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Japan radioactivity detected in Florida
Trace amounts of the radioactive element iodine-131 from the Japan nuclear disaster have been detected in South Florida, but authorities say the concentrations remain...
Japan tests food, seawater for radiation
Japanese officials' concerns over food contamination expanded beyond the country's borders Tuesday as tests detected radiation in ocean water offshore.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power...
Japan rebuild expected to last five years
Japan may need up to five years to rebuild from the disastrous earthquake and tsunami that has caused up to $235bn (£145bn) of damage,...
Smoke fumes from 3rd Japanese nuke reactor
Gray smoke spewed Monday out of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's No. 3 reactor, a setback that came despite fervent efforts to prevent...
Leak spreads from second Japanese nuke facility
Reporting from Sendai and Tokyo, Japan A series of grim developments hit a shaken Japan on Wednesday, including reports that high-level radiation may have...
Fear of rising radiation levels grips Japan
An escalating crisis at a nuclear power plant compounded the human devastation in Japan Tuesday.
As the death toll from the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the...
Travelers stranded by Japanese earthquake
The largest earthquake in Japan’s history hit the country’s northeast today, triggering tsunamis that have been felt as far as Hawaii and the west...
Japan faces post-tsunami nuclear crisis
Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks Monday to dig out bodies in Japan's devastated coastal towns, as Asia's richest nation faced a...
Japanese phone makers adopt Android
Japanese mobile phones are a gadget lover’s dream. They double as credit cards. They can display digital TV broadcasts. Some are even fitted with...
Recalls cause Toyota profits to plunge
Toyota reported a 39 percent slide in quarterly profit but raised its full-year forecasts for earnings and sales, citing a global auto recovery.
The results...
Toyota recalls 1.7 million cars over fuel leak
About 1.2 million models are being recalled in Japan and 421,000 overseas, including 15,500 Avensis and 3,100 Lexus models in the UK.
Japan's transport ministry...
Green tea may not help protect against breast cancer
It seems that the anticancer properties of green tea may be nothing more than a myth. Researchers in Japan have shown that this plant...
Toyota pays US $32.4 million in fines
Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to pay the US government a record $32.4m (£20.9m) in additional fines to settle an investigation into its handling...
Japan reveals military plan in Djibouti to fight Somali pirates
The Japanese government is to build its foreign military base in Djibouti. The plan is aimed at strengthening and sustaining its fight against Somali...
Sudan: Japan Emergency Grant for Referenda
On Friday, July 30, Japan decided to provide through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) an emergency grant in the amount of approximately 8.17...
Japan tames Cameroon
Asian giants Japan have shocked African big guns Cameroon in the second game in Group E. The Indomitable Lions seem to be in control...
Ivory Coast: Chelsea’s Didier Drogba out of 2010 World Cup
The Ivory Coast will travel to South Africa without their captain. Didier Drogba, Chelsea striker, was injured in a friendly match between the Elephants...
Activities of the Japanese Election Observation Team for the General Elections in Sudan
The Japanese Election Observation Team, headed by Mr. Yuichi Ishii, former Ambassador of Japan to Sudan, and composed of sixteen members, was dispatched from...
Japan: Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid for the United Republic of Tanzania (the Project for Widening of the New Bagamoyo Road [Detailed Design])
The Government of Japan has decided to extend grant aid (the Project for Widening of the New Bagamoyo Road ) totaling 60 million JPY...
Japan-Kenya: The Project for the Construction of Nairobi Western Ring Roads
The Government of Japan has decided to extend grant aid (the Project for the Construction of Nairobi Western Ring Roads (Detailed Design)) totaling 36...
Exchange of Notes for Environmental Program Grant Aid for the Republic of Malawi
The Government of Japan has decided to extend environmental program grant aid (the Project for Introduction of Clean Energy by Solar Electricity Generation System)...
Japan: Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid for the Republic of Burundi through UNICEF
Exchange of Notes for Grant Aid for the Republic of Burundi (The Project for Infectious Diseases Prevention for Children) through the United Nations Children's...
South Africa-Japan: Japan calls for vuvuzela ban
According to the BBC, the President of the Japan Football Association, Motoaki Inukai, has demanded that the noisy vuvuzela trumpet be banned from the...
WiMax: Revolutionizing mobile phones and internet access in Africa
“Africa Com”, the largest communications event in Africa, was held this November in Cape Town. Among the many conferences and technical demonstrations, one in...
U.S. dollars and a world of proxy cocaine users!
It simply beats my imagination as to how every single U.S. citizen has already handled cocaine or risks handling it in the very near...
Japan and China in Botswana follow French example in Niger?
One hundred and eleven Chinese enterprises now own exploration licenses to dig up Botswana for Uranium and other raw materials. China, which is competing...
G20 finance ministers aim for an action-oriented summit
A boost in international emergency funds and agreement on financial-markets oversight likely will be among the concrete results of the April 2 meeting of...
Somalia: Japanese ship escapes pirate attack
A ship carrying used Japanese cars escaped an attack by the pirates off the coast of Somalia, Monday, announced the shipping company Mitsui OSK...
Japan’s unprecedented move to fight Somali pirates
Japan has ordered its navy to prepare for a mission to guard against pirates off the coast of Somalia and plans to draw up...
Japan joins the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Aden
Japan, wednesday, ordered its navy to get ready for an eventual deployment to Somalia to protect Japanese vessels and citizens from the reach of...