Japan

11 Jun 2013 — Yahoo! News US leaker faces hard choices while in hiding
HONG KONG (AP) - Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about U.S. surveillance programs, has few options to stay one step ahead of the authorities while in appa...

11 Jun 2013 — Japan Trends Projection Mapping on Robots in Akihabara
As part of their Technology Night and Day Event this weekend, Intel featured a 3D projection mapping project that utilised two robotic arms and a monolithic screen. Held over a Saturday night an...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan Japan's 007 island still carries scars of wartime past
Hashima Island is one of the strangest places you'll ever be able to explore -- and few can. This eerie, desolate place of deserted tower blocks some 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) off the coast of ...

11 Jun 2013 — Yahoo! News Feds now back morning-after pills for all girls
NEW YORK (AP) - After setting off a storm of criticism from abortion rights groups, upset that a Democratic president had sided with social conservatives, the Obama administration says it will c...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan Japan might delay F-35 purchases
Former Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, the architect of Japan's decision to purchase F-35 joint strike fighters to boost Japan's deterrence against China, now believes cost pressures...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan ANA to end joint business with Air Asia
The holding company for All Nippon Airways plans to end its joint venture with Air Asia, Asia's biggest low-cost airline. Holding company officials cite poor business performance as the reason f...

11 Jun 2013 — Japan Trends Best Airports in Asia
Afterjet-settingaround Asia for several years for tourism and business we decided to give our summary of the best airports in the region. 1. Changi International Airport- Singapore Asias ...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan Abe to offer support for Syria's opposition
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to send supplies to Syria's opposition forces. It would be the first time for Japan to do so. He will announce the decision at the upcoming G8 summ...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan Softbank raises bid for Sprint to $21.6 bil. to counter Dish
Softbank Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to raise its takeover bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. by $1.5 billion to $21.6 billion, countering a rival bid by U.S. satellite TV provider Dish Network Co...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan Station official allowed subway train to leave despite woman being on tracks
Tokyo Metro Co, which operates eight subway lines in Tokyo, said Tuesday that a newly-hired station employee has been removed from duty after he allowed a train to leave Roppongi Station even th...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan BOJ takes no additional steps to curb bond market volatility
The Bank of Japan on Tuesday refrained from taking additional steps to ease volatility in the government bond market and contain spikes in interest rates that could impede an economic recovery. ...

11 Jun 2013 — Yahoo! News Feds: All girls to have morning-after pill access
NEW YORK (AP) - The federal government on Monday told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without pres...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan Observation satellite's launch set for August
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has unveiled its new planetary observation satellite, which is scheduled to be launched in August, to the press at its Kanagawa Prefecture campus. (...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan For David Bowie, Japanese style was more than just fashion
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has scored a victory with its exhibition "David Bowie is" for elucidating what many have probably always suspected: David Bowie is a bit of a Japanophile...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan Investors sue MRI International
Nine customers of U.S. asset management firm MRI International Inc. on Monday filed a lawsuit with Tokyo District Court, seeking the return of a total of 72 million yen in investments that are n...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan Man sent to prosecutors over final computer virus case
Japanese police sent public prosecutors cases involving Yusuke Katayama, a 31-year-old former information technology company employee, over his allegedly infecting of six men's personal computer...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan TEPCO sued for inpatients' deaths
Fifteen bereaved family members of four people who were inpatients at the time of the March 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 plant and died later sued the comp...

11 Jun 2013 — News On Japan Japan eyes earlier start of melted fuel removal at Fukushima plant
The government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday they may be able to start removing the melted fuel inside the crippled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi complex within the first ...

11 Jun 2013 — Yahoo! News Feds to comply with NY morning-after pill ruling
NEW YORK (AP) - The federal government on Monday told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without pres...