Kyushu, Japan News

A gunman wounded three men near Tokyo on Friday before hiding in a building and apparently killing himself - a rare shooting spree that police said was gang-related. Police attempted to negotiate with the gunman but then burst into the building in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo, after they lost contact.

Despite lingering questions about safety, cost efficiency and waste disposal, the trial operation of the long-delayed "pluthermal" program--perhaps the future of Japan's energy needs--started here Thursday.

A historic win for a black woman on Staten Island and a Chinese-American woman in Chinatown have helped make a little more election history -- for the first time, people of color will hold the majority of seats on the New York City Council.

A symposium geared toward educating the South Asian community on diabetes and heart health will take place on Sunday, Nov.

A new National Science Foundation report shows an increase in the number of academic degrees awarded to minority students since 2004, the last time such data were published.

By Ravichandran D.J. Paul KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 -- Breast augmentation is increasingly gaining acceptance among women in Asia as the techniques used are increasingly simpler and very much safer than before.

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Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Prostate / Prostate Cancer ; Liver Disease / Hepatitis ; Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Article Date: 02 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST The Asian continent has nearly four billion people living in 47 different countries, and each of these groups has their own unique set of health issues.

A MAN has told how he was pulled over and viciously kicked in the head in an unprovoked attack as he walked home through Savile Town.

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Asian women experience less labor pain than other women, say U.S. researchers. "Labor progress and pain are influenced by many different factors but are difficult to study because conditions during labor are continually changing," Dr.

The Fukuoka Red Warblers will not take part next season in the Shikoku-Kyushu Island League due to financial difficulties, the independent league said on Friday.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit off Japan's southern coast Friday, according to Japan's Meteorological Agency.

The Asian continent has nearly four billion people living in 47 different countries, and each of these groups has their own unique set of health issues.

Tensions between the African-American and Asian-American communities in San Francisco have heightened since a fight between two women, one African American and the other Asian American, broke out on a city bus earlier this month.

The finance ministry on Tuesday said that in the July to September quarter, Japan's economic conditions improved, marking the first time the bank has posted a second consecutive rise since 2004, on the back of improving conditions in the manufacturing sector.

Uzbekistan News.Net Wednesday 28th October, 2009 Washington, Oct 28 : People who live in Western culture are more likely to get depressed than those from East Asian culture, suggests a new study.

Democrats accused a Queens Republican City Council candidate of flooding the neighborhood with racially charged flyers targeting his Korean-American rival.

Ford Motor Co. says Thursday, May 22, 2008, it is cutting North American production for the rest of the year as high gas prices and the weak economy depress its sales.

TOKYO: A Japanese navy destroyer has collided with a commercial vessel off southern Japan, starting fires on both ships and injuring one crew member, defense officials said Tuesday.