Earthquake Hits Japan, 6.8 Magnitude
Region: Japan
The US Geological Society has confirmed that a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit about 100 miles from Tokyo on the Honshu coast of Japan. See the latest update on the USGS site. Earthquakes with a magnitude above 5 are considered more serious. MAG UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s LAT deg LON deg ... more
Views: 2839Brawn: Ferrari engines an option
Region: Japan
Honda chief Ross Brawn has confirmed that if the team have a car on the track in 2009 it may have a Ferrari engine. With the Brackley-based outfit continuing with developments despite not yet finding a buyer for the team, Brawn is considering all the possibilities available to him. "Honda has already said it will not supply us with engines, so that's why I contacted Ferrari," Brawn told Gazzetta dello Sport. "We hav... more
Views: 1229Educated Women at Higher Risk for Breast Cancer
Region: Japan
It's National Breast Cancer Awarness Month, and campaign organisers and sponsors want as many women as possible to know about the risks of breast cancer in the hope that more women or even men may go to recieve regular screenings for breast cancer. According to this survey the risk is not same for everyone. That is why you are not going to do screening at every age. But how many people really know they... more
Views: 2509Drink Water On Empty Stomach
Region: Japan
It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore scientific tests have proven its value. Below is a description of water uses for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment has been fo... more
Views: 1491Japanese Politician's Abduction Comments Spark Harsh Reactions
Region: JapanPosted by Chris Salzberg to Global Voices Online Liberal Democratic Party member and former Chief Secretary Koichi Kato has sparked harsh reactions from bloggers [ja] and on 2channel [ja] with a comment he made on June 7th. In his comment, Kato connected the stagnation of Japanese-Korea negotiations with the government decision in 2002 not to return 5 Japanese abductees to North Korea after they had been del... more
Views: 5204Wedding in Space
Region: JapanA Japanese wedding company,First Advantage is offering marriage service, they will arrange marriage in space.This service will cost worth one million pound which includes Wedding dress, wedding party on ground, accommodation and live broadcast from space. They are accepting application from beginning of the next month and they resume their service from 2011. For this, they arranged a specially designed aircraft, Rock... more
Views: 1226Earthquake Hits Japan's Tohoku Region
Region: Japan
Posted by Hanako Tokita for Global Voices Online On June 14, an inland earthquake reaching M7.2 on the Richter scale struck the Tohoku region of Japan. In Iwate and Miyagi, the hardest hit prefectures, 10 have been confirmed dead, about a dozen are missing, and more than 200 people have been injured. Although the death toll was relatively small, given that the areas in the vicinity of the epicenter are mostly mountain... more
Views: 2085Japan's Robot Revolution
Region: Japan
Facing a 16 percent decline in its workforce and, at the same time, a huge elderly population within the next 22 years, Japan is considering getting enough robots up and running to replace 3.5 million human workers by 2025. The idea is not to replace the human workers entirely with the robots, but to free up the time and the minds of the humans to do more high-priority or thought-intensive work. Currently, Japa... more
Views: 1450Japan: Views on Yasukuni, the Movie
Region: Japan
(Update: Plans to show “Yasukuni” in Tokyo theaters have now been cancelled altogether.) A documentary film about the controversial Yasukuni shrine, shot by a Chinese filmmaker through funding by a Japanese government agency, has sparked debate and discussion after a group within the ruling LDP party convened a screening to assess its “neutrality”. Film-maker Li Ying's “Yasukuni”, s... more
Views: 852An Epidemic
Region: JapanPublic awareness for the cataclysmic problems in schools skyrocketed on April 20, 1999. Imagine if you will… or try not to, it might be better for your soul… just a typical high school girl sitting at her desk between classes, talking to friends, enjoying the few free moments she has to not think about homework, college, and life in general. A scream breaks the flow the conversation. Shatters it. This... more
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