Favorite Rousseff expecting run-off as Brazil votes
Brazilians voted Sunday, with President Dilma Rousseff likely to win the first round but expecting a run-off as voters weighed her party's social gains against rival promises to revive the economy.
View ArticleJapan's largest electronics expo opens five-day run in Chiba
Some of the latest smart glasses technology, super high-definition TVs and other devices are being showcased at the nation’s largest electronics and information technology show, which opened at the...
View Article6 to run for Fukushima governorship
Six fresh candidates are expected to run in the Fukushima gubernatorial election.It will be the first since the 2011 earthquake and accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.The six have made...
View ArticleHonda MotoGP : Tricky Q2 run for Pedrosa and Marquez Japan 2014
The Motul Grand Prix of Japan saw Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez challenging for pole position, despite mistakes.Pedrosa was provisionally on pole during the second stage of Q2, able to...
View ArticleMLB: Ishikawa 3-run homer sends Giants to World Series
San Francisco's Travis Ishikawa hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning, sending the Giants to the World Series with a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.
View ArticleHonda Moto3 : Antonelli ahead of the rest in afternoon run
Wrapping up Friday’s Moto3™ Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix action, Niccolo Antonelli was in front of the rest in FP2, with Jakub Kornfeil and Alex Marquez also in the top three.
View ArticleHokkaido steam locomotive gives railway fans final photo opp on last run
The steam locomotive Niseko belched out clouds of steam amid light snow flurries on Nov. 3 as it embarked on its final run past picturesque Mount Yoteisan.
View ArticleLucky riders whoosh along at 500 kph on maglev test run for the public
One hundred railway fans turned out Nov. 13 for the first round of test rides for the public on Central Japan Railway Co.’s maglev Shinkansen.
View ArticleOsaka Mayor Hashimoto not to run in lower house election
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto who is a co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, the second strongest opposition group in the lower house, said Sunday he will not run in the upcoming House of...
View ArticleRugby: Japan's unbeaten run comes to end at hands of Georgia
Japan's hopes of finishing the calendar year unbeaten in test matches were dashed at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium on Sunday as they went down 35-24 to Georgia.
View ArticleLDP vows to follow through on "Abenomics" in run-up to election
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party pledged Tuesday to follow through on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempts to pull Japan out of deflation and revitalize the economy as it gears up for the Dec. 14...
View ArticleDiplomat aiming to promote strong image of Tokyo in Olympic run-up
Akio Miyajima, a career diplomat handpicked by Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe to head the capital's foreign affairs activities in the run-up to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has said he aims to...
View ArticleOver 1,150 candidates to run in lower house election
More than 1,150 people are expected to file candidacy papers for the Dec. 14 House of Representatives election in which 475 seats will be up for grabs, with 12 days of official campaigning set to start...
View ArticleScotland's Salmond to run for UK Parliament seat
Weeks after his party lost an independence referendum and he quit as the Scottish leader, Alex Salmond has his eye on a seat in the British Parliament and a return to major political influence.
View Article1st Hokkaido Shinkansen crosses strait, arrives in Aomori on trial run
A cheering crowd of local residents and railway buffs greeted the first Shinkansen from Hokkaido as it came gliding out of the early morning mist into Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station here on Dec. 7.
View ArticleHalsall Racing To Run 2015 Suzuki BSB Team
Suzuki GB has announced its partnership with Halsall Racing for the 2015 MCE British Superbike season. Having agreed terms just last week, Suzuki has confirmed that it will entrust the company’s BSB...
View ArticleOkinawa lodges protest over hit-and-run
Officials in Okinawa have visited a US Marine headquarters in the prefecture to lodge a complaint against an officer's involvement in a hit-and-run accident last week.
View ArticleEx-secretary general Hosono to run in Jan. 18 DPJ leadership election
Goshi, Hosono, a former secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, said Wednesday he will run in the largest opposition party's leadership race on Jan. 18 to pick the successor to outgoing DPJ...
View ArticleJapan XPRIZE hopefuls take lunar rover on 'moon run' in Hamamatsu dunes
A team of entrepreneurs and engineers held a trial run here on Dec. 18 of an experimental rover it developed for a high-profile Google Inc. contest to create a moon probe.
View ArticleCES 2015 : Panasonic's new 4K TVs will run Firefox OS under the hood
When it comes to TVs, viewers want to get to their favorite content, channels, devices, or applications as quickly as they can with as little hassle as possible. This year's Panasonic's Life+ Screen...
View ArticleHuge luxury suite on ship will run $5,000 a person per night
A new luxury cruise ship debuting in 2016 will have one of the largest and most expensive suites ever offered at sea.Regent Seven Seas will charge $5,000 a night, per person, for a luxury suite the...
View ArticleJR East to run bus service through Fukushima no-entry zone
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will start a bus service on Jan. 31 that runs through an area with high radiation levels near the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, officials said Jan. 22.
View ArticleNissan already planning for EV sales once incentives run out
The way Nissan looks at it, no good deed goes unpunished. The Japanese automaker will likely be the first to see federal incentives for its electric vehicles disappear. And the company may already be...
View ArticleNEC launches solution to improve availability of SAP HANA(R) run on AWS
NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today the global release of a solution employing NEC's EXPRESSCLUSTER clustering software to improve availability of the in-memory database software, SAP...
View ArticleMitsubishui : Marc Returns Home To Family-Run Business
AUTOSALES Mitsubishi in Bilston has taken on a new Fleet Sales Manager with a familiar face, following an increase in interest from the business sector.
View ArticleTokyo Marathon ends up a smooth run
Under the heaviest security in its history, the ninth edition of the Tokyo Marathon went off without a hitch on Sunday. Even the rain stayed away.
View ArticleMichael Caruso to run traditional Nissan racing number in 2015 V8 Supercars...
Michael Caruso will carry Nissan’s most famous racing number this year as his Nissan Altima adopts the number 23 for the 2015 V8 Supercars Championship.Caruso will race the #23 NISMO Nissan Altima,...
View ArticleEnglish-speaking taxi services go on test run in Osaka
English-speaking taxi services began test operations in Osaka Prefecture on March 4 in the hope of attracting foreign visitors to use cabs for touring the area.Taxi drivers with an English proficiency...
View ArticleFamily-Run Business Joins The Mitsubishi Team
A long-standing family-run business in North Yorkshire has expanded to take on the Mitsubishi franchise.Batchelors of Ripon was founded more than 25 years ago and this new partnership sees it join one...
View ArticleTexas Republican Cruz announces presidential run
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, one of the Republican Party's most conservative members, launched his presidential campaign Monday in a crammed auditorium at America's biggest Christian university, becoming the...
View ArticleNissan will run pilot car-sharing program with two-seat concept EVs
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. will conduct a local trial run of the Ultra-Compact Mobility Certification System, a car-sharing network for residents of the Sakonyama Danchi District in Yokohama City's Asahi...
View ArticleAlways Evolving NISMO GT Academy Nissan GT-Rs start strong but run into tough...
A Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) race weekend that started with surprisingly strong pace and impressive qualifying times for the Always Evolving NISMO GT Academy GT-R team ended with one car damaged and...
View ArticleBraves batter Marlins with 7-run 1st
At least it didn’t rain.Instead, the problem Tuesday night for the Miami Marlins was a deluge against Mat Latos. The Atlanta Braves scored seven runs off Latos in the first inning and beat Miami for...
View ArticleVintage steam locomotive chugs out of retirement on Tottori line for trial run
A nearly 80-year-old train thrilled a crowd of rail buffs by chugging along a local line here on April 11, the first time in 45 years that any steam locomotive has traversed the route.
View ArticleBaseball: Fujikawa gives up 2-run homer in 3rd rehab assignment
Texas Rangers' hurler Kyuji Fujikawa gave up a two-run home run in one inning of relief in a rehab assignment with Triple-A Round Rock Express on Monday.Fujikawa, who is on the disabled list with a...
View ArticleBaseball: Suzuki breaks Oh's Japan record run total
Ichiro Suzuki broke Japanese career leader Sadaharu Oh's all-time runs mark during the Miami Marlins' 8-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Saturday.Suzuki singled to right with two outs in the...
View ArticleDesalle & Suzuki Continue MXGP Podium Run
Clement Desalle maintained his 100% podium appearance record with third place overall at a crowded Eurocircuit in Valkenswaard today for the Grand Prix of Europe. Some 32,600 spectators filtered...
View ArticleTerunofuji positioned for run at ozeki
Sekiwake Terunofuji will launch his bid for promotion to ozeki from the same position that he gave yokozuna Hakuho a run for his money at the previous tournament and established himself as new force in...
View ArticleHonda Canada Hits a Home Run with Fans at the Toronto Blue Jays Honda Home...
Honda Canada knocked it out of the park at the sold-out Toronto Blue Jays™ Honda Home Opener last night, awarding three baseball fans with incredible prizes. As a proud supporter of the Toronto Blue...
View ArticleMLB: Murphy's 3-run homer in 9th lifts Mets over Marlins 3-1
Daniel Murphy hit a three-run homer with one out in the ninth inning as the New York Mets ended the Miami Marlins' five-game winning streak with a 3-1 comeback victory Monday.
View ArticleShowpiece Mitsubishi Shogun Takes To Road For Charity Run
A Mitsubishi dealership in Galashiels took to the road in its prized 1990 Shogun to help raise money for a cancer charity.Adam Purves Mitsubishi signed up for Drive It Day, organised by the Borders...
View ArticleRobotic taxi venture hopes to run driverless cabs by 2020 Olympics
Driverless taxicabs will be shuttling sports fans across Tokyo to venues for the 2020 Summer Olympics, according to the vision of start-up company Robot Taxi.“We hope to run many unmanned taxis during...
View ArticleNishikori continues hot French run
Kei Nishikori reached another milestone on Sunday, becoming the first Japanese man in more than 80 years to advance to the quarterfinals at the French Open.The fifth-seeded Nishikori, who has yet to...
View ArticleSoccer: Urawa close in on J-League title with record unbeaten run
Urawa Reds can wrap up the J-League first-stage title race this weekend after stretching their unbeaten run to a record 14 games in a come-from-behind 3-3 draw away to Kashiwa Reysol on Wednesday.
View ArticleFormer Brazil star Zico wants to run for FIFA president
Former Brazil star Zico wants to run for the presidency of FIFA, even though he believes the odds are stacked against him being elected.The 62-year-old former playmaker said Wednesday that "there's a...
View ArticleTazawa bears brunt of Jays’ 9-run outburst in 7th
The highest scoring team in baseball put up its highest scoring inning of the season.The Toronto Blue Jays scored nine runs in the seventh — all before making an out — and beat the Boston Red Sox 13-10...
View ArticleVideo : Watch a Nissan GT-R run Le Mans in 360-degree video
What you see here is a Nissan GT-R running a full lap around the Circuit de la Sarthe, better known as the location for the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans. And since this year's race takes place this...
View ArticleHonda CR-Z will run Pikes Peak with full-EV power
Honda is running a CR-Z at Pikes Peak this year. But as you might have guessed, this is no ordinary CR-Z. This particular racing prototype packs an experimental powertrain.
View ArticleReysol end winless run, top Gamba
Kashiwa Reysol have more than held their own in the AFC Champions League, where they have reached the quarterfinals. Domestically, however, it has been a different story.Reysol, languishing near the...
View ArticleBaseball: Fukui goes 8, drives in winning run as Carp beat Giants
Yuya Fukui, who turned down the Yomiuri Giants when they drafted him out of high school, spurned the Central League champs again on Thursday, going eight impressive innings for the Hiroshima Carp in a...
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