Sunday 26 May 2013

Researchers hurt at Ibaraki nuclear facility

Up to 30 researchers are feared to have suffered internal radiation exposure after an experiment went awry at a Japan Atomic Energy Agency facility. ...

A big ‘F-ck yeah’ from 26-year-old Tumblr CEO on $1.1 billion Yahoo deal

Tumblr Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Karp, a 26-year-old who started the company in 2007, signed a note announcing Yahoo! Inc.'s $1.1 billion acquisition with ...

Guatemala extradites ex-president to U.S.

Guatemala extradited former President Alfonso Portillo to the United States on Friday to face charges of laundering $70 million of swindled government funds through U.S. ...

History shows one man’s rape is another’s wooing

"The evolution of political thought in this relatively isolated island nation during the period in question is unique to the point of being somewhat freakish." This ...

‘Ruby’ in Berlusconi case denies own statements

The woman whom prosecutors allege had sex in exchange for money with Silvio Berlusconi while he was Italy's prime minister spent her second day on ...

Roaches lose sweet tooth to survive

People have been getting rid of cockroaches for decades by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test ...

Inaction during ‘scandal’ will undo a presidency

Few, if any, similarities exist between the redactions of the Benghazi e-mails and the deletions and distortions made by Richard Nixon in his taped conversations.

Kan Yasuda’s tactile art brings new life to Bibai

Kan Yasuda's art somehow draws in the landscape, and entices in people, so that it is natural to explore the view through his structures and ...

Mr. Abe: Bag the nukes and heed the Keeling Curve

Dear Prime Minister Abe, As you ride your recent wave of popularity, I know you are well aware that waves end, either in a crash or ...

Wisteria wanderings in Kameido

Each year, I tell myself I have to make time to enjoy the famed trellises of wisteria blossoms at Kameido Tenjin in Tokyo's eastern Koto ...

Are we close to understanding bipolar disorder?

It may seem perverse to express nostalgia for a category of mental illness, but many sufferers, as well as some psychiatrists, regret the passing of ...

Infernal prose flows again from Dan Brown’s brain

I used to think that Dan Brown was merely bad. Now, after reading the latest version of the apocalyptic thriller he rewrites every few years, ...

Corporal punishment has long history in Japanese sports

Getting slapped by a a coach has always been, as far as I could see, simply another aspect of sports training in Japan.

LeBron’s late mistakes help Pacers even series

LeBron James blamed one person after the Miami Heat let home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals slip from their hands. Predictably, that was himself. The league's ...

Hakuho moves closer to 25th Emperor’s Cup

Hakuho proved an impregnable force for ozeki stalwart Kisenosato in an electrifying showdown of undefeated wrestlers Saturday, putting himself within arm's length of his 25th ...

Jones homers in ninth to carry Eagles past Carp

Andruw Jones broke a ninth-inning tie on Saturday with his eighth home run of the year as the Rakuten Eagles defeated the Hiroshima Carp 2-1 ...

Penguins put away Senators

The Pittsburgh Penguins expected desperation. Instead, the listless Ottawa Senators offered little more than resignation. Swarming the Senators from the opening faceoff, Pittsburgh roared to a 6-2 ...