Maor news in Japan: Takahashi, last Aum fugitive, arrested
Top news in <Japan Times>: Takahashi, last Aum fugitive, arrested Police arrested Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining fugitive of the former Aum Shinrikyo cult wanted in connection with the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, police sources said Friday. The Friday morning arrest of Takahashi, 54, came after the arrest on June […]
Major news in Japan on Jun 14: China ‘exported military vehicles to North Korea’
Top news in <Yomiuri Online>: China ‘exported military vehicles to North Korea’ China exported military vehicles that could carry and launch long-range ballistic missiles to North Korea in August last year, it has been learned. The vehicles are believed to have been used to carry what appeared to be newly developed missiles in a military […]
Major news in Japan on Jun 13: Japan to develop drones to monitor radiation
Top news in <Japan Today>: Japan to develop drones to monitor radiation TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear energy authority and the country’s space agency Tuesday announced a joint project to develop a drone to measure radioactivity in the environment after last year’s nuclear disaster. Japan has been forced to invent or improve systems for measuring radioactive […]
Major news in Japan on Jun 12: Translating smartphone is boon for DoCoMo
Top news in <Japan Times>: Translating smartphone is boon for DoCoMo This month, NTT DoCoMo Inc. began its second trial of a translation service that converts Japanese into 10 languages — English, Korean, Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Thai and Indonesian — and vice versa. Japan’s biggest telecom carrier said the service seems to have […]
China urges Japan to stop making new troubles over Diaoyu Islands
BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) — China on Monday urged Japan to stop causing new troubles over the Diaoyu Islands as reports say dozens of Japanese including several lawmakers had landed on the islands. “The Diaoyu Islands and their adjacent islets have been inherent parts of Chinese territory since ancient times, and China has indisputable sovereignty […]
Major news in Japan on Jun 11:Local nuclear safety commission says Oi reactors safe to operate
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Local nuclear safety commission says Oi reactors safe to operate FUKUI, Japan, June 10, Kyodo., A local nuclear safety commission on Sunday effectively approved the restart of two idled reactors at the Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture by endorsing a report prepared by prefectural officials stating that necessary […]
Major news in Japan on Jun 8
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Noda to meet press Friday afternoon to explain necessity to restart Oi reactors news@theasian.asia
Major news in Japan on Jun 7
Top news in <Japan Times>: Last of Aum’s fugitives clears account, flees news@theasian.asia
Major news in Japan on Jun 5
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Japan makes no comment on possible G-7 conference call news@theasian.asia
Major news in Japan on Jun 4
Top news in <Japan Times>: More developed leukemia if both parents exposed to A-bomb news@theasian.asia
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