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For Sale: Naming Rights to Broke Japan City

It's called Izumisano, for now

(Newser) - It's come to this in Izumisano, Japan: The city is so broke it hopes to sell its naming rights to the highest bidder, reports AFP . Izumisano owes more than $1 billion to creditors, mainly because it sank so much money into "building roads and other infrastructure" to its...

US Servicemen Arrested in Japan Rape
 US Sailor 
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Oct 17, 2012 11:16 AM CDT

US Sailor Admits Rape: Japan Police

Tensions already high over American aircraft deployment

(Newser) - A US sailor has confessed to rape, Japanese police say, after he and a fellow sailor were arrested early yesterday on the southern island of Okinawa. Seaman Christopher Browning and Petty Officer 3rd Class Skyler Dozierwalker were arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting and robbing a 27-year-old local woman, who...

Japan's SoftBank Snapping Up 70% of Sprint

$20.5B deal a record for Japan

(Newser) - Japanese telecom giant SoftBank has finalized a $20.1 billion deal to buy 70% of American wireless carrier Sprint, reports the AP . The deal announced in Tokyo today is the biggest-ever foreign takeover by a Japanese company and still needs to be approved by Sprint shareholders and American regulators. The...

China's Head Banker Ditches IMF Meeting

China-Japan island dispute drags world economy into the ring

(Newser) - China's central-bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, has canceled the lecture he was scheduled to give at the upcoming IMF annual meeting, a move that underscores* China's increasing frustration with its ongoing territorial dispute with Japan. Zhou's deputy will give the lecture on his behalf, but the Wall Street ...

Guy in Body Armor Nabbed With Bag of Weapons at LAX

He had ax, knives, clubs, cuffs, and biohazard suit: feds

(Newser) - An airline passenger wearing a bullet-proof vest was nabbed during a security screening with a suitcase stuffed with weapons at Los Angeles International Airport, officials report. Boston-bound flyer Yongda Huang Harris, 28, a US citizen of Chinese descent, was flying from Japan late last week when he was stopped by...

6.2 Earthquake Strikes Off Japan

No immediate reports of damage

(Newser) - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck early today off the eastern coast of Japan. The tremor, which rumbled 5.6 miles deep, was located 60 miles from Miyako, reports CNN . The quake struck just a year and a half after a massive 9.0 quake triggered a huge tsunami off...

Japan's New Fine for Illegal Downloads: 2 Years in Jail

New penalties take effect today

(Newser) - Japan is really cracking down on online piracy: As of today, anyone who possesses illegally downloaded music or movies could go to prison for as long as two years, CNN reports. They also face fines of nearly $26,000. Possessing content that infringes on copyright laws has been illegal in...

Japan, Taiwan Blast Water Cannons in Islands Feud

China launches aircraft carrier as countries hold talks

(Newser) - With tensions rising in a territorial dispute, Taiwan has sent dozens of boats to the islands in question, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. In the first Taiwanese foray into the area, the boats exchanged fire with Japanese water cannons, the AP reports. Japan, which recently bought...

Coming Soon: Replacement Tooth Enamel
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Sep 22, 2012 8:04 AM CDT

Coming Soon: Replacement Tooth Enamel

Ultra-thin coating in the works in Japan

(Newser) - Sensitive teeth may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists in Japan have created a super-thin film they hope will be able to cover our teeth, reports the AFP . It's made from hydroxyapatite, a key mineral in tooth enamel. "Dentists used to think an all-apatite sheet was...

China to Protesters: Please Keep It 'Orderly'

Anti-Japan protests are entirely too polite

(Newser) - Anti-Japan protests over the disputed East China Sea islands continued for a fourth day today in China, and Christian Science Monitor Beijing Bureau Chief Peter Ford describes the almost amusing orderliness of them. "The Beijing Public Security Bureau reminds you to please express your patriotism in a rational and...

As Violence Erupts, Panasonic, Canon Shut China Plants

Plants attacked by Chinese furious over islands

(Newser) - Increasingly violent protests triggered by a China-Japan island territorial dispute have convinced Panasonic and Canon to suspend operations at Chinese plants. The decision follows attacks on Panasonic factories by masses of protesters, reports the BBC . Canon plants and a Toyota dealership have also been targeted, according to local media. The...

Japan: We're Quitting Nuclear Power

Eventually: It plans to be done by 2030

(Newser) - The Fukushima incident has officially scared Japan off of nuclear power. The government today said that it aimed to have the country off it by 2030, a radical shift from its pre-Fukushima plan of increasing nuclear power to account for more than half the country's electricity, Reuters reports. It...

Chinese, Japanese Ships Square Off Near Islands

Standoff ends after Japan summons Chinese ambassador in protest

(Newser) - Six Chinese surveillance ships cruised into Japanese waters today—or at least, what Japan believes are Japanese waters—prompting a tense exchange with the Japanese patrol ships there, which radioed the Chinese to demand they leave. The Chinese ships refused. The standoff ended around mid-afternoon, the Washington Post reports, after...

China Sends Ships to Disputed Islands Japan Claims

Vessels mean to 'assert sovereignty'

(Newser) - Japan has confirmed a deal to buy disputed islands in the East China Sea—but China has sent a pair of patrol ships to "assert (its own) sovereignty" over the land, in the words of state news. "The Chinese government will not sit idly by watching its territorial...

Japan's Solution to Islands Dispute: Buy Them

Shocker: China not thrilled

(Newser) - Japan has apparently figured out a way to end its territorial dispute with China over some uninhabited islands in the East China Sea: buy them out from under China's nose. Though the Japanese government has not publicly confirmed the deal, the country's media today reports via unnamed sources...

Japan Hands Samsung Win in Apple Patent Wars

Sync tech no infringement; Apple ordered to pay court costs

(Newser) - Samsung may have lost a major battle with Apple last week, but the patent wars go on—and the latest victory is Samsung's. Samsung scored a win versus Apple in a Japanese court today, this time in a case over the tech that synchronizes music and video data with...

China, Japan Trade Stunts Over Disputed Islands

With big gas fields under islets, neither country backing down

(Newser) - Chinese and Japanese activists are causing headaches in both countries over some islands in the East China Sea controlled by Japan, but claimed by both countries, reports the BBC . Called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China (and in Taiwan, which also claims them), the uninhabited islands made the news...

S. Koreans Claim Islands— by Swimming to Them

Japan also claims disputed Dokdo/Takeshima islands

(Newser) - South Korea is reasserting its control over disputed islands in a rather creative fashion: A singer and a team of students will swim a 144-mile, 55-hour relay to the site, arriving on Wednesday. That just so happens to be Liberation Day, which marks the country's independence from Japan. Tokyo...

Wendy's Debuts $16 Caviar Burgers

Sorry, they're only in Japan

(Newser) - Bacon and cheese too old-hat for you? Wendy's has a solution: Its new burger toppings include caviar and lobster. Unfortunately, you'll have to head to Japan to sample the offerings, and you'll have to do it quickly—the burgers are part of a limited-time offer. They follow...

Truman's Grandson Meets Hiroshima Survivors

He travels to Japan for anniversary of atomic bombings

(Newser) - Japanese survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki met face-to-face today with the grandson of the man who authorized the attacks. Clifton Truman Daniel, a Chicago resident and descendant of Harry Truman, traveled to Tokyo for a ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of the bombings, reports AFP . "...

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