Tag: Japan
Japanese ‘baby factory’ wins custody of 13 kids born via surrogacy
BANGKOK: A wealthy Japanese man was granted “sole parent” rights to 13 children he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers, a Bangkok court ruled Tuesday,...
Japan, UNDP to support empowerment of youth
Agreement signed to launch a $3.9 million initiative for Sindh, KP
ISLAMABAD: The Japan government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Monday...
Australia, US, India, Japan in talks to establish Belt and Road...
SYDNEY: Australia, the United States, India and Japan are talking about establishing a joint regional infrastructure scheme as an alternative to China’s multibillion-dollar Belt...
Japan scientists tell hopeful bald people to take it ‘easy on...
TOKYO: Following reports that french fries, particularly from Mc Donalds, are a cure for baldness, people suffering from hair loss have jumped the bandwagon and...
Japan Display Inc reports fourth consecutive quarterly loss
TOKYO: Japan Display Inc reported on Wednesday a fourth consecutive quarterly net loss, as its slow adoption of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology resulted...
Japan accepts 20 asylum seekers out of 19,628 applicants last year
TOKYO: The number of asylum seekers in Japan grew 80 per cent to a record 19,628 in 2017 – but only 20 were accepted,...
Japan speed skater in first Winter Olympics doping case: CAS
LAUSANNE: Japanese short-track speed skater Kei Saito has tested positive for a banned substance at the Pyeongchang Olympics, the first doping case of the Games,...
Zeb Bangash, ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ director to reunite in Japan
Having been featured in more than 60 international film festivals across the globe and winning 18 international film awards, Lipstick Under My Burkha’s Director,...
Japan sumo wrestlers to be questioned as sport lurches into crisis
TOKYO: Every one of Japan’s sumo wrestlers is to face questioning by outside investigators after a series of incidents tipped the sport into crisis.
The Japan Sumo...
US, Japan, S Korea coaction on N Korea is firm, says...
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking before leaving for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, said on Friday he wanted to convey to the world...
Pence examines Japan’s last line of defence against possible N Korean strike
TOKYO: US Vice President Mike Pence visited a Japanese Patriot PAC-3 missile battery, Japan’s last line of defence against any possible North Korean missile...
Fukushima: Lethal radiation leak at destroyed Japan nuclear plant
Lethal levels of radiation have been observed inside Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. And they are arguably way higher than you suspect.
According to Tokyo...
Anti-US base Japan mayor seeks re-election in Okinawa
TOKYO: A mayor opposed to a US Marines base on Okinawa seeks re-election in a poll on Sunday, raising the prospect that the facility...
Russia agrees on warplane deployment in Kuril islands near Japan
MOSCOW: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved the deployment of Russian warplanes on a disputed island near Japan, accelerating the area’s militarisation at a...
Japan’s mischief ‘Insta-gran’ finds fame with wacky selfies
A madcap Japanese great-grandmother armed with a camera and an appetite for mischief has shot to fame for taking side-splitting selfies – many of...
Japanese woman sues government over forced ‘eugenic’ sterilisation
TOKYO: A Japanese woman in her 60s on Tuesday sued the government over her forced sterilisation as a teenager under a now-defunct eugenics law,...
An ice-cream that doesn’t melt?
Japanese scientists have discovered a completely organic way to make ice cream retain its shape and not melt for several hours. Now that is...
