Japan NewsNews on Japan continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Japan PM to avoid war shrine on WW2 anniversary- August 15, 2008 Japan marked the 63rd anniversary of its surrender in World War Two on Friday, but Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was expected to avoid visiting a shrine for war dead seen by Asian neighbors as a symbol of Tokyo's ...http://www.topix.net/world/japan/2008/08/japan-pm-to-avoid-war-shrine-on-ww2-anniversary?f... Report released on Australia, New Zealand, Japan departments' best practices- August 14, 2008 The TriData division of System Planning Corporation issued the second in a series of three major reports on global concepts in residential fire safety.http://www.topix.net/world/japan/2008/08/report-released-on-australia-new-zealand-japan-de... Reports: Bale to evade assault charges- August 14, 2008 Actor Christian Bale attends 'The Dark Knight' Press Conference at Grand Hyatt Tokyo on July 29, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan.http://www.topix.net/world/japan/2008/08/reports-bale-to-evade-assault-charges?fromrss=1 Brown City fireman travels to Japan, visits fire station there- August 14, 2008 David Hines went back to his roots when he visited Japan in April. Hines, a three-year member of the Brown City Fire Department, traveled to Japan for the first time with his mother, Fusako Hines, a Japanese ...http://www.topix.net/world/japan/2008/08/brown-city-fireman-travels-to-japan-visits-fire-s... The Verve Deny Guitarist Was Hospitalized- August 14, 2008 Rumors also stated that the rockers subsequently canceled their forthcoming headlining appearance at Britain's V music festival on August 17.http://www.topix.net/world/japan/2008/08/the-verve-deny-guitarist-was-hospitalized?fromrss... Happily Ever After: Domestic discontent in Japan- August 13, 2008 Nakatani in more glamorous mode. I'm pretty sure that's a fake mole glued on the nose of actress Miki Nakatani - a badge, as it were, of all her life's sorrows.http://www.topix.net/world/japan/2008/08/happily-ever-after-domestic-discontent-in-japan?f... Harmony and China's dream- August 13, 2008 The world can be divided in many ways - rich and poor, democratic and authoritarian - but one of the most striking is the divide between the societies with an individualist mentality and the ones with a ...http://www.topix.net/world/japan/2008/08/harmony-and-chinas-dream?fromrss=1 Japan, NKorea agree to reinvestigate abductions- August 13, 2008 In this July 2, 2008, file photo, Shigeru Yokota, father of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korea in 1977, speaks to the media as his wife Sakie looks on during a news conference in Tokyo.http://www.topix.net/world/japan/2008/08/japan-nkorea-agree-to-reinvestigate-abductions?fr... Japan Minivehicle Ownership Up for 32nd Straight Year In FY07- August 13, 2008 Nikkei . Minivehicles on the road in Japan climbed 2.8% on the fiscal year to 25.46 million as of the end of fiscal 2007, or one for every 2.06 households in the country, according to the Japan Mini Vehicles ...http://www.topix.net/world/japan/2008/08/japan-minivehicle-ownership-up-for-32nd-straight-... Diary shows Hideki Tojo resisted surrender till end- August 12, 2008 In this Oct. 17, 1941 file photo, Japanese wartime leader Hideki Tojo is shown in Tokyo, Japan.http://www.topix.net/world/japan/2008/08/diary-shows-hideki-tojo-resisted-surrender-till-e... |