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First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 5 reports

Four scientists exposed to radiation in Japan lab mishap

An equipment malfunction at a Japanese research center exposed at least four scientists to radiation, regulators said Saturday. The researchers suffered internal radiation exposure when the output of a proton beam increased unexpectedly and vaporized ... [Published Individual.com - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Radiation, Japan, Proton

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

A pet is a lifelong commitment

Regarding the May 21 Kyodo article, “Destroying pets at Kochi animal center pains staff“: Not to mention how much it pains the animals being put down. Sasano Nomura (the Small Animal Management Center staffer quoted in the article) is lucky that she feels ... [Published Japan Times - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Kochi, Kobe, Japan, Euthanasia

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Softbank Corp

U.S. senator concerned over Softbank bid for Sprint, citing . . .

U.S. senator concerned over Softbank bid for Sprint, citing China linkKyodo News International, Inc.NEW YORK, May 24 -- (Kyodo) _ U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer urged federal regulators Friday to use extreme caution in reviewing the bid by Japan's Softbank ... [Published Equities.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Softbank Corp, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Charles E Schumer, United States

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Want to be eco-friendly? Try cardboard furniture

TOKYO - Corrugated cardboard furniture is in growing demand, attracting consumers who are concerned about the environment.A website, called Dumboo, offers online shoppers more than 60 kinds of cardboard furniture, including tables and shelves. Furniture ... [Published ABS-CBN News - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Steel, Osaka, Buddhism, Discriminatory

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Korean women scrap meeting Japan mayor over brothel remarks

Two elderly South Korean women forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels abruptly cancelled a meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto after he refused to withdraw remarks asserting the brothel system was "necessary" at the time.Hashimoto sparked ... [Published Bao Moi.com - May 24 2013]

Entities: Japan, Hashimoto (Japan), Military/Armed Forces, Tōru Hashimoto

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Tokyo denies report of North abductee return offer

Kyodo, Staff ReportOnline: May 25, 2013Print: May 25, 2013Last Modfied: May 25, 2013Tokyo on Friday denied a South Korean media report that North Korea proposed to repatriate two Japanese abductees during a recent visit to Pyongyang by Isao Iijima, an ... [Published Japan Times - May 24 2013]

Entities: Tokyo, Pyongyang, Yoshihide Suga, North Korea

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

29 prefectures to stop testing all cattle for BSE

TOKYO, May 24 — A total 29 out of 44 prefectures, or 66 percent of prefectures where slaughterhouses are located, have decided or plan to end the testing of all cattle for mad cow disease after the government eases testing requirements in July, a Kyodo ... [Published Balita.org - May 24 2013]

Entities: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Cattle, Tokyo

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Sanyo may sell stake in Chinese joint venture

OSAKA, May 22 (Kyodo) — Sanyo Electric Co., a group company of Panasonic Corp., is considering selling a stake of about 30 percent in its joint venture in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.U.S. home ... [Published ECN - May 24 2013]

Entities: Sanyo Electric Co Ltd, Joint Venture, Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Co Ltd, Whirlpool Corporation, Osaka

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

LDP to drop Article 96 revision from upper house election pledges

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided not to include revising Article 96 of the Constitution in its campaign pledges for the upcoming upper house election, senior party officials said Thursday.It will still pledge to seek to ... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 24 2013]

Entities: Elections, House of Councillors, Shinzo Abe

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 4 reports

80-year-old Japanese becomes oldest man to conquer Everest

KATHMANDU: An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called “the world’s best feeling” even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind h ... [Published DAWN Group - May 24 2013]

Entities: Yuichiro Miura, Kathmandu

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Nikkei tumbles over 7% to end below 14,500 in roller-coaster session

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index tumbled more than 7 percent Thursday in Tokyo ending a volatile trading session below 14,500 as selling triggered by weak Chinese data outpaced sharp gains made earlier on the dollar's strength against the yen.The ... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Nikkei Index, Tokyo, Topix, Tokyo Stock Exchange

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Japan in process of sorting out risky reactors

10:32 am TOKYO, May 23 ? Japanese regulators are in the process of deciding which nuclear reactors aren't safe enough to operate due to existence of active faults but the task proved tough with clear room for improvement.Assessments of suspicious faults ... [Published Balita.org - May 23 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Japan, Tsuruga (Japan), Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan, Celso Barriga

Quotes

"By supporting the growth of Myanmar, Japan can also boost its own economic growth" Abe said, adding that he will become a "top salesman" to promote the export of Japanese infrastructure technology and know-how in nurturing legal pr...

Abe pledges support for Myanmar's reforms from 'whole of Japan' [Published MAINICHI Daily News - 11 hours ago]

...use by them and the aged in 2005 and opened the cafe, adjacent to its plant, in 2008 as a place where people can actually utilize the furniture. "Cardboard can be readily processed in detail as requested by the customer" says Kiyoshi Shimazu, a Yanosiki designer

Want to be eco-friendly? Try cardboard furniture [Published ABS-CBN News - 16 hours ago]

Noting that Sprint has "sensitive" contracts with the Department of Defense, he also said in a press release, "I have real concerns that this deal, if approved, could make American industry and government agencies far more susceptible to cyber attacks from China and the People's Liberation Army, already the number one source of electronic espionage against American interest."

U.S. senator concerned over Softbank bid for Sprint, citing . . . [Published Equities.com - 21 hours ago]

AP Photo / Koji SasaharaProtester on Friday holding a banner that reads: "Mayor Hashimoto should take back his remarks on forced sex slaves and give them apology!"

Former sex slaves demand Japanese mayor quit after he defends use of ‘comfort women’ during WWII [Published National Post - Top Stories - May 24 2013]

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29 prefectures to stop testing all cattle for BSE [Published Balita.org - May 24 2013]
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Drugmaker staff found to have joined research w... [Published Equities.com - May 23 2013]
Japan supports PH's UN arbitration bid on China... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - May 23 2013]
80-year-old becomes oldest man to climb Mount E... [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 23 2013]
Man, 80, climbs Mt. Everest with 81-year-old ho... [Published CBC - May 23 2013]

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Japan supports PH's UN arbitration bid on China... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - May 23 2013] TOKYO – The Japanese government expressed support for the Philippines’ move to bring its disputes with China over territories in the South China Sea to the United Nations, the Philippine foreign ministry said Thursday. In a statement, the ministry said ...
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Terrorist drill held for Fukushima nuclear plant [Published The Insomnia Files - May 12 2013] Kyodo May 12, 2013 Thinking the unthinkable: Police and the Japan Coast Guard stage a joint drill Saturday against a terrorist attack at the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear […] ...
Japan: Countermeasures against H7N9 enforced [Published H5N1 - May 06 2013] Via Global Post.com, a Kyodo report: Countermeasures against H7N9 enforced.The government on Monday enforced countermeasures against the H7N9 strain of bird flu, under which patients can be compelled to be hospitalized or to stop working for up to two ...