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Narita airport to open 'capsule hotel'
Kyodo News, Published on 19/07/2014
» CHIBA — A "capsule hotel" targeting passengers of early-morning budget airline flights is scheduled to open Sunday at a car park building adjacent to Narita International Airport's Terminal 2.
Cambodia opposition ends year-long boycott of parliament
AFP, Published on 22/07/2014
» Cambodia's main opposition party announced Tuesday that it had struck a deal with strongman premier Hun Sen to end its year-long boycott of parliament triggered by a disputed election.
Military drills to delay flights in China
Kyodo News, Published on 22/07/2014
» BEIJING - Military exercises in eastern China will create massive disruption to civilian air services during the period of the drills through mid-August, Chinese media said Tuesday.
Tourists to Japan hits record high
Kyodo News, Published on 23/07/2014
» TOKYO - The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in the first half of 2014 hit a record high of 6.26 million thanks to the yen's weakness and increased international flights at Tokyo's Haneda airport, a government body said Wednesday.
Girl, 16: 'I wanted to kill someone'
Kyodo News, Published on 28/07/2014
» A 16-year-old Japanese girl arrested for allegedly murdering classmate Saturday said she "wanted to kill someone" and suggested she also wanted to dismember a body, investigative sources said Monday.
Teen 'wanted to dissect' someone
Kyodo News, Published on 30/07/2014
» A 16-year-old high school girl arrested on suspicion of killing a classmate and partially dismembering her body in southwestern Japan has told investigators she wanted to try dissection techniques on a human being after reading medical textbooks and practicing on a cat, police sources said Wednesday.
Japan airports' Wi-Fi allows snooping
Kyodo News, Published on 26/08/2014
» TOKYO - Users of free wireless Internet connections at Japan's Narita, Kansai and Kobe airports are vulnerable to electronic eavesdropping of their e-mail and web browsing, a study by an information and communications specialist showed Tuesday.
HK to mark China 'victory' over Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 26/08/2014
» Hong Kong this year will begin dedicating two dates to commemorate China's "victory" in World War II against Japanese aggression and those who died in the 1937 Nanjing massacre, the chief executive's office said Tuesday.
Australia father charged with abusing surrogate twins, report says
AFP, Published on 02/09/2014
» SYDNEY - An Australian has been charged with sexually abusing twins he fathered with a Thai surrogate, reports said Tuesday, the second case in as many months to ignite debate about commercial surrogacy.
Japan key to helping Myanmar farmers
Kyodo News, Published on 13/09/2014
» Myanmar agricultural experts have expressed amazement by a high level of fertiliser produced in Japan, saying that if Myanmar farmers could afford to use such fertiliser, rather than the China-made one they currently use, they could significantly increase rice output and produce rice of higher quality.