NewsOnJapan.comLatest News On JapanSumo stars live large in L.A.- June 8, 2008 For the first time in 27 years, Grand Sumo -- the All-Star Game of this ancient sport -- has come to Los Angeles. And with it, 40 or so of Japan's biggest and brightest sumo celebrities. (Los Angeles Times)http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-me-sumo8-2008jun08,0,3457504.story Japanese melon sells for more than $6,000- June 8, 2008 A marine products dealer in Japan plunked down a record $6,125 Friday for a black Densuke watermelon -- grown only on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. (CNN)http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/watermelon.japan/?iref=mpstoryview Kitajima breaks 200m breaststroke world record- June 8, 2008 Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, Athens Olympic double gold medallist, broke a world record Sunday in the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the Japan Open. (Xinhua)http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/08/content_8327797.htm Japanese lawmakers want to triple cigarette prices- June 7, 2008 A group of Japanese lawmakers on Friday called for a tripling of cigarette prices to nearly 10 dollars a pack in a bid to cover swelling social security costs. (AFP)http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080606/lf_afp/japantaxtobaccohealth_080606160130 Guinness: Japanese TV host is world's busiest- June 6, 2008 Flick through a few channels on Japanese TV and Monta Mino is most likely there. And the world's most prolific television presenter, who just broke his own record for the most hours of live television in one week, says he wants to work even more. (AP)http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_fe_st/odd_japan_busiest_tv_host_2 In landmark move, Japan to recognise indigenous people- June 5, 2008 Japan is set this week to recognise the Ainu as an indigenous people, in a landmark move for a nation that has long prided itself as ethnically homogeneous. (AFP)http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080605/wl_asia_afp/japannativerights_080605010652 In warming war, Japanese urged to bathe faster- June 4, 2008 Speedier family baths could help Japanese cut their burgeoning energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions tied to global warming, the government said Tuesday. (MSNBC)http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24953611/ 34 Japanese evacuated from apartment as man commits suicide with poisonous fumes- June 4, 2008 Japanese police evacuated 34 people from an apartment building Wednesday after a man apparently killed himself by mixing chemicals and inhaling the deadly fumes, the latest in a string of similar suicides nationwide. (AP)http://beta.ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080604/tap-as-gen-japan-suicide-evacuation-4cec4ac.html |