Новости по теме Japan

US-based scientist makes potent version of H1N1 flu A US-based Japanese scientist said he has succeeded in engineering a version of the so-called swine flu virus that would be able to evade the human immune system.

03 July 2014

Toshiba nearing deal on Bulgarian nuclear reactor deal Toshiba's US unit is nearing a deal estimated at almost $5 billion to build a nuclear reactor in Bulgaria, a report said Thursday, as Japanese firms eye atomic contracts overseas after the Fukushima crisis erased demand at home.

03 July 2014

China workers strike over Japanese boss' war denial Around 1,000 Chinese workers went on strike after their Japanese boss denied Tokyo had invaded China and said its 1930s actions were to "help" the country escape colonial rule, state-run media reported.

02 July 2014

'Backpackers found living in squalor' after Sydney fire At least 15 people, reportedly backpackers from Japan and South Korea "living in squalor" in minibuses, a shipping container and a caravan, had to be rescued from a raging Sydney fire.

02 July 2014

Historic shift as Japan expands scope of military Japan loosened the bonds on its powerful military, proclaiming the right to go into battle in defence of allies, in a highly controversial shift in the nation's pacifist stance.

01 July 2014

Japan tax hike boosts inflation, hurts spending in May Inflation hit a three-decade high and unemployment dipped further in Japan, data showed Friday, as the government's bid to jumpstart the economy takes hold, even as analysts warned it was too early for celebrations.

27 June 2014

Japan hangs killer in first execution this year Japan hanged a man on Thursday, the nation's first execution this year, and the ninth since the conservative government of Shinzo Abe came to power in December 2012.

26 June 2014

Jail sought for Indonesian skipper in Japanese diver deaths Indonesian prosecutors Tuesday sought a jail term of three years and six months for a boat skipper who lost track of seven Japanese women during a diving trip that left two of them dead.

25 June 2014

Taiwan Japan museum row solved A row between Tokyo and Taipei over the loan of a host of treasured artefacts to Japan has been solved, Taiwanese officials said, with the exhibition set to open on schedule.

24 June 2014

Honda recalls 2 mn vehicles worldwide for airbag defect Japan's Honda Motor recalled more than two million vehicles worldwide over an airbag defect that could pose a fire risk.

23 June 2014

Japan's clubland weathers dancing ban Famous for its neon lights and wild nightlife, Tokyo's status as one of the world's clubbing capitals looks set to survive a potentially ruinous police crackdown on -- of all things -- dancing.

21 June 2014

No charges for Japanese in Anne Frank diary vandalism case A 36-year-old Japanese man arrested for vandalising library copies of Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl" will not be charged after he was found to be mentally incompetent, a report said.

19 June 2014

Japan robot firm showcases thought-controlled suits A Japanese robot-maker on Wednesday showed off suits that the wearer can control just by thinking, as it said it was linking up with an industrial city promoting innovation.

18 June 2014

Japan wife 'beat husband to death' over 40-year-old fling A 79-year-old Japanese housewife who allegedly clubbed her husband to death in a row over an affair he had four decades ago has been arrested, police and press reports said.

18 June 2014

Japan bans child porn possession Japan on Wednesday finally fell into line with other developed countries and made the possession of child pornography illegal.

18 June 2014

Japan minister apologises for Fukushima money gaffe A Japanese cabinet minister apologised after appearing to suggest people in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima could be persuaded to put up with contaminated waste if the government threw cash at them.

18 June 2014

Japan kills 30 whales in first post-ICJ hunt Japan has slaughtered 30 minke whales off its northeast coast, in the first hunt since the UN's top court ordered Tokyo to stop killing the animals in the Antarctic, the government said.

17 June 2014

Mother, three children jump to death: Japan police Police in Japan are probing a possible family suicide after a mother and her three small children plunged to their deaths from an apartment complex, they said.

17 June 2014

Man, 85, arrested for stalking woman, 80, in Japan Police have arrested an 85-year-old man in western Japan for allegedly stalking an 80-year-old woman he reportedly met when she shared a hospital room with his now-dead wife, they said Monday.

16 June 2014

10 countries granted visa free entrance to Kazakhstan for one year Kazakhstan opens visa-free entry for ten countries starting July 15, 2014 to July 15, 2015.

14 June 2014

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