Japan News latest RSS headlines - Japan Herald.comProvides the latest RSS feeds for Japan News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home pageEx-gangster, wife held in fraud case- June 28, 2008 FUKAYA, Saitama Prefecture--A former gangster and his wife were arrested Friday for defrauding the municipal government here in a wide-ranging scam that continued for years because officials feared th...http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/15833843/ Police probe link in homeless attacks- June 28, 2008 In the third such attack in the area since March, an elderly homeless man was found bludgeoned to death Friday in a park in Fuchu, Tokyo. The body was found around 6:35 a.m. under the Chuo Expre...http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/15833844/ Boy, 17, held in ax-slaying of father- June 28, 2008 YAMATO-KORIYAMA, Nara Prefecture--Police on Friday arrested a 17-year-old boy who turned himself in, saying he had killed his father with an ax and a knife. "I assaulted him while he was sleepin...http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/15833845/ SIA errs in 5.6 million pension records- June 28, 2008 More incompetence at the Social Insurance Agency has led to errors in an estimated 5.6 million computerized records in the government-managed pension plan for corporate employees. The mistakes c...http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/15833846/ Sony Ericsson rattles investors as wireless worries mount- June 28, 2008 Sony Ericsson said that it may not be profitable in the second quarter because demand is slowing for its higher-priced phones and because of new product delays. Perhaps the slower demand for its expen...http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/15827633/ Sony Ericsson issues profit warning for 2Q- June 28, 2008 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson warned Friday that it will just break even in the second quarter as worsening market conditions cut into sales. Shares of...http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/15827634/ Japan, U.S., Australia pledge close strategic partnership- June 28, 2008 Top diplomats of Japan, the United States and Australia undertook Friday to work in close strategic partnership to boost stability and security in the Asia-Pacific region as well as the world at large...http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/15826975/ Fine play by Tigers during interleague season helped boost CL lead- June 28, 2008 Hanshin had a great run during the interleague campaign, going 15-9 and finishing second &8212; by virtue of losing a tiebreaker (last season&039;s record) &8212; to the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, who were...http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/15829138/ Diver Ishimatsu has good shot at U.S. team for Beijing- June 28, 2008 Diver Haley Ishimatsu, 15, is in the mix for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. The 147-cm ex-gymnast resides in Indianapolis, the city where the recently concluded U.S. Olympic Diving Trials were held.http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/15827068/ Tamesue, Murofushi qualify for Olympics- June 28, 2008 Dai Tamesue and Koji Murofushi qualified for the Beijing Summer Olympics, winning their respective events on Friday in the Japan Athletics National Championships at Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki.http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c4f2dd8ca8c78044/id/15829140/ |