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Meet world's first edible robot
Kyodo News, Published on 31/05/2024
» KYODO - A cloudy yellow rectangular figure about seven centimetres long wobbles from side to side, waving its gelatinous arms as it makes a friendly greeting, its body resting inside a mug.
Sperm bank to be set up in Tokyo for donors ready to disclose identity
Kyodo News, Published on 02/05/2024
» TOKYO - A sperm bank only for donors who agree to disclose their identity will be set up at a Tokyo clinic, its organiser said Thursday, in a first for Japan.
Khmer Rouge leader denies genocide charges
Kyodo News, Published on 19/08/2021
» The only surviving Khmer Rouge leader on Thursday denied the charges against him in the U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia to appeal a 2018 lower court ruling that convicted him of genocide and gave him a life sentence.
Japan Covid patient receives living donor lung transplant
Kyodo News, Published on 08/04/2021
» Kyoto University Hospital said Thursday it has performed the world's first living donor lung transplant on a patient who lost functionality of both her lungs due to infection from the novel coronavirus.
Tokyo to ask nightclub workers to take virus tests
Kyodo News, Published on 07/06/2020
» The Tokyo metropolitan government will ask people working at nightclubs and similar entertainment establishments to regularly take coronavirus tests, Gov Yuriko Koike said on Sunday.
Toyota to raise stake in Subaru to 20%
Kyodo News, Published on 27/09/2019
» NAGOYA: Toyota Motor Corp said Friday it will raise its stake in Subaru Corp to 20 percent from 16.8 percent to boost the companies' joint development of advanced technology for autonomous and electric vehicles.
Chinese project in Cambodia raises alarms of military build-up
Kyodo News, Published on 12/08/2019
» While Cambodia welcomes an ongoing influx of Chinese tourists, investment and development, the world at large increasingly suspects that China is launching a military build-up in the country for stronger Chinese influence in Southeast Asia.
Kawasaki oust Muangthong from Asian championship
Kyodo News, Published on 30/05/2017
» KAWASAKI, JAPAN - Kawasaki Frontale finished off Thailand's Muangthong United with a 4-1 second-leg win to advance to the quarter-finals of the Asian Champions League 7-2 on aggregate Tuesday night.
Avalanche engulfs students on Japan ski slope
Kyodo News, Published on 27/03/2017
» UTSUNOMIYA, Japan -- Six people were believed dead and three others remained unaccounted for on Monday morning following an avalanche on a ski slope near the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, the local fire department said.
Malaysia detains 7 suspected IS militants - 5 Filipinos
Kyodo News, Published on 14/03/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police said Monday that five Filipinos and two Malaysians including an immigration officer have been arrested for suspected ties to the Islamic State terror group.