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Asian Games: Sapporo making bid for Asian Winter Games
Sapporo will move to host the 2017 Asian Winter Games, city sources have said.
The city of Obihiro, also in Hokkaido, is in talks with Sapporo to hold some of the sporting events. It is likely Sapporo, which will make a formal decision in January, will be the only bidding city as no others are moving to become candidates.
Scientists create mouse that ‘tweets like a bird’
JAPANESE SCIENTISTS said on Tuesday they had pr-oduced a mouse that tweets like a bird in a genetically engineered “evolution” whi-ch they hope will shed light on the origins of human language.
Japan shifts post-cold war defence focus to China, Nkorea
Japan said today it would shift its defence focus from the Soviet Cold War threat to southern islands nearer China, labelling the military build-up of its giant neighbour a global "concern".
Chinese boats near disputed islands: Japan coastguard
Two Chinese fishery patrol boats were spotted today off islands at the centre of a bitter dispute between Beijing and Tokyo, Japan's coastguard said.
Six Filipinos dead in a bus crash in Japan
Six Filipino workers were killed and 22 others were injured when a bus collided with a trailer truck in western Japan on Sunday, the police said.
US, Japan affirm cooperation over N.Korea
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and her Japanese counterpart Seiji Maehara Thursday affirmed their cooperation with Seoul in the wake of Pyongyang's deadly attack on a South Korean island.
2 Chinese ships seen near disputed islands: Japan
Two Chinese ships have been spotted near islands at the centre of a heated dispute between Beijing and Tokyo, the Japan Coast Guard said on Saturday.
Moderate 5.7 quake hits Japan: USGS
A moderate 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's remote Volcano Islands on Monday, seismologists said, although there was no tsunami warning and no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Japan N-deal on fast track as PM holds Tokyo talks
India moved swiftly to quell any misinterpretation that the Indo-Japan civilian nuclear agreement had been put on the backburner after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in answer to a question from a prominent Japanese businessman, had earlier on Monday seemed to signal that he would not push the pace for a conclusion of that agreement.
China seeks meeting as India, Japan get closer
After a series of provocative moves by China in recent months, signalling a shift in its position on Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh, that saw India “pause” all military and defence talks, Bei
