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Diabetes breakthrough hailed as boy given world’s first artificial pancreas
A four-year-old Australian boy has become the first patient in the world to be fitted with an artificial pancreas.
A new hope: Australian boy gets world’s first artificial pancreas
A 4-year-old Australian boy has become the first patient in the world to be fitted with an artificial pancreas.
Hostage crisis: Analysts say Japan is target for militants
Japan’s hostage crisis is a stark reminder that Tokyo’s deep pockets and alliance with the US make it a target for Islamist militants, analysts...
Japan vows not to bend to IS after £131M ransom demand for hostages
The Islamic State group is threatening to kill two Japanese hostages unless it receives a US$200 million (£131m) ransom within 72 hours, but Tokyo vows...
Japan vows not to bend to IS after $200M ransom demand for hostages
The Islamic State group is threatening to kill two Japanese hostages unless it receives a US$200 million ransom within 72 hours, but Tokyo vows it will...
Japan PM pledges billions for Mideast countries battling Islamic State
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged $2.5 billion in non-military aid for the Middle East as well as US$200 million in non-military assistance...
Japan approves record defence budget to counter China’s rising military might
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government approved it’s biggest ever military budget on Wednesday, as Abe looks to strengthen surveillance...
Human lifespan linked to behaviour of Sun at time of their birth, scientists say
Norwegian scientists say people born during periods of solar calm may live longer – as much as five years on average – than those who enter the world...
Japan approves $29 bn stimulus package
The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved a fresh stimulus package worth US$29 billion Saturday in a bid to boost the economy, hit hard...
No supersizing: McDonald’s Japan rations fries amid supply crunch
Potato shortages are putting McDonald’s customers in Japan on an unsolicited diet.
New York court rules that chimpanzees have no human rights
In the first case of its kind, a New York appeals court rejected on Thursday an animal rights advocate’s bid to extend ‘legal personhood’...
Japanese probe headed to asteroid to collect microscopic grains of dust
Japan on Wednesday launched a rocket carrying a space probe destined for a distant asteroid, just weeks after a European spacecraft’s historic landing...
FIBA bans Japan from international basketball competitions
Japan have been suspended from international basketball competitions — including the Olympics — after failing to merge their two national leagues.
Japanese PM dissolves parliament lower house for snap election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved parliament’s lower house on Friday for a snap election expected on Dec.
Japan PM calls for snap election after country slips into recession
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday he was calling a snap general election and delaying an expected sales tax rise after figures showed Japan was in...
Japan’s Abe delays tax hike and calls snap elections for December
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced he will delay a planned rise in the nation’s sales tax to 10 percent until 2017 as the country struggles...
Japan falls into recesssion leading to fears of global economic slump
Japan’s economy has suddenly slipped into recession as a rise in sales tax leads to a decline in housing and business investment.
Leaders of China, Japan hold ice-breaking meeting amid longtime stormy relations
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held an ice-breaking meeting Monday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific conference...
One Direction slammed for using chimpanzee in new ‘Steal My Girl’ music video
Animal rights activists have called for One Direction to cut immediately a scene containing a chimpanzee from their new music video.
Japan female ministers resign over cash scandals
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suffered a double setback Monday with the resignations of two female cabinet ministers over claims they misused...
Spanish nurse tests negative for Ebola as Nigeria may be declared Ebola-free
The Spanish nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola outside West Africa has tested negative for the virus, the government said.
In blow to PM Abe, Japan trade minister to resign over funds scandal
In a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s newly appointed trade and industry minister plans to resign following reports that some of her support...
Spanish nurse infected with Ebola ‘touched face with tainted glove’
The Spanish nurse being treated for Ebola says she touched her face with a tainted protective glove after helping treat a man dying from the virus.
Monkey business: Court to decide if chimps should get ‘human rights’
A New York court is set to decide whether chimpanzees are entitled to “legal personhood” and the protections that go with it.
U.S. military officials feared dead as typhoon slams into Japan
Strong typhoon Phanfone slammed into Japan on Monday, packing gusts and huge waves that have already swept three U.S.
Four more bodies recovered from Japanese volcano as typhoon nears
Authorities found four more bodies on a still-smouldering Japanese volcano Saturday as they resumed a search stalled by heavy rain, but a typhoon threatened...
In cancer fight, berry may hold keys to more effective treatment
Here’s a reason to stop building over and polluting our natural spaces. Scientists have discovered that a previously unremarkable berry that grows...
Happiest place to live in the world is revealed (hint: it has a canal)
Panama may be the happiest country in the world, racking up the highest score in the Gallup-Healthways Global Well-Being Index for 2013.
Japanese regulator approves restart of first nuclear reactors
Japan’s nuclear regulator gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for the restart of a nuclear power station, the first step to reopening an industry that...
Celebrating like never before: China marks World War Two victory over Japan
Chinese President Xi Jinping and all of the top officials in his government have made a rare joint appearance to mark 69 years since Japan’s surrender...
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