Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday 10 May 2013

The Japan Times

Top News Stories

Greenback tops ¥101 in Asia; Nikkei soars

The dollar shatters the ¥100 barrier in Tokyo trading, causing the Nikkei 225 stock average to surge 2.93 percent and end at its highest ...

Three captive women raped, starved, brutalized for decade

The three women held in captivity inside a U.S. home for about a decade were starved and raped, and one woman had five pregnancies aborted ...

Will the BBC learn anything from the Stuart Hall sex scandal

The first Tuesday in May was an awkward day for BBC newsreaders. Once again the main headlines were dominated by scandals within their own institution. ...

Abe to take on intel-gathering taboos

As tensions with China and North Korea mount, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares to assail postwar political taboos and bolster Japan's intelligence-gathering capabilities. ...

Taiwan skippers hail pact and jump the gun

Even though the new Japan-Taiwan fishing treaty didn't come into force until Friday, some Taiwanese trawlers landed their first catch Thursday. Lin Hsin-chuan, secretary general of ...

Solar eclipse produces ‘ring of fire’ across Australia, Pacific

Skygazers across the Australian Outback were among the lucky few to witness a solar eclipse on Friday as the moon glided between Earth and the ...


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Top Opinion Stories

China’s land grab in India

Stoking tensions with Japan and the Philippines over ownership of island groups has not prevented China from staging a military incursion into India-controlled territory.

Preventing use of nuclear weapons

Despite its experience as a victim of atomic bombs and a nuclear accident, Japan declines to endorse an international a statement condemning nuclear weapons-use.

The good and bad of a weaker yen

Corporate Japan in general is reporting good results for the business year ended March 31, but not all companies are expected to benefit from an ...

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Top Community Stories

Head of international short film festival finds fertile ground up north

Toshiya Kubo consistently gravitates to the peripheral. As a teenager, while his friends rushed to buy Beatles records, Kubo searched for lesser-known musicians; the mainstream ...

There are plenty more fish jokes in the sea

The Go Fish! Foundation is an international organization for the protection of fish, their parents, family and friends. Go Fish! rescues, rehabilitates and gives sanctuary ...

What my dentist wants to know

"Ever thought to change your nationality?" This asked by my dentist, as he bent over my mouth and polished my molars with what sounded like a ...

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Top Sports Stories

B-Corsairs take series lead over Grouses

One victory separated the second-place Yokohama B-Corsairs and third-place Toyama Grouses in the standings this season, and the evenly matched teams exhibited their competitive spirit ...

Nishikori upsets Federer to reach Madrid quarterfinals

Roger Federer was ousted by Kei Nishikori with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 loss Thursday in the third round of the Madrid ...

Tigers continue early-season mastery of Giants

To say the Hanshin Tigers have been successful against the Yomiuri Giants is a somewhat of a misnomer. It's probably more accurate to say the ...

Eagles rally to beat Marines

Kazuya Fujita's three-run double off Chiba Lotte closer Naoya Masuda on Friday lifted the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a 5-3 come-from-behind victory over the ...

Moyes facing monumental task in taking over for Ferguson

David Moyes has been constantly overlooked by England's top clubs. Since 2007, by which time Moyes had been in charge of Everton for five years, Chelsea ...

Nationals edge past Tigers

The Detroit Tigers hit the ball hard for two days against the Washington Nationals with not much to show for it. Thursday's final out was no ...

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