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Singer Shion was arrested Thursday on suspicion of using the synthetic narcotic ketamine, police said. Shion, 26, a South Korean national, allegedly used the drug and possessed a small amount at her home in Yokohama earlier this week, according to...

The rumour of the DSi having a bigger screen was recently validated by Nintendo. The 4.2 inch DSi LL, the new version, has been priced at about US$221(J$19,890). Besides the obvious increase in height and width, the 21.2mm hand-held is...

Police sent papers to prosecutors Thursday on an unspecified individual at Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier, suspecting the person failed to put a bolt on a passenger plane and caused it to make a belly-landing at Kochi airport in western Japan...

GlaxoSmithKline believes it can outgrow its rivals in emerging markets, the new battleground for the world's top drugmakers as sales stall in Western markets. Abbas Hussain, the company's head of emerging markets, said on Thursday his three-pronged strategy included scaling...

Also, there's an early review of Doctor Who 's "End Of Time," and pics from Day Of The Triffids ...The End Of Time Part 1," and says Bernard Cribbins and the Doctor travel to "the vast wastelands of London" as...

Randy Messenger will be back with his former Seattle Mariners battery mate Kenji Jojima as the Hanshin Tigers on Thursday announced the acquisition of the right-handed reliever. Messenger has signed a one-year, $600,000 deal with the Japanese club after spending...

Asahi Broadcasting Corp said Thursday it has acquired an equity stake of 2.31% in Asahi Shimbun Co to reinforce its business tie-up with the major newspaper publisher.     The Osaka-based broadcaster has purchased 74,000 Asahi Shimbun shares for 3.5...

Panasonic Corporation, which has investments totalling some RM10bil in Malaysia, is set to expand further in the country. Associate director Masaru Maruo said this included producing liquid crystal display (LCD) cameras at its plant in Shah Alam, that also manufactures...