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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2180 world World - Japan en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:08:34 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2180 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/wl_nm/us_japan_mekong_myanmar nm/20091107/us_japan_mekong_myanmar Reuters world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:08:34 GMT Reuters - Japan urged Myanmar Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year's election, adding it was ready to provide more aid if democratization in the country advanced. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/japanseasiamekongdiplomacyuslead afp/20091107/japanseasiamekongdiplomacyuslead AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:59:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/japanseasiamekongdiplomacyuslead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257543793066-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wvLA7CYREXJXqx5L9SQ9Zw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, seen here hosting the Mekong-Japan summit in Tokyo, says Japan is planning to increase aid to Myanmar gradually while hailing Washington's latest efforts to engage the military-ruled country.(AFP/POOL/Kiyoshi Ota)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Saturday said Japan plans to increase aid to Myanmar gradually while hailing Washington's latest efforts to engage the military-ruled country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/japanseasiamekongdiplomacyuslead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257543793066-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wvLA7CYREXJXqx5L9SQ9Zw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, seen here hosting the Mekong-Japan summit in Tokyo, says Japan is planning to increase aid to Myanmar gradually while hailing Washington's latest efforts to engage the military-ruled country.(AFP/POOL/Kiyoshi Ota)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/japanseasiamekongdiplomacy afp/20091107/japanseasiamekongdiplomacy AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:20:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/japanseasiamekongdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257543793066-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wvLA7CYREXJXqx5L9SQ9Zw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, seen here hosting the Mekong-Japan summit in Tokyo, says Japan is planning to increase aid to Myanmar gradually while hailing Washington's latest efforts to engage the military-ruled country.(AFP/POOL/Kiyoshi Ota)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The leaders of Japan and Southeast Asia's five Mekong River nations wrapped up a summit at which Tokyo pledged more than 5.5 billion dollars in loans and grants and vowed deeper ties.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/japanseasiamekongdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257543793066-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wvLA7CYREXJXqx5L9SQ9Zw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, seen here hosting the Mekong-Japan summit in Tokyo, says Japan is planning to increase aid to Myanmar gradually while hailing Washington's latest efforts to engage the military-ruled country.(AFP/POOL/Kiyoshi Ota)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/pl_nm/us_usa_japan_geithner nm/20091106/us_usa_japan_geithner Reuters politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:31:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/pl_nm/us_usa_japan_geithner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r701977616.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=JNJrDtLunpGik5YQaqSZlA--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will meet with Japanese government officials in Tokyo next week before attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation finance ministers meeting in Singapore, the Treasury said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/pl_nm/us_usa_japan_geithner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r701977616.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=JNJrDtLunpGik5YQaqSZlA--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_asia_afp/japancrimeshooting afp/20091106/japancrimeshooting AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:27:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_asia_afp/japancrimeshooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257501278228-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=b4WmF2AfuiXI5TWZAdG2CQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="An ambulance leaves the crime scene where a gunman who said he was a gangster shot and wounded three people before killing himself in Yokohama near Tokyo.(AFP/Jiji Press/Jiji Press)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A gunman in Japan who said he was a gangster shot and wounded three people Friday and, after being trapped by police, killed himself with a bullet to the head, police and reports said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_asia_afp/japancrimeshooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257501278228-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=b4WmF2AfuiXI5TWZAdG2CQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="An ambulance leaves the crime scene where a gunman who said he was a gangster shot and wounded three people before killing himself in Yokohama near Tokyo.(AFP/Jiji Press/Jiji Press)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_asia_afp/japanusdiplomacymilitary afp/20091106/japanusdiplomacymilitary AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:48:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_asia_afp/japanusdiplomacymilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257472214286-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=JRrUOd1_kSPNf.muqqcRQQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="US helicopters and planes at Futenma US Marine Base in Ginowan, Okinawa prefecture. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has said he does not plan to make a decision on the relocation of a controversial US military base before President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday said he does not plan to make a decision on the relocation of a controversial US military base before President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_asia_afp/japanusdiplomacymilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257472214286-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=JRrUOd1_kSPNf.muqqcRQQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="US helicopters and planes at Futenma US Marine Base in Ginowan, Okinawa prefecture. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has said he does not plan to make a decision on the relocation of a controversial US military base before President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week.(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/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_shooting ap/20091106/as_japan_shooting AP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:41:48 GMT AP - A gunman wounded three men near Tokyo on Friday before hiding in a building and apparently killing himself &mdash; a rare shooting spree that police said was gang-related. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/pl_nm/us_obama_japan nm/20091106/us_obama_japan Reuters politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:38:48 GMT Reuters - The United States and Japan look set to avoid a collision over where to relocate a Marine base when President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week, but the row could still fray security ties in the months ahead. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/ts_nm/us_obama_japan_okinawa nm/20091106/us_obama_japan_okinawa Reuters topstories Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:16:30 GMT Reuters - Idyllic beach resorts jostle for space with U.S. military bases on Japan's subtropical island of Okinawa, at the center of a feud that may cast a shadow over U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Japan next week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_uk_afp/japanbritaincrime afp/20091105/japanbritaincrime AFP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:23:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_uk_afp/japanbritaincrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257314041294-1-0.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=EgKs2zjNB.qFGgOPMMJHRA--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="An undated police handout picture of Tatsuya Ichihashi, a suspect in the murder of a 22-year-old British woman Lindsay Ann Hawker. Ichihashi is reported to have undergone plastic surgery.(AFP/JiJi Press/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The family of a 22-year-old British woman murdered in Japan more than two years ago, called for official confirmation on Thursday after reports emerged that their daughter's alleged killer has undergone plastic surgery last month.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_uk_afp/japanbritaincrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257314041294-1-0.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=EgKs2zjNB.qFGgOPMMJHRA--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="photo" title="An undated police handout picture of Tatsuya Ichihashi, a suspect in the murder of a 22-year-old British woman Lindsay Ann Hawker. Ichihashi is reported to have undergone plastic surgery.(AFP/JiJi Press/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_us_military ap/20091105/as_japan_us_military AP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:23:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_us_military"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.cf395b77ad444081a829670985544acc.japan_us_military_tok201.jpg?x=122&y=130&q=85&sig=kLEGcFWy5ec_4I_.4uUxHQ--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, right, meets Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Japan will speed up its review of a deal to move a major U.S. military base on the island of Okinawa, officials said Thursday, but no final conclusion was expected in time for President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo next week. To smooth the way for the visit, Assistant Secretary of State Campbell, Washington's top envoy in Asia, was in Tokyo to meet with Japanese Foreign Minister Okada to discuss the leaders' agenda. (AP Photo/Issei Kato, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Japan will speed up its review of a deal to move a major U.S. military base on the southern island of Okinawa, officials said Thursday, but no final decision was expected in time for President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo next week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_us_military"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.cf395b77ad444081a829670985544acc.japan_us_military_tok201.jpg?x=122&y=130&q=85&sig=kLEGcFWy5ec_4I_.4uUxHQ--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="photo" title="U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, right, meets Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Japan will speed up its review of a deal to move a major U.S. military base on the island of Okinawa, officials said Thursday, but no final conclusion was expected in time for President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo next week. To smooth the way for the visit, Assistant Secretary of State Campbell, Washington's top envoy in Asia, was in Tokyo to meet with Japanese Foreign Minister Okada to discuss the leaders' agenda. (AP Photo/Issei Kato, Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/ts_afp/japanautocompanyearningstoyota afp/20091105/japanautocompanyearningstoyota AFP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/ts_afp/japanautocompanyearningstoyota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257411528240-1-0.jpg?x=72&y=130&q=85&sig=qqWFr2eCtL.c8Aqv9PRbrw--" align="left" height="130" width="72" alt="The logo of the Japanese carmaker Toyota at the Geneva Car Show. The world's largest automaker, announced Thursday a surprise return to profit and narrowed its loss forecast for the full year, helped by demand for fuel-efficient cars.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota Motor, the world's largest automaker, announced Thursday a surprise return to profit and narrowed its loss forecast for the full year, helped by demand for fuel-efficient cars.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/ts_afp/japanautocompanyearningstoyota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257411528240-1-0.jpg?x=72&y=130&q=85&sig=qqWFr2eCtL.c8Aqv9PRbrw--" align="left" height="130" width="72" alt="photo" title="The logo of the Japanese carmaker Toyota at the Geneva Car Show. The world's largest automaker, announced Thursday a surprise return to profit and narrowed its loss forecast for the full year, helped by demand for fuel-efficient cars.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/pl_nm/us_japan_usa nm/20091105/us_japan_usa Reuters politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:36:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/pl_nm/us_japan_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r2118871457.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=YmY6JWU_4rfKcFab.DJ7gQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Coral reefs are seen along the front of the U.S. Marine base Camp Schwab, off the tiny hamlet of Henoko in Nago on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa in this aerial view taken October 13, 2009. A U.S. diplomat said on Thursday that Washington was "fully committed" to its alliance with Japan, as the two governments prepared for a visit by President Barack Obama that has been clouded by a feud over a U.S. Marine base. Picture taken October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Kyodo" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A U.S. diplomat said on Thursday that Washington was "fully committed" to its alliance with Japan, as the two governments prepared for a visit by President Barack Obama that has been clouded by a feud over a U.S. Marine base.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/pl_nm/us_japan_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r2118871457.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=YmY6JWU_4rfKcFab.DJ7gQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Coral reefs are seen along the front of the U.S. Marine base Camp Schwab, off the tiny hamlet of Henoko in Nago on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa in this aerial view taken October 13, 2009. A U.S. diplomat said on Thursday that Washington was "fully committed" to its alliance with Japan, as the two governments prepared for a visit by President Barack Obama that has been clouded by a feud over a U.S. Marine base. Picture taken October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Kyodo" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_bush_baseball_memories ap/20091104/as_japan_bush_baseball_memories AP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:32:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_bush_baseball_memories"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.22e938c8baf44a36a01453725f7df06a.japan_bush_xkaj102.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=XAVY6A4YZ9dqjkeBjJvlxw--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Former U.S. President George W. Bush, center, shows a pitching form, wearing a university's baseball jacket, during his visit to Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Bush gave a speech to students at Waseda University School of Sport Sciences as a special lecturer of the school's Akihiro 'Ike' Ikuhara and Peter O'Malley Memorial Sports Management Class. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)" border="0" /></a>AP - Exactly a year after Barack Obama was voted to replace him as president, George W. Bush was in Japan on Wednesday talking about his former life &mdash; in sports.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_bush_baseball_memories"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.22e938c8baf44a36a01453725f7df06a.japan_bush_xkaj102.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=XAVY6A4YZ9dqjkeBjJvlxw--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former U.S. President George W. Bush, center, shows a pitching form, wearing a university's baseball jacket, during his visit to Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Bush gave a speech to students at Waseda University School of Sport Sciences as a special lecturer of the school's Akihiro 'Ike' Ikuhara and Peter O'Malley Memorial Sports Management Class. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_anti_suicide_lights ap/20091104/as_japan_anti_suicide_lights AP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:29:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_anti_suicide_lights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.b28781690c084def9cafc3f1e3edd101.japan_anti_suicide_lights_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=5hXsJlGnXv8BUat_GC5sxQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="In this photo taken on Oct. 14, 2009, the trains of Keihin Electric Express Railway Co. Ltd. pulls in to Gumyoji station lit in blue light-emitting diode, or LED, in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Japan. Alarmed by a rise in people jumping to their deaths in front of trains, Japanese railway operators are installing special blue lights above station platforms they hope will have a soothing effect and reduce suicides. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)" border="0" /></a>AP - Alarmed by a rise in people jumping to their deaths in front of trains, some Japanese railway operators are installing special blue lights above station platforms they hope will have a soothing effect and reduce suicides.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_anti_suicide_lights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.b28781690c084def9cafc3f1e3edd101.japan_anti_suicide_lights_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=5hXsJlGnXv8BUat_GC5sxQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken on Oct. 14, 2009, the trains of Keihin Electric Express Railway Co. Ltd. pulls in to Gumyoji station lit in blue light-emitting diode, or LED, in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Japan. Alarmed by a rise in people jumping to their deaths in front of trains, Japanese railway operators are installing special blue lights above station platforms they hope will have a soothing effect and reduce suicides. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/japanusdiplomacymilitaryenvoy afp/20091103/japanusdiplomacymilitaryenvoy AFP politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:53:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/japanusdiplomacymilitaryenvoy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257281596210-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=125&q=85&sig=GGgHzDLJzKu4Blb.8HMb3Q--" align="left" height="125" width="130" alt="Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama talks during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee at the Diet in Tokyo on November 2. The United States said Tuesday its top diplomat for Asia would visit Tokyo later in the week to pursue an "intense dialogue" with Japan's new center-left government amid a row over an air base.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States said Tuesday its top diplomat for Asia would visit Tokyo later in the week to pursue an "intense dialogue" with Japan's new center-left government amid a row over an air base.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/japanusdiplomacymilitaryenvoy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257281596210-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=125&q=85&sig=GGgHzDLJzKu4Blb.8HMb3Q--" align="left" height="125" width="130" alt="photo" title="Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama talks during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee at the Diet in Tokyo on November 2. The United States said Tuesday its top diplomat for Asia would visit Tokyo later in the week to pursue an "intense dialogue" with Japan's new center-left government amid a row over an air base.(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/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_bush ap/20091103/as_japan_bush AP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:39:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_bush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.afccb42a29bc42b7adfcb9cdb87a1586.japan_baseball_bush_tok802.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=UN3Pd9H51s3ciJKIeAOGRQ--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="Former President George W. Bush, center, reacts as U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, left, and former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi smile after Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the start of Game 3 of the Japan Series baseball between the Yomiuri Giants and the Nippon Ham Fighters at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch Tuesday before Game 3 of the Japan Series between the Yomiuri Giants and Nippon Ham Fighters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_bush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.afccb42a29bc42b7adfcb9cdb87a1586.japan_baseball_bush_tok802.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=UN3Pd9H51s3ciJKIeAOGRQ--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="photo" title="Former President George W. Bush, center, reacts as U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, left, and former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi smile after Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the start of Game 3 of the Japan Series baseball between the Yomiuri Giants and the Nippon Ham Fighters at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/japanusbushdiplomacy afp/20091103/japanusbushdiplomacy AFP politics Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:35:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/japanusbushdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257258894239-1-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=R_nkP1voP5xKHibEQtEVBw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Former US president George W. Bush hurls the ceremonial first pitch for the Japan Series professional baseball match between the Yomiuri Giants and Nippon Ham Fighters at the Tokyo Dome stadium. Bush arrived in Japan on Tuesday on his first visit to the country since he left office, officials said.(AFP/JIJI Press)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Former US president George W. Bush arrived in Japan on Tuesday on his first visit to the country since he left office, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/pl_afp/japanusbushdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257258894239-1-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=R_nkP1voP5xKHibEQtEVBw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="Former US president George W. Bush hurls the ceremonial first pitch for the Japan Series professional baseball match between the Yomiuri Giants and Nippon Ham Fighters at the Tokyo Dome stadium. Bush arrived in Japan on Tuesday on his first visit to the country since he left office, officials said.(AFP/JIJI Press)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/japanclimatewarmingtechnology afp/20091101/japanclimatewarmingtechnology AFP science Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:42:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/japanclimatewarmingtechnology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257115245908-1-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=3i86wWRdBwJQCAALRPZ4pg--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Kensuke Suzuki, an engineer for Japan's high-tech giant Toshiba, displaying the pilot site of a coal plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the Mikawa power station at Omuta, Fukuoka prefecture, on Japan's southern island of Kyushu, in September 2009. Swathes of dirty clouds brood over a coal plant in rural Japan, but scientists are now hoping to send pollutants the other way.(AFP/File/Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Swathes of dirty clouds brood over a coal plant in rural Japan, but scientists are now hoping to send the pollutants the other way, deep into the bowels of Mother Earth.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/japanclimatewarmingtechnology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257115245908-1-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=3i86wWRdBwJQCAALRPZ4pg--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="Kensuke Suzuki, an engineer for Japan's high-tech giant Toshiba, displaying the pilot site of a coal plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the Mikawa power station at Omuta, Fukuoka prefecture, on Japan's southern island of Kyushu, in September 2009. Swathes of dirty clouds brood over a coal plant in rural Japan, but scientists are now hoping to send pollutants the other way.(AFP/File/Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/japanusdiplomacymilitarypostpone afp/20091101/japanusdiplomacymilitarypostpone AFP world Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:52:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/japanusdiplomacymilitarypostpone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091101/capt.photo_1257054674785-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nEJ_B4ea6kcwz61RhZeirQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A meeting between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, pictured, and her Japanese counterpart planned for Friday has been postponed, the State Department announced.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A meeting between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Japanese counterpart planned for Friday has been postponed, the State Department announced.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/japan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/japanusdiplomacymilitarypostpone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091101/capt.photo_1257054674785-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nEJ_B4ea6kcwz61RhZeirQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A meeting between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, pictured, and her Japanese counterpart planned for Friday has been postponed, the State Department announced.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)