.... Police believe that Sakata may have been hit by falling rocks....

What can a scientist do to realize a world without war?... But he also took it upon himself to wear two hats; he was deeply involved in anti-atomic arms activism and the peace movement to protect Japan's Constitution.... In his speech upon receiving the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics, he described his research and also touched on his experiences of war....

KYOTO--Name boards of 54 Kabuki actors went on display at a theater in this west Japan city on Nov.... 25, ahead of the annual festive" kaomise" production in December, starring performers from across the country.... The grand performance will be the second to be held amid the coronavirus pandemic at the Minamiza Theatre in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward....

The bipartisan infrastructure bill adopted by the House late Friday will almost immediately give transportation agencies in Maryland, Virginia and the District a major boost in funding.... That total is expected to jump to$ 1.2 billion because of new money in the infrastructure bill.... Virginia’s transportation-related funding will jump from$ 1.3 billion to$ 1.7 billion....

A Kobe Sweets Tomato vending machine is seen at the BB Plaza commercial facility in Kobe's Nada Ward on Dec.... A bag of tomatoes weighing some 230 grams is priced between 300 yen( about$ 2.60) and 400 yen( approx.... An additional machine will be installed at Tanigami Station in Kita Ward by the end of 2021....

PETALING JAYA: With some Japanese multinational corporations( MNCs) looking beyond Singapore to base their regional headquarters due to the rising cost there, Malaysia has what it takes to position itself as a viable destination, say economists. Sunway University economics professor Dr Yeah Kim Leng said Malaysia’s investment promotion efforts and its rising competitiveness in attracting multinationals to relocate from Singapore and elsewhere are gradually bearing fruit.“ Its well-developed phys