Kinki, Japan News

MICKLETONa S world famous Pudding Club has proved to be big in Japan. Representatives of the club, which meets at Mickletona s Three Ways House Hotel every Friday evening, attended the British Fair in Japan to promote British puddings.

Land of rising sun Tokyo , TA kyA , Japan Thursday, December 3, 2009 Virgin on12 hour flight to Narita airport.

China's Foreign Ministry confirmed Tuesday that Japanese authorities have detained a Chinese fishing boat for alleged illegal fishing.

TOKYO: Japan's investment in Malaysia between January and September alone surged to US$1.87 billion involving 45 approved projects as compared with US$1.6 billion total investment in 2008 with 60 approved projects.

Panasonic Corp. is in talks with more than 10 automakers to supply lithium-ion batteries as demand for energy-efficient vehicles grows, following its purchase of rechargeable-battery maker Sanyo Electric Co.

From M. Saraswathi TOKYO, Dec 6 -- Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is leading a trade and investment mission to Japan, will have separate discussions with presidents and chairmen of several Japanese companies in efforts to attract increased investments to Malaysia.

Event: '"Misha X Hello Kitty" Limited Edition Box Set Signing @ Japan L.A.. L.A.' The Misha x Hello Kitty Box Set of Limited Edition Prints are arriving this Saturday at JapanLA! We are having a special release party with Misha! Misha will be at JapanLA, THIS SATURDAY, Dec 5th, and she will be signing the tops of the boxes for you.

For staff at Osaka's Kansai Airport, getting around just gets easier and a lot more eco-friendly -- thanks to a bicycle that uses hydrogen power.

All good things must come to an end. And so, as Alex Hoban returns from Japan to open Europe's first Osaka-inspired cat cafe, he reflects on the last year of eastern revelations a Pussy galore ... Tokyo's cat cafes Japanese music fans love being spat at.

Sanyo Electric, the world's biggest maker of rechargeable batteries, has won at least two customers for its lithium-ion batteries to fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles, an executive said.

A JAPANESE court has sentenced to death an arsonist who killed 16 people when he set fire to an all-night adult video parlour, one of Japan's deadliest crimes in years.

A panel looking into the operation of the Kansai region's three airports has decided that the management of the Kansai, Osaka and Kobe airports should be integrated.

The yen's surge to a 14-year high may encourage Japanese manufacturers including auto-parts makers and pharmaceutical companies to accelerate acquisitions overseas, said bankers and analysts.

Huge sheets of glass are guided by robotic arms, sliding and turning in a towering germ-free plant, the world's first making giant "10th generation" panels for flat screen TVs.

A group of lawyers meet the press in Hiroshima on Nov. 27, 2009, after filing a damages an... A group of 19 lawyers filed a damages and libel suit against Osaka Gov.

Author affiliations: Nagoya City Public Health Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan ; Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan ; Nara University of Education, Nara, Japan ; Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan ; Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Tobetsu, Japan ; and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Abstract To determine whether ...

WALK any leg of theWorld Heritage pilgrimage network on Japan's mountainous Kii Peninsula and you are guaranteed interesting company.

A bell tolls at first light. The old timber "nightingale" floors chirp under stockinged feet, there's a whisper of saffron and black robes, a rumour of conversation and the monks enter the temple.

Samena Japan Absolute Return Fund, a four-month-old, Japan-focused hedge fund, is beating the Topix index , betting on companies with new management and growing industries, including recycling and elderly care.

Australia's venomous redback spiders are on the march in Japan, where they are believed to have arrived years ago as stowaways on cargo ships, a wildlife expert warned Wednesday.