Recently added articles from Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan):

Pratt & Whitney picked by MHI for new jetliner.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Kaho Shimizu Oct. 10--Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Tuesday it has chosen Pratt & Whitney of the U.S. to supply the engines for its planned regional jets, taking Japan a step closer to building its first domestic commercial aircraft in about four decades. ...

Hellcat bent for leather -- a navy flyboy's tale.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Eric L. Due Oct. 10--MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. -- From 26,000 feet he punched through a hole in the overcast over Tokyo early on a freezing Feb. 12, 1945, rolled into a roaring 60-degree dive and fired his rockets at a Mitsubishi engine plant. As antiaircraft ...

Trash can's size adjusts to your trash; MP3 player one-fifth as thick as iPod.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Peter Crookes Oct. 10--Trash suffers so much at our hands. We inflict the twin insults of scorn and apathy on it, despising our refuse and really not caring too much just how it is removed from our presence. Just think how many research grants are devoted to building the ...

Ozawa's Afghan gambit rejected: No joining NATO force in combat zone: Machimura.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Masami Ito Oct. 10--Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura on Tuesday rejected Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa's suggestion that Japan participate in NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is "a very ...

EDITORIAL: Crimes and the Internet.(Editorial)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--While the Internet has revolutionized communication and information transmission, Net anonymity has made it easier to engage in illegal activities. Numerous Web sites carry information on child pornography, sales of stimulant drugs and other illicit activities. Some Web sites even ...

EDITORIAL: Refueling bill undercuts Diet.(Editorial)

Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--The ruling coalition has presented the opposition bloc with an outline of a new law to continue the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. The new law, if enacted, will replace the current special law, which expires Nov. 1. Although similar to the ...

Hawks level up series.

Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jason Coskrey Oct. 10--CHIBA -- After a while it didn't really seem to matter who was on the mound for the Chiba Lotte Marines. Nobuhiko Matsunaka had three RBIs and the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks scored early and often to even their Pacific League Climax Series ...

Kanji, kana trip search engines.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Shinichi Terada Oct. 2--Like the rest of the world, people in Japan rely on search engines every day to tap the ocean of information that is the World Wide Web. But despite the familiarity of Google, Yahoo and other popular search engines, what goes on behind ...

Population woes said best served by aiding women.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Takashi Kitazume Oct. 2--Japan should champion greater opportunities for female and immigrant workers and set the trend in alleviating the problems it faces with its rapidly aging population -- problems that are bound to confront all industrialized nations, visiting ...

Sony hopes organic EL TVs put it back on tech offensive.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kaho Shimizu Oct. 2--Sony Corp. will debut the world's first organic electroluminescent televisions on the domestic market Dec. 1, hoping to take the lead in development of the next-generation flat-panel TVs, the electronics giant said Monday. The 11-inch ...

EDITORIAL: New experiences for Japan Post.(Editorial)

Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--A difficult path lies ahead the Japan Post group companies' 10-year privatization process, which started Oct. 1. They have to make profits to survive but not at the expense of services. This is especially critical for the postal service, which has earned the people's trust over the ...

'Tankan' shows producers upbeat.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Shinichi Terada Oct. 2--Business confidence among the nation's largest manufacturers remained upbeat in September despite the global financial turmoil triggered by U.S. housing woes, the Bank of Japan's quarterly survey of business confidence, or "tankan," showed ...

Fukuda vows to regain public trust: Continuing MSDF duty also a key priority, Diet is told.

Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Hiroko Nakata Oct. 2--Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda vowed Monday in his first Diet speech to recover the public's trust in the government -- a trust damaged by the money scandals swirling around members of the Cabinet of his predecessor, Shinzo Abe. The ...

EDITORIAL: Enough time to find shelter.(Editorial)

Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--On Monday, NHK started a broadcast service for earthquake warnings (kinkyu jishin sokuho), with private broadcast stations to follow suit. Rather than predict when and where earthquakes will strike, the warnings will tell how many seconds it will take tremors from a major ...

EDITORIAL: Coping with the doctor shortage.(Editorial)

Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--As pregnant women, children and rural residents in Japan face a crisis in getting medical treatment, the government has decided to increase the quota for medical schools. This is a welcome move. It is urgent that the government take well-thought-out measures to deal with specific ...

Gay braves rain in convincing 100 win.

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kaz Nagatsuka Oct. 1--YOKOAHAMA -- Track and field is an all-weather sport. But with Sunday's conditions the competitors could be forgiven for failing to post any convincing outcomes in an event in which nearly all the contests were hit by a steady, chilly rain. ...

Hamilton masters conditions for victory.

Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: James Mulligan Oct. 1--OYAMA, Shizuoka Pref. -- McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won a rain-lashed Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday to move closer to clinching the world crown in his debut season in Formula One. Hamilton kept his cool in a wet and wild race at Fuji ...