Japan concerned at geographical names becoming Chinese trademarks

" TOKYO — Japan has decided to step up its efforts to protect Japanese place names, such as Kyoto and Hiroshima, from being registered as trademarks in China, government officials said Wednesday. As the Chinese and Japanese languages share many kanji characters, an...

Mobile phones do not raise the risk of brain tumors

"Mobile phone use does not raise the risk of brain tumours, a Japanese study suggests.  The research is the first to look at the effects of hand set radiation levels on different parts of the brain.  Tokyo...

Selfless cop's story made into children's book

"The story of a police officer hit and killed by a train last year in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, while trying to rescue a woman on the train tracks has been turned into an illustrated book. The commemorative publication will be offered at a memorial service in Tokyo on Saturday to...

KDDI selects ATCi`s Simulsat C/Ku Multibeam for Japanese teleport

"KDDI, the only Japanese information and communication company providing communications service from fixed to mobile, integrated the Simulsat C/Ku into its Yamaguchi, Japan teleport.Simulsat C/Ku is the most technologically advanced antenna in the Simulsat family designed for...

Mayor of Nagasaki Murdered by Organized Crime Boss

In more terrible news, Japanese police are reporting that Itcho Ito, the Mayor of Nagasaki, has been shot and killed by a member of a criminal syndicate outside his office. Bizarrely, the murderer was apparently...

Tick, Tick, Tick - H5N1 Virus Hits The Land Of The Rising Sun :: MAXINE

"It looks as though that Chicken Teriyaki may be a little more difficult to come by in a couple of "Prefectures" (counties) in southwestern Japan. Japan has been fairly safe from large scale bird flu infections...

South Face of Lhotse in Winter

"South Face of Lhotse in Winter By Dougald MacDonald A six-member team of Japanese climbers, assisted by a Korean expedition and Sherpa climbers, completed the steep South Face of Lhotse in Nepal but could not reach...

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