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Japan ailing? Japan suffering? Nonsense. “Japan is the richest country in the world,” proclaims Sapio magazine. And the best. And the happiest. The brightest future looms. It’s an interesting identity crisis Japan is going through. Is it a rich ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese women's team overcame Chinese Taipei 20-2 in their first match at the Sapporo Winter Asian Games here on Saturday. China, silver medalist in the Pacific-Asia Championships in 2016, did not give their ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO, Japan - For members of Qatar women's curling team, just about everything is a new experience. Curling, a sport that has links with medieval Scotland and is more suited to the Canadian prairies, has taken a small foothold in the Middle East. Just ... ( read original story ...)

Pharmacy is the science and technique of preparing as well as dispensing drugs and medicines. It is a health profession that links health sciences with chemical sciences and aims to ensure the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs. The scope of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Robot probes sent to one of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear reactors have suggested worse-than-anticipated challenges for the plant's ongoing cleanup. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the remote-controlled "scorpion" robot was ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Bekana Chinese cabbage leaves harvested aboard the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA New Delhi: Astronauts, who are currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), are harvesting their fifth on-orbit crop of Chinese cabbage on ... ( read original story ...)

... ton class patrol ships a year instead of one heavier 5,000-ton class destroyer which Tokyo produces annually, three informed sources told Taiwan-based Central News Agency. Japan’s cabinet approves record $43.6bn military budget amid tensions with ... ( read original story ...)

An elderly daycare centre in the Japanese capital of Tokyo, Day Service Las Vegas, has adopted a winning formula to keep its residents entertained with casino-style games, such as poker and pachinko slot machines. "This place is the best. They have games. ( read original story ...)

The country’s top divers are in Calgary to compete in a national meet this weekend as they prepare for a number of upcoming world events, including the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Winter National Diving Championships get underway on Friday at ... ( read original story ...)

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- DataDirect Networks (DDN ®) today announced that the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) has selected DDN as its strategic storage infrastructure provider for the new TSUBAME3.0 supercomputing system. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s ambassador to Seoul remains in Tokyo since he was recalled in early January in protest over the erection of a statue symbolizing the wartime “comfort women” in front of the Japanese consulate general in Busan in late December, as Tokyo says ... ( read original story ...)

With the data of March 2017 being the last, the monthly gas sales volume will no longer be released to the public. Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. published this content on 16 February 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. 2016 KYOCERA ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese delegation to the Asian Winter Games, spearheaded by the short track speed-skating team, arrived in Sapporo on Friday at the New Chitose Airport. China sent a 236-strong delegation to the 8th Asian Winter Games ... ( read original story ...)

according to the Osaka Prefectural Government. The letter, however, is apparently just one of many incidents pointing to the pair’s nationalist and even racist leanings. A separate pamphlet distributed to parents in December and obtained by Kyodo News ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – A kindergarten in the city of Osaka handed out to ... A separate pamphlet distributed to parents in December and obtained by Kyodo News read, “The problem is that people who have inherited the spirit (of Koreans) exist in our country with ... ( read original story ...)