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Hockey: Japan defeated 7-0 by Pakistan in Asia Cup 27 Aug 2013 | 02:08 pm
Pakistan hockey team recorded a smashing 7-0 victory against Japan during the opening day of Asia Cup on Saturday, in Ipoh, Malaysia. Japan’s defense, led by skipper Koji Kayukawa, was destroyed duri...
Japan and Russia most interested in electric cars – global survey 27 Aug 2013 | 02:08 pm
A 2013 survey by the research company GFK presented the consumer attitudes of six different countries regarding electric vehicles (EV), with Japan and Russia being the most interested in EVs. Around ...
Single women could freeze their ova for future fertilization 27 Aug 2013 | 02:08 pm
buy glasses online omen who are not married could froze their eggs and use them later in vitro fertilization, according to the Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine that has started making new guid...
TEPCO sounds the alarm at Fukushima 27 Aug 2013 | 02:08 pm
where to buy glasses online okyo Electric Power Co, or TEPCO, the operator of Fukushima nuclear power plant, reported on Friday the most severe crisis so far at the tsunami-hit plant, saying that the...
Japan launches smart Epsilon Rocket on first test flight 27 Aug 2013 | 02:08 pm
Japan is launching on Tuesday a smart rocket called Epsilon. The brainy device is designed to prove it is possible for an unmanned technology to make its own health checks just by using artificial int...
TEPCO looks abroad for advice regarding radioactive water 27 Aug 2013 | 02:08 pm
TEPCO, the operator of Fukushima tsunami-hit power plant, reported it will ask for advice at foreign experts on how to manage the radioactive water leaking from the site, while Japan might use some of...
Manga series on atomic bomb removed by school board 27 Aug 2013 | 02:08 pm
Manga series Hadashi No Gen (Barefoot Gen) was removed by a Japanese school board in the city of Matsue due to its content on atomic bombing. The 10-volume manga series, considered an anti-war classi...
JAL introduces women-only area, ukulele music on Hawaii flights 27 Aug 2013 | 02:08 pm
Japan Airlines (JAL) enriches its services list on flights from Japan to Honolulu, introducing a women-only area on the plane for applying make-up, or breast-feeding, new menus prepared by celebrity c...
Sakurajima volcano covers city with ash after eruption 23 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Sakurajima, Japan’s most active volcano that has erupted for the 500th time this year on Sunday, has covered the nearby city of Kagoshima with ash. The residents are clearing up the roads, cars, shops...
Budget carrier AirAsia is being rebranded, becomes Vanilla Air 23 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Budget airline AirAsia Japan changed its brand and is now known as Vanilla Air, with the carrier’s president saying that vanilla is “loved by everyone in the world”. It took around one month and a ha...
