28-year old Ryan Shay died running in the U.S. men’s Olympics marathon trials.
Shay is/was a professional distance runner.
Still the medium long distance specialist collapsed 5 1/2 miles into the 26.2 mile qualifier for the Beijing …

Beijing is hunkering down in preparation for the 2.5 million some tourists it expects to descend on the city next year for the Olympic games.
The country's largest inbound tourism service, China International Travel Service (CITS) …

A 20-member delegation from Japan is heading to India to teach New Delhi some of the lessons Tokyo learned in China.
Toyota Motor Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., and Canon Inc.among others as well as officials …

Japan can't/won't doesn't want to help out in the refueling of US ships in the anti-terror mission in Afghanistan.
Japan will Withdraw from Refueling US Ships in Indian Ocean
Tokyo will however spend more money on …