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Japan Really?

Reference for outside Japan news media bias. What is reported and what is not compared to Japanese within-country reportage

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June 2008
- Under Fire, Japan's PM Won't Bow to Election Calls
  
  BBC | Jun 11, 08 10:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Japan's prime minister suffered a humiliating blow today in a no-confidence motion passed by the upper house of the country's legislature—a post-war first, the BBC reports. Although the measure isn't politically binding, it's the latest step by the opposition to force Yasuo Fukuda to call new elections, a call Fukuda has repeatedly dismissed. More »
April 2008
- US Reports Some Progress in North Korean Nuke Talks
  
  Reuters | Apr 9, 08 2:54 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Six-country negotiations aimed at producing a formal disclosure of North Korea's nuclear activities have advanced, Reuters reports, but aren't close to being settled. "We've definitely made some progress," said US envoy Christopher Hill today. "We still have a lot of work ahead of us. I don't want to suggest there's been any major breakthrough." More »
- Opposition Finally Backs New Chief for Bank of Japan
  
  International Business Times | Apr 9, 08 2:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Democratic Party of Japan has accepted a new central banker just in time for the crucial meeting of G7 finance leaders in Washington on Friday, reports the International Business Times . The top spot has been vacant since March 19, leaving the bank vulnerable during an unsteady economic time. Masaaki Shirakawa is expected to be formally nominated today as Bank of Japan chief. More »
- Japanese Women Turn to 'Geisha Guys'
  
  CNN | Apr 7, 08 12:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new breed of companion is the rage in Japan, entertaining women with lavish compliments, conversation and undivided attention—the male geisha. Businesswomen pay upwards of $1,000 a night for these men, CNN reports—with, industry reps say, nothing physical being exchanged. Hundreds of such services have sprouted across the country, driven in part by the increased spending power of Japanese women. More »
- Japan Busts US Sailor in Murder-Robbery
  
  Reuters | Apr 3, 08 6:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Japanese police arrested a US sailor today on suspicion of stabbing a taxi driver to death and then robbing him, Reuters reports. The 22-year-old Nigerian national serving in the American Navy was already in US custody on charges of desertion. The American ambassador to Japan was forced to apologize for yet another US serviceman implicated in a crime in recent months. More »
- World Attitudes Toward US Improving: Poll
  
  BBC | Apr 2, 08 4:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A worldwide wave of anti-Americanism appears to be abating a bit, though global views toward the US continue to be mainly negative, according to a BBC World Service poll. The average percentage of people saying the US is a negative global influence dropped to below 50% for the first time in three years. Those who believe the US is a positive influence increased to 35% from 31% a year ago. More »
- Top 10 Historically Flawed Flicks
  
  Yahoo! | Apr 1, 08 1:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Most historical films forgo a few facts for dramatic flair, but these flicks leave truth to the cutting room floor. Yahoo lists the most inaccurate movies ever: 10,000 BC : Woolly mammoths weren't around to help build the pyramids. Gladiator : Emperor Commodus didn't kill his dad... chickenpox did. 300 : Spartan warriors wore bronze armor, not leather Speedos. The Last Samurai : 19th-century Japan did have war advisers, but they weren't American. Apocalypto : Mel's Mayan saviors actually killed off 90% of the indigenous people. More »
March 2008
- Japanese Swindle Could Cost Lehman $250M
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 29, 08 8:44 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Possible fraud involving forged documents from a Japanese trading firm may have cost Lehman Brothers $250 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. The investment bank loaned funds to a Japanese biotech firm last year; the transaction was secured by top trading company Marubeni Corp. But the biotech firm filed for bankruptcy March 19, and the funds still haven’t been paid back. More »
- Your Phone May Soon Know If You're Sick
  
  ComputerWorld | Mar 28, 08 2:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Your cell phone might soon be able to tell you if you’ve caught the flu. Researchers with Japan’s NTT DoCoMo have developed a workable method of “molecular communications”—a system for the transport of microscopic samples from a user’s sweat into their phone for analysis, Computerworld reports. More »
- Italy Recalls Famed Mozzarella
  
  Reuters | Mar 28, 08 1:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Fear of contamination today forced Italy to recall its celebrated mozzarella cheese, Reuters reports. Rome is withdrawing the cheese of 25 companies in the Campania region near Naples, source of the country’s best buffalo mozzarella, after a garbage crisis is thought to have spread cancer-causing dioxin. The European Commission had threatened a trade ban; South Korea and Japan have halted imports. More »
- Japan's Inflation Surges
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 28, 08 8:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A double whammy of rising inflation and unemployment has experts worried that Japan’s economy—the world’s second largest—is fast losing steam, reports the Wall Street Journal. Inflation in February rose 1%, its fastest spike in a decade, and household spending stalled in the face of rising food and oil prices. More »
- Feds Must Ward Off Stagnation, Clinton Says
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 27, 08 11:15 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The government should step into the mortgage mess on a broader scale, Hillary Clinton told the Wall Street Journal yesterday, suggesting monetary policy alone can’t ignite a recovery and warning that procrastination could lead to stagnation similar to Japan’s weary economy. Clinton said the Federal Housing Administration should buy troubled mortgages in combination with a program to auction defaulted loans. More »
- Harden Brilliant as A's Topple Sox 5-1 in Japan
  
  Boston Globe | Mar 26, 08 9:54 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Red Sox and the Athletics are headed home from the Land of the Rising Sun after Rich Harden shut down the defending World Series champions in game two of their Tokyo visit. The 26-year-old right-hander allowed one run, surrendered only three hits, and fanned nine Boston hitters over six innings, earning a 5-1 victory and a 1-1 series split, reports the Boston Globe. More »
- MLB Starts Season With Rising Sun
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Mar 25, 08 10:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The sun was just rising in Boston today as the Red Sox began their World Series title defense by taking on the Oakland Athletics half a world away. Many American fans were still in bed, but Japanese aficionados were paying rapt attention, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Sox have been selling out exhibition games all week, playing for baseball-crazed fans with a decidedly different style than they're used to. More »
- Sun Banks on Lasers to Make Next Speed Leap
  
  New York Times | Mar 24, 08 1:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sun Microsystems is moving toward connecting computer chips using lasers instead of wires, a move that could make computers 1,000 times faster. The company snagged a $44 million Pentagon contract to continue work that could also mean smaller, more energy-efficient machines. It won’t be easy, though: A Sun researcher told the New York Times the chance of success is 50%. More »
- Okinawa Protesters Rip US Military Crimes
  
  Reuters | Mar 23, 08 11:23 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Thousands poured into the streets of Okinawa today to protest crimes by US servicemen and to demand a smaller American military presence on the Japanese island, Reuters reports. "Crimes and accidents have happened over and over," said the mayor of Okinawa City. "But each time, our voices have been trampled and there has been no end to the heinous crimes." More »
- Japan Faces Credit Crisis With No Central Bank Governor
  
  AFP | Mar 21, 08 9:58 AM CDT