4TH LD: Baseball: Dragons edge Giants to move into 2nd+
NAGOYA, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDS COMMENTS IN 4TH GRAF) | Kazuki Yoshimi threw one-run ball over 5-1/3 innings, Kazuhiro Wada hit a two-run homer and the Chunichi Dragons beat the Yomiuri...

3RD LD: Baseball: Dragons edge Giants to move into 2nd+
NAGOYA, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING 2 GAMES) | Kazuki Yoshimi threw one-run ball over 5-1/3 innings, Kazuhiro Wada hit a two-run homer and the Chunichi Dragons beat the Yomiuri Giants 3-2...

Term 'Ground Zero' is insensitive, disrespectful
Tweet | 9/3/2010 6:00:07 AM Opponents of the poorly named Ground Zero Mosque claim that the plan to include a prayer room in a community center near the site of the World Trade Center disaster is inse...

Mazda Announces New Design Theme: 'KODO - Soul of Motion'
| - World debut of Mazda SHINARI, the first concept car embodying new design theme - | HIROSHIMA, Japan, Sept. 3, 2010 -- Mazda Motor Corporation today announced Mazda's new design theme, 'KODO - Soul...

Japan Coast Guard regional office chief sacked over PR debacle+
TOKYO, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Transport minister Seiji Maehara sacked the head of a regional Japan Coast Guard office and his deputy on Friday over a public relations debacle following a helicopt...

Dalai Lama to open IARF congress
| Staff Reporter | KOCHI: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama will inaugurate the World Congress of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) at the Renewal Centre here on Saturday. |...

Hiroshima's poisonous past
|      Sep 3, 2010 Hiroshima's poisonous past | By Peter J Brown | In late August, several historians and others from South Korea, China and Japan announced the joint publication o...

Hiroshima epicenter's prewar landscape restored through CG+
HIROSHIMA, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A documentary movie that uses computer graphics to recreate the Hiroshima City area that became the epicenter of the 1945 atomic bombing was previewed Friday at ...

What's On: EXHIBITIONS
| Each week the best on show in Japan | KAWAMURA MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF ART (SAKURA) | "Barnett Newman: Dialogue Between Man and Work" traces the American painter's career through about 30 works. It is hi...

What's On: PERFORMANCES
| Each week the best on stage in Japan | JOINT RECITAL OF ARIAS, DUETS | American soprano Barbara Bonney and Australian mezzo-soprano Fiona Campbell give a joint recital on Sept. 7 (7 p.m.) at Tokyo's...

England v Bulgaria Preview: Steven Gerrard Accepts the Pressure is On
EURO 2012 QUALIFIER: WEMBLEY STADIUM, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2010. KICK-OFF: 2000 BST | It may be the beginning of a new qualifying campaign but this is far from a fresh start for Fabio Capello who remai...

2ND LD: Baseball: Hiyama sparks rally as Tigers sweep BayStars+
NISHINOMIYA, Japan, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDS COMMENTS IN 3RD GRAF) | Pinch-hitter Shinjiro Hiyama came through in the clutch with a bases- loaded two-run single with two outs in the sixt...

LEAD: Baseball: Hiyama sparks rally as Tigers sweep BayStars+
NISHINOMIYA, Japan, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDS PL GAMES) | Pinch-hitter Shinjiro Hiyama came through in the clutch with a bases- loaded two-run single with two outs in the sixth inning as ...

Canadian vet to mark V-J Day
By , QMI Agency | Second World War veteran Bob Kennedy describes combat in three theatres of the war that culminated with the surrender of Japan on Sept. 2, 1945 � his 25th birthday. (Craig Glover, QM...

Elpida and Spansion Develop 4-Gigabit NAND Flash Memory
| - World's First Charge-Trapping NAND Flash Memory - | TOKYO and Sunnyvale, Calif., September 2, 2010 -- Elpida Memory, Inc. (TOKYO: 6665) and Spansion Inc. (NYSE: CODE) today announced they have cre...

Sports schedule for Friday, Sept. 3+
TOKYO, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Major sports events scheduled in Japan for Friday, Sept. 3: BASEBALL | Central League Yokohama vs Yakult. Yokohama Stadium. 6 p.m. Chunichi vs Yomiuri. Nagoya Dome. ...

2ND LD: Baseball: Arai homers, 5-for-5 as Tigers maul BayStars+
NISHINOMIYA, Japan, Sept. 1 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDS COMMENTS IN 4TH, 6TH GRAFS) | Takahiro Arai homered and drove in four runs in a 5-for-5 outing, veteran lefty Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi threw one-...

LEAD: Baseball: Arai homers, 5-for-5 as Tigers maul BayStars+
NISHINOMIYA, Japan, Sept. 1 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING SEIBU-ORIX AND LOTTE-RAKUTEN GAMES) | Takahiro Arai homered and drove in four runs in a 5-for-5 outing, veteran lefty Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi ...