 Audit board reports 45.3 bil. yen in wasteful spending by government+ Nov 10 5:27 AM US/Eastern (Kyodo) _ The Board of Audit has found 45.3 billion yen in 473 cases in wasteful expenditures and inappropriate accounting on the part of government organizations and state-affiliated...  N. Korea's Kang in Russia for medical treatment, not meetings+ Nov 10 5:20 AM US/Eastern (Kyodo) _ North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju is believed to have traveled to Moscow via Beijing earlier this week for medical treatment, not for talks on North Korea's... LEAD Sumo: With Hakuho crocked, Kyushu title is Asa's for the taking+ Nov 10 4:30 AM US/Eastern (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDS HAKUHO COMMENTS, FIXING LEAD GRAF) It's starting to get mighty lonely at the top for Mongolian firebrand Asashoryu. Asashoryu begins his campaign for a third... 3RD LD: July-September machinery orders mark largest quarterly fall+ Nov 10 4:25 AM US/Eastern (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO AT 4TH-5TH GRAFS, ECONOMIST COMMENTS AT 9TH-11TH GRAFS) Japan's core private-sector machinery orders posted the largest fall in 19 years in the... Chief nuke negotiators of Japan, S. Korea, U.S. to meet next week+ Nov 10 4:18 AM US/Eastern (Kyodo) _ The chief nuclear negotiators from Japan, South Korea and the United States are planning to meet next week on the sidelines of a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic... Taiwan legislature set to debate 3rd recall bid against Chen+ Nov 10 4:14 AM US/Eastern (Kyodo) _ Taiwan's opposition camp renewed its efforts to unseat President Chen Shui-bian on Friday by pushing through a recall bill to be debated at the legislature on Nov. 24. The... Golf: Davies sets pace after Itoen Ladies 1st round+ Nov 10 4:13 AM US/Eastern (Kyodo) _ England's former world No. 1 Laura Davies shot a sizzling 7-under par 65 to establish a one-stroke lead in the opening round of the Itoen Ladies on Friday. The four-time... Dollar falls to mid-117 yen on Fukui's warning on yen-carry trade+ Nov 10 4:13 AM US/Eastern (Kyodo) _ The U.S. dollar fell to the mid-117 yen level Friday in Tokyo partly because Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui issued a fresh warning over increasing conversions of yen... 7 parties to sign int'l pact on ITER thermonuclear reactor+ Nov 10 3:57 AM US/Eastern (Kyodo) _ Japan, the United States, the European Union, Russia, China, South Korea and India will sign in Paris on Nov. 21 an international agreement on plans to build the world's first Golf: Garcia climbs into three-way lead at Taiheiyo Masters+ Nov 10 3:52 AM US/Eastern (Kyodo) _ Sergio Garcia launched himself into a tie for the lead with a 5-under-par 67 at the midway point of the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters on Friday. Garcia joined... More Articles |
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