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Posted on 11 February 2015. Tags: balked, channel, crisis, hostage, Islamic, opening, peak, State, Tokyo At hostage crisis peak, Tokyo balked at opening channel with Islamic State … Japan opened a communication channel with Islamic State in the decisive stages of the recent hostage crisis but was unwilling to use it to start negotiations, according […]

Posted on 02 July 2014. Tags: Tokyo, Japan, Protest, military, Policy, FIRE, sets, self Tokyo man sets self on fire to protest Japan military policy A man set himself on fire at Tokyo’s busy Shinjuku railway station on Sunday in what appears to be a rare violent political protest. The man, who appeared in his […]

TOKYO (MarketWatch) — CME Group Inc. (CME) and RIM Intelligence, a Japanese energy information service provider, said Tuesday that they have signed an agreement… Most Asian stocks fell, sending the regional index to its second-straight drop, as gains in the yen cut the earnings outlook for Japan’s exporters.… Computer chipmaker Elpida Memory Inc. filed for […]

Posted on 01 September 2015. Tags: Airlines, American, D/FWTokyo, flight, fuel, issue, Over, Possible, Returns American Airlines D/FW-Tokyo Flight Returns Over Possible Fuel Issue An American Airlines flight headed to Tokyo, Japan turned around and headed back to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Tuesday due to a possible fuel issue. Officials with Fort Worth-based American Airlines […]

Posted on 08 June 2015. Tags: cleanup, cracks, district, down, hawkers, preOlympics, redlight, Tokyo Tokyo cracks down on red-light district hawkers in pre-Olympics cleanup It is still early on a humid weekday evening but already this cabaret club in Tokyo’s Kabukicho district is in full swing. At 20-minute intervals a different hostess arrives, takes her […]

Indies in Japan: Selections from Tokyo Game Show’s Sense of Wonder Night 2015 Every year, Tokyo Game Show runs its Sense of Wonder Night… The Most Magnificent Cosplayers From the Tokyo Game Show Caption: Nintendo does not attend the Tokyo Game Show, but there were plenty of Splatoon… Traditional gaming takes a backseat to mobile […]

Tokyo Wins Little League World Series 18-11 Over Pa. Team In the title game on Sunday in South Williamsport, Pa., the Tokyo team defeated… American Airlines D/FW-Tokyo Flight Returns Over Possible Fuel Issue An American Airlines flight headed to Tokyo, Japan turned around and headed back to Dallas/Fort… Tokyo protest over planned US airbase Thousands […]