnygpIA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Toyota cars are lined up for sale at a Toyota dealership in Santa Monica, California on February 3.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota Motor said Monday it had resumed production in North America of several models whose sales were suspended over sticking accelerator pedals amid a mass recall.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaresume"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265669327585-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=2B1IAa5DekQj0s1DnygpIA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Toyota cars are lined up for sale at a Toyota dealership in Santa Monica, California on February 3.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaprius afp/20100208/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaprius AFP science Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:53:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaprius"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265655144491-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=KFz0Xx7aTcu4vQWnBmJYbA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A man walks past a Toyota Prius vehicle at a Toyota Motor showroom in Tokyo. Toyota plans to recall almost 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and will likely inform the United States and Japan Tuesday, a report said.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota plans to recall almost 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and will likely inform the United States and Japan Tuesday, a report said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/ts_alt_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaprius"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265655144491-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=KFz0Xx7aTcu4vQWnBmJYbA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man walks past a Toyota Prius vehicle at a Toyota Motor showroom in Tokyo. Toyota plans to recall almost 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and will likely inform the United States and Japan Tuesday, a report said.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/ts_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaadvertising afp/20100208/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaadvertising AFP topstories Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:46:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/ts_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaadvertising"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265654363902-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=nC.G.JkfSNAaKBQQwQxW9Q--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Toyota logos are illustrated at a dealership in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. Toyota dealers in five southeastern US states have pulled their ads from local ABC television affiliates over complaints about coverage of the automaker's recalls, the network said Monday.(AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota dealers in five southeastern US states have pulled their ads from local ABC television affiliates over complaints about coverage of the automaker's recalls, the network said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/ts_afp/japanusautorecallcompanytoyotaadvertising"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265654363902-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=nC.G.JkfSNAaKBQQwQxW9Q--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Toyota logos are illustrated at a dealership in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. Toyota dealers in five southeastern US states have pulled their ads from local ABC television affiliates over complaints about coverage of the automaker's recalls, the network said Monday.(AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_body_in_plane ap/20100208/as_japan_body_in_plane AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:21:37 GMT AP - 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/japanpolitics afp/20100208/japanpolitics AFP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:54:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/japanpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265638927182-1-0.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=KlW1wJyfpjfCihFYRQpXhA--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, seen here in January 2010, said he supported his party's secretary general who days earlier avoided being indicted over a political funds scandal.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Monday he supported his party's secretary general who days earlier avoided being indicted over a political funds scandal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/japanpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265638927182-1-0.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=KlW1wJyfpjfCihFYRQpXhA--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, seen here in January 2010, said he supported his party's secretary general who days earlier avoided being indicted over a political funds scandal.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/ts_afp/japanairlinecompanybankruptcyjal afp/20100208/japanairlinecompanybankruptcyjal AFP topstories Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:21:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/ts_afp/japanairlinecompanybankruptcyjal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265601973093-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=wASLobp925lH0bY9foweQQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Japan Airlines, after declaring bankruptcy last month, appears to be set on keeping its current tie-up with American Airlines and is to end talks on defecting to the world's biggest carrier, Delta.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan Airlines, after declaring bankruptcy last month, appeared set on Monday to keep its current tie-up with American Airlines and end talks to defect to the world's biggest carrier Delta.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/ts_afp/japanairlinecompanybankruptcyjal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265601973093-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=wASLobp925lH0bY9foweQQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Japan Airlines, after declaring bankruptcy last month, appears to be set on keeping its current tie-up with American Airlines and is to end talks on defecting to the world's biggest carrier, Delta.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/japanusairportincidentbody afp/20100208/japanusairportincidentbody AFP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:22:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/japanusairportincidentbody"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265609720560-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=ODTQEIS3QHpGyUEsI2tnmA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Japanese authorities have found the body of a man in the landing gear of a Delta Airlines' airliner that arrived in Tokyo from New York and have said they were seeking US help in identifying him.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japanese authorities have found the body of a man in the landing gear of a Delta airliner that arrived in Tokyo from New York and said Monday they were seeking US help in identifying him.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/wl_asia_afp/japanusairportincidentbody"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265609720560-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=ODTQEIS3QHpGyUEsI2tnmA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Japanese authorities have found the body of a man in the landing gear of a Delta Airlines' airliner that arrived in Tokyo from New York and have said they were seeking US help in identifying him.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)