Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
Monday, May 28, 2007
Japan's agriculture minister died Monday after hanging himself just hours before he was to face questioning in a political scandal, officials said, dealing a powerful blow to the increasingly beleaguered government ahead of July elections.
Toshikatsu Matsuoka, 62, was found in his apartment Monday unconscious and declared dead hours later.
If he was in the Bush administration, he would have gotten a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and a fellowship at AEI or Heritage.
Friday, March 16, 2007
TOKYO -- The Japanese government has found no evidence that the military or the government forced women to work in World War II military brothels, the Cabinet said in a statement to a lawmaker Friday.
The declaration coincided with moves by conservative lawmakers to investigate the issue and soften a 1993 government apology for pressing thousands of woman to work as prostitutes for Japanese soldiers in Asia.
"The government has not come across anything recorded in the materials it has found that directly shows so-called 'coercion' on the part of the military or constituted authorities," said the statement.
It is not hyperbole to state this is just like americans denying slavery existed, or others denying the holocaust. I find this highly offensive, and do hope that the planned congressional resolution denouncing Japan's morally putrid behavior then and now comes through as envisioned.
Monday, February 19, 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese researchers said on Sunday they had grown normal-looking teeth from single cells in lab dishes, and transplanted them into mice.
They used primitive cells, not quite as early as stem cells, and injected them into a framework of collagen, the material that holds the body together.
After growing them, they found their structures had matured into the components that make teeth, including dentin, enamel, dental pulp, blood vessels, and periodontal ligaments.
No Brittish or redneck jokes here because they would be quite gratuitous.
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