Topic: Tokyo
The topic was the safety woes of Toyota, but the hearing at the US Congress could also have been a study in cross-cultural communication as Japanese formality met American bluntness.Toyota chief apologies "There is a huge perception gap," said Weston Konishi, an ...
Embattled Toyota said Tuesday it is voluntarily fixing 1.3 million vehicles in North America for engine oil leaks but denied the campaign is a recall because it did not affect safety.In an email statement received early Tuesday in Tokyo, the company said ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - The top U.S. Marine in the Pacific said on Friday that his forces needed to be based on the southern island of Okinawa for strategic reasons, as Tokyo struggles to resolve a dispute with Washington over relocating a base.The ...
Here are some highlights of President Barack Obama's upcoming weeklong trip to AsiaA day-by-day look at President Barack Obama's weeklong trip to Asia: Departs for Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea, through Nov. 19. En route to Tokyo, Japan, stops at Elmendorf ...
Odds-on favourites Chicago went out in the first round of voting on the hosts the 2016 Olympic Games here on Friday.They received the least amount of votes despite President Barack Obama flying over to make a personal appeal earlier on Friday.Rio de ...
Despite his promises of change, President Barack Obama has kept tradition by naming top donors to plum ambassador posts, drawing fire from career US diplomats and causing dismay among some US allies.Obama has been criticized for naming fund raisers with no diplomatic ...
- U.S. lays out plan to buy up to $1 trln in toxic assets . - US stocks slide, Fed lending plan disappoints, . 'If the U.S. authorities actually succeed in buying up to $1 . 'The real challenge would be in ...
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso was set Tuesday to be President Barack Obama's first foreign guest as the leaders of the world's two largest economies plot action on the global financial crisis.Aso is also expected to discuss plans for a major donors ...
//www.enn.com/climate/article/38611">UN climate chief seeks Barack Obama input in December talksSource: AFPThe UN climate chief has said he was "very encouraged" by Barack Obama's stance on global warming, and said he hoped the US president-elect would join in key talks in December before ...
Stock markets fell Friday in Asia and Europe after heavy overnight Wall Street losses, ahead of another vital vote by US lawmakers on a multi-billion-dollar rescue for the financial sector.The House of Representatives in Washington was set to vote on a revised ...
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