| |   Hyatt Regency Kyoto cooking classes
| The Hyatt Regency Kyoto is again offering its popular small-group cooking classes this year, through Nov. 21. | These classes were first started in 2008, and this is the fifth consecutive year that the hotel ...
Queen Sofia snubs The Queen
| SPAIN'S Queen Sophia has pulled out of a glittering lunch for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee after protests. | Tomorrow's lunch for sovereigns from around the world at Windsor Castle has been marked by...
Tensions over British queen's lunch
A lunch for sovereigns from around the world celebrating the diamond jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was marked Thursday by a withdrawal, protests and controversy over the guest list. | Spain's Queen So...
Study Shows Muscle tissue grown from stem cells can repair heart damage
| A Japanese research team has developed a promising new treatment for heart failure by growing sheets of new heart muscle tissue from stem cells. When implanted in damaged rat hearts, the bioengineered tissue ...
Is the End of American Dominance the Same as American Decline?
| In November, 1975, the world's leading industrial powers were staggering through a crisis beyond their control: The price of oil had more than quadrupled since OPEC imposed an embargo two years earlier. In th...
Kepler telescope studies star superflares
Nasa's Kepler space telescope has provided fresh insight on the colossal explosions that can afflict some stars. | These enormous releases of magnetic energy - known as superflares - could damage the atmos...
Rich nations stall talks on their record of cutting emissions
Tweet NEW DELHI: On the second day of the Bonn climate change negotiations, the US, the EU and other developed countries tried to stall discussions on whether the rich countries had met their obligations on red...
Kansai power crunch just political rivalry?
| OSAKA — The confrontation between the central government and Kansai area leaders over the restart of two nuclear reactors in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, has more to do with the growing power struggle between ...
Expect 3/11 aftershocks for decades
| Aftershocks of the giant earthquake of March 11, 2011, are expected to continue for at least several decades along the border of Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures, according to a study released Wednesday. | A...
Seizure-linked accidents prompt look at traffic law
| In the wake of fatal car accidents involving epileptics, the National Police Agency has began studying possible revisions to the Road Traffic Law in hopes of preventing accidents by drivers with disorders cha...
Flag-burning Okinawan activist fights to give U.S. bases the boot
| NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — An antiwar activist in Okinawa convicted of torching the Hinomaru flag at a 1987 national athletic meet in his hometown is determined to continue his battle for "peace and equality...
"Shoichi IDA, Prints"
| It has been six years since Shoichi Ida passed away. As a prominent woodblock print artist, Ida produced outstanding works throughout his career and is considered a significant contributor to the development ...
Japan’s Economy Grows More-Than-Forecast 4.1% in First Quarter
| Japan’s economy grew more than economists forecast in the first quarter as reconstruction from last year’s earthquake boosted public investment and consumer spending rose. | Gross domestic product gained ...
Colossal superflares erupt from sun-like stars
| Stars like our sun can release "superflares," explosions of up to 10,000 times more energy than the solar flares seen from our sun, researchers say. | However, it looks unlikely that our sun currently has sup...
Colossal Superflares Erupt from Sun-Like Stars
| Stars like our sun can release "superflares," explosions of up to 10,000 times more energy than the solar flares seen from our sun, researchers say. | However, it looks unlikely that our sun currently has sup...
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