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	Humanoids continue invading
...The 21st century is not the time, when people can be easily impressed, this can be refered to another, whether weird or wise, invention of the Japanese, that is a humanoid robot. On the other hand the most impressive thing is that people are still striving to create somebody, or something, to resemble themselves. This game has ended up in a demonstration of bots to help the aging population of Japan in their everyda...
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	China's Google in Japan
...The number one search engine in China, Baidu.com, has started its own Japanese search engine, which is the company's first regular service it provides outside of China. The new website, called www.baidu.jp includes a search bar for Web page and image searches. The site also features a user help and advanced services. The so-called "China's Google" was about to expand its activity overseas as early as March. Until recen...
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	Japanese Scientists Work on a Flexible Battery
...e some organic radical polymers are soluble in electrolyte solutions. This results in discharging the battery. The polymer, though, should be soluble, so that the spin-coating would be possible. The Japanese scientistshave overcome this problem by photocrosslinking, though. This made the polymer more stable and stronger from the mechanical point of view. Prof. Peter Skabara, from the University of Strathclyde, was impr...
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	Japan's uncertain guilt for sex slavery during World War II
...revision of landmark apology that was made in 1993. They defend a standpoint in which Asian women were paid for prostitution and that was their free will to do so, thus denying the involvement of the Japanese military authorities. US House of Representatives reacted with indignation at Japan's apology to make it official and fully admit the fact of sex slavery. The debates in US media touched upon the matter of ...
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	Secret US military data was disclosed thanks to porn images
...Secret information on US combat system was accidentally exposed by Japanese officer after he exchanged porn files with another officer at work. The naval officer intended to copy adult images that came along with the data on Aegis military system taken by accident from another officer's computer. Thus when he swapped the files with the petty officer of the lower rank, the latter was carelessly given the access to t...
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	New Hollywood Movie Makes Japanese Feel Sick
...Japanese national newspapers warn people that watching a new Hollywood drama can make its viewers feel sick. The warnings are published on request of Gaga Communications, the movie's Japanese distributor. Babel, a Golden Globe and Academy Award winning 2006 multi-narrative drama, was released in Japan on April 28. Since then the movie's distributors have received complaints from at least 15 people who felt ill while w...
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	Woman lived with bullet for 64 years
...t was in her head for 64 years. Jin Guangying, a grandmother from Shuyang town, Jiangsu province recalls the incident that happened during the World War II in 1943. She was 13 year old girl, when Japanese soldiers invaded their province and one of them tried to kill her as she was taking meal to her father, who was a guerrilla. As Japanese army noticed her they started haunting and shot at her right ear. Occasion...
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	Over a Quarter of Japanese Want an iPhone, Survey Showed
...A survey showed that about 27% of Japanese are willing to purchase an iPhone from Apple. Taking into consideration that Japan is the land of hi-tech novelties and a test ground for them these 27% should be considered flattering for Apple. It is a fact that an outlander smartphone has slight chances in winning a good place on Japanese market, because in most cases authentic manufacturers' smartphones are more function...
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	Japan Marks the 62nd Anniversary of Hiroshima's Atomic Bombing
...He described the moments of bombing such as torn clothes and charred faces. The mayor's speech was followed by 1,000 white doves that were released into the sky. Mr. Tadatoshi Akiba said that the Japanese government must protect its pacifist constitution and it should be should of it. He also mentioned that Japan should clearly say "no" to the old and wrong U.S. policies. Then people in the crowd bowed their heads ...
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	Cars to Say 'No!' to Drunk Drivers
... sober decisions. The first models of the similar 'alco-locks' were developed in the US and Canada in the 1980s. They were aimed at keeping under control the drivers convicted of drunk-driving. Japanese car maker Nissan has also launched an in-car Breathalyzer. The device developed by Nissan first measures alcohol level in the driver's breath via a special odor sensor. If levels exceed the norm, a polite female voic...
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	Doctor cut off the wrong side of woman's head
...Japanese surgeon operated a woman on a blood tumor when he realized he opened the wrong side of her head - with no tumor. As soon as the doctor didn't found any tumor on the right side he hastened to open the left side of the head and corrected the error. However, this mistake took one more hour for the operation to be completed. Medical practice review board said that its is still unknown if this mistake affected ...
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	The 2007 Winners of Ig Nobel Prize Who Made us Laugh and Think
... Physics L. Mahadevan of Harvard University, USA, and Enrique Cerda Villablanca of Universidad de Santiago de Chile, were awarded for finding the key to how sheets become wrinkled. Chemistry Japanese scientist Mayu Yamamoto of the International Medical Center of Japan managed to extract a vanilla fragrance and flavor from cow dung. Nutrition Brian Wansink of Cornell University, once questioned the limits of h...
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	Researchers Suggest: More Happiness Results in More Suffering
...igehiro Oishi (University of Virginia) and his colleagues from three other institutions suggests that on average, European-Americans feel happy in general. They feel more happy than Asian-Americans, Japanese or Koreans. However, European-Americans loose their happiness more easily when influenced by negative factors and need more time to recover than those living in Asia or having an Asian ancestry. The study also s...
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