- Politics › Taiwan to hold cabinet-level meeting on relations with Japan
- Politics › Japan, ASEAN reaffirm plan for FTA to enter into force by end of year
- Sports › Brazell drives in 5 runs as Seibu routs Rakuten
- National › Daughter of arrested official quits teaching post
- Politics › Japan calls for bilateral talks with N Korea
- National › Japanese woman dies while diving in Philippines
- World › Nepal's 1st president takes oath
- Business › Gov't projecting Y8.4 tril in revenues from share sales
- Crime › Processing firm falsely labels Chinese blowfish, angler as domestic
- National › 6.8 quake hits northeastern Japan; 76 injured
- Entertainment › Misaki Ito introduces new au mobile handset
- Sports › Japan, US and Cuba chase baseball gold in likely Olympic farewell
- Quote of the Day › Under current Japanese law, the parent who is quickest to take the
- Top in Category › Asia-Pacific airlines report rise in passengers in 2008
- Pakistan warns of nuclear arms race
- Entertainment › British singer Leona Lewis appointed goodwill ambassador for UK-Japan
- N. Korea pressed on nuclear verification
- Travel › Lonely Planet, Expedia and Hostelworld.com launch booking service
- Powerful quake hits north Japan
- Rice presses N. Korea for verification
- Big tremor rattles northern Japan
- Bear pack kills 2 miners in Russia's east
- China: Last residents leave giant dam area
- Swimming: Thorpe doubts Phelps' Olympic goal
- Rugby: McCaw delays Tri-Nations comeback
- Mongolian MPs boycott parliament
- China to set up Olympic protest zones
- Crime › Suspect in stabbing of book shop clerk says he did it on impulse
- Nepal's first president sworn in
- China 'to allow Olympic protests'
- Nepal's first president sworn in
- Somali pirates 'seize Filipinos'
- Samsung chief makes legal appeal
- Sports › Hakuho 3 wins clear at Nagoya sumo
- Temple row 'to ease after polls'
- National › Japan-S Korea islet row spoils more cultural exchanges
- Business › High-quality egg prices to rise in August
- Technology › Microsoft to let independent developers sell Xbox 360 games online, keep
- NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan
- Beijing hotels slash rates ahead of Olympics
- Sports › Matsuzaka gets 11th win as Red Sox beat Mariners
- Sports › Olympic keeper Nishikawa warned over blog comments
- World › Chavez seeks alliance with Russia for protection from U.S.
- Technology › Nissan, Tennessee to cooperate on electric cars
- National › Crown prince returns home from Spain
- Rice to press North Korea on nukes
- Poll: Most Chinese happy with nation's direction
- Crime › Suspect in stabbing of book shop clerk says he did it on impulse
- Actor Tony Leung marries in Bhutan
- S. Korean kidnap victims freed in Mexico
- Kidnapped Koreans freed in Mexico
- Entertainment › Akiko Wada appears at 40th anniversary event for Carl Corn
- Crime › Man held after demanding Y20 mil in shopping mall bomb plot in Shizuoka
- Crime › Akita man arrested for making 30 nuisance calls a day for two months
- Crime › 15-year-old boy arrested for beating ex-classmate to death in Gunma
- Against the odds
- Business › Itochu to check for flaws in baby strollers
- Entertainment › Japanese translation of final Harry Potter novel goes on sale
- Top in Category › Beijing hotels slash rates as expected Olympic demand falters
- Picture of the Day › Odaiba
- Quote of the Day › My job is to provide an environment for children to grow healthy,
- Commentary › High-level skills abroad don't guarantee job in Japan
- Lifestyle › Brewers targeting women for beer sales
- Sports › Yano gets 3 RBIs as Hanshin beats Yomiuri
- Business › Average summer bonus at leading firms falls
- World › Obama says he'll work for Mideast peace
- World › 'Batman' star Bale arrested for attacking mother and sister
- Business › OSE, Jasdaq trading systems to integrate by fall next year
- Business › Toyota eyes cutting 2008 global car sales target by 350,000 units
- Sports › J-League season to coincide with European calendar
- National › S Korea halts all exchange programs with Tottori over Takeshima issue
- World › 30 Taliban, 2 policemen killed in Afghanistan
- World › McCain under pressure to pick running mate
- World › Dolly grows into hurricane as it nears Texas
- World › Fugitive Karadzic worked in Belgrade clinic
- Politics › Japan farm group chief raps Tokyo's concession on tariffs
- Politics › U.S. ready to cut farm aid to push WTO free trade deal
- Crime › Woman dies after being stabbed in Tokyo bookstore
- World › Malaysian police issue arrest warrant against Anwar
- Entertainment › Kinki Kids start summer nationwide tour
- Technology › Institute develops robot that can pose like fashion model
- Technology › Toshiba, Matsushita to make OLED screens for cell phones, mobile devices
- Business › Toshiba to sell shares of subsidiary to Nomura Real Estate
- Technology › KDDI reports 12.2% net profit drop for April-June
- Top Hong Kong showbiz couple wed
- 'Cloud dwellers'
- Philippine farmer eats rare eagle
- Indian government's future in jeopardy
- Against the Odds
- Ministers set for N Korea talks
- Tamil Tigers announce summit cease-fire
- Sports › Hakuho unstoppable on 10th day of Nagoya sumo
- NZ journalists take a swim as a photo opportunity goes wrong
- World › Suicide bomber injures 3 in Afghan capital
- Bid to reach trapped China miners
- Thai-Cambodia dispute moves to ASEAN
- Picture of the Day › Sony Aquarium
- National › Gov't designates environmentally friendly model cities
- UN help sought over temple row
- Inflation 'to hit Asian growth'
- India's government faces confidence vote
- Politics › Gov't designates environmentally friendly model cities
- Crime › Japanese captain in U.S. Army charged over equipment exports
- Politics › Japan pledges $21 mil aid to Myanmar
- National › Osaka apartment fire leaves 2 dead, 3 injured
- Business › Gov't calls for improvements to merit-based systems
- Shukan Post › Popular novel on Marxism draws young people to communist party
- Entertainment › Ebi-chan attends fashion show in Taiwan
- National › 12-year-old girl fights off bear in Hokkaido
- Crime › Y10 million stolen from supermarket in Fukuoka
- Crime › Jilted man arrested for stabbing ex-girlfriend, torching apartment
- Crime › Truck driver arrested over fatal accident on expressway
- Kuchikomi › Medical priority system handled badly at Akihabara rampage scene
- Have Your Say › How effective do you think the lay jury system will be when it starts
- Lifestyle › Peace Boat encourages grassroots interaction
- Top in Category › European hotel group offers prices in dollars
- Lifestyle › Peave Boat encourages grassroots interaction
- Politics › 150 Diet members going abroad on 'study tours' this summer
- Entertainment / Arts › 'Clone Wars' revives 'Star Wars' fun
- World › 2 die in China bus blasts
- Technology › Electronic display instantly identifies customer's sex, age range
- World › Top Bosnian war crimes suspect Karadzic arrested after 13 years on run
- Top in Category › Starwood to open new Sheraton Hotel in Okinawa
- Sports › Nakamura powers Seibu past Rakuten
- World › Israelis, Palestinians skeptical about Obama's foreign policy capabilities
- Politics › Some 150 Japanese Diet members going abroad this summer
- World › New York Times defends decision not to run McCain's op-ed article
- World › Bush touts human rights values in address to Olympians
- Crime › Police raid education board offices over teacher promotion scandal
- World › State Department tells embassies to give minimal aid to traveling US candidat
- National › Surfer rescued by coast guard off Miyagi
- National › 69-year-old hiker safe after spending night on mountain
- Sports › Frontale shoots down Reds
- Travel › ANA to add winglets to 767-300ER fleet
- Entertainment › Tokyo International Film Festival unveils eco-logo
- Technology › TakaraTomy to boost game software sales in U.S., Europe
- Technology › Toyota works on auto painting process to make manufacturing greener
- Entertainment › 'a-nation' outdoor live concert to be held from Aug 8
- Commentary › Iraq playing U.S. politics for best deal
- Business › FamilyMart to make private-brand beverage products
- Tamil Tigers announce cease-fire for summit
- Quote of the Day › More people are looking for cheaper, shorter, nearby trips.
- Vietnam ups petrol prices by 31%
- Burma aid effort 'requires $1bn'
- Olympic rowing
- Concerns over Olympic drug test
- Physician elected first president of Nepal
- National › M6.1 quake jolts Miyagi, Fukushima prefectures
- Bali bombers 'to die by September'
- China and Russia sign border deal
- Insurgent clashes kill at least 41 in Pakistan
- Court gags disgraced nuke scientist
- Indian PM faces crucial nuke deal vote
- 'Dr Death' returns to Australia
- Sports › Hakuho 2 wins clear after 9th day of Nagoya sumo
- Two dead in Chinese bus blasts
- U.S. surgeon faces manslaughter charges
- Bus blasts kill two in China
- Against the odds
- Sanofi in Australian vitamin deal
- Obama visits Afghanistan, then Iraq
- Crime › Defendants to be allowed to wear ties, 'fake' shoes under jury system
- Politics › S Korea reportedly plans to build hotel on disputed islets
- World › ASEAN ministers to work on efforts to tackle soaring food prices
- Fatalities in Chinese bus blasts
- World champion walker out of Olympics
- Plane crash reported near Guam
- Bus blasts kill two in China
- Nepal's assembly votes to elect president
- Entertainment › Singer Misia to tour Asia
- ASEAN strongly rebukes Myanmar
- Golf: Norman stoic after Open defeat
- Against the odds
- Obama discusses terrorism with Afghan leader
- Book Reviews › NOBU Miami: The Party Cookbook
- Top in Category › Ornithologists flock to Tokyo bird sanctuary
- Travel › Hong Kong to set up Olympic Piazza
- Pope 'meets clergy abuse victims'
- Business › Yoshinoya to take control of steak house Don
- Executive Impact › Vocational schools on the move
- World › Basque separatists bomb Spanish tourist resorts
- World › 'Dark Knight' shatters box-office record in U.S.
- Lifestyle › 'Sanuki' noodle makers rely on Australia for their survival
- New Products › Real e-paper coming soon
- World › Middle East deal doable, says British PM
- Politics › South Korean PM accuses Japan of jeopardizing peace over isles
- Sports › Lotte bats pound Seibu in 20-hit rout
- World › Obama meets Karzai, promises steadfast Afghan aid
- National › Japan to give nationality to illegitimate children: Nikkei
- World › Drought threatens drinking water for a million Australians
- World › NATO strikes kill nine Afghan police
- World › Thousands rally worldwide for Colombian hostages' freedom
- National › Crown prince visits Zaragoza to attend water exposition
- Sports › Kashima sinks sorry Yokohama
- World › Myanmar foreign minister says Suu Kyi could be freed in 6 months
- Politics › Japan, U.S. aim for WTO trade deal
- Crime › Prosecutors to build tax evasion case against gov't-linked group exec
- Entertainment / Arts › Museum of Contemporary Art hosts 'Parallel Worlds' exhibit
- Picture of the Day › Star Wars convention
- National › Mainichi promises new start following criticism of online English column
- Entertainment › Singer Misia to tour Asia
- Burma to dominate Asean summit
- Technology › Toshiba's bulb-shaped fluorescent lamps shipments top 100 million
- Grenade attack on crowd kills 2 in Kashmir
- Climbers 'safe' on 23,000-foot Himalayan peak
- Taiwan storm death toll increases
- Sports › Hakuho Express rolls on at Nagoya sumo
- World › NATO forces kills 4 Afghan civilians
- World › Pope holds Mass for 350,000; urges young people to spurn 'spiritual desert' o
- World › Iraq Prime minister not backing Obama timetable on combat troop pullout
- Sports › China downs Japan in World League
- Cambodia reports Thai incursions to U.N.
- Pope: 'Spiritual desert' growing across world
- Mistake leaves 9 dead in Afghan airstrike
- Taiwan storm's death toll hits 19
- Crime › Mother, son violate restraining order in Osaka
- Sports › Ichiro goes deep but Seattle falls to Cleveland
- National › Mainichi vows promises start following criticism of online English column
- National › House, annex where 4 family members killed burns down
- Taiwanese missing off Madagascar
- Beijing cuts cars by half as Olympics near
- Car restrictions begin in Beijing
- Cambodia general: Thai rift looks hopeless
- Pope warns of 'spiritual desert'
- Rugby U: Australia overcome SA
- Golf: Norman leads at Birkdale
- Smile, Biejing!
- Have Your Say › What do you do in your day-to-day life to conserve energy and protect
- Picture of the Day › Park
- Business › Prices of domestic eels jump 10% as consumers shun imports from China
- Sports › Toritani, Takahashi lift Hanshin over Chunichi
- Quote of the Day › We thought the character for 'jail' would turn people off, but tha
- World › Obama visits troops, officials in Afghanistan
- World › Bush assures Americans that U.S. economy will 'pull through'
- World › Grand formal celebration held in South Africa for Mandela's 90th birthday
- World › Britain's Brown visits Israel, West Bank
- World › Thousands demonstrate in Turkey against nationalist crackdown
- Crime › 15-year girl held for stabbing father to death
- Politics › Japan wants 8% of farm products exempt from big tariff cuts
- Entertainment › Miyazaki releases first film in four years
- Crime › Recycler found guilty of collecting used papers
- Crime › Japan to clarify possible cases of lawsuits against foreign gov'ts
- National › Rally held in Yokosuka to protest nuke carrier deployment
- National › Crown Prince Naruhito visits Castilla-La Mancha
- Politics › Japan wants 8% of farm products exempt from big tariff cuts
- Politics › Fukuda to meet Hu, Wen in Beijing
- World › Fiji coup leader cancels 2009 election
- World › 2 French aid workers abducted in Afghanistan
- World › At least 15 killed in Nepal bus accident
- Technology › 1st Japan-made communications satellite to be launched in August