It's still beyond the reach of science to predict exactly when an earthquake will strike, but Japan will soon get the next-best thing — televised warnings that come before the shaking starts. In an ambitious attempt at protecting large populations from seismic disaster, the Meteorological ...
Wondering how much of a diet-buster that banana cream pie on your plate is? Some people have a novel way to find out: Photograph it with your cell phone and send the image to an expert. With cell phones ubiquitous here and rising concern over ...
Gambling at pachinko was a lot more fun for Reiko Kuzuhara before she started wondering whether maybe -- just maybe -- her losses were helping North Korea build nuclear weapons. Pachinko, deeply loved in Japan, is an industry largely run by ethnic Koreans, and experts ...
A quadriplegic plans to ascend the peak of a Swiss mountain by riding piggyback on a mountaineer who will get some extra muscle from a robot suit. Seiji Uchida, 43, will take a cable car to get within striking distance of the Breithorn mountain's summit ...
Just four years ago, the high-pressure public school system moved to lighten the burden on young students by eliminating Saturday classes and going to a five-day schedule. Now, some schools are saying five days are not enough. Under pressure to better prepare students for university, two ...
