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Americans try to reach WBC title game at last
Ryan Vogelsong has a little running joke that he is going to plunk San Francisco teammate Pablo Sandoval in the World Baseball Classic to keep the ...
Fiery balloon accident kills 19 tourists in Egypt
The terror lasted less than two minutes: Smoke poured from a hot air balloon carrying sightseers on a sunrise flight over the ancient city of Luxor, ...
Istanbul bid wants wrestling back for 2020 Games
The head of Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Olympics hopes a winning vote coincides with wrestling's reinstatement. The International Olympic Committee ...
Japan's ANA cancels 787 flights through May
Japan's All Nippon Airways is scrubbing its planned 787 flights through May as the Boeing Co. plane remains grounded. ANA has 17 of the planes — more ...
ADB president leading name for Japan central bank
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is preparing to nominate Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda to head Japan's central bank and help spearhead ...
Japan stocks jump on BOJ candidate speculation
Japanese stocks led most Asian markets higher Monday, roaring ahead on a report that the prime minister's pick for central bank governor will be a ...
PM says 'Japan's back,' vows stronger ties with US
Japan's new prime minister declared Friday he would make his country a stronger U.S. ally and joined President Barack Obama in warning North Korea ...
Japan identifies some Boeing 787 problems
Japanese authorities have identified the causes of fuel leaks and other problems with Boeing's 787 but are still investigating the more serious ...
United Airlines drops 787 through June 5
United Airlines cut the grounded Boeing 787 from its flying plans at least until June and postponed its new Denver-to-Tokyo flights on Thursday, as ...
Source: Boeing to propose 787 battery fix to FAA
Boeing has developed a plan that it intends to propose to federal regulators to temporarily fix problems with the 787 Dreamliner's batteries that have ...
Japan probe finds miswiring of Boeing 787 battery
A probe into the overheating of a lithium ion battery in an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 that made an emergency landing found it was improperly ...
Japan posts record $17.4B trade deficit in Jan
Japan posted a record 1.63 trillion yen ($17.4 billion) trade deficit in January as rebounding exports lagged behind surging imports of crude oil and ...
China rejects status as world's biggest trader
China has a new status its government doesn't want — world's biggest trader. Official Chinese and American trade data indicate China passed the United ...
Japan expert, writer Donald Richie dies at 88
Donald Richie, a Tokyo-based expert on Japanese cinema who wrote dozens of books and articles about the country's people and culture, has died at age ...
Japan's ORIX takes over asset manager Robeco
Dutch bank Rabobank says Japan's ORIX Corporation is taking over its asset management arm Robeco Groep NV for €1.9 billion ($2.54 billion). The deal, ...
Asia stocks flat as US return from holiday awaited
Asian stock markets displayed tread water Tuesday in the absence of cues from Wall Street following a holiday in the U.S. In Japan, investors went for ...
Asia stocks mixed, Japan's Nikkei up as yen falls
Japan's benchmark stock index jumped Monday after Group of 20 finance officials refrained from directly criticizing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ...
LG to release full HD smartphone in SKorea
LG Electronics Inc. said Monday its new smartphone with a full high-definition screen will go on sale in South Korea this week before hitting shelves ...
Q&A: Currency the latest threat to global economy
The world economy faces a new threat. Instead of a banking collapse or too much debt, fears are growing that countries are using their currencies as ...
G20 finance chiefs in exchange rate pledge
Finance chiefs from the world's 20 leading industrial and developing countries attempted Saturday to calm fears that governments are using foreign ...
Putin urges G20 ministers to consider social cost
Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on financial chiefs of the world's leading industrial and developing nations to consider the ...
Yen stutters again as focus turns to G-20 meeting
The yen started falling again Friday amid speculation that the upcoming meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Moscow will not criticize ...
No guns at home, so Japanese shoot 'em up in Guam
Their well-equipped arsenals offer everything from tiny revolvers (for ladies) to Berettas, Glocks, semi-automatic pistols and M16 military assault ...
NKorea to face sanctions for nuke, but China key
For the past decade, the world's most powerful nations have turned to sanctions in an attempt to punish North Korea for a series of rocket launches ...
Japan economy shrinks, fueling push for weak yen
Japan's economy shrank in the last three months of 2012, its third straight quarter of contraction, giving the government ammunition to defend its ...