Kyushu, Japan News

Japan on Friday welcomed the choice of Yukiya Amano as the next head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stressing that he comes from the only country to have been attacked by atom bombs.

Asia's recession appears to have touched bottom and the region is likely to be the first to climb out of the global economic slowdown, the Asian Development Bank's chief economist said Thursday.

It was a ''secret duty'' of vice ministers to inform foreign ministers of a secret accord between Japan and the United States that has outlined the handling of nuclear weapons since 1960, a former vice foreign minister said Monday.

London, June 30 : The British Asian community could probably boast of a special proclivity for listening to the radio.

June 28, 2009 04:19 PM - Even the rain couldn't stop the fun. The South Asian community celebrated with the city of Mississauga during the first annual South Asian Canada Day event, held today at the Mississauga Central Library.

KITAKYUSHU Keitaro Sato, a prewar coal tycoon who donated the bulk of his vast fortune to charities, has finally been honored as a local hero in the city of Kitakyushu, where he made his name.

New Delhi Katrina Kaif who plays an NRI girl in the upcoming film 'New York' empathises with her character as she faced similar isolation because of her skin colour while growing up in London.

Tajikistan News.Net Wednesday 24th June, 2009 Asians were the most numerous internet users worldwide as of 2001.

NewsCAP: Body mass index is a strong predictor of death Body mass index is a strong predictor of death, finds an analysis of 57 studies involving nearly 900,000 adults that appeared in the March 28 Lancet .

Ward Connerly, former University of California regent, has an article, "Study, Study, Study - A Bad Career Move" in the June 2, 2009, edition of Minding the Campus that should raise any decent American's level of disgust for what's routinely practiced at most of our universities.

Skin whitening is one of the rapidly growing segments of the global beauty industry.

POLICE are stopping and searching innocent white people under anti-terror laws just to avoid accusations of anti-Asian prejudice, a senior Government adviser said yesterday.

THIS is the face of pensioner Beryl Bell, beaten black and blue by a four-strong Asian gang in a "vicious and disgusting" road rage attack in Bradford.

The Howard County Public School System recently inked two new educational partnerships.

Tomoji Tanabe, the oldest man in the world as recognized by Guinness World Records, died Friday of chronic heart failure at 113 at his home in Miyazaki Prefecture of Japan, Kyodo News reported.

Diabetes UK and the South Asian Health Foundation are highlighting 16 research topics in a new report to find out more about diabetes in South Asian people.

Navy officials still are not confirming reports that it was a Chinese submarine that collided with a towed sonar array trailing from the destroyer John S. McCain on June 10 off the Philippine Islands.

Sunil Pant, the first openly gay Nepalese parliamentarian, is among those slated to take part in the first annual South Asian Queer Leaders Summit in New York on June 25-26. As people around the world continue to celebrate Pride month, a group of activists, cultural icons, policy makers and pundits will gather next week in New York to create a ...

SPOTLIGHT By Mary Karugaba SH1.9b was withdrawn under mysterious circumstances from the account of the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board.

When it comes to reality TV, people are divided into two groups: those who hate it, and those who really, really hate it.