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The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner delivered to ANA lands at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, September 27, 2011. (Boeing)

ANA Cancels Boeing 787 Flights To San Jose Through Mid-February

All-Nippon Airways has canceled until Feb. 18 all flights to Tokyo from Mineta San Jose International Airport as it continues to ground its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft in the United States and Japan.

2013/01/28

NTSB Materials Engineer Matt Fox examines the casing from the battery involved in the Japan Airlines Boeing 787 fire in a plane that had already landed in Boston at NTSB headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. (NTSB)

NTSB Says Boeing 787 Battery Shows Signs Of Short-Circuiting

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery that caught fire earlier this month shows evidence of short-circuiting and a chemical reaction known as “thermal runaway,” in which an increase in temperature causes progressively hotter temperatures, federal accident investigators said Thursday.

2013/01/24

The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner delivered to ANA lands at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, September 27, 2011. (Boeing)

All-Nippon Flights From San Jose To Tokyo Cancelled Over 787 Grounding

All-Nippon Airways has cancelled flights to Tokyo via Mineta San Jose International Airport through early next week to comply with an FAA order grounding Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft in the United States, an airport spokeswoman said.

2013/01/22

California High-Speed Rail

UC Study Raises Questions About California High-Speed Rail

A new study casts doubt on whether the benefits of California high-speed rail will include the creation of 400,000 permanent jobs promised by boosters of the bullet trains.

2012/07/13

Yoenis Cespedes #52 of the Oakland Athletics celebrates after hitting a two run home run with teamates Kurt Suzuki #8 and Josh Reddick #16 in the seventh inning during a MLB game against the Seattle Mariners at Tokyo Dome on March 29, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. (Koji Watanabe/Getty Images)

Cespedes Leads HR Parade In A’s Win Over Seattle In Tokyo, 4-1

With his first major league home run, Yoenis Cespedes helped the Oakland Athletics gain a split of their season-opening series against the Seattle Mariners.

2012/03/29

Ichiro Suzuki

Suzuki, Mariners Edge A’s In 11 Innings In Tokyo Season Opener

Ichiro Suzuki had four hits in his return to Japan, Dustin Ackley homered and then singled in the go-ahead run in the 11th inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 Wednesday night in baseball’s season-opener.

2012/03/28

Tokyo Dome interior

A’s, Mariners To Open 2012 Season In Tokyo Dome

Ichiro Suzuki and possibly Hideki Matsui will begin the 2012 season playing before their countrymen.

2011/09/29

Quake Afterschocks Reach Yoko Ono, 'Hawaii Five-O' & 'Twilight' Cast

Quake Afterschocks Reach Yoko Ono, ‘Hawaii Five-O’ & ‘Twilight’ Cast

Japan’s catastrophic 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami has had a ripple effect on TV and film production in North America…

CBS San Francisco–2011/03/11

Mineta San Jose International Airport

Mayor Reed Drums Up Mineta San Jose Airport Business In Japan

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is going all out to try to attract more business for Mineta San Jose International. He leaves Wednesday on a 5,000 mile trip to Tokyo where he’ll only spend 36 hours.

KCBS–2011/02/02

Tesla roadster

Palo Alto-Based Tesla Upbeat On Japan Business, Opens Tokyo Showroom

Tesla, the U.S. maker of electric sportscars, opened its first Asian showroom Monday in a fashionable Tokyo neighborhood, hoping to woo rich buyers before eventually widening its appeal with cheaper models.

CBS San Francisco–2010/10/25

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