Japanese professors detect high radiation on island in Taiwan
TAIPEI — Two Japanese scholars say they have detected high levels of radiation on Orchid Island, a temporary underground storage site of low-level radioactive nuclear waste off Taiwan's ...
View ArticleFukushima to ax nuclear fuel tax
FUKUSHIMA — The Fukushima Prefectural Government will abolish a nuclear fuel tax imposed on two power plants operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co., with an eye to having both ...
View ArticleSonys John Smedley on the Future of Gaming
, president of Sony Online Entertainment, discusses the current landscape of online gaming and addresses the free-to-play future of the industry in this exclusive ...
View ArticleMeiji Japanese Confectioner Debuts Chocolate Bar With Cheese
has created a peculiar new product: cheesy chocolate , made by blending cheese with the company's premium white chocolate. While cheese and chocolate can likely be agreed upon as two of the most ...
View ArticleJapanese Food Giant Wades Into UB Auction
One of Japan's biggest food companies has made a late entrance into the auction of United Biscuits' snacks arm, augmenting an array of international interest in some of Britain's ...
View ArticleSony promises free 4K theatrical films for 4K TV buyers
XBR-84X900 84" 4K Ultra HD TV set . The company noted in a corporate blog post on Monday that all buyers of Sony's massive, high-resolution TV will get a free "4K Ultra HD delivery ...
View ArticleResearch and Markets Japan Insurance Report Q1 2013
"Japan Insurance Report Q1 2013" report to their offering. The Japan Insurance Report considers the prospects for both life and non-life (property & casualty and health) ...
View ArticleJapanese gymnastics mentor here for clinic
Two-time olympian Yukio Iketani of Japan, who won a silver and three bronze medals during the 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona editions of the Olympics, is in town for a two-day training camp for 50 ...
View ArticleChina South Korea And Japan Launch 3-Way FTA Talks
PHNOM PENH, Camdodia (AFP) – China, South Korea Japan, and South Korea will set aside bitter maritime territorial rows and launch talks on Tuesday for a free-trade agreement (FTA), diplomats ...
View ArticleJapan to improve economic ties with India Noda
Published Date: December 29, 2011 NEW DELHI: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda called for greater economic relations between two of Asia's largest economies on Wednesday, after ...
View ArticlePossible kingmaker calls for nuclear-armed Japan
AFP © <p>Firebrand former Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, a potential kingmaker in next month's general election, said Tuesday Japan must acquire nuclear weapons if it wants to be ...
View ArticleJapan should study prospects of possessing nuclear arms Ishihara
Shintaro Ishihara, Tokyo ex-governor and the leader of a newly formed opposition party, says Japan should study the procedures and impacts of possessing nuclear arms in case the country decides to ...
View ArticleEDITORIAL Parties should detail plans to reduce nuclear power generation
One of the most important policy issues that should be debated extensively during the campaign for the Dec. 16 Lower House election is whether to abolish nuclear power generation in this country or ...
View ArticleVOX POPULI Hashimoto Ishihara offer up a strange brew
People starting out afresh often do so with a change of hairstyle. Toru Hashimoto of the Japan Restoration Party recently began portraying himself in an orthodox "conservative" manner by ...
View ArticleNearly 20 Japanese companies eye major India development project
The industry ministry on Nov. 19 unveiled 19 projects related to India's Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), and nearly 20 Japanese companies lined up for a piece of the ...
View ArticleAbes call for easy money lifts stock pushes down yen
Opposition leader Shinzo Abe's repeated calls for easy monetary policy and aggressive moves against deflation have driven up stock prices and hammered down the yen's ...
View ArticleThe end of an undersea cable from a vessel reaches the coast of Minami-Boso...
Work began on the coast of Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 19 to run a fiber-optic cable on the seabed to Singapore that will expand the communication capability between Japan and Southeast Asia by about 50 ...
View ArticleJapan Japans trade deficit much worse-than-expected exports fall 6.5
FXstreet.com (San Francisco) - According to the Ministry of Finance, Japan's Merchandise Trade Balance Total came in worse-than-expected at -549B (-Y360 bn cons), while the Adjusted ...
View ArticleForex USDJPY on track to 82.50 target downbeat Japan trade balance weighs
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - USD/JPY is firming up in the early going of the Asian session after the Japanese trade account fell almost twice as much as expected, with the indicator for October ...
View ArticleSonys Xperia TL Bond Phone not ready for double-O work
, handled by no lesser a man's man than Daniel Craig himself. The phone actually appears for only a handful of seconds, while Bond toys with it alone at a bar (presumably, like every loner out ...
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