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| Stocks open higher after Wall St. gains | All Headlines [Kyodo News] | |
Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday, aided by Friday's sharp rise on Wall Street. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 72.57 points, or 0.80 percent, from Friday to 9,186.70. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 5.34 points, or 0.65 percent, to 829.04. The Second Section edged higher. |
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| Kan still ahead of Ozawa as public's preferred pr... | Politics [Kyodo News] | |
Prime Minister Naoto Kan retained his overwhelming lead over his challenger Ichiro Ozawa as the public's preferred choice for the nation's leader in opinion polls carried Monday by two major Japanese newspapers. Kan won 65 percent support against Ozawa's 17 percent in the Asahi Shimbun's nationwide telephone survey conducted over the weekend, and 66 percent against his rival's 18 percent in the Yomiuri Shimbun's from Friday to Sunday. |
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| Stocks open higher after Wall St. gains | Business [Kyodo News] | |
Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday, aided by Friday's sharp rise on Wall Street. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 72.57 points, or 0.80 percent, from Friday to 9,186.70. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 5.34 points, or 0.65 percent, to 829.04. The Second Section edged higher. |
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| Whale meat menus increasingly back for school lun... | Sci/Tec/Environ [Kyodo News] | |
Whale meat has been slowly back in lunch menus at Japanese schools since around 2005, according to a recent Kyodo News survey released Saturday, as the meat was made available at low prices for such use in a bid to expand consumption and some whaling towns are trying to pass on traditional food culture to children. Of about 29,600 public elementary and junior high schools nationwide offering lunches for students, 5,355 schools, or 18 percent, responded they had served whale meat in their lunches at least once in fiscal 2009 through March 2010, according to the survey conducted from June to August this year. |
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| Baseball: Wada goes deep, Nakata deals as Dragon... | Sports [Kyodo News] | |
Kazuhiro Wada hit a two-run homer and Kenichi Nakata threw eight impressive innings in a 3-1 victory as the Chunichi Dragons swept the Yomiuri Giants in three games on Sunday. The second-place Dragons won their sixth in a row and remained a half game behind the Hanshin Tigers in the Central League heading into a three-game set against Hanshin getting under way Tuesday. |
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| Tourism agency to target foreign tourists on coun... | Tourism [Kyodo News] | |
The Japan Tourism Agency will promote foreign travel to Japan by introducing the country's sightseeing spots to potential foreign tourists on a country-by-country basis, agency officials said Wednesday. The agency will conduct promotional activities targeting 12 nations and areas that have sent a large number of visitors to Japan by choosing priority sightseeing spots for each country and area, the officials said. |
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| Dead body found in sack in Kumamoto Prefecture | All Headlines [Kyodo News] | |
A dead body was found Sunday evening in a sack on the grounds of a house in Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture, the police said Monday. The partially decomposed body appears to be that of a man who died about a month ago, they said. |
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| Freed Japanese journalist says his kidnappers not... | Politics [Kyodo News] | |
A Japanese freelance journalist who was released Saturday after going missing in late March denied late Sunday that his kidnappers were Taliban insurgents as identified by Afghan security authorities. Reporting his arrival at Dubai airport on his way back to Tokyo, where he says he is slated to arrive Monday night via Kansai airport in western Japan, Kosuke Tsuneoka, 41, said on his Twitter account the abductors are ''a group of corrupt armed factions'' in northeastern Afghanistan. |
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| Dollar trades at lower 84 yen range in early Toky... | Business [Kyodo News] | |
The U.S. dollar traded at the lower 84 yen zone early Monday in Tokyo, little changed from its level in New York late Friday. At 9 a.m., the dollar fetched 84.41-51 yen against 84.38-48 yen in New York and 84.29-30 in Tokyo at 5 p.m. Friday. |
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| Scientists seek decrease of Pacific bluefin tuna ... | Sci/Tec/Environ [Kyodo News] | |
International scientists are advising countries to try to reduce their catches of bluefin tuna in the western and central Pacific, particularly young fish, citing a decline in stocks since the mid-1990s, according to a recent report. Estimated stocks of the Pacific bluefin tuna declined in terms of spawning biomass in 2008 to below the average level for the period from 1952 to 2007, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission's scientific committee says in a report. Japan is the world's biggest catcher of the fish. |
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| Motorcycling: Moto2 Tomizawa dies in crash: Reute... | Sports [Kyodo News] | |
| Tourism promotion panel to call for more ATMs for... | Tourism [Kyodo News] | |
| Dollar trades at lower 84 yen range in early Toky... | All Headlines [Kyodo News] | |
| Japanese morning newspaper headlines | Politics [Kyodo News] | |
| Kan still ahead of Ozawa as public's preferred pr... | Business [Kyodo News] | |
| Obama to host U.S.-ASEAN summit talks in New York... | Sci/Tec/Environ [Kyodo News] | |
| Soccer: Gamba start three-peat campaign with 6-go... | Sports [Kyodo News] | |
| Japan ranks bottom among rich nations in tourism ... | Tourism [Kyodo News] | |
| Kan still ahead of Ozawa as public's preferred pr... | All Headlines [Kyodo News] | |
| Nepal's parliament fails to elect prime minister ... | Politics [Kyodo News] | |
| Japanese morning newspaper headlines | Business [Kyodo News] | |
| Toyota starts tree-planting project in Philippine... | Sci/Tec/Environ [Kyodo News] | |
| Baseball: Wada goes deep, Nakata deals as Dragon... | Sports [Kyodo News] | |
| ANALYSIS: Regions, businesses use ingenuity to at... | Tourism [Kyodo News] | |
| Freed Japanese journalist says his kidnappers not... | All Headlines [Kyodo News] | |
| Pirates rob money from tanker operated by Japane... | Politics [Kyodo News] | |
| Suzuki Motor planning 3rd car manufacturing plan... | Business [Kyodo News] | |
| Mitsubishi Motors to release Pajero SUV with 'cle... | Sci/Tec/Environ [Kyodo News] | |
| Baseball: Wada goes deep, Nakata deals as Dragons... | Sports [Kyodo News] | |
| Singapore tourism industry grapples with global e... | Tourism [Kyodo News] | |
| Japanese morning newspaper headlines | All Headlines [Kyodo News] | |
| Kan, Ozawa engage in war of words on streets of O... | Politics [Kyodo News] | |
| Over 200 million cars to hit China's roads by 202... | Business [Kyodo News] | |
| Ministry sets up task force to study North Pole p... | Sci/Tec/Environ [Kyodo News] | |
| Golf: Ishikawa wins Fujisankei Classic in playof... | Sports [Kyodo News] | |
| Japan likely to allow Chinese tourists' visits on... | Tourism [Kyodo News] | |
| Prince Hisahito celebrates 4th birthday | All Headlines [Kyodo News] | |
| Okada, Westerwelle urge int'l cooperation to wipe... | Politics [Kyodo News] | |
| Pirates rob money from tanker operated by Japane... | Business [Kyodo News] | |
| Japan, Caribbean nations agree to cooperate on c... | Sci/Tec/Environ [Kyodo News] | |
| Golf: Iijima edges Uehara for Golf 5 Ladies crown | Sports [Kyodo News] | |
| Japan planning to boost foreign tourism in rural ... | Tourism [Kyodo News] | |
| Baseball: Wada goes deep, Nakata deals as Dragon... | All Headlines [Kyodo News] | |
| Chemical tanker operated by Japanese firm robbed... | Politics [Kyodo News] | |
| Chemical tanker operated by Japanese firm robbed... | Business [Kyodo News] | |
| Only 4% of school nurses favor cervical cancer va... | Sci/Tec/Environ [Kyodo News] | |
| Golf: Ishikawa wins Fujisankei Classic in playof... | Sports [Kyodo News] | |
| Tourism agency maps out action plan to lure more ... | Tourism [Kyodo News] | |
| Motorcycling: Moto2 Tomizawa dies in crash: Reute... | All Headlines [Kyodo News] | |
| Hiroshima A-bomb museum draws 60 millionth visito... | Politics [Kyodo News] | |
