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  Tokyo (AFP) Dec 7, 2018 Japanese electronics firm Pioneer said Friday it will become a wholly owned unit of a Hong Kong-based fund to rebuild itself in a deal worth $904 million. Pioneer, known for its audio equipment as well as car electronics systems, said Baring Private Equity Asia has agreed on a 102-billion-yen ($904 million) plan to revive the struggling Tokyo-based company. Baring will make a 77-billion-yen investment in Pioneer, along with a 25-billion-yen offer to buy existing shares from shareholders. "Th ... read more |
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Japan to ban government use of Huawei, ZTE products: reportsTokyo (AFP) Dec 7, 2018 Japan is to ban government use of telecoms products made by Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE on concerns about cybersecurity, reports said Friday. ... more  
Seeing the light: Researchers offer solution for efficiency problem of artificial photosynthesisMatsumoto, Japan (SPX) Dec 06, 2018 Hydrogen-powered electronics, travel, and more may be a step closer thanks to the work of a collaborative team of scientists in Japan. The researchers have developed a new method to more efficiently ... more  
A big step toward the practical application of 3D holography with powerful computersChiba, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2018 Japanese computer scientists have succeeded in developing a special purpose computer that can project high-quality three-dimensional (3D) holography as a video. The research team led by Tomoyoshi It ... more  
Turning the page: Japan's last pager service ends after 50 yearsTokyo (AFP) Dec 3, 2018 The end of the pager era is nigh in Japan after five decades as the country's last provider announced on Monday it would be scrapping its service next year. ... more |
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Japan mulling purchase of 100 US stealth fighters: reportTokyo (AFP) Nov 27, 2018 Japan is considering buying up to 100 F-35 stealth fighters from the US for more than $8.8 billion as it seeks to counter China's growing military presence in the region, a newspaper reported Tuesday. ... more  
Eel trafficking in the EU, the world's 'biggest wildlife crime'Paris (AFP) Nov 20, 2018 Billions of euros worth of critically endangered eels are being trafficked each year from Europe, ending up on tables in China and Japan in what campaigners say is "the largest wildlife crime on Earth." ... more  
Energy firms track plunge in oil, Asia markets temper lossesHong Kong (AFP) Nov 21, 2018 Energy companies suffered further losses on Wednesday following a collapse in oil prices while most Asian markets fell, but with the sharp losses witnessed in the morning being tempered. ... more  
Japan issues contract to purchaser RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance dronesWashington (UPI) Nov 20, 2018 Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems will provide the government of Japan with RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles and related services under a contract worth $489.9 million. ... more  
Japan faces difficult energy choicesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 19, 2018 Japan's power sector is facing multiple challenges ranging from the reliability of nuclear power and boosting the share of non-hydro renewables. Against this backdrop, the success of the country's p ... more |
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With mixed roots, Okinawa leader takes base relief message to USWashington (AFP) Nov 15, 2018 Of all the issues facing US military planners in Asia, few have persisted for so long - and seen such little resolution - as opposition to the troop presence in Okinawa. ... more  |
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Japan awards Northrop Grumman contract for E-2D Hawkeye radar aircraftWashington DC (UPI) Nov 19, 2018 The government of Japan is awarding Northrop Grumman Systems $32.7 million for long-lead parts and equipment for Japan E-2D radar aircraft. ... more  
BTS management apologise for nuclear blast T-shirt after Japan rowSeoul (AFP) Nov 14, 2018 The managers of hugely popular South Korean boyband BTS have issued an extensive apology after controversy erupted in the lucrative Japanese market over a T-shirt worn by one of the vocalists showing a nuclear blast. ... more 
Australia, Japan to deepen defence ties after historic Darwin visitDarwin, Australia (AFP) Nov 16, 2018 Australia hailed a "deeply symbolic" visit to Darwin by the Japanese Prime Minister on Friday, more than 75 years after the northern city was bombed in World War II, as the two countries vowed to deepen defence ties in the face of an emergent China. ... more  
Earthquake researchers finalists for supercomputing prizeTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 19, 2018 A team of researchers from the Earthquake Research Institute, Department of Civil Engineering and Information Technology Center at the University of Tokyo, and the RIKEN Center for Computational Sci ... more  
Researchers in Japan make android child's face strikingly more expressiveOsaka, Japan (SPX) Nov 16, 2018 Japan's affection for robots is no secret. But is the feeling mutual in the country's amazing androids? We may now be a step closer to giving androids greater facial expressions to communicate with. ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) Dec 10, 2018  Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, an IS sex slave survivor, will be presented with the Nobel Peace Prize Monday, as they challenge the world to combat rape as a weapon of war.
Mukwege, dubbed "Doctor Miracle" for his work helping victims of sexual violence, and Murad, who has turned her experience into powerful advocacy for her Yazidi people, will receive the pr ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 
The Navy has awarded DRS Power & Control Technologies $13.3 million for Arleigh Burke-class power conversion modules for Air and Missile Defense Radar production and support.
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, provides for up to 12 ship sets for the Arleigh Burke-class under the Flight III destroyer construction program for modernized versions of the vessels. T ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 10, 2018 
The jury is still out as to whether climate change will lead to stronger El Nino events, but while representatives from around 200 countries at the COP24 conference are working to breathe life into the 2105 Paris Agreement, there is a 75-80% chance that a fully-fledged event could be with us in the next couple of months.
El Nino and its cooler cousin, La Nina, are complex naturally occurri ... more |
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 Juelich, Germany (SPX) Dec 06, 2018 
Scientists from Julich together with colleagues from Aachen and Turin have produced a memristive element made from nanowires that functions in much the same way as a biological nerve cell. The component is able to both save and process information, as well as receive numerous signals in parallel.
The resistive switching cell made from oxide crystal nanowires is thus proving to be the ideal ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2018 
The Navy has awarded BAE Systems Land & Armaments $41.5 million for SM-3 and SM-6 surface-to-air missile canisters for the Mk 41 Vertical Launching System.
Work on the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, includes manufacturing and testing of Mk 21 mod 2 and Mk 21 mod 3 canisters. The canisters help contain exhaust gas and provide a launch rail while firing the missi ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 7, 2018  China launched a rover early Saturday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first that would boost Beijing's ambitions to become a space superpower, state media said.
The Chang'e-4 lunar probe mission - named after the moon goddess in Chinese mythology - launched on a Long March 3B rocket from the southwestern Xichang launch centre at 2:23 am (1823 GMT), according to the o ... more |
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 Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Dec 04, 2018 
A new artificial joint restores important wrist-like movements to forearm amputees, something which could dramatically improve their quality of life. A group of researchers led by Max Ortiz Catalan, Associate Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have published their research in the journal IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering.
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 Brussels (AFP) Dec 7, 2018  The European Union and its citizens should be "worried" about telecoms giant Huawei and other Chinese firms that cooperate with Beijing's intelligence services, a senior EU official warned Friday.
Huawei quickly hit back at European Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip's warning, saying it was "surprised and disappointed" while rejecting any charges it posed a security threat.
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 06, 2018 
Measurements of atmospheric ozone from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite are now being used in daily forecasts of air quality.
Launched in October 2017, Copernicus Sentinel-5P - short for Sentinel-5 Precursor - is the first Copernicus satellite dedicated to monitoring our atmosphere. It is part of the fleet of Copernicus Sentinel missions that ESA develops for the European Union's envir ... more |
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 Kafr Al-Dawar, Egypt (AFP) Dec 7, 2018 
Lush green fields blanket northern Egypt's Nile Delta, but the country's agricultural heartland and its vital freshwater resources are under threat from a warming climate.
The fertile arc-shaped basin is home to nearly half the country's population, and the river that feeds it provides Egypt with 90 percent of its water needs.
But climbing temperatures and drought are drying up the migh ... more |
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 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 07, 2018 
Although helium is a rare element on Earth, it is ubiquitous in the Universe. It is, after hydrogen, the main component of stars and gaseous giant planets. Despite its abundance, helium was only detected recently in the atmosphere of a gaseous giant by an international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland.
The team, this time led by Genevan research ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 07, 2018 
A team of researchers from France, Sweden, and Denmark have identified a new strain of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague, in DNA extracted from 5,000-year-old human remains. Their analyses, publishing December 6 in the journal Cell, suggest that this strain is the closest ever identified to the genetic origin of plague. Their work also suggests that plague may have been spread amo ... more |
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 Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Dec 5, 2018  Boko Haram jihadists have attacked two military bases in Nigeria's restive northeast, killing one soldier and injuring two, security sources told AFP Wednesday, in a week that saw insurgent assaults on troops intensify.
Riding in trucks fitted with anti-aircraft guns, fighters from the self-styled Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction of Boko Haram launched a raid late Tuesday o ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2018 
For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA's Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere - the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun.
Comparing data from different instruments aboard the trailblazing spacecraft, mission scientists determined the probe crossed the outer edge of the heliosphere on Nov. ... more |
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 Vancouver (AFP) Dec 8, 2018 
Chinese telecom giant Huawei's chief financial officer faces US fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking business dealings with Iran, a Canadian court heard Friday, a week after she was detained on an American extradition request.
Meng Wanzhou, 46, was arrested in Canada's Pacific coast city of Vancouver on December 1 while changing planes during a trip from Hong Kong to Mexico - ratchet ... more |
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