Nissan rolls out zero-emission electric car at new environmentally friendly headquartersYOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn made a quiet entrance Sunday at the Japanese automaker’s new headquarters building — driving the company’s zero-emission vehicle on stage for its inaugural public viewing. Lonely tobacco lawsuit bucks Big Tobacco in smoker-friendly JapanYOKOHAMA, Japan — One plaintiff is a cancer patient. Another is represented by his widow. The third, has emphysema and rolls into the courtroom on a wheelchair with tubes trailing out of his nose. The three Japanese are waging a minnow-vs.-whale battle against Big Tobacco in one of the world’s most smoker-friendly countries. But precedent suggests they’re likely to lose, and they hope their suit will at least draw attention to the dangers of smoking. Nissan to mass produce ‘affordable’ electric cars in 2012YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday its electric vehicles will be affordable, setting sights on the potentially lucrative market with a plan to mass produce zero-emission cars globally from 2012. Wang Hao and Zhang Yining win singles, giving China a sweep of golds at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Wang Hao defeated compatriot Wang Liqin in the men’s singles final Tuesday to give China an impressive sweep of the gold medals at the table tennis world championships. Wang wins men’s title, Zhang tops women as China sweeps golds at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Wang Hao of China defeated compatriot Wang Liqin in the men’s singles final Tuesday as China completed an impressive sweep of the gold medals at the table tennis world championships. Wang Hao and Zhang Yining give China a singles sweep of golds at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Wang Hao of China defeated compatriot Wang Liqin in straight sets Tuesday to win the men’s singles title at the table tennis world championships. China’s Wang wins gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Wang Hao of China defeated compatriot Wang Liqin in straight sets Tuesday to win the men’s singles title at the table tennis world championships. Chinese Olympic champion Zhang Yining wins women’s gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic champion Zhang Yining of China defeated defending champion and compatriot Guo Yue in six sets Tuesday to win the women’s singles title at the table tennis world championships. China’s Zhang wins women’s gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic champion Zhang Yining of China defeated defending champion and compatriot Guo Yue in six sets Tuesday to win women’s singles title at the table tennis world championships. Olympic champ Zhang reaches all-Chinese final at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic champion Zhang Yining of China advanced to the women’s singles final with a six-set win over compatriot Liu Shiwen at the table tennis world championships.on Monday Players at table tennis world championships screened for swine fluYOKOHAMA, Japan — Players at the table tennis world championships are being screened for influenza as a result of the swine flu scare. China claims first gold medal at table tennis worlds, win mixed doublesYOKOHAMA, Japan — Li Ping and Cao Zhen defeated compatriots Zhang Jike and Mu Zi in the mixed doubles final Sunday to give China its first gold medal at the table tennis world championships. China’s Zhang advances in table tennis worlds women’s singlesYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic gold medalist Zhang Yining of China defeated Hungary’s Krisztina Toth on Saturday at the table tennis world championships. Japan’s Fukuhara, Hirano advance in women’s doubles at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Ai Fukuhara and Sayaka Hirano of Japan advanced to the third round of women’s doubles with a six-set victory over Turkey’s Sirin He and Melek Hu at the table tennis world championships on Friday. Croatia’s Primorac rallies to beat Britain’s Drinkhall at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Croatia’s Zoran Primorac rallied from three sets down Thursday to defeat Britain’s Paul Drinkhall in seven sets at the table tennis world championships. Welshman Roberston advances at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Welshman Adam Robertson defeated Dino Suarez of Ecuador on Wednesday to qualify for the table tennis world championships. Table tennis federation proposes schedule changes for London 2012YOKOHAMA, Japan — The International Table Tennis Federation wants to alter the schedule for the 2012 London Olympics so that singles matches are played ahead of the team events. China out to maintain dominance at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — With Olympic singles champions Ma Lin and Zhang Yining headlining a powerful world championship team, China is expected to maintain its dominance in table tennis that it highlighting last August in Beijing. |
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