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Japanese birds' 'snake' calls conjure mental images

Researchers played recordings of songbird calls warning of a snake. Find out what happened next.

30 Jan 2018 12:25 PM IST

China is developing a spy plane that will be able to detect F-35 and F-22 stealth jet fighters.(AFP / Representative photo)

China making spy plane to operate from aircraft carrier and detect...

Beijing-based military expert Li Jie said the new surveillance plane could also become a command centre in the air.

27 Jan 2018 8:28 PM IST

Withdrawing itself from the electronics market would mean leaving a place vacant in for its contemporaries like Sony Corp, Sharp Corp and Kyocera Corp to fill in.

Fujitsu to sell off its mobile phone unit

Thanks to the rise of Apple and Samsung, many of these makers had to actually shut shop.

26 Jan 2018 4:17 PM IST

Volcanic ashes cover the slopes of a ski resort in Kusatsu, Gunma prefecture, central Japan, after Mount Kusatsu-Shirane erupted. (Photo: AP)

At least 16 injured in volcanic eruption at ski resort in Japan

Nine civilians were injured by volcanic rocks, while seven people six soldiers and one civilian skier were hit by an...

23 Jan 2018 4:13 PM IST

One train killed 65 deer on a track on Saturday (Nov 25) while 41 died between Wednesday and Friday. (Photo: Pixabay)

Japanese trains bark like dogs so deer don't get run over

Deer often congregate to lick the train tracks in the evening and late at night which, sadly, leads to regular...

19 Jan 2018 4:12 PM IST

Coastguard rescuers found the corpses of seven men inside the wreckage of the boat that washed up in Kanazawa, central Japan. (Photo: Representational | AP)

Another N Korean ghost ship' washes up on Japan shore with corpses...

According to senior official, it is difficult to identify the bodies as they had begun to decompose.

16 Jan 2018 11:53 AM IST

Designed manholes cost more but appeal to a Japanese sense of detail (Photo: AFP)

Manhole art attempts to give sewers in Japan a different image

Veteran spotter Shoji Morimoto's passion for covers was fuelled after noticing that the city of Fukui sported two...

14 Jan 2018 3:41 PM IST

Shinzo Abe, wife Akie while boarding the PMs official plane, one of which has lost a wing panel (Photo: AFP)

In embarrassing mishap, wing panel of Japan PM's official jet falls...

ASDF spokesperson said, 'The air force would conduct an investigation to determine why the panel had fallen off Abe's...

12 Jan 2018 12:58 PM IST

The zoo is reeling under bird flu scare after 20 birds, including caged ones like munia, grey partridge and ringneck parrots died in the last few months. (Representational image)

Japan begins chicken cull after bird flu outbreak confirmed

Confirmation of the outbreak, which was reported earlier in the week, marked the country's first cases of bird flu in...

12 Jan 2018 8:15 AM IST

James Mattis apologised to Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera after a string of accidents including the emergency landing of an American military helicopter in Okinawa on Monday. (Photo: AP)

US apologises to Japan over recent series of military accidents

Onodera has said he hoped to depart for Hawaii to meet top the US commander in the Pacific, Harry Harris, to discuss the...

9 Jan 2018 12:28 PM IST

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New humanoid robot sweats during exercise

The robot has an artificial perspiration system.

2 Jan 2018 6:37 PM IST

It also suggests that treatment for these diseases cannot be performed merely with zinc supplements. (Photo: Pixabay)

Poor zinc supply to lung cells behind respiratory diseases

It also suggests that treatment for these diseases cannot be performed merely with zinc supplements.

1 Jan 2018 11:00 AM IST