http://www.mail.com/locations/3432-tokyo.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/3432-tokyo.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1860994-japan-to-send-investigators-to-us-787-probe.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau is sending investigators looking into problems with Boeing 787 batteries to Seattle, where the aircraft are assembled. The Transport Ministry said members of the team working on the investigation would leave Tokyo on Sunday for Seattle. It provided no further details. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1860994-japan-to-send-investigators-to-us-787-probe.html 2013-02-01T03:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858934-review-ni-kuni-epic-adventure-with-charm.html Tokyo's Studio Ghibli is the creator of beloved animated feature films like "Princess Mononoke," ''Spirited Away" and "Ponyo." It hasn't made many forays into video games, although its influence is all over popular Japanese series like "Final Fantasy" and "Dragon Quest." So "Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch" (Namco Bandai, for PlayStation 3, $59.99), ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858934-review-ni-kuni-epic-adventure-with-charm.html 2013-01-31T12:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1858808-honda-profit-surges-trims-forecast-china.html TOKYO (AP) — Honda's quarterly profit surged nearly 63 percent as production recovered after disruptions from natural disasters, but the Japanese automaker slightly lowered its full-year profit forecast because of sales losses in China. Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co. reported a 77.4 billion yen ($850 million) profit for the October-December period Thursday. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1858808-honda-profit-surges-trims-forecast-china.html 2013-01-31T10:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858174-nintendo-chief-rules-price-cuts-wii-u.html TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo's president Thursday ruled out price cuts for its new Wii U home console as a way to boost sales, vowing to become profitable again in its core businesses as smartphones and tablets increasingly threaten specialized game machines. Satoru Iwata, speaking at a Tokyo hotel to investors and reporters a day after earnings were released, a... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858174-nintendo-chief-rules-price-cuts-wii-u.html 2013-01-31T04:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850470-japan-ex-china-envoy-tokyo-erred-islands-row.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's former envoy to China says his country erred in choosing to buy islands claimed by both Japan and China last fall, infuriating Beijing, and now both sides have no choice but to allow the issue to cool. Uichiro Niwa, a former trading house executive who served as ambassador to Beijing from mid-2010 until late last year, told reporters ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850470-japan-ex-china-envoy-tokyo-erred-islands-row.html 2013-01-28T09:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1850318-boeing-787-probe-shifts-to-monitoring-system-maker.html TOKYO (AP) — The joint U.S. and Japanese investigation into the Boeing 787's battery problems has shifted from the battery-maker to the manufacturer of a monitoring system. Japan transport ministry official Shigeru Takano said Monday the probe into battery-maker GS Yuasa was over for now as no evidence was found it was the source of the problems. Ministry... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1850318-boeing-787-probe-shifts-to-monitoring-system-maker.html 2013-01-28T07:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845312-whats-threat-north-korean-rhetoric-reality.html TOKYO (AP) — According to its official statements, North Korea is ready to go to the brink. But how serious are Pyongyang's threats? This week, new U.N. sanctions punishing the North's successful December rocket launch have elicited a furious response from Pyongyang: strong hints that a third nuclear test is coming, along with bigger and better long-range... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845312-whats-threat-north-korean-rhetoric-reality.html 2013-01-25T17:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1842142-practically-human-smart-machines-your-job.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Art Liscano knows he's an endangered species in the job market: He's a meter reader in Fresno, Calif. For 26 years, he's driven from house to house, checking how much electricity Pacific Gas & Electric customers have used. But PG&E doesn't need many people like Liscano making rounds anymore. Every day, the utility replaces 1,200 old-fash... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1842142-practically-human-smart-machines-your-job.html 2013-01-25T17:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1842812-toyota-bmw-working-battery-technology.html TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW Group are working together on next-generation batteries for green vehicles called "lithium-air" as their collaboration, first announced in late 2011, moves ahead in fuel cells, sports vehicles and other fields. But both sides said Thursday the partnership will not involve a capital alliance while spanning a wide ran... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1842812-toyota-bmw-working-battery-technology.html 2013-01-24T10:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832844-japan-talk-warning-shots-heats-up-china-dispute.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it may fire warning shots and take other measures to keep foreign aircraft from violating its airspace in the latest verbal blast between Tokyo and Beijing that raises concerns that a dispute over hotly contested islands could spin out of control. Japanese officials made the comments after Chinese fighters tailed its warplanes near... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 04:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1832844-japan-talk-warning-shots-heats-up-china-dispute.html 2013-01-20T04:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1829174-adviser-hails-abenomics-dollar-rise.html TOKYO (AP) — The expert behind the monetary policies of Japan's new prime minister welcomed the recovering stock market and favorable exchange rate as signs of success Friday, and said the dollar can rise to 110 yen before excessive inflation risks kick in. Koichi Hamada, professor emeritus of economics at Yale University, is the brain behind the "Abenomi... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1829174-adviser-hails-abenomics-dollar-rise.html 2013-01-18T08:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1826416-ceo-sony-track-comeback.html TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp., the struggling Japanese electronics and entertainment company, is headed in the right direction although its comeback is not yet complete, its chief executive said Thursday. Kazuo Hirai told reporters that Sony is now more nimble and focused under his leadership which began nine months ago. Sony has lost money for the past four ye... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1826416-ceo-sony-track-comeback.html 2013-01-18T01:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1823476-official-battery-787-swollen-overheating.html TOKYO (AP) — The main battery beneath the cockpit of the Boeing 787 forced to make an emergency landing in Japan was swollen from overheating, a safety official said Thursday, as aviation regulators worldwide joined the U.S. and Japan in grounding the technologically advanced aircraft because of fire risk. U.S. officials, and a Boeing engineer, are due in... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1823476-official-battery-787-swollen-overheating.html 2013-01-17T10:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1824874-emergency-faa-grounds-boeing-787s.html The federal government grounded Boeing's newest and most technologically advanced jetliner Wednesday, declaring that U.S. airlines cannot fly the 787 again until the risk of battery fires is addressed. The Federal Aviation Administration's emergency order affects only United Airlines, the lone U.S. carrier to operate 787s. United said it would put passeng... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1824874-emergency-faa-grounds-boeing-787s.html 2013-01-17T04:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1821806-japanese-film-director-oshima-dies-80.html TOKYO (AP) — Nagisa Oshima, a Japanese director internationally acclaimed for his films "Empire of Passion" and "In the Realm of the Senses," has died of pneumonia. He was 80. His office, Oshima Productions, said Oshima died Tuesday afternoon at a hospital near Tokyo after being in and out of hospital since he was struck by a stroke more than a decade ago... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1821806-japanese-film-director-oshima-dies-80.html 2013-01-15T14:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1821208-snow-forces-3400-to-spend-night-tokyo-airport.html TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's Narita International Airport operator says 3,400 travelers spent the night in the terminal after snow caused airlines to cancel 71 flights. In the season's first snowfall in the Japanese capital, about 8 centimeters (3 inches) of snow fell in central Tokyo and around Narita on Monday — a national holiday in Japan. The snow snarled tra... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1821208-snow-forces-3400-to-spend-night-tokyo-airport.html 2013-01-15T05:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1817380-japan-airlines-reports-fuel-leak-boeing-787.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan Airlines has reported a fuel leak in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner for the second time in a week amid a U.S. safety review of the aircraft. Narita International Airport outside of Tokyo says JAL reported a 100-liter fuel leak in a 787 during an inspection Sunday. The aircraft reportedly was the same one that had a fuel leak in Boston last wee... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1817380-japan-airlines-reports-fuel-leak-boeing-787.html 2013-01-13T15:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817024-worlds-oldest-woman-dies-115.html TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese official says a woman in his town near Tokyo who became world's oldest living female just last month has died at 115. Koto Okubo died Saturday at a nursing home in Kawasaki City, according to city official Mitsuhiro Kozuka. He said her relatives declined to release the cause of her death and family details. Born Dec. 24, 1897, Okub... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 04:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817024-worlds-oldest-woman-dies-115.html 2013-01-13T04:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1814100-why-boeings-787-dreamliner-under-review.html NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing's 787 Dreamliner had a nightmare of a week, capped off Friday by the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to review everything about the new airplane, including its entire design and manufacturing process. Government officials were quick to say that the jet is safe — nearly 50 of them are in the skies. However, a fire Monday a... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1814100-why-boeings-787-dreamliner-under-review.html 2013-01-11T21:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1813476-faa-to-review-boeing-787-calls-plane-safe.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government stepped in Friday to assure the public that Boeing's new 787 "Dreamliner" is safe to fly, even as it launched a comprehensive review to find out what caused a fire, a fuel leak and other worrisome incidents this week. Despite the incidents, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood declared, "I believe this plane is safe, and I ... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1813476-faa-to-review-boeing-787-calls-plane-safe.html 2013-01-11T21:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1810656-japan-pm-chinas-island-dispute-moves-wrong.html TOKYO (AP) — Reaffirming his hawkish stance on China, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Japan will not negotiate with Beijing over a contested cluster of uninhabited islands and that China was "wrong" for allowing violent protests over the territorial dispute. Abe, who took office just over two weeks ago, had much warmer words for South Korea, de... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1810656-japan-pm-chinas-island-dispute-moves-wrong.html 2013-01-11T14:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1813246-beset-risks-japan-seeks-boost-stimulus.html TOKYO (AP) — A 20 trillion yen ($224 billion) stimulus package announced Friday by Japan's newly installed prime minister Shinzo Abe will likely give the recession-struck economy a quick boost, but at the risk of adding to the country's gargantuan debt without fostering sustainable, long-term growth. The "Abenomics" strategy of "ultra" monetary easing and... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1813246-beset-risks-japan-seeks-boost-stimulus.html 2013-01-11T07:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1811576-us-urges-allies-japan-skorea-to-mend-ties.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A high-level U.S. delegation will urge key allies Japan and South Korea to mend strained ties that have hurt security cooperation. It will also likely remind the new government in Tokyo that any disavowal of its apology for the use of sex slaves in World War II would make matters worse. Senior officials from the State Department, Pentago... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1811576-us-urges-allies-japan-skorea-to-mend-ties.html 2013-01-10T20:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1811622-tokyo-opens-2020-olympic-bid-campaign-london.html LONDON (AP) — Tokyo began its international promotion campaign for the 2020 Olympics in London on Thursday, promising to match or surpass the success of the games held there six months ago. Getting a jump on rivals Madrid and Istanbul, Tokyo officials outlined their candidacy at a news conference three days after submitting bid documents to the Internatio... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1811622-tokyo-opens-2020-olympic-bid-campaign-london.html 2013-01-10T17:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1810308-japans-ana-cancels-flight-to-787-computer-bug.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's All Nippon Airways says it cancelled a domestic flight to Tokyo on Wednesday after a computer wrongly indicated there was a problem with the Boeing 787's brakes. Etsuya Uchiyama, an ANA spokesman in Tokyo, said Thursday that the passengers on NH698, due to fly from Yamaguchi in southern Japan to Tokyo's Haneda airport, were transferre... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1810308-japans-ana-cancels-flight-to-787-computer-bug.html 2013-01-10T01:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1808536-giant-squid-filmed-ocean-depths-1st-time.html TOKYO (AP) — After a hundred dives deep into the Pacific, scientists and broadcasters say they have captured video images of a giant squid in its natural habitat deep in the ocean for the first time. The three-meter (nine-foot) invertebrate was filmed from a manned submersible during one of 100 dives in the Pacific last summer in a joint expedition by Jap... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1808536-giant-squid-filmed-ocean-depths-1st-time.html 2013-01-10T00:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1805850-asia-stocks-rise-alcoa-sees-stronger-demand.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after the fourth-quarter earnings season got off to a positive start in the U.S. with aluminum giant Alcoa forecasting higher demand for 2013. Demand for aluminum has been hurt by the weak global economy, but Alcoa predicted a 7 percent increase in demand this year, slightly better than the 6 percent incre... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1805850-asia-stocks-rise-alcoa-sees-stronger-demand.html 2013-01-09T04:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1805734-tokyo-protests-to-china-4-ships-islands.html TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday to protest four Chinese maritime surveillance ships that spent about 13 hours in waters near disputed islands claimed by both countries. The uninhabited outcroppings in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, are controlled by Japan but also claimed b... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1805734-tokyo-protests-to-china-4-ships-islands.html 2013-01-08T08:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1804590-small-fire-sends-smoke-787-cabin-boston.html BOSTON (AP) — An electrical fire filled the cabin of a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 with smoke Monday minutes after passengers disembarked following a non-stop flight from Tokyo. The Massachusetts Port Authority's fire chief, Bob Donahue, said the fire at Boston's Logan Airport began in a battery pack for the plane's auxiliary power unit, which runs the jet'... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1804590-small-fire-sends-smoke-787-cabin-boston.html 2013-01-07T20:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1804062-trio-bid-cities-2020-olympic-files-to-ioc.html LONDON (AP) — Exactly eight months before the vote, the race for the 2020 Summer Games moved into a crucial phase Monday when the three candidate cities submitted their bid plans to the International Olympic Committee. Leaders from Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo handed over their documents at IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, setting the stage for th... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1804062-trio-bid-cities-2020-olympic-files-to-ioc.html 2013-01-07T14:14:00Z