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Highly concentrated pesticide detected in Chinese-made frozen beansAn extremely high concentration of insecticide has been detected in frozen green beans imported from China, and one woman who ate some of the beans bought from a local supermarket became ill, a municipal ...
Source : topix.net | 15-Oct-2008 18:26
Ramapo Central's R.P. Connor fifth-graders to video-conference with Japanese counterparts
SUFFERN - More than 70 fifth-graders at the R.P. Connor Elementary School will gather Thursday night for a live video-conference on ecology with students in Japan.
Source : topix.net | 15-Oct-2008 13:58
Shota Nakamura battles to victory at Hyuga Pro, Japan
Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 12 October, 2008 : - - Day 5 and final day for Hyuga Pro commenced with action of semi finals of all divisions.
Source : topix.net | 15-Oct-2008 08:45
Amendment 1 targets Florida's anti-Asian land law
Asians can be barred from owning property in Florida - or so it says in the state constitution.
Source : topix.net | 15-Oct-2008 03:53
Drug may reduce coronary artery plaque
Tests of medication used to treat high blood pressure suggest positive role in potential plaque regression WASHINGTON, DC A- OCTOBER 12, 2008 A- Research presented at the 20th annual Transcatheter ...
Source : topix.net | 14-Oct-2008 23:25
Maggie Q thinks her mixed heritage confuses people
Maggie Q has said Asian actors still have a hard time getting good roles in Hollywood movies.
Source : topix.net | 14-Oct-2008 18:51
Japan police probe blast at China friendship office
Police in Japan said Tuesday they were probing apparent explosions in the southwest of the country, including one at the office of a group promoting Sino-Japanese relations.
Source : topix.net | 14-Oct-2008 14:18
Naval officer died after fighting 15 men
JAPAN is investigating the death of a naval officer who died after being forced to fight 15 other men during training for an elite counter-intelligence unit.
Source : topix.net | 14-Oct-2008 09:41
Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers a Separate Disease
Japanese investigators say that survival rates are better for patients with non-small cell lung cancer who never smoked than in NSCLC patients with a history of smoking.
Source : topix.net | 14-Oct-2008 04:41
Ford denies LaBeouf will take on Indiana role
Actor Harrison Ford poses during a photocall promoting 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' at a press conference at Grand Hyatt Tokyo on June 4, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan.
Source : topix.net | 14-Oct-2008 00:07
Morphic Technologies: Prototype Order for Fuel Cell Plates from a New Asian Customer
The Customer is a major Asian industrial group. The flow plates will be integrated in a fuel cell stack.
Source : topix.net | 13-Oct-2008 19:32
Philippine Senate ratifies government's economic agreement with Japan
The Philippine Senate on Wednesday night ratified an economic partnership agreement signed by the government with Japan two years ago.
Source : topix.net | 13-Oct-2008 15:03
Japanese decry N. Korea's removal from terror list
TOKYO - A day after the Bush administration removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist, the country announced Sunday that it would resume tearing down its main nuclear plant, and South Korea welcomed the ...
Source : topix.net | 13-Oct-2008 06:45
Sailor turns self in after two hit by car in Japan
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan a ' A Yokosuka sailor turned himself in to military police last weekend after allegedly striking two Japanese people with his car at a popular hangout in Yokohama for automobile ...
Source : topix.net | 13-Oct-2008 02:00
En el Japon mas tradicional, o parque tematico? - Takayama, Chubu, Japan
De Hiroshima, vuelta al oeste, hacia Takayama, parando en Himeji, par aver el famoso castillo, que no defraudo.
Source : topix.net | 12-Oct-2008 17:38
Gov't defends passage of RP-Japan trade pact
Sunday, October 12, 2008 Gov't defends passage of RP-Japan trade pact MALACANANG twitted Saturday critics of the newly ratified Japan Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement for claiming it will expose ...
Source : topix.net | 12-Oct-2008 09:23
Nikkei's 9.4% tumble shocks Japanese equity investors
By Tomoko Hosaka Tokyo - Watching Japanese stocks nose-dive one after another yesterday, Yasunori Matsubara decided worrying was futile.
Source : topix.net | 12-Oct-2008 01:12
SLIPKNOT Kicks Off Japanese Tour
SLIPKNOT has issued the following update: "After numerous flights we arrived in Nagoya, Japan two days ago.
Source : topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 20:32
Sarang, Surya Kirans enthrall audience with breathtaking display on IAF Day
New Delhi News.Net Wednesday 8th October, 2008 New Delhi, Oct 8 : Both the Sarang helicopter team and Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team on Wednesday enthralled the audience by their breathtaking display of ...
Source : topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 12:18
Aesthetic results of breast surgery can be improved
NEW YORK - As a treatment for early-stage breast cancer, a surgical team as devised a new approach to removing the cancerous tissue within the breast while preserving the skin to achieve a better cosmetic ...
Source : topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 07:48
Yamanaka eliminates viral vector in stem cell reprogramming
Shinya Yamanaka MD, PhD, of Kyoto University and the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease has taken another step forward in improving the possibilities for the practical application of induced ...
Source : topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 03:12
Japanese insurer Yamato goes bust
Japan's Yamato Life Insurance Co. President Takeo Nakazono, center, bows with other executives during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan yesterday.
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 22:46
MEMS market demands new foundry strategies
When Freescale Semiconductor transferred a MEMS process from Sendai, Japan, to its Oak Hill fab here earlier this year, the company didn't make a lot of noise about a new business strategy to accompany its ...
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 18:19
East Asia remembers last crisis as it braces for new one
BEIJING _ More than a decade after its last major economic crisis, East Asia is spooked by the prospect of a new global financial storm coming its way.
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 13:47
Big in Japan: Naked Briton arrested for swimming in the Imperial moat
Disclaimer: The author of this article is in no way prejudiced against random acts o f exc essive nudity.
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 05:30
No end in sight to market turmoil
The exchange rate, U.S. Dollar against Yen is displayed on an electoric board at Gaitame.com, a foreign exchange trading company, on October 8, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan.
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 23:15
2010 Mazda3 Revealed
The first official photos of the 2010 Mazda3 just hit the Web, along with a brief press release.
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 18:50
Japan machinery orders suffer worst fall in two years
Japan's core machinery orders plunged at the fastest pace in two years, the government said Thursday, reinforcing fears that Asia's largest economy has slipped into a recession.
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 14:23
Philippines ratifies free trade accord with Japan
Thursday, October 09, 2008 Philippines ratifies free trade accord with Japan MANILA - The Philippine Senate ratified a wide-ranging free trade agreement with Japan that the government hopes will usher in huge ...
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 09:48
British tourist freed after stripping off at palace
The British tourist during his confrontation with Japanese police at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 05:23
Nobel laureate has no passport
JAPANESE Nobel Physics laureate Toshihide Maskawa, an introvert devoted to thinking about the universe, has no passport to go to Stockholm to accept the prize, his wife revealed on Wednesday.
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 01:00
Woman faces death for 2007 murder-robbery at Iwate temple
The Morioka District Court sentenced a 46-year-old woman to death Wednesday for killing a temple priest and his mother and robbing them of cash in Iwate Prefecture last year.
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 20:21
List of recent Nobel Prize in chemistry winners
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation: - 2007: Gerhard Ertl, Germany, for studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces, research that has ...
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 15:43
Japan's Nikkei plunges 9.4 percent on crisis fears
A businessman looks at an electric stock market board in Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008.
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 11:15
TOKYO: Parties gird for lower house election in Japan
Both the Japanese ruling and opposition parties have entered the final stages of selecting candidates for the next House of Representatives election, hoping to be ready to kick off their election campaigns at a ...
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 06:39
Second adult center for South Asian community opens in Edison
A second adult day care center targeting the South Asian community opened on Oak Tree Road, following the first one, Golden Era, that opened close by on Meridian Road just four months ago.
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 01:47
2 Japanese, 1 American share Nobel Prize in physics
U.S. scientist Yoichiro Nambu is among three recipient... Two Japanese researchers and a Tokyo-born U.S. scientist have won the Nobel Prize in physics for 2008, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said ...
Source : topix.net | 07-Oct-2008 18:24
Man Nabbed For Skinny Dipping In Japan Palace Moat
Police have apprehended a Western man who went skinny dipping in a moat ringing the Imperial Palace in a busy Tokyo business district, attracting a huge crowd, officials said Tuesday.
Source : topix.net | 07-Oct-2008 13:37
Just Be Cause'Gaijin' mind-set is killing rural Japan
Allow me to conclude my trilogy of columns regarding the word "gaijin" this month by talking about the damage the concept does to Japanese society.
Source : topix.net | 07-Oct-2008 08:14
Kidman has 'no regrets' about Cruise marriage
Derek and John try to protect a member of the resistance by infiltrating a military academy.
Source : topix.net | 07-Oct-2008 03:43
Japan seeks foreign tourists to boost economy
For a long time, Japan was seen as an expensive travel destination, largely inaccessible due to the language barrier, with Mount Fuji and Geisha girls the main attractions.
Source : topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 22:58
Aso Cabinet Family Ties May Trigger Voter Backlash in Early Japan Election
Japan's history is one of family dynasties, from the emperor 's 1,400-year lineage to the father- son inheritance of Kabuki theater roles.
Source : topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 14:42
Asian markets plunge on fears crisis is spreading
Woman walks past a stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average fell sharply in the morning.
Source : topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 10:13
Visa denied for Russian diplomat
Japan has been refusing to grant a diplomatic visa to a Russian diplomat for more than 18 months, several government sources said Sunday, with one saying he could be linked to the Russian intelligence service.
Source : topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 04:16
Police Allege Osaka Man Set Fatal Fire
Japanese police allege an Osaka man confessed to starting a fast-moving fire that killed 15 people in a video parlor.
Source : topix.net | 05-Oct-2008 23:31
Nice to nestle at Japan's hometown
One could be fooled into thinking Onomichi was an island, where the ocean air whisps about the often deserted streets and the locals thrive from eclectic arts and hospitality industries.
Source : topix.net | 05-Oct-2008 19:07