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A powerful Pacific typhoon that intensified into the Northern Hemisphere's strongest storm of the year but has since lost some of its punch could still threaten Japan by this weekend. Typhoon Noru on Tuesday was packing maximum sustained winds of 204 ... ( read original story ...)

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar when winding up the debate on the bill said it was important to enable Malaysia to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable ... ( read original story ...)

A total of 16 teams from 10 countries took part in the latest challenge in the city of Nagoya. Amazon provided the teams with details of about half the products they would face in advance, but gave the roboticists just 30 minutes to photograph and practise ... ( read original story ...)

Alberta beef producers are facing a big tariff hike in Japan and they're not happy about it. Japan is imposing temporary tariffs of 50 per cent, up from 38.5 per cent, on imports of frozen beef from Canada and other countries, including the United States ... ( read original story ...)

These encounters were at different times and places in the past few days, China News Service website reported Tuesday, citing information from the official website of the Chinese consulate-general in Sapporo. Japanese police started searching for Wei again ... ( read original story ...)

Wei, who arrived in Hokkaido on July 18th, was last seen four days later leaving a hostel in central Sapporo. Surveillance footage revealed ... Wei’s family has also been utilizing social media to spread the news of her disappearance in hopes of finding ... ( read original story ...)

The remains will be laid to rest on the campus of Hokkaido University in Sapporo. At the ceremony, Paschos said the German traveler crossed an ethical red line stealing from a grave. “I hope to restore the honor and dignity” of the dead,” Kato told ... ( read original story ...)

Sydney, Australia, 2017-Jul-31 — /Travel PR News/ — Qantas will launch new direct seasonal flights between Sydney and Osaka’s Kansai International Airport in response to the boom in travel between Australia and Japan. From 14 December 2017 until 24 ... ( read original story ...)

Prosecutors in the western city of Osaka arrested Yasunori Kagoike, former chief of educational institution Moritomo Gakuen, and his wife, Junko, for fraudulently receiving state subsidies to build an elementary school, Kyodo news agency said. In applying ... ( read original story ...)

Prosecutors in the western city of Osaka arrested Yasunori Kagoike, former chief of educational institution Moritomo Gakuen, and his wife, Junko, for fraudulently receiving state subsidies to build an elementary school, Kyodo news agency said. In applying ... ( read original story ...)

It’s huge motivation for me to push for a way larger venue next time.” The G1 Special Crowd vs. Japan’s Crowds: “Dominion at Osaka has historically been one of our best, most lively crowds of the year. Whether my match with KUSHIDA, the ladder ... ( read original story ...)

Somehow she seems more alive that way," says one robotics researcher at the University of Osaka, home to the world's most advanced ... a certain quality of life in Japan.Made in America* A CBS News investigation team spent four months tracking more than ... ( read original story ...)

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Kosuke Kitajima believes the men's 200 meters breaststroke final will be "one of the biggest races to watch" at the Tokyo Olympics if Britain's Adam Peaty steps up to take on a dual Japanese challenge at the distance. Breaststroke ... ( read original story ...)

“It is good news for judo,” Agbegnenou said ... which will undoubtedly add a layer of intrigue in the build-up to the Tokyo 2020 Games. Japan will go in to August’s World Championships as favourites for both the men’s and women’s team gold ... ( read original story ...)

A woman in Japan who died from a tick-borne illness after being bitten by a stray cat is believed to be the first case of a human being infected with the disease without being directly bitten by a tick. The woman died 10 days after being bitten by a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s prime minister said he “fully agreed” with Donald ... dream of doing any harm to [North Korea],” the statement said, according to state-run news agency KCNA. “If the U.S. fails to come to its own senses and continues to resort to military ... ( read original story ...)