Frances Fitzgerald's book Fire in the Lake was about how the difference between American and Vietnamese culture was the source of a lot of America's blatant failures in Vietnam. Anyone who has been in a class where Plato's...
“… report on a patient in whom hyperopic Implantable Collamer Lenses (ICL, STAAR Surgical, Nidau, Switzerland) and limbal relaxing incisions have been beneficial for the correction of hyperopic astigmatism after laser in situ...
Japan's central bank left its super-low interest rates unchanged on Friday as the government declared for the first time in more than three years that Asia's biggest economy is in a phase of deflation.
A Hamamatsu Photonics product story Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Nov 20, 2009 Hamamatsu Photonics has introduced a 12-bit digital output colour sensor photo IC. The S9706 device consists of a matrix photodiode...
All Nippon Airways has urged the Japanese government to create a fairer market and relax some regulations to help the country's airline industry. Rival Japan Airlines (JAL) is seeking a bail out from the Japanese government...
AFP – Sommelier Masahiko Mori (left) serves the new 2009 Beaujolais Nouveau wine to visitors in the wine spa … HAKONE, Japan (AFP) – Japan's craze for Beaujolais nouveau has beaten the global recession, with tourists taking a...
By Cliff Edwards, BusinessWeek Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony need a new game plan. It and Microsoft, maker of the Xbox 360, are plotting to extend the life of their consoles well past the usual five years by offering new...
Although he described himself as a "social ecologist," Peter Drucker, who was born 100 years ago this month, is more commonly remembered as the ultimate management guru, a prolific writer and thinker whose insights into...
Venice-born photographer Renato D'Agostin recently spent time in the world's largest city capturing the abstract side of its urban landscape. The resulting monograph "Tokyo Untitled" was released... Visit coolhunting.com for...
THE Ministry of Health received 160 bicycles from the Japan Bicycle Promotion Institute yesterday to be used in HIV awareness programs for communities. Dr Neil Sharma, who holds the Health portfolio, said the bicycles would be...