Category: NEWS

"Now is the time to look to the future, in anticipation of the next 70 years, and proceed with new nation-building," Shinzo Abe said, following his customary New Year's visit to a shrine in Japan, reported Efe news agency. "We, who are living today ... ( read original story ...)

The 1m-long fish, housed at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, often swims up to greet its keeper, 35-year-old Hitoshi Okamoto, The Japan Times said in a report on Wednesday (Dec 21). In a video posted to YouTube by ANN News on Dec 9, the grouper is shown ... ( read original story ...)

Plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University have developed a genome editing method to knockout target genes in a model plant with high efficiency. The team reports a new CRISPR/Cas9 vector for the model plant that can strongly induce inheritable mutations. ( read original story ...)

Arising from a collaboration between plant and animal biologists, and organic chemists at ITbM, Nagoya University, the group succeeded in developing a new compound, a triarylmethane that can rapidly inhibit cell division in plants. This compound was found ... ( read original story ...)

Sister Hailey Bunker (Bunker Shimai) served her mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bunker served in Japan Nagoya Mission, Japanese Speaking, from June 10, 2015 – December 13, 2016. She is the daughter of Robert and Jocelyn ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA – Police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old Chinese man for allegedly killing an 18-year-old female compatriot at a business hotel in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture. He has admitted to the charge, according to the police. Investigators said the woman, a ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA: Toyota's latest Intelligent Clearance Sonar (ICS) has managed to reduce accidents involving pedal misapplication and reversing by 70% and 40% respectively. The Japanese carmaker's ICS system helps to prevent or mitigate collision damage while in ... ( read original story ...)

The MOL Group, stock listed in Tokyo and Nagoya – a leader in international ocean shipping – transports natural gas around the world and continuously develops its LNG fleet to meet the increasing demand for natural gas as well as to ensure the ... ( read original story ...)

Security camera footage of one home burglary in Nagoya in July captured the perpetrators, clad in black from head to toe, arriving by car and hunching down low as they approached. They broke into the house in just 60 seconds. Ten minutes later, they got ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Asian shares were mixed Wednesday, as the Tokyo benchmark jumped in the first trading of 2017, helped by a weak yen. Other indexes lost some gains from earlier this week. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 2.4 per cent to 19,580.21 ... ( read original story ...)

HANYU, Japan --They’re kooky, cuddly – and for some – a little creepy. In Japan, mascots aren’t warm-up acts. They’re the main event, reports CBS News correspondent Adriana Diaz. It’s been dubbed the capital of cute, and at the World Character ... ( read original story ...)

On this day in 1868, the samurai of Japan ousted the last shōgun, setting Japan on a course of radical modernisation. In 1192, Minamoto Yoritomo became the first shōgun of feudal Japan. The appointment evolved into a hereditary military dictatorship ... ( read original story ...)

Every year, Japan’s national police and emergency response services issue public warnings to be careful when eating mochi rice cakes, the sticky, sweet traditional delicacy served to celebrate the new year. And every year people die anyway. This year ... ( read original story ...)

The eyes of the world will be on Tokyo for more than just the 16 days that it hosts the 2020 Olympics, as the concept of legacy gains more importance for global sporting mega-events. “I think what Tokyo can learn from Rio is that without a compelling ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka, who was voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2016, takes the court against German Annika Beck this afternoon in the ASB Classic. Osaka turned heads last year, when she rocketed from outside the top 200 to 40 in the world, reaching the final in ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of Japanese revellers flooded Osaka's the banks of famous canals to ring in the New Year despite chilly temperatures. But the highlight of the night was a young Australian tourist skolling a beer before leaping from a bridge into the freezing ... ( read original story ...)