http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters. Covering current affairs, world news, environmental affairs and sport en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295517,us-stock-sell-off-on-fears-of-weak-recovery.html New York - US stocks followed global markets in a broad decline amid investor fears over the world's uneasy recovery from recession. Major US stock indices fell about 1 per cent on average, following hefty declines in the DJ Euro Stoxx 50 and Japan's... US,Business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:58:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295517,us-stock-sell-off-on-fears-of-weak-recovery.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289453,japan-congratulates-obama-on-peace-prize-win.html Tokyo - Japan welcomed the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama on FridayPrime Minister Yukio Hatoyama he was really pleased at Obama's win and wanted to congratulate him from the heart, the Kyodo news agency reported. ... Asia,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:35:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289453,japan-congratulates-obama-on-peace-prize-win.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292538,lower-phone-sales-leads-ntt-docomo-profit-to-fall-21.html Tokyo - NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's largest mobile-phone operator, said Friday that profit in its second quarter dropped 21 per cent as demand for mobile phones fell. Net income in the July-to-September quarter fell to 137.3 billion yen (1.5 billion doll... Business Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:46:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292538,lower-phone-sales-leads-ntt-docomo-profit-to-fall-21.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294289,japan-increases-afghanistan-assistance-to-5-billion-dollars--summary.html New York - Japan has informed the United Nations of its intention to increase assistance to Afghanistan to a total of 5 billion dollars over the next five years, the UN said Wednesday. Japan decided to add 2 billion dollars to the current 3 billion d... US,World Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:52:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294289,japan-increases-afghanistan-assistance-to-5-billion-dollars--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294275,japan-increases-afghanistan-assistance-to-5-billion-dollars.html New York - Japan has informed the United Nations of its intention to increase assistance to Afghanistan to a total of 5 billion dollars over the next five years, the UN said Wednesday. Japan decided to add 2 billion dollars to the current 3 billion d... US,Business Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:52:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294275,japan-increases-afghanistan-assistance-to-5-billion-dollars.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293970,tokyo-stocks-up-on-wall-street-jump-rising-current-account-surplus.html Tokyo - Stocks surged Tuesday in Tokyo after strong overnight gains on Wall Street and Japan's current-account surplus unexpectedly expanded. Financial and resource-related shares were among the biggest winners as commodity prices rose and large gain... Business Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:22:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293970,tokyo-stocks-up-on-wall-street-jump-rising-current-account-surplus.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295175,japan-stocks-flat-in-morning-trading.html Tokyo - Japan shares were lackluster in early morning trading Wednesday, dragged down by banking and real estate stocks. The Nikkei 225 index lost 0.1 per cent by mid-morning, to 9,716.35 points. The broader Topix index fell 0.9 per cent to 849.24... Business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:16:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295175,japan-stocks-flat-in-morning-trading.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289444,seoul-tokyo-seek-one-step-north-korea-nuclear-solution--summary.html Seoul - South Korea and Japan said Friday that they want to end North Korea's pattern of nuclear concessions followed by backtracking and threats by resolving the nuclear dispute in one fell swoop. Both countries want a package de... Asia,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:58:56 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289444,seoul-tokyo-seek-one-step-north-korea-nuclear-solution--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294742,obamas-early-arrival-rescues-traditional-apec-group-photo.html Singapore - A surprise early appearance of US President Barack Obama at the annual summit of 21 Asian-Pacific economies in Singapore on Saturday rescued the traditional costumed group photo of the leaders. Coming from Japan, Obama was originally expe... Asia,World Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:22:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294742,obamas-early-arrival-rescues-traditional-apec-group-photo.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294536,background-key-issues-during-obamas-visit-to-japan.html Tokyo - The following are issues expected to dominate the agenda of US President Barack Obama's visit to Japan on Friday and Saturday. Security alliance: Japan's new government, lead by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), continues to regard the clo... Asia,World Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:16:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294536,background-key-issues-during-obamas-visit-to-japan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295404,new-incident-at-worlds-largest-nuclear-plant-in-japan.html Tokyo - Smoke rose Thursday from a currently closed nuclear power plant in Japan, but the operator said there was no radiation leak and no one was injured. The smoke emerged from the brake of the hoisting function of a crane in the turbine room of a ... Energy,Environment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:10:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295404,new-incident-at-worlds-largest-nuclear-plant-in-japan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289429,tsonga-monfils-recover-to-reach-tokyo-semi-final-showdown--summary.html Tokyo - French seeds Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils both rallied past first-set deficits to set up their second career meeting in Asia with wins into the semi-finals of the Japan Open Friday. Second-seeded Monfils staged his second comeback in a... Sports Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:17:10 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289429,tsonga-monfils-recover-to-reach-tokyo-semi-final-showdown--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289399,tsonga-completes-second-comeback-to-reach-tokyo-semis--update.html Tokyo - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga staged his second comeback effort in as many days Friday, getting past on-form Latvian Ernests Gulbis 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to book into the semi-finals of the Japan Open. Tsonga also recovered from a set down in his second-round m... Sports Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:29:09 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289399,tsonga-completes-second-comeback-to-reach-tokyo-semis--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289377,seoul-tokyo-seek-one-step-north-korea-nuclear-solution--update.html Seoul - South Korea and Japan said Friday that they want to end North Korea's pattern of nuclear concessions followed by backtracking and threats by resolving the nuclear dispute in one fell swoop. Both countries want a package de... Asia,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:41:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289377,seoul-tokyo-seek-one-step-north-korea-nuclear-solution--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289366,hewitt-earns-tokyo-semi-final-hat-trick-over-french-spoiler.html Tokyo - Former champion Lleyton Hewitt moved into his third career semi-final at the Japan Open Friday, ending the dream run of underdog French player Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 6-0. Eighth-seed Hewitt is back into the last four at the Ariake coloss... Sports Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:47:08 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289366,hewitt-earns-tokyo-semi-final-hat-trick-over-french-spoiler.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289363,south-korea-japan-seek-1-step-solution-on-norths-nuke-programme.html Seoul - South Korea and Japan said Friday that they want to end North Korea's pattern of nuclear concessions followed by backtracking and threats by resolving the nuclear dispute in one fell swoop. Both countries want a package deal that would denucl... Asia,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:11:10 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289363,south-korea-japan-seek-1-step-solution-on-norths-nuke-programme.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290255,us-earnings-retail-sales-help-tokyo-stocks-to-soar--summary.html Tokyo - Stocks in Tokyo surged Thursday on optimism over a global economic recovery after strong US corporate earnings were reported and retail sales in the United States, one of Japan's biggest export markets, were better than expected. The benchmar... Business Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:04:53 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290255,us-earnings-retail-sales-help-tokyo-stocks-to-soar--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293594,veteran-date-krumm-shows-youngsters-the-way-to-bali-semis.html Bali, Indonesia - Two Frenchwomen, a Spaniard and Japan's evergreen 39-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm make up Saturday's semi-final field at the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions. Top seed Marion Bartoli and Gallic compatriot Aravane Rezai both m... Sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:16:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293594,veteran-date-krumm-shows-youngsters-the-way-to-bali-semis.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293201,nissan-lowers-loss-forecast-for-year-on-china-sales.html Tokyo - Nissan Motor Co, Japan's third-largest carmaker, on Wednesday lowered the losses it expected for the current fiscal year as rising sales in China helped offset falling revenues from Europe and the United States. It said it expected to be 40 b... Business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:10:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293201,nissan-lowers-loss-forecast-for-year-on-china-sales.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294000,number-of-business-bankruptcies-falls-in-japan-for-third-month.html Tokyo - The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan fell in October for the third month in a row, a credit research agency said Tuesday. The 1,261 bankruptcies represented an 11.7-per-cent fall from the same month a year earlier, Shoko Research sai... Business Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:34:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294000,number-of-business-bankruptcies-falls-in-japan-for-third-month.html