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2 Japanese, American share chemistry Nobel (AP)

October 6th, 2010

Portraits on overhead screen from left, show American Richard Heck and Japanese researchers Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday Oct. 6, 2010 for developing a chemical method that has allowed scientists to make medicines and better electronics as members of the Royal Academy of Sciences announce the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in Stockholm, Sweden.  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the award honors their development of 'palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic systems.'  (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden/Janerik Henriksson)  **  SWEDEN OUT  **AP - American Richard Heck and Japanese researchers Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki won the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a chemical method that has allowed…

Chinese, Japanese leaders meet in Europe amid spat (AP)

October 5th, 2010

AP - The Chinese and Japanese prime ministers held an impromptu meeting in a hallway at a conference in Europe, in the highest-level contact between the countries since a bitter…

Chinese, Japanese leaders meet in Europe (AP)

October 5th, 2010

AP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the sidelines of a meeting in Europe in the highest-level contact between the countries since a bitter…

3 Japanese freed by China arrive back home (AP)

October 1st, 2010

One of three Japanese, center, who had been detained by Chinese military and released today, is escorted by company's officials upon arrival at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai Thursday Sept. 30 2010. China on Thursday released three Japanese detained after allegedly entering a restricted Chinese military zone, as tensions over a maritime dispute began to unwind. (AP Photo)AP - Three Japanese held by China for allegedly entering a restricted military zone arrived back home Friday as tensions over a territorial dispute eased. But Tokyo continued to press…

China’s media say 3 Japanese freed, 1 still held (AP)

September 29th, 2010

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, Japanese Coast Guard vessel Kudaka, top, and a Chinese fisheries patrol ship sail side by side in the waters near disputed Senkaku islands in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. Yomiuri Shimbun, one of Japan's major newspapers, reported the Chinese ship that patrols Chinese fishing boats has been spotted since Sept. 24 in the water about 22 kilometers (13.75 miles) outside the Japanese territorial water in the East China Sea according to the Japan's Maritime Safety Agency. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Kanji Tada) ** JAPAN OUT **AP - China’s Xinhua News Agency says three Japanese detained after allegedly intruding on a Chinese military zone have been released, but one person is still being held.


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China says 4 Japanese filmed military targets (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

AP - China is investigating four Japanese suspected of illegally filming military targets and entering a military zone without authorization, state media reported amid a tense diplomatic spat between Beijing…

Japanese PM wins party vote, will stay in power (AP)

September 14th, 2010

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, center, is all smiles after he was elected as president of the Democratic Party of Japan during the party convention  in  Tokyo Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010.(AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)AP - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan was re-elected president of the ruling Democratic Party on Tuesday, surviving a challenge from a veteran powerbroker and sparing Japan another leadership change…

China summons Japanese ambassador again over boat (AP)

September 12th, 2010

A Chinese fishing boat, left, accompanied by a Japan Coast Guard boat, right, is led into a port on Ishigaki island, southwestern Japan, on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Diplomatic tensions between China and Japan escalated Wednesday when Beijing called in Japan's ambassador for a second time after a Chinese fishing boat collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a chain of disputed islands in the East China Sea on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Norihisa Makino) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - China’s top foreign policy official increased pressure on Japan on Sunday by summoning its ambassador to again demand the immediate release of Chinese fishermen and their boat detained…

Democrats face test on eve of Japanese election (AP)

July 10th, 2010

People listen to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan during an election campaign for his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, Thursday, July 8, 2010. The July 11 parliamentary elections, in which half the seats in the 242-member upper house are up for grabs, are viewed as a referendum on the Democrats' 10 months in power since defeating the long-ruling conservatives. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Feverishly giving speeches on the final day of campaigning Saturday, candidates tried to woo Japanese voters before parliamentary elections that are widely considered a referendum on the Democrats’…

Japanese spacecraft may have dust from asteroid (AP)

July 7th, 2010

Hayabusa probe asteroid exploration project chief Kawaguchi of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Kawaguchi said Japanese scientists discovered tiny particles inside the capsule of the Hayabusa spacecraft that made the world's first round-trip mission to an asteroid. But it could take months to determine if the dust came from the rock or was picked up on return to Earth. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Japanese scientists say they have detected tiny particles collected by the first spacecraft to return to Earth after landing on asteroid. But it could take months to determine…