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Japan tsunami 'could be 1000-year event'
3-17-2011 |
17
Seismologists discover evidence of a similar tsunami that hit Sendai in 869 AD.
Ancient traditions give Japanese strength
3-16-2011 | 19
Japanese turn to Buddhist and Shinto traditions for strength after the earthquake and tsunami.
Two huge holes spotted in the sun
2-16-2011 | 20
Scientists in Japan have identified two large holes in the sun's magnetic field via the Hinode satellite.
Wanted man performed DIY plastic surgery
1-29-2011 | 13
A man wanted for murder in Japan performed plastic surgery on his own face to conceal his identity.
LED teeth for a dazzling smile
VIDEO 1-26-2011 | 27
A new trend in Japan is seeing thousands don a set of glowing LED teeth for a peculiar glowing smile.
"Extinct" salmon seen again after 70 years
12-19-2010 | 3
A species of salmon in Japan thought to be extinct has turned up again in a lake near Mount Fuji.
Japanese Venus probe fails to enter orbit
12-10-2010 | 15
Japan's Akatsuki probe has failed to enter orbit around Venus and will have to wait 6 years to try again.
Electric eel powers Christmas tree lights
12-10-2010 | 5
A Japanese aquarium has taken to powering its Christmas tree lights using electric eels.
Japanese company plays Mozart to bananas
11-30-2010 | 16
In an effort to produce sweeter produce a company in Japan has been playing Mozart to its bananas.
3D singing hologram becomes pop star
11-13-2010 | 21
Hatsune Miku is the newest singing sensation in Japan - thing is, she's also a hologram.
Has Hayabusa picked up alien life?
10-7-2010 | 20
Japan's Hayabusa space probe has picked up particles that could contain alien life.
Hair-washing robot developed in Japan
9-28-2010 | 1
Scientists in Japan are to unveil a new robot from Panasonic that can wash and dry people's hair.
Japan man 'kept dead mother in a backpack'
8-22-2010 | 19
A man who kept his mother's remains in a backpack is just one of a number of similar cases in Japan.
Hayabusa 2 will seek the origins of life in space
8-20-2010 | 0
A successor to Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft could launch as early as 2014 to explore the origins of life.
Man develops creepy robot
8-4-2010 | 16
Japanese robot inventor Hiroshi Ishiguro has developed a particularly creepy robot called the Telenoid R1.
Tokyo's 'oldest man' found dead for 30 years
7-31-2010 | 18
Japan's oldest man at 111 years old was found to have been dead for 30 years and mummified in his own bed.
Lab monkeys make their escape
7-8-2010 | 16
Lab monkeys in Japan succeeded in catapulting themselves from trees in order to escape over an electric fence.
Asteroid probe 'on home straight'
6-1-2010 | 3
Japan's unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft is on its way back to Earth carrying samples of the asteroid Itokawa.
Japan plans robotic moon base by 2020
5-29-2010 | 14
Japan's space agency has unveiled plans to put a base on the moon by 2020 built and populated by robots.
Japan prepares launch of first true solar sail
5-15-2010 | 9
The Japanese space agency will be launching the first ever spacecraft fully propelled by a solar sail.
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