DeNA launching genetic testing service
Japanese mobile gaming giant DeNA is launching a genetic testing service.The service, called Mycode, will test customers...
read moreSummer comes to Asakusa
People in Tokyo are welcoming one of the traditional sights of summer in the city.The ancient Chinese Lantern Plant fest...
read moreLouvre’s Winged Victory restored to original lustre
A newly repaired Winged Victory statue is back at Paris’s Louvre museum.One of the museum’s three great treasures was sh...
read moreTyphoon Neoguri heads for Kyushu
A powerful typhoon has lashed Japan’s prefecture of Okinawa, injuring 28 people and causing landslides in 35 locations. ...
read moreChinese newspaper shows nuclear clouds over Japan
An official Chinese newspaper has drawn Japan’s ire for depicting nuclear clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The illustr...
read moreMatsutake mushrooms hit the shelves
People in Japan like mushrooms so much, they will sometimes pay astounding prices for them.The first gourmet matsutake m...
read moreTyphoon Neoguri slams Okinawa, heading north
Powerful typhoon Neoguri is currently west of Japan’s southern Okinawa island and heading north toward the Japanese main...
read moreSharp unveils freeform LCD display
41 years since LCD panels went on the market, Sharp has unveiled a revolutionary new freeform display.The Japanese firm’...
read moreWeeping politician advised to resign
The crying Japanese assemblyman whose video went viral is being pressured to resign.Last week, Hyogo assemblyman Ryutaro...
read moreSupertyphoon Neoguri threatens Japan
Supertyphoon Neoguri is bearing down on Japan.Weather officials issued a special alert for Miyako island in southern Oki...
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