Giant squid ‘Backyard Tour’

A dead giant squid is proving a popular attraction with visitors to an aquarium in Japan.In the new "Backyard Tour" at S...

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Photographers snap ‘diamond Fuji’

Photographers and nature lovers flocked to the foot of Japan’s iconic Mt. Fuji this morning to witness the sun rising di...

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Stem cell researcher calls for retraction

A discovery that could revolutionize stem cell therapy has been called into question, after one of the scientists behind...

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Nation remembers 3.11 disaster

People in Japan observed a moment of silence on Tuesday to remember thousands of loved ones who died when a tsunami smas...

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Japan cutting bluefin catch in half

The land of sushi will cut its Pacific bluefin tuna haul by fifty percent.Japan’s Fisheries Agency says from next year t...

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Nation remembers firebombing victims

Tomorrow, March 11th, marks three years since a tsunami devastated northeast Japan, but today (Monday) Japanese people h...

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Phantom squid caught alive

Japanese fisherman have captured yet another rare deep-sea squid, this time alive.It was discovered ensnared on Friday n...

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Businesses fail to learn lessons of 3.11

Three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, most Japanese companies do not have business continuity plans in plac...

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Police boxes get hi-tech info screens

Japan’s ubiquitous police boxes are going hi-tech.The country’s police are equipping the boxes with hi-tech information ...

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Japan’s tallest skyscraper opens in Osaka

The 300-meter Abeno Harukas opened today (Friday) in Osaka in western Japan.People rushed into Kinki Nippon Railway’s ne...

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