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World famous Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, known as "the queen of polka dots", will open a museum exhibiting her works in Tokyo in October, an official said. Kusama, 88, is known for her use of vivid colour in her works that often depict polka dots and ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya, Japan - In the evolution of tetrapods, the position of the hindlimb has diversified along with the vertebral formula, which is the number of small bones forming the vertebra. Tetrapods, as the name implies, are species that have four feet. However ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka police have arrested a 50-year-old man in the alleged beating death of his wife with a wooden sword at their residence in Izumisano City (TBS News) OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly killing his wife ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - America's top military official reiterated Friday his country's pledge to defend Japan against a North Korean missile attack, as western Japan carried out a test of an emergency alert system. "I think we made it clear to North Korea and anyone else ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, wary of Pyongyang's nuclear and missile development programs, said Japan must now contend with "a new level of threat," Kyodo News reported Thursday. The decision to deploy a land-based component of a missile interceptor system, the Aegis Ashore ... ( read original story ...)

An invasive species of Japanese beetle never before seen in B.C. has popped up in False Creek. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), a live beetle was found in a trap put out by the City of Vancouver in July. It has since been identified ... ( read original story ...)

For news out of east Asia, it is difficult to compete with North ... Kim was pictured surrounded by his top generals mulling over maps with targets closer to home, in South Korea and Japan, while warning again that he was ready to “wring the windpipes ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Kyodo news agency said, citing a government source. Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Japan would strengthen its defense posture in response to the North Korean threat and provide $500 million to help boost maritime security in East Asia, where China ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has come out strongly in support of India in the two-month-long Doklam standoff near Sikkim and said there should be no "unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force". The statement a month ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON – Japan and the United States on Thursday pledged to step ... and ballistic missile program,” U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said at a joint news conference after a meeting involving the foreign and defense ministers of the two ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is planning to deploy a new ground-based missile defence system as its third layer of protection in response to the North Korean ballistic missile threat, local media said yesterday. This additional layer, known as the Aegis Ashore system, will ... ( read original story ...)

The news conference was also jointly addressed by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera. “(With) ROK (South Korea), Australia, India and Southeast Asian countries, we will promote more than ever before cooperation in s ... ( read original story ...)

A Vietnamese man and his wife were left with stab wounds after a quarrel erupted at their residence in Yokohama on Tuesday (TBS News) KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have launched an investigation after a quarrel between a Vietnamese man and ... ( read original story ...)

Nary a soul is in sight in this picture-perfect image of Japanese automation. The machines do all the heavy lifting at this plant run by Asahi Breweries, Japan's top brewer. The human job is to make sure the machines do the work right, and to check on the ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA – Legoland Japan is struggling to dispel the notion that its admission fees are too expensive. Plenty of hype preceded its opening in April. Located in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, it is not only the first outdoor Lego theme park in the country but ... ( read original story ...)

Now that Nagoya University and Cadence have ported the ATK2-SC1 to the Tensilica processor family, ECU developers can take advantage of the Tensilica DSP architectures to optimize their processors for their specific application without changing the RTOS ... ( read original story ...)