If you’re planning on nefarious activity at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus, think again; Microsoft has installed security guards around the grounds that are robots 5 feet tall and weighing 300 pounds. Knightscope manufactured the robots, sans weapons, but they do
Senior North Korean officials visit Moscow infrequently but the isolated country is trying to counter a U.N. resolution urging Pyongyang’s referral to the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity. Russia is also one of five countries involved in talks
(AFP) Japanese police on Thursday raided the home of a 67-year-old multi-millionaire arrested on suspicion of poisoning her latest husband after six other partners also died, and reportedly recovered cyanide from her trash. Television footage showed about a dozen investigators,
Japanese culture enjoyed unique purchase on the imaginations of children and teens in the 1990s, creating beloved franchises such as Dragon Ball and Yu-Gi-Oh! In addition to significant financial success, these brands left oversized cultural footprints, thanks to the spread
Japan’s lower house on Tuesday passed a bill criminalising “revenge porn”, as it seeks a legal remedy to a growing problem of the Internet age. The bill, which cleared the house unanimously, will be sent to the upper house and
TOKYO (AP) — There will only be a few hundred, and they won’t be cheap, but Toyota is about to take its first small step into the unproven market for emissions-free, hydrogen-powered vehicles. The world’s largest automaker announced Tuesday that
President Obama is expected to issue an executive order to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation as soon as this week. The move will frustrate and anger Republicans—some of whom argue that such an action would not only be
The United Nations is preparing to confront North Korea over its dismal rights record with a key vote this week that could compel Pyongyang to answer to crimes against humanity. A UN General Assembly committee will vote Tuesday on a
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The annual G-20 leadership summit that groups democrats with authoritarians and rich nations with poor has long suffered from a perception it’s all talk and no action. This year, leaders are under extra pressure to produce
Hollywood has the “Oscars.” Now Washington has the “Honors.” Sponsored by the American Veterans Center and Northrop Grumman Corporation, hundreds of millions will have the opportunity to be enriched by our military heroes’ “full measure of devotion” when “The Honors”
(AFP) A man has burned himself to death in Tokyo in an apparent protest against Japan’s controversial move to expand the role of its military, local media said Wednesday, after a similar incident earlier this year. The unidentified man’s body
Police are appealing for witnesses after a British veteran was mugged by a gang of Asian teenagers, who robbed him of his medals, regimental beret, and poppy as he walked to a Remembrance Sunday parade to mark the centenary of
Fashion-forward Japanese clothing company Triumph has announced their new bra line, inspired by Disney’s Frozen, which serves to honor the sacred bond of sisterhood. Triumph designs a new bra line every year to celebrate the social trends in Japan. This year, the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China’s Xi Jinping snubs Japan’s Shinzo Abe at Beijing meeting Palestinian violence increases around Jerusalem Israeli lawyers file war crimes complaint in ICC against Mahmoud Abbas ‘Kiss of Love’ demonstrations challenge Hindu nationalism in
Germans flocked to their reunified capital Sunday to toast the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall and swap memories of a night of “pure joy.” Huddled in wintry weather for a giant street party at the Brandenburg Gate, visitors
The deadliest Ebola outbreak ever is finally slowing in Liberia, the worst-hit country, but still wreaking havoc in two neighbouring west African states amid warnings of thousands of unreported deaths. As the initially lacklustre global response to the crisis centred
(Reuters) – Asian countries are not contributing enough to the global effort to fight Ebola, despite having a wealth of trained medical personnel who could help stop the spread of the deadly virus, World Bank Group president Jim Yong Kim
WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s roaring economy for years has pulled much of the rest of the world with it, soaking up oil, iron ore and other commodities from developing countries and autos and luxury goods from Europe. But its role
Healthcare experts say a vexing problem that puts patients at risk is playing out nationally: the computer systems American hospitals and doctors’ offices use to send and store a patient’s medical records can’t talk to one another. Worse, when Americans
BERA, Malaysia, 26th October, 2014 (WAM) — As a move to prepare for the Olympic Games in 2020, Japan will import Halal products from Malaysia to be marketed throughout the country, according to Agriculture and Agro-Based Industries Minister, Datuk Seri
On May 9 Breitbart News reported that Japanese Sword and Firearm Control officers arrested Yoshitomo Imura for possession of five 3D-printed firearms. On October 22 The Japan News reported Imura has been sentenced “to two years in prison for producing
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea’s reclusive government abruptly freed an American man Tuesday, nearly six months after he was arrested on charges of leaving a Bible in a nightclub, but Pyongyang refused to hand over two other U.S. citizens who
Teen Yazidi sex slaves under control of the Islamic State; North Korea’s torture camps for “re-education” of political dissidents; electric shock torture in the prisons of Uzbekistan— the world is teeming with a wide variety of human rights violations. But this
A man has been convicted of possessing prohibited images of children thanks solely to his large collection of manga and animé cartoons. Robul Hoque, who was convicted at Teesside Crown Court after pleading guilty to ten counts of the charge,
A Tokyo court has ordered Facebook to disclose the IP addresses used by fake accounts that were posting revenge porn, a lawyer said Tuesday, in the first such case in Japan. In response to the order the US-based social networking
