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It might still resemble an oversized vacuum cleaner, but it's an island of calm in a sea of stress The Prius is not everyone's cup of tea, nor, indeed, everyone's beaker of strained carrot juice. There are those who deride the...
Scientists in Japan have bred a non-lethal puffer fish, ending the "Russian roulette" risk of eating "torafugu". The fugu is one of the world's most dangerous foods Photo: AP The fugu is one of the world's most dangerous foods,...
I’m not keen on metal itself. Hiroshi Suzuki’s manifesto, expounded in the documentary that will accompany his solo exhibition at London’s Goldsmiths’ Hall next February, is surprising given that the silversmith has worked...
The festive season gets underway in Gloucester with the Winter Wonderland. Expect fir trees, an ice cave, Santa's grotto, market stalls, a Spiegeltent with live music – even snow . Travel around ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome...
Hisaya Morishige, who died on 24 November aged 96, was an actor who became the first recipient of Japan's Order of Culture from the field of popular art. Born in Osaka, Morishige started his film career after the Second World...
For the price of a decent netbook PC, early adopters can get a step ahead of the pack if they want to splash out and pick up the world's first USB 3.0 Blu-ray burner. The device in question is the, wait for it... BR-X1216U3...
Nov 28 2009 by Aled Blake, Western Mail A JAPANESE fishing bait manufacturer is locating a new base in Carmarthenshire – and creating 20 jobs. Marukyu is to open its European headquarters at Parc Hendre, just outside Ammanford....
WASHINGTON -- The dollar fell briefly to its lowest level in 14 years against the Japanese yen Friday but rallied against the euro and other currencies as Dubai's debt problems roiled currency markets.
said Friday that prices fell again in October, just as a surging yen threatens to worsen the deflation that is undermining the country's fragile economy. The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food,...
Saturday 28th November, 04:01 PM JST TOKYO — Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said. The domestically developed H-2A...
