Canada's mixed 4x400-metre team earned the country's lone medal at the IAAF World Relays on Sunday in Yokohama, Japan. Austin Cole, Aiyanna-Brigitte Stiverne, Zoe Sherar and Philip Osei earned silver ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka protesters blast judges who let sex offenders off the hook
OSAKA--In mounting anger against sexual violence across Japan, about 250 demonstrators on May 11 here denounced recent court rulings that found offenders not guilty of sexual violence against women. ... ( read original story ...)
Event previews published, Facts & Figures statistics handbook available – IAAF World Relays Yokohama 2019 | iaaf.org
Previews of each of the nine races to be contested at the IAAF World Relays Yokohama 2019, which take place on 11-12 May, are now available. Facts & Figures - IAAF World Relays Yokohama 2019, the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan solar farms dim on Huawei as US sounds alarm
Huawei Japan dismissed such criticisms. "To date, we have not been shown any proof supporting security concerns," a representative told Nikkei. "The communications technology conforms to ... ( read original story ...)
Now you know: Nagoya aquarium exhibits sushi toppings alongside still-swimming equivalents
I want them to come out saying how delicious it looks." (Japanese original by Shinichiro Kawase, Nagoya News Center) ( read original story ...)
Japan helping to ‘clone’ historic Mogao Caves on China’s Silk Road
Using its proprietary “cultural property cloning” technology, Tokyo University of the Arts is helping to reproduce many of the grottoes in the site that was a major stop for pilgrims and traders on ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese turbine builders push deeper into Japan wind power market
The Japanese solar panel market was 30% to 40% controlled by Chinese makers like Jinko Solar in 2017, Nikkei data showed, with mass-produced, low-cost panels pouring into Japan. In its fifth ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hits Southern Japan, No Tsunami Threat
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but Japanese authorities said there was no tsunami threat. The Japan earthquake struck at 8:48 am (2348 GMT ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Earthquake of Magnitude 6.3 Strikes Miyazaki; no Tsunami Warning Issued
Miyazaki: The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit near Miyazaki in southwestern Japan. The agency says the earthquake struck at 8:48 AM, local time Friday and had an epicenter 39 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan hit by two powerful earthquakes; no tsunami warning issued
Two major earthquakes - measuring 5.3 and 6.3 on the Richter Scale jolted coast of southern Japan in the early hours on Friday. The first quake jolted at 10:43 pm (UTC), while the second one hit the ... ( read original story ...)
Share Japan’s knowledge and skills on disaster preparedness
Japan has accumulated a wide range of specialized knowledge that can be useful in preparing for future disasters, painfully learned through the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995, the Great East Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Twin Quakes Strike Japan, No Tsunami Warning Issued
Two earthquakes measuring 5.6 and 6.3 on the Richter Scale hit off the coast of southern Japan on Friday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The first quake of magnitude 5.6 took place ... ( read original story ...)
Retracted Study: How a Volcano in Japan Halted an Earthquake
Editor's note: The paper related to this research was originally reported by Live Science on Oct. 20, 2016, but was retracted by the journal Science on May 3. A recent investigation into the study ... ( read original story ...)
Big three into Madrid last-eight as Osaka and Kvitova crash out
Roger Federer saved two match points to defeat Gael Monfils and reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Thursday but women's world number one and top seed Naomi Osaka was dumped out in a last-eight ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new era: Emperor Naruhito, and his Toyota Century
The elite strata of Japanese business loved the Century’s understated looks. The older it got, the more popular it was, with largely handmade construction and a very traditional appearance. Even so, ... ( read original story ...)
Why The U.S. Will Not Go The Way Of Japan: Banking
The cultural differences between Japan and the West are extreme. Japanese culture and quasi-socialist economic structure determined the path of the Japanese banking crisis and its aftermath. ( read original story ...)