“The key is deterrence. I think you're standing on board a large piece of that deterrence, but also the training with other like-minded nations.”
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iPS cells are moving from clinical trialsーeye disease, Parkinson’s disease, heart failure, cancer, spinal cord injuriesーto the stage of practical application.
In the finals, it all came down to the golden set against the Wolfdogs Nagoya, and the Sunbirds dominated to secure another championship.
Ignoring Sri Lanka’s pleas for loan rescheduling, China offers aid that would increase the island nation’s problems and Beijing’s control of its strategic port.
Tigers slugger Teruaki Sato, Giants rookie closer Taisei Ota and Marines catcher Ko Matsukawa are shining for their respective teams.
Skateboarders and BMX competitors open the three-day event, an international showcase being held in Japan for the first time, in style.
There was no forced labor. South Koreans volunteered to go to the Japanese home islands in droves for better pay and plentiful job opportunities.
China is the world’s number one greenhouse gas emitter, accounting for about one-third of the total in the entire world, but has shown no willingness to...
International partners vow to seize every opportunity in a bid to resolve the abductions issue.
The Columbia University professor is only the second to receive this honor in Japanese studies after Donald Keene.
The season may have started off slowly but flamboyant manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo is living the dream in Hokkaido.