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Saturday 31st July, 2010

    • Monkeys go bananas at the sight of flying squirrels

    Osaka News.Net

    A study has shown that small monkeys called Japanese macaques go bananas when they see a flying squirrel.

    • China is now world's second largest economy, overtakes Japan

    Osaka News.Net

    China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy.

    • Japan: Tokyo, unemployment up, industrial production down

    Spero News

    Tokyo (AsiaNews / Agencies) - Unemployment as grown in Japan for the 4th consecutive month, reaching 5.3% in June, a record in 2010, while industrial production recorded the highest decline in over a ...

  • Rescue Robot Invented In Japan

    RedOrbit

    Posted on: Saturday, 31 July 2010, 05:40 CDT Japanese emergency services are planning on trying out a small tank-like rescue robot that can search rubble for survivors and deliver water, food or ce...

  • Most A-bomb survivors dissatisfied with Japan's disarmament work+

    Breitbart

    OSAKA, July 31 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Nearly nine out of 10 atomic bomb survivors who visited New York on the occasion of a U.N. conference in May reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty express...

  • Japan's population falls for 1st time in 3 yrs+

    Breitbart

    TOKYO, July 31 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japan's population fell to 127,057,860 in the year to March 31, down for the first time in three years, largely because of an increase in the number of deaths amid...

  • Turkey's Cappadocia attracts Korean, Japanese tourists

    World Bulletin

    Japanese and Korean tourists boost tourism in Cappadocia region which is one of the most important tourism centers of Turkey. The region, famous for its fairy chimneys and underground cities, experien...

  • Japan's oldest lion dies at zoo in Nagano

    Mainichi Daily

    NAGANO -- Japan's oldest lion has roared his last, dying at a zoo here. The male lion, Raita, once a popular attraction at Nagano Chausuyama Zoo, died of old age at 23 years, four months -- over 100 ...

  • Indonesian batik maestro who revived Japanese-influenced batik dies+

    Breitbart

    JAKARTA, July 31 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Indonesian batik master Iwan Tirta, who revived Japanese- influenced "hokokai batik," died Saturday morning from various illnesses. He was 75. His assistant T...

  • Japanese evening newspaper headlines+

    Breitbart

    TOKYO, July 31 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The following are the headlines of top stories carried by major Japanese newspapers in their Saturday evening editions: -- Tornado tours boom in U.S. (Asahi) ...

  • Tokyo's oldest man dies — 30 years ago

    The Province

    When Tokyo officials recently paid a birthday visit to the city's oldest man, they were the ones to be surprised. It was Sogen Kato's 111th birthday — problem was he appeared to have di...

  • Mother arrested over dead toddlers says she wanted time for self

    News on Japan

    self+ (AP) - OSAKA, July 31 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING INFO AT 4-6TH, LAST GRAFS) A 23-year-old mother who was arrested Friday over the death of her two toddlers at their apartment in the city of ...

  • Tokyo death chamber to be opened to media

    News on Japan

    The Justice Ministry will open the execution chamber at the Tokyo Detention House to the media as early as August, Justice Minister Keiko Chiba said Friday.

  • China rapidly expands investments in Japanese government bonds

    Japan Today

    TOKYO — China sharply expanded investments in Japanese government bonds in the first months of this year as part of the country’s apparent move to increase relative exposure to stable Jap...

  • Japanese climber missing in the Swiss Alps

    Japan Today

    GENEVA — A 61-year-old Japanese man has gone missing while climbing in the Alps in southern Switzerland, the Japanese Embassy in Switzerland said Friday. He left his hotel last Sunday to climb...

  • Soccer: Japan to begin 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign in Sept. 2011+

    Breitbart

    2011+ (AP) - TOKYO, July 31 (Kyodo)—Japan will begin their qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil in September next year, newly appointed Japan Football Association President Jun...

  • Singapore, Japan to train Afghans to combat corruption+

    Breitbart

    SINGAPORE, July 31 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Singapore, known for its squeaky clean image, will collaborate with Japan to help war-torn Afghanistan train its civil servants in combating corruption. The...

  • Group builds dugout boat for Japan-Korea ancient sea voyage+

    Breitbart

    MATSUE, Japan, July 31 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A civic group in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture on Saturday launched a prototype dugout boat into a lake in preparation for re- enacting an ancient sea voyage ...

  • Japan needs a revolutionary coach CSKA Moscows Honda

    General Sources

    Japan forward Keisuke Honda says the Japan Football Association needs to hire a ‘revolutionary’ coach. Following the departure of Takeshi Okada, CSKA Moscow’s Honda wants a tough manager who ...

  • Japan's PM says not to dissolve lower house

    General Sources

    Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo July 30, 2010. Kan said on Friday that he was not considering dissolving parliament's lower house to...

  • Japan PM pledges to press ahead with fiscal reform

    General Sources

    TOKYO, JAPAN (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday fiscal reform would remain top of his agenda, despite his party's drubbing in recent polls blamed partly on talk of a doubling of...

  • China overtakes Japan as No. 2 economy

    Chicago Tribune

    Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.Depending on how fast its exchange rate ris...

  • Drug-tainted Japanese pop idol divorced

    Kuwait Times

    Published Date: July 31, 2010 TOKYO: Japanese pop star Noriko Sakai, who was last year convicted of illegal drug use, has been divorced from her surfer husband, who taught her the habit, press report...

  • A Narita Airport staff member assists a tourist at a videophone installed to provide Chinese-language information.

    The Asahi Shimbun

    NARITA, Chiba Prefecture--Businesses and other facilities here are rolling out the welcome mat for the throngs of Chinese tourists expected now that conditions for visas have been relaxed to allow mor...

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