Japan gives world-beating fidget spinner a whirl
JAPAN: One company in perfectionism-obsessed Japan is claiming it has developed a fidget spinner that… Read More
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Eureka! Japan invents Ice cream that does not melt
A lot of people really hate it when ice cream melts over their hands, while… Read More
8 years ago
Japan marks 72 years since Hiroshima atomic bomb
TOKYO: Japan on Sunday marked 72 years since the world´s first nuclear attack on Hiroshima,… Read More
8 years ago
Dollar edges off lows against euro, central banks eyed
NEW YORK: The U.S. dollar rose against the euro on Wednesday a day after touching… Read More
8 years ago
Trump talks North Korea threat in calls with China, Japan leaders
BRIDGEWATER, N.J.: The threat posed by North Korea was a key topic in phone calls between… Read More
8 years ago
Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030
TOKYO: Japan has revealed ambitious plans to put an astronaut on the Moon around 2030… Read More
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Sony to start spinning vinyl after 30-year hiatus
TOKYO: Three decades after it abandoned vinyl production, Sony says it will start making records… Read More
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Bodies of US sailors found in flooded destroyer after Japan crash
YOKOSUKA, JAPANA: The bodies of US sailors missing after their destroyer collided with a container… Read More
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Seven sailors missing, after U.S. Navy ship collides with container ship off Japan
WASHINGTON: Seven sailors are missing and three injured after a U.S. Navy destroyer collided early… Read More
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Japan appreciates sacrifices rendered by Pakistan in war on terror
RAWALPINDI: Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan Takashi Kurai called on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar… Read More
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First Japanese to report Hiroshima atomic bomb dies at 86
TOKYO: Yoshie Oka, the first person to raise the alarm outside Hiroshima that the Japanese… Read More
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North Korea fires ballistic missile into waters off east coast
SEOUL: North Korea fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast on Sunday,… Read More
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US, Japan request emergency UN Security Council session on N Korea: diplomats
WASHINGTON: The United States and Japan on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the… Read More
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Japan university to set up ninja studies centre
TOKYO: A Japanese university is planning what it says will be the world's first research… Read More
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Japan to provide $24M for Burhan-Islamabad transmission line
ISLAMABAD: The government of Japan will grant a loan amounting to 2.665 billion Yen (equivalent to… Read More
8 years ago
Japan’s ‘peace constitution’ under pressure at 70
TOKYO: Japan's American-written "peace constitution" has survived unchanged for 70 years, but nationalists seeking an… Read More
8 years ago
Xi urges ‘restraint’ over N. Korea as US carrier approaches
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping urged "restraint" over North Korea in a phone call with… Read More
8 years ago
US supercarrier to arrive in Sea of Japan in days
SYDNEY: US supercarrier Carl Vinson will arrive in the Sea of Japan in days, Vice… Read More
8 years ago
Death by overwork: Japan’s 100-hour overtime cap sparks anger
TOKYO: Workaholic Japan has unveiled its first-ever plan to limit overtime, but critics want to… Read More
8 years ago
France, Japan aim to land probe on Mars moon
PARIS: France and Japan want to recover pieces of a Martian Moon and bring them… Read More
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