Man arrested for fatally stabbing sleeping roommate
A man has been arrested for fatally stabbing his roommate at their apartment here while the victim was asleep, police said. (Mainichi)
View ArticleYamanaka criticizes high patent medical technologies royalties
A Kyoto University professor says companies should not charge high patent royalties for new medical technologies to allow everyone to benefit from them. (NHKReloaded)
View ArticlePM Noda orders speeding up of decontamination
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has instructed Environment Minister Hiroyuku Nagahama to speed up the decontamination of the area affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. (NHKReloaded)
View ArticleBritish-Japanese duo win Nobel
Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and John B. Gurdon of Britain won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for their groundbreaking work on stem cells, the jury said. (thefrontierpost.com)
View ArticleWorld leaders meet on disaster management in Japan
Politicians and aid officials will gather in Japan's quake- and tsunami-hit northeast Tuesday to discuss what lessons can be learned from disasters. Pre-emptive measures to reduce damage -- and save...
View ArticleMan who fell in anti-Japan protest in China dies
A man seriously injured at the scene of an anti-Japan protest in southern China last month has reportedly died. This is the first confirmed death related to a recent spate of demonstrations against...
View ArticleDNA study reveals genetic traits for skin problem
Japanese scientists have identified the genetic characteristics of people likely to suffer from chronic skin problems. (NHKReloaded)
View ArticleThailand nabs suspect in '93 murder
A Thai murder suspect who escaped from Japan in 1993 was arrested Sunday while traveling by long-distance bus from Bangkok to his home in southern Thailand, police said Sunday. (Japan Times)
View ArticleJapan's recovery in the spotlight
From the defeated nation of World War II to an economic power: it was a great leap forward that Japan showed off to the world when it last hosted the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund...
View ArticleStudy: Eating dinner late leads to obesity
Eating late dinners can disrupt the biological clock that determines a person's daily circadian rhythm, leading to obesity and diabetes, according to a Waseda University research team. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleGangster snuck syringe into detention facility
A senior gang member smuggled a syringe into a detention facility despite undergoing a physical examination, police said. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleKitakyushu pub gutted by suspicious fire
A pub in a commercial building in the Kokura district in Kitakyushu was burned down in an apparent arson early Monday, just weeks after it removed a sticker advocating breaking ties with organized...
View ArticleChinese ships enter contiguous zone near Senkakus for 7th straight day
Chinese surveillance vessels entered the contiguous zone around the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sunday for the seventh consecutive day, the Japan Coast Guard said. (Mainichi)
View ArticleToymakers move into girls' apparel business
With the national decline in the number of children, two major toymakers have begun selling casual apparel to attract girls who have outgrown toys. (Yomiuri)
View ArticleChina banks pull out of IMF Tokyo meet amid island dispute
China's state-owned banks will not attend the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank to be held in Tokyo starting Tuesday, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, the latest sign that a territorial...
View ArticlePopular cell phone novels now available in English
Some of the top-selling books in Japan are cell phone novels. Now, eMobo is the first English-language app to offer this "keitai shosetsu" (cell phone novel) trend, to a much broader audience. (Japan...
View ArticleIMF cuts Japan growth forecast
The International Monetary Fund has cut its forecast for Japan's growth this year and 2013, saying a slowdown in disaster reconstruction spending will weigh on the world's third-largest economy. (ninemsn)
View ArticleJapan police arrest German anti-whaling activist
Japanese police have arrested a 25-year-old German activist on suspicion of damaging a statue of a whaler in the town of Taiji, western Japan, a spokesman said. (AFP)
View ArticleJapan, South Korea agree to end currency swap deal end-Oct
Japan and South Korea have agreed to let a bilateral currency swap arrangement expire as planned at the end of this month, Japan's finance ministry said on Tuesday. (Reuters)
View ArticleTEPCO says water level high enough to cool reactor-1
The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant says melted fuel at the bottom of the No.1 reactor is being kept cool. Tokyo Electric Power Company says its latest probe reveals the water level in the...
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