Kyodo The Defense Ministry is thinking of stationing F-15 fighter jets at a remote airport halfway from Naha to Taiwan to speed up its response to airspace incursions by China near the disputed Senkaku Islands, government sources said Monday. The… Read More ›
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China to survey islands disputed with Japan
Jan 15, 2013 11:17 Moscow Time Photo: EPA China is to carry out a geographical survey of islands in the East China Sea at the centre of a bitter dispute with Japan. The survey of the Diaoyu islands was… Read More ›
“Regarding Senkaku, there is no change to my position to resolutely protect this water and territory. There is no room for negotiation on this,”
Japan PM criticises targeting of firms in China row AFP Friday, Jan 11, 2013 TOKYO – China was “wrong” to deliberately target Japanese business interests as part of a state campaign in a row over disputed territory, Japan’s hawkish new… Read More ›
China and Japan step up drone race as tension builds over disputed islands
Both countries claim drones will be used for surveillance, but experts warn of future skirmishes in region’s airspace Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing and Justin McCurry in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 8 January 2013 11.50 EST The row between China and… Read More ›
Japan summons China’s envoy in latest escalation of tension over disputed islands
News On Japan via New York Times — Jan 09 The Japanese Foreign Ministry summoned China’s ambassador on Tuesday after Chinese ships entered Japanese-controlled waters for 13 hours, a prolonged incursion that seemed to escalate a standoff over a… Read More ›
Poll: Two-thirds of Chinese boycotted Japanese goods over Senkakus dispute
Kyodo Two-thirds of Chinese boycotted Japanese products and almost all Chinese feel anti-Japan sentiment has intensified in the world’s second-largest economy since the government purchased three the Senkaku islets in September, a Kyodo News online survey revealed Saturday. The findings… Read More ›
Population expected to post largest drop in 2012
Kyodo Japan’s population is expected to have shrunk by a record 212,000 people in 2012, the health ministry said Monday. According to estimates by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, the number of newborns in 2012 was expected to… Read More ›
China doc recognized islands as Japan’s
News On Japan via presstv.com — Dec 30 A Chinese official document drafted in 1950 recognizes Japan as the owner of a group of islands in the East China Sea, which Beijing also lays claim to. The 20-page… Read More ›
China ‘highly vigilant’ over Japanese fighters flying over disputed islands
AFP Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 BEIJING – China is “highly vigilant” about Japanese jet fighter flights over islands claimed by both countries and Japan must bear responsibility for any consequences, Chinese military and maritime officials said on Thursday. The officials,… Read More ›
WHO downplayed health effects of nuclear crisis on Fukushima residents : German physician
Jiji BERLIN — A German doctor and member of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning physicians’ group has criticized a World Health Organization report on the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe for underestimating its impact on human health. In a research paper, Alex Rosen… Read More ›
Japan scrambles fighter jets after Chinese plane seen near disputed islands
News On Japan via CNN — Dec 14 Japan scrambled fighter jets after a Chinese plane was seen Thursday near small islands in the East China Sea that are claimed by both countries. This is the first time the dispute… Read More ›
Mistakes found in all radiation projections
Kyodo The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Thursday a thorough review of its mistake-plagued projections for the spread of radiation turned up errors in the data for every atomic power plant in Japan. The regulatory body examined the data in detail… Read More ›
Japan scrambles fighters after Chinese plane enters disputed airspace
Dec 13, 2012 10:21 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after at least one Chinese state-owned aeroplane entered airspace over the islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing. F-15 jets were mobilized… Read More ›
UFO crash reported off Japan coast sparks media interest
News On Japan via huffingtonpost.com — Dec 12 Over the last several days, a number of websites have reported that Japan’s Nippon Television was covering a story of how a UFO crashed off the coast of Okinawa and that officials… Read More ›
Plantain and broccoli fibers may block key stage in Crohn’s disease development
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-207-383-6529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Translocation of Crohn’s disease Escherichia coli across M-cells: Contrasting effects of soluble plant fibers and emulsifiers Plantain and broccoli fibres may block a key stage in the… Read More ›
Malware slurps rocket data from Japanese space agency
Secrets of Epsilon go out the door By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 30th November 2012 22:58 GMT Free whitepaper – Gartner: Secure Web Gateway Malware Detection Techniques Malware on a computer in the Japan Aerospace Exploration… Read More ›
Record 81% of Japanese feel no friendship toward China, government survey shows
Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012 Jiji More than 80 percent of Japanese harbor no sense of friendship toward China, an annual survey by the Cabinet Office revealed Saturday. Some 80.6 percent of respondents said they have no friendly feelings toward the… Read More ›
China proposes a united anti-Japanese front
Irina Ivanova Nov 15, 2012 20:40 Moscow Time © Collage “The Voice of Russia” A prominent Chinese expert has called upon Moscow and Seoul, which like China have territorial disputes with Tokyo, to form a united anti-Japanese front. This front… Read More ›
Chinese official says ‘no time limit’ on ships sailing near Senkakus ” “important” for China to “safeguard” China’s claim to the islands”
Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 Kyodo HONG KONG — The head of China’s Oceanic Administration has said there is “no time limit” on Chinese patrol vessels sailing near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday. The Ming… Read More ›
Why China seems to be fanning the flames of its row with Japan in the East China Sea
Blunt words and keen swords Nov 10th 2012 | from the print edition DESPITE a third round of talks this week, China and Japan seem no closer to ending their stand-off over the tiny, uninhabited islands known to China as… Read More ›
China accepts Japanese runners for Beijing Marathon in about-face
[PR]がんで保険をあきらめている方へ／アメリカンホームのがん保険 BEIJING (Kyodo) — The organizer of the Nov. 25 Beijing Marathon has started accepting applications from Japanese runners, reversing its initial stance of refusing them, Kyodo News learned Sunday. The organizer had earlier removed “Japan” from the nationalities on… Read More ›
Beijing marathon bars Japanese runners due to safety concerns
Sports Nov. 11, 2012 – 06:24AM JST( 20 ) TOKYO — Organizers of the Beijing marathon have barred Japanese runners from taking part due to safety concerns after a fresh flare-up in a territorial dispute between Japan and China, a report… Read More ›
Japanese athletes won’t perform in China: Chinese authorities refused to register them
Nov 10, 2012 20:18 Moscow Time © Flickr.com/xioubin low/cc-by-sa 3.0 China has announced that Japanese runners will not take part in the traditional annual marathon in Beijing this year. About 30,000 Japanese runners have already asked via the Web for… Read More ›
China cancels out on tourism talks
Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 Kyodo An annual ministerial meeting on tourism between Japan, China and South Korea scheduled for late November has been postponed indefinitely amid the Senkaku territorial dispute, officials said. Japan was to host this year’s version… Read More ›
Doll’s hair at Japan shrine keeps growing
Awashima Shrine in Japan is known as the shrine of “memorial dolls”. It is a place where dolls are given as offerings. The shrine is filled with countless dolls and figures of all types. According to… Read More ›
Japan urges China to use sea power peacefully: ” Tokyo’s own formidable armed forces are not to be underestimated “
NationalNov. 09, 2012 – 06:50AM JST( 30 ) TOKYO — Japan called on China Thursday to use its sea power peacefully, after President Hu Jintao staked a claim in Beijing for his country to become a maritime force. Tokyo said… Read More ›
Japan, China engage in war of words at ASEM summit
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 Kyodo VIENTIANE — Japan and China engaged in a war of words over the Senkaku Islands dispute Tuesday at the summit of Asian and European leaders, government sources said. During a session of the Asia-Europe Meeting… Read More ›
China’s economic destiny in doubt after leadership shock: “the greatest turn-over of top cadres since Mao’s revolution”
The forces of reaction and economic folly threaten to prevail in China. The long political arm of Jiang Zemin has reached out from the shadows to thwart reform, with huge implications for Asia and the world. . ‘ If reports… Read More ›
This Video is 96.2% Guaranteed to Stop Your Baby From Crying
posted at request: Oct 6, 2012 by karenmasuda What mother wouldn’t be overjoyed with a video that has a 96.2% success rate of stopping an otherwise well-cared for baby from crying? Lotte, a major sweets producing company in Japan has… Read More ›
Beijing brands Tokyo’s “persistent defiance” in territorial dispute as “self-deception”: urged Tokyo to abandon its illusion of occupying the islands.
China bins Japan’s claim of easing tension Zhang Yunbi and Zhao Shengnan China Daily Publication Date : 31-10-2012 Beijing yesterday hit back at claims by Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba that Tokyo was trying to calm tensions with… Read More ›
U.S., Japan to hold joint military drill amid island row with China
NATIONAL OCT. 31, 2012 – 06:30AM JST ( 26 ) TOKYO — Japan and the United States will hold a biennial joint military exercise in Japan in November in a move likely to further anger China amid heightened tensions between the two Asian giants… Read More ›
Chinese intruders tell coast guard to get out “leave” the area as it is “in China’s jurisdictional waters” and that the Japanese vessel was “violating the law,”
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 Kyodo NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — Four Chinese surveillance ships entered Japan’s territorial waters Tuesday near the Senkaku Islands and then left the area around 1:10 p.m., the Japan Coast Guard said. This is the eighth time… Read More ›
Noda says Japan will boost coast security
NationalOct. 30, 2012 – 10:45AM JST( 27 ) TOKYO — Japan will “strengthen security” around its coasts, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Monday, as Chinese ships again plied waters near disputed islands. “While observing the pacifism that is a… Read More ›
Green tea component may help preserve stored platelets, tissues
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Suong-Hyu Hyon, Ph.D. biogen@frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jpCell Transplantation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair Tampa, Fla. (September 14th, 2009) – In two separate studies, a major component in green tea, epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), has been found… Read More ›
Japan says four Chinese ships in disputed waters
NationalOct. 28, 2012 – 03:00PM JST( 0 ) TOKYO — Four Chinese maritime surveillance ships were spotted in territorial waters around disputed Tokyo-controlled islands on Sunday, Japan’s coast guard said. The ships were earlier sailing in the contiguous zone near… Read More ›
China warns of strong measures in Japan island spat
Politics Oct. 27, 2012 – 06:20AM JST( 9 ) BEIJING — China reserves the right to take strong countermeasures if Japan “creates incidents” in the waters around a group of disputed uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, a Chinese vice… Read More ›
Chinese patrol vessels test ‘authority’ near Senkakus: “replied via radio that the area “is China’s,” “
Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 Kyodo NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — Chinese surveillance vessels on Thursday entered Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands for the first time in three weeks, the Japan Coast Guard said. The government lodged a “strong protest”… Read More ›
Ishihara: Unrepentant Japanese nationalist
Politics Oct. 26, 2012 – 06:51AM JST( 2 ) TOKYO — Shintaro Ishihara, who resigned as Tokyo governor on Thursday to return to national politics, is an unrepentant nationalist who relishes the chance to provoke the politically correct. The 80-year-old is… Read More ›
Chinese ships enter waters around disputed islands
News On Japan via Japan Today — Oct 25 Four Chinese government ships entered territorial waters around disputed Tokyo-controlled islands early Thursday, the Japan Coast Guard said. Three maritime surveillance vessels entered the 12-nautical-mile zone around one of the islands… Read More ›
DOCOMO launches real-time phone translation
TechnologyOct. 23, 2012 – 06:50AM JST( 5 ) TOKYO — Japan’s biggest mobile operator said Monday it will launch a translation service that lets people chat over the phone in several different languages. The application for NTT DOCOMO subscribers will… Read More ›
U.S. team to help defuse isle dispute
Kyodo WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will send a group of former national security officials to Japan and China next week to encourage Tokyo and Beijing to mend diplomatic ties frayed by a territorial dispute, sources said. The U.S. team,… Read More ›
Chinese ships spotted off disputed islands: prodding Japanese patrol boats to chase them
NationalOct. 21, 2012 – 06:00AM JST( 0 ) TOKYO — Five Chinese government ships were seen sailing close to Tokyo-controlled islands in the East China Sea Saturday, prodding Japanese patrol boats to chase them away from the disputed chain. It… Read More ›
Japan Takes Action Against Complex Cyber Threats
Oct. 9, 2012 – 11:46AM | By PAUL KALLENDER UMEZU | In the year since a sophisticated cyber attack on Japan’s largest military contractor unleashed a flood of revelations about the vulnerability of the country’s most sensitive technical data,… Read More ›
China flexes muscles with drills in East China Sea
NationalOct. 19, 2012 – 05:00PM JST( 57 ) BEIJING — China dispatched naval vessels, aircraft and helicopters to the East China Sea on Friday, flexing its muscles in exercises likely to further stoke a bristling territorial dispute with Japan. A… Read More ›
China to conduct naval exercises in East China Sea
National Oct. 19, 2012 – 07:00AM JST( 10 ) BEIJING — China will conduct naval exercises on Friday to practise defending territorial sovereignty in the East China Sea, state media said, amid strained ties between Tokyo and Beijing over a disputed… Read More ›
Japan will not join initiative put before U.N. to make nuclear weapons illegal
Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 Kyodo Japan will not join an initiative led by 16 countries at the United Nations to make atomic weapons illegal, out of concern it would affect Tokyo’s security arrangement under the U.S. nuclear umbrella, government sources… Read More ›
Japan to overtake China as top US lender: Report
China held about $1.154 trillion of US debt as of August 2012, while Japan held about $1.122 trillion. Lizzy TomeiOctober 16, 2012 19:03 Japan is set to overtake China as the United States’ top creditor, Bloomberg News reported. “China… Read More ›
7 Chinese Navy warships pass waters near Okinawa island
News On Japan via Mainichi — Oct 16 Seven Chinese Navy warships on Tuesday passed the contiguous zone, a band of water just outside Japan’s territorial waters, around an Okinawa island amid a dispute over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands… Read More ›
It’s not easy being a Yakuza boss
By Jake Adelstein — Oct 15 These days the price of a standard civilian hit-job can run as high as $2 million. That’s not the price to get the job done — that’s the price if one of your underlings… Read More ›
Japan, U.S. troops consider drill to retake island
National Oct. 15, 2012 – 07:10AM JST TOKYO — Japan and the United States are mulling a joint military drill to simulate retaking a remote island from foreign forces, reports said Sunday, amid a festering row between Tokyo and Beijing over… Read More ›
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