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  WIRE REPORTS
NASA picks Noguchi for 6-month space mission
(Asahi)

Agilent profit beats Street; shares up - guardian.co.uk

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Agilent profit beats Street; shares up
guardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago
Agilent Chief Executive Bill Sullivan said the company shook off economic weakness in the United States, Europe and Japan by moving resources and personnel ...
Agilent sees 3Q, 4Q results in range of analysts Forbes
UPDATE: Agilent 2Q Net Up 41% Sales Gains; Shares Climb CNNMoney.com
Agilent Q2 profit up 41% to $173M Silicon Valley / San Jose ... Bizjournals.com
Houston Chronicle  - Bloomberg
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Flickr mashup on Google App Engine from Japan
Here comes a new idea directly from Japan to make life on the web a little easier. Llamerada, a Japanese web engineer, coded a Flickr mashup on AJAX interface. He announced the release today on his blog. So what is this about? The basic idea is to make search on Flickr more comfortable. Llamerada wanted to display as [...]

Fat monkeys put on diet at Japanese park
(telegraph.co.uk)

Japanese smokers to face age test
A Japanese company is developing a vending machine that counts wrinkles and skin sags to check a smoker's age. (BBC)

Met Agency to drop gizmos into typhoons to collect data
(Yomiuri)

Is Japan trying to militarise space? (New Scientist)
A new law expected to be passed by the Japanese parliament will allow the country to have a military presence in space for the first time. But don't panic. Japan isn't gearing up to make space into a shooting gallery....

Japan scientists warn Arctic ice melting fast
(Reuters)

Strong typhoon heads towards Japan
A strong typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is heading towards Japan but looks set to narrowly miss landfall, the meteorological agency said. (Sydney Morning Herald)

MediaFLO and 1Seg Multi-Mode TV Tuner
Qualcomm announced that it has successfully demonstrated the capability to support the MediaFLO and ISDB-T (1Seg) mobile TV standards on a multi-mode handset. Powered by their Universal Broadcast Modem -- UBM -- chipset, "the technology illustrates that MediaFLO technology can complement the free-to-air standard used in Japan and Brazil to enable a mix of free and paid mobile broadcast content and services to drive consumer adoption and revenue." See our video interview with MediaFLO recorded here in 2006.

  DAILY REPORTS
  • May 13 Fat monkeys put on diet at Japanese park (telegraph.co.uk)
  • May 13 Japanese smokers to face age test (BBC)
  • May 13 Met Agency to drop gizmos into typhoons to collect data (Yomiuri)
  • May 12 Japan scientists warn Arctic ice melting fast (Reuters)
  • May 12 Strong typhoon heads towards Japan (Sydney Morning Herald)
  • May 12 Storm forecasts to get aerial lift (Asahi)
  • May 11 Hi-tech tombstones in Japan let mourners link to images, videos of deceased (Mainichi)
  • May 11 Latest swan death confirms H5N1 in Hokkaido (Japan Times)
  • May 11 M5.0, 4.1 quakes rock Hokkaido, Miyazaki early Sunday (Kyodo)
  • May 08 Green sea turtle migrates over 2,000 km from Guam to Okinawa (Kyodo)
  • May 08 Strong quake jolts east Japan, no damage reported (Reuters)
  • May 06 Chunky monkeys put on diet at Japanese park (Telegraph.co.uk)
  • May 05 Turning garbage mountains into goldmines (nzherald.co.nz)
  • May 02 From Japan, observations about wine, carbon and classrooms (Dr Vino)
  • May 02 Japan's Space Station Laboratory Ready to Fly (space.com)
  • May 01 Tama Zoo celebrates its 50th anniversary, opens giant bird cages (Kyodo)
  • May 01 Govts act to contain bird flu / All Akita Pref. chicken farms inspected to counter outbreak (Yomiuri)
  • Apr 30 M4.5 quake hits Chiba Pref. east of Tokyo (Kyodo)
  • Apr 30 Japan's oldest giant panda dies (AP)
  • Apr 30 Japan confirms H5N1 bird flu strain in swans (Reuters)
  • Apr 29 M5.5 quake hits Hokkaido, Aomori (Kyodo)
  • Apr 27 Safety fears sidelined in Japan's new energy dawn (The Age)
  • Apr 23 Praise as good as cash to brain: study (Reuters)
  • Apr 23 Japan approves J-Power MOX-fuel reactor construction (Reuters)
  • Apr 23 Hospital took 80 of 84 kids off life support (Yomiuri)
  • Apr 23 Japan to send cherry seeds into space (AFP)
  • Apr 22 Cultural differences found in pee (MSNBC)
  • Apr 21 Emergency care: It's grim and getting worse (Asahi)
  • Apr 20 Cigarette vending machines to accept driving licenses for age checks (Kyodo)
  • Apr 19 Amber find a 1st for Japan (Asahi)
  • Apr 17 M5.7 quake jolts Iwate and other eastern Japan regions (Kyodo)
  • Apr 15 Are bulging waistlines really a threat to health? (Asahi)
  • Apr 15 Japanese Moon Mission Returns Detailed Maps of the Lunar Surface (Universe Today)
  • Apr 15 Scientist on trail of mysterious 'Planet X' (Yomiuri)
  • Apr 14 Suspended nuke facility eats up 350 mil. yen in maintenance in 8 yrs (Kyodo)
  • Apr 14 Japan's Arctic methane hydrate haul raises environment fears (Times Online)
  • Apr 14 Insects Evolved Radically Different Strategy To Smell (Science Daily)
  • Apr 14 Japan's Underwater Pyramid (Wired News)
  • Apr 12 JAXA to give satellites urgent health checks (Yomiuri)
  • Apr 11 Monju reactor's future uncertain (Yomiuri)
  • Apr 09 Japan develops brain and eye pills for gaming fans (Reuters)
  • Apr 08 Robots seen doing work of 3.5 million people in Japan (Reuters)
  • Apr 07 JAXA to launch space-linked brand (Yomiuri)
  • Apr 06 Public hospitals suspend work due to shortage of doctors (Yomiuri)
  • Apr 05 Bear in Japan twirls log like baton (tampabays10.com)
  • Apr 05 Japan day care scans visitors' palm veins for safety (Reuters)
  • Apr 03 Aging N-reactors face crisis over structural integrity (Yomiuri)
  • Apr 03 Japan's post-war cedar trees bring allergy misery (Bloomberg)
  • Apr 02 Health ministry seeks cloned meat ruling (Yomiuri)
  • Apr 02 Japan recruits astronauts for first time in decade (AFP)
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