NATIONAL OCT. 27, 2014 – 07:06AM JST ( 26 ) Japan could be nearly destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption over the next century, putting almost all of the country’s 127 million-strong population at risk, according to a new studyAFP TOKYO — Japan could be nearly destroyed by a […]
Brain activity can be used to tell whether someone recognizes details they encountered in normal, daily life, which may have implications for criminal investigations and use in courtrooms, new research shows. The findings, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggest that a […]
NATIONAL SEP. 11, 2014 – 06:50AM JST ( 25 ) A Japanese F-15 jet approaches a Chinese plane (out of frame) in a spot where the two countries’ air defense zones overlap, in June.AFP TOKYO — More than half of Chinese people think their country could go to […]
→National Aug. 07, 2014 – 06:30AM JST ( 25 ) TOKYO — Chinese coast guard ships sailed into waters off Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea on Wednesday, officials said, after Tokyo’s annual defense paper warned over China’s “dangerous acts” near the disputed archipelago. The report, published […]
SAN DIEGO (CN) – A retired Navy lieutenant commander pleaded guilty to federal charges of overcharging the Navy for port services for U.S. ships and using some of the money “to treat Navy officials to lavish dinners, cocktails and entertainment,” federal prosecutors said. Edmond A. Aruffo, 45, who […]
by Reiji Yoshida and Mizuho Aoki Jun 12, 2014 Tokyo and Beijing traded blame Thursday over the second close and potentially dangerous encounter in just over two weeks between Chinese SU-27 fighter jets and Japanese reconnaissance planes over the East China Sea. The close encounter took […]
‘By Zhang Yunbi (China Daily) 07:26, April 25, 2014 The PLA is fully capable of safeguarding China’s Diaoyu Islands, says spokesman US President Barack Obama’s promise of military cover for Japan’s claim on the Diaoyu Islands faces the potential of backfiring, observers said.
PUBLISHED : Monday, 21 April, 2014, 5:12pm Agence France-Presse in Tokyo A Mitsui O.S.K. Lines container ship. Tokyo warned on Monday that the seizure of a Japanese ship in Shanghai over pre-war debts threatened ties with China and could undermine the very basis of their diplomatic relationship. Authorities […]
” the 2005 Anti-Secession Law permits the use of military force against Taiwan, should it declare independence through a referendum or some other official mechanism.” PUBLISHED : Sunday, 06 April, 2014, 6:01am Whenever Russia and Western powers face off, China stands to gain geopolitical leverage. This […]
EEV: Please review bottom links also… Getting mixed reports on the severity, from serious to of no concern. Photo: EPA Radioactive water from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown is expected to reach the West Coast by next month, according to one recently publicized scientific model, which will be […]
A high school student prays at the grave of a Japanese resident of Etorofu, off Hokkaido, during a rare visit to the Russian-held island in 2007. |AFP-JIJI Mar 15, 2014 Scenes of apparent Russian troops in southern Ukraine are stirring up grim memories half a world away among […]
– decade ago, around one in 10 candidates said they wanted to be a soldier for love of country. These days it’s closer to one in three TOKYO — By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo Mar. 16, 2014 – 06:25AM JST Being a soldier in Japan after World […]
AFP-JIJI Print: Mar 10, 2014 The Air Self-Defense Force scrambled jets Sunday after three Chinese planes approached Japanese airspace, defense officials said. The ASDF response was prompted by a Chinese Y-8 surveillance plane and two H-6 bombers that were flying in international airspace over the East China Sea […]
Membership of Japan’s yakuza crime gangs falls to all-time low Agence France-Presse in Tokyo theguardian.com, Thursday 6 March 2014 07.25 EST Members of the largest yakuza group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, at a funeral in the 1980s. Photograph: AP The number of people belonging to Japan‘s notorious yakuza […]
EEV: A commentary from the Peoples Daily Online are views of the Chinese Government. Language is very symbolic in this region. This is a pretty serious escalation. It was just a week a ago they publicly mocked Ambassador Locke. -Japan, for its part, has already become a recidivous troublemaker in […]
UPDATED : Wednesday, 05 March, 2014, 10:42am Agence France-Presse in Beijing Delegates from the People’s Liberation Army arrive for parliamentary talks in Beijing. Photo: AP China will raise its official defence budget by 12.2 per cent this year, the finance ministry announced Wednesday, a day after warning that […]
– “The establishment of another ADIZ over the South China Sea is necessary for China’s long-term national interest.” UPDATED : Saturday, 22 February, 2014, 4:51am Minnie Chan and Reuters in Washington US Army Chief of Staff Raymond Odierno and General Wang Ning salute while reviewing an honour guard […]
US average data rate dropped to 6.5Mbps from 9.6 megabits over last year T-Mobile had the best data rate at 11.2Mbps AT&T rated 8.9Mbps, Verizon 7.6Mbps, and Sprint 4.2Mbps By Mark Prigg UPDATED: 13:22 EST, 21 February 2014 4G data speeds on mobile devices are dropping at an […]
Pentagon plays down intelligence officer’s provocative China assessment Segment found at about 26:28 Source: Reuters – Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:31 AM Author: Reuters WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Thursday played down remarks by a senior Navy intelligence officer who told a public forum that […]
(Xinhua) 08:01, February 20, 2014 HARBIN, Feb. 19 — Filming of a documentary about the atrocities of Japan’s notorious Unit 731 during World War II (WWII) began in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on Wednesday. The documentary entitled “731” will interview witnesses and scholars and disclose historical […]
By Philip Kendall Feb. 17, 2014 – 06:18AM JST TOKYO — Police in Kyoto have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of coercion after it was claimed that he had repeatedly forced his nine-year-old stepson to play violent and age-inappropriate video games over the course of six months […]
EEV: Continued Escalation (Xinhua) 07:08, February 08, 2014 BEIJING, Feb. 7 — Recent events have demonstrated that while China sincerely share neighbors’ joy in making achievements, it never hesitates to safeguard peripheral peace and security. When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Russia to attend the opening ceremony […]
– U.S. and Europe has decreased, respectively, from 37 percent to 30 percent and from 26 percent to 22 percent. Press Release 14-022 Emerging economies shifting global S&T landscape Indicators is a widely-used resource, reporting on R&D trends, the STEM workforce, and more. Credit and Larger Version February 6, […]
– What, it asks, has Caroline done two months into her tenure? Played much and worked little, is its verdict. – Was that a time, the weekly asks, for the U.S. ambassador to indulge in private sightseeing? As it happened, it adds, the embassy’s No. 2 official was […]
China hits back at Abe over World War I analogy Jan. 25, 2014 – 04:18PM JST China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on January 22, 2014 in MontreuxAFP DAVOS — China has hit back at Japan’s Prime Minister over a claim that current tensions in East Asia are akin […]
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Jan. 25, 2014 – 06:46AM JST ( 14 ) BEIJING — China said Friday it has begun issuing warnings to foreign military planes entering its self-declared air defense zone over the East China Sea amid heightened tensions with its neighbors, especially Japan. Bitter rhetoric between […]
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Jan. 24, 2014 – 03:00PM JST WASHINGTON — The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said Thursday the tensions between China and Japan are likely to grow unless they talk to each other. The two Asian powers are at loggerheads over remote islands that […]
Jan. 23, 2014 – 06:55AM Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his special address at the opening session of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday.AFP DAVOS, Switzerland — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday told the world it must stand up to an increasingly assertive China […]
By CAI HONG, ZHOU WA and REN QI (China Daily) 08:41, January 20, 2014 Increases the bookmark digg Google Delicious buzz friendfeed Linkedin diigo stumbleupon Qzone QQ Microblog Experts say move represents another gesture embracing militarist past A longtime no-war pledge has disappeared from Japan’s Liberal Democratic […]
Politics Jan. 20, 2014 – 02:59PM JST South Korean conservative activists burn placards during a protest to complain against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visiting the Yasukuni war shrine, in Seoul on Dec 27.AFP BEIJING — A new Asian diplomatic row broke out Monday after China unveiled a […]
By Kiyoshi Takenaka National Jan. 13, 2014 – 06:35AM JST – require foreign fishing vessels to obtain approval to enter disputed waters in the South China Sea, which the local government says are under its jurisdiction NARASHINO — Japan on Sunday joined the United States in criticizing China’s […]
– The same experiments were conducted on the US mainland and in Taiwan – rice blast fungus – known to occur in 85 countries – was released over rice fields and data was collected on how it affected rice production UPDATED : Monday, 13 January, 2014, 12:47am Agence […]
– The Pentagon repeatedly waived laws banning Chinese-built components on US weapons to keep the $392bn F-35 fighter Sensors and magnets for F-35 fighter jet were made in China • Pentagon issued waivers to ban on Chinese-made components Reuters in Washington theguardian.com, Sunday 12 January 2014 09.28 EST The […]
Tokyo announces plan to register 280 isolated isles as state property, as National Security Council is launched, tightening Abe’s grip UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 January, 2014, 1:29am Kristine Kwok and Teddy Ng Japan claims 280 uninhabited islands Japan yesterday said it will accelerate the nationalisation of 280 uninhabited […]
Chinese diplomat argued that Japan risks ‘serious threat to global peace’ He even compared Japan today to Lord Voldemort, from Harry Potter It comes just weeks after China declared its own Air Defence Zone Japan’s prime minister has threatened to shoot down any Chinese drones By Max Hastings […]
National Jan. 02, 2014 – 06:20AM JST Japan’s population fell by a record 244,000 in 2013, according to health ministry estimates released on Wednesday, highlighting concerns over an ever-dwindling workforce supporting a growing number of pensionersAFP TOKYO — Japan’s population fell by a record 244,000 in 2013, according […]
(Xinhua) 07:11, December 31, 2013 BEIJING, Dec. 30 — Chinese leaders will not have any dialogue with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here Monday. “In regard to such a Japanese leader, the Chinese people will certainly not welcome him, and the Chinese […]
Official media warns China will become a ‘paper tiger’ if countermeasures against Japan are not taken over Yasukuni visit PUBLISHED : Friday, 27 December, 2013, 11:46am UPDATED : Friday, 27 December, 2013, 12:16pm Agence France-Presse in Beijing Japan’s ambassador to China Masato Kitera (centre) in Beijing after being […]
The government’s National Information Security Center has warned about 140 organisations, not to use a Japanese input method editor developed by Baidu Inc.ch. Yomiuri Shimbun/ANN | 26-12-13 The government’s National Information Security Center has warned about 140 organisations, including government ministries and agencies as well as universities […]
nypost.com — Dec 23 Navy sailor Lindsay Cooper knew something was wrong when billows of metallic-tasting snow began drifting over USS Ronald Reagan.
Crime Dec. 20, 2013 – 11:55AM JST – The sanctions freeze any U.S. assets the four mobsters may have and prohibit U.S. citizens from doing business with them.
China bitterly attacks Japanese prime minister over air zone remarks Shinzo Abe’s comments that Beijing is violating freedom of aviation are condemned as ‘malicious slander’ Staff and agencies in Beijing theguardian.com, Sunday 15 December 2013 00.02 EST Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, […]
by Mark Schreiber Online: Dec 07, 2013 Print: Dec 08, 2013 Last Modified: Dec 08, 2013 – On Nov. 23, China announced the creation of a newly expanded air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea, overlapping a large expanse of territory also claimed by Japan. […]
PUBLISHED : Friday, 06 December, 2013, 1:24pm UPDATED : Saturday, 07 December, 2013, 3:33am Minnie Chan minnie.chan@scmp.com A ship gun fires during last month’s exercises. Photo: SCMP The PLA Navy launched eight days of naval drills in the Yellow Sea and […]
Travel Dec. 07, 2013 – 06:12AM JST Tour operator Sonoe Azuma holds a stuffed toy during a visit to a station in Tokyo, on October 4, 2013 Tokyo (AFP) — Unable to get to that must-see tourist site but can’t bear for your teddy to miss out? Then […]
• Move underscores China’s tough geopolitical stance in region • Territorial claims continue to dominate visit by Joe Biden Paul Lewis in Washington theguardian.com, Friday 6 December 2013 13.25 EST Fallout over China’s territorial claims has become the dominant issue for Joe Biden. Photograph: HAP/Quirky China News/Rex […]
By Rachel Tackett Lifestyle Dec. 05, 2013 – 06:20AM JST ( 24 ) TOKYO — Here’s a collection of seven observations that Japanese people made while doing business in foreign countries. 1. The lack of overtime In Germany and Spain, there is practically no overtime. Spending time with […]
PUBLISHED : Saturday, 30 November, 2013, 4:02am UPDATED : Saturday, 30 November, 2013, 5:56am Agence France-Presse in Beijing Japan and South Korea both said on Thursday that they had disregarded the air defence identification zone that Beijing declared last weekend, showing a united front after unarmed US B-52 […]
EEV: Read the Link to article at bottom – “japan-prime-target-chinas-new-air-zone-state-media” Tensions rise as US and Japan fly sorties and South Korea puts contested island in its own zone Kristine Kwok kristine.kwok@scmp.com PUBLISHED : Friday, 29 November, 2013, 10:26am UPDATED : Friday, 29 November, 2013, 11:49pm Chinese military aircraft were […]
UPDATED : Thursday, 28 November, 2013, 6:04pm Chris Luo chris.luo@scmp.com Yang Yujun, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defence, briefs reporters at a recent Beijing news conference. Photo: CNS China’s defence ministry on Thursday hit back forcefully at Japan’s objections to its newly-established Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) […]
