Toru

It tells of an ordinary man called Toru Okada, whose life takes an unexpected and often bizarre turn when his cat goes missing.

This week's new theatre 2011

Lee Westwood, world No1 and top seed, will meet his former Ryder Cup team-mate Henrik Stenson in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play in Arizona on Wednesday after the withdrawal of Toru Taniguchi, of Japan, with a neck injury.

Lee Westwood gets a new first-round opponent in Henrik Stenson 2011

Toru Yamanaka/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images January 1995: A collapsed building blocked the main street of central Kobe after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake rocked western Japan, killing at least 5,502 people.

Disastrous Japan Earthquakes 2011

Toru Hanai/Reuters Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan, center, reacted as the earthquake rattled Tokyo's upper house of Parliament during a committee meeting.

Strong Earthquake Strikes Japan 2011

Toru Noda , who was appointed president and CEO of Wal-Mart Japan Holdings in January 2010, has "left the company for personal reasons," the Japanese unit said Monday.

Wal-Mart Japan CEO Resigns Mariko Sanchanta 2011

Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images LONELY LUNCH: People ate lunch in their partitioned units at an evacuation center for people affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Thursday.

Photos of the Day: April 21 2011

Alongside Debussy's prelude La Cathédrale Engloutie, a Beethoven sonata Op 90 and a Chopin sequence, she will play three pieces by Toru Takemitsu, together with music by Rintaro Taki and Yoshihiro Kanno.

This week's new music 2011

Toru Hanai/Reuters Before they arrived in Japan, Ueno Zoo had been collected suggestions for Japanese names for the pandas, whose Chinese names are Bi Li and Xian Nu.

Pandas Debut at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo 2011

"While the figures for the just-ended fiscal year were in line with expectations, the environment will be harsher for the current business year," said Toru Kitani, an analyst at SMBC Friend Research Center, citing production cuts by Japanese auto makers due to the earthquake.

JFE Posts Loss as Quake Hits Steelmakers Hiroyuki Kachi 2011

Last summer, a senior METI energy official, Toru Ishida, became a senior adviser at Tepco.

Nuclear Regulator Tied to Industry Yuka Hayashi 2011