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Antiquities minister inaugurates Tokyo’s pharaoh exhibition
Archaeology
October 15, 2015
Antiquities minister inaugurates Tokyo’s pharaoh exhibition
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty will head the opening ceremony on Thursday evening for an exhibition in Japan of Pharaoh antiquities…
Growing Japan row over US air base presents election risk for PM Abe
World
October 13, 2015
Growing Japan row over US air base presents election risk for PM Abe
A row between Tokyo and Japan's Okinawa over a contentious US air base deepened on Tuesday when Okinawa's governor revoked…
Minister to inaugurate Egyptian antiquities exhibition in Japan Thursday
Archaeology
October 12, 2015
Minister to inaugurate Egyptian antiquities exhibition in Japan Thursday
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty will inaugurate an Egyptian antiquities exhibition Thursday evening, which will be held in the Japanese capital of…
Japanese, Canadian neutrino scientists win Nobel Prize for Physics
Science
October 6, 2015
Japanese, Canadian neutrino scientists win Nobel Prize for Physics
Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the discovery…
Self-driving cars to be seen in Tokyo 2020: Japanese PM
Egypt
October 5, 2015
Self-driving cars to be seen in Tokyo 2020: Japanese PM
Self-driving cars will be seen and used on Tokyo streets as of 2020, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday. During…
Japan to offer 532.95 mn pounds to support refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq: NHK
Middle East
September 28, 2015
Japan to offer 532.95 mn pounds to support refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq: NHK
Japan, which accepted just 11 asylum seekers out of 5,000 applications last year, will provide about US$810 million (532.95 million…
20 great places to travel this fall
Life & Style
September 27, 2015
20 great places to travel this fall
September's here and summer's drifting away like an autumn leaf in a swimming pool. About time! The end of summer only means…
Opponents vow to fight laws expanding role of Japan’s military
World
September 19, 2015
Opponents vow to fight laws expanding role of Japan’s military
Opposition groups Saturday vowed to challenge laws passed overnight that clear Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time…
Japan resumes search for 16 missing as flood evacuees wait to return home
World
September 12, 2015
Japan resumes search for 16 missing as flood evacuees wait to return home
Search teams using boats and helicopters resumed looking on Saturday for at least 16 people still missing after torrential rain…
Sisi to visit Japan in November
Egypt
September 8, 2015
Sisi to visit Japan in November
The International Cooperation Ministry has officially announced that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will visit Japan in November.The ministry also said…