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 ...