Added: 23rd March 2009 Posted By:Admin Views: 440 Comments:0
March 22, 2009 - Runway Video of a Federal Express MD-11 Cargo Jet Crashing in Tokyo, Japan. A FedEx cargo plane burst into flames after bouncing off a runway in unusually high winds at Tokyos main international airport Monday, killing the pilot and copilot and closing a major runway for several...
Added: 26th May 2009 Posted By:Admin Views: 329 Comments:0
North Korea has announced it has carried out an underground nuclear explosion, and there are reports it test-fired a short-range missile just hours later. /nThe United States and the European Union have sharply criticised the move, while Russia has expressed concern./nJapan's prime minister...
Added: 13th November 2009 Posted By:Admin Views: 188 Comments:0
Barack Obama has embarked on his first visit to Asia since taking office as US president in January.
The four-nation tour, taking him to Japan, China, South Korea and a regional summit in Singapore, is intended to strengthen some important alliances and may also bring him into contact with...
Added: 13th November 2009 Posted By:Admin Views: 153 Comments:0
President Barack Obama said Friday that America's alliance with Japan was a "foundation" of peace and prosperity in Asia, speaking on the first stop of his regional tour.
Added: 5th April 2010 Posted By:Admin Views: 212 Comments:0
April 5, 2010 - The seven-member STS-131 crew headed to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Discovery after its launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 6:21 a.m. EDT. The liftoff came 45 minutes before sunrise Monday, Apr. 5, and lit up Florida's Space Coast sky. The...
Added: 20th April 2010 Posted By:Admin Views: 242 Comments:0
NASA - Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts ended a two-week journey of more than 6.2 million miles with a Tuesday morning landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Returning to Earth aboard the orbiter were STS-131 Commander Alan Poindexter, Pilot Jim Dutton, and Mission...
Added: 26th July 2010 Posted By:Admin Views: 190 Comments:0
RT - Military exercises have started between the U.S. and South Korea, despite threats of a nuclear response from Pyongyang. The four-day drills involve around eight thousand troops, 200 aircraft and 20 ships. America currently has 28 thousand troops based in South Korea and 50-thousand more in...
Added: 6th September 2010 Posted By:Admin Views: 223 Comments:0
Japan's newly born one-month-old panda twins were first introduced to the world on Friday.
The twin stars at the Wakayama Adventure World came wrapped in swaddling towels as they were gently placed in an incubator.
The two were born on August 11th to the nine-year-old giant panda...
Added: 15th March 2011 Posted By:Admin Views: 212 Comments:0
AP - There's been more trouble at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. With cooling systems down, fuel rods have been exposed at the facility's Unit 2 reactor, and there was an explosion at Unit 3.
Added: 15th March 2011 Posted By:Admin Views: 168 Comments:0
AP - Radiation has been released into the environment at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant following a third explosion at the facility. Japan's prime minister is telling residents who live within 19 miles of the facility to stay indoors.
Added: 16th August 2011 Posted By:Admin Views: 185 Comments:0
AP - A 19-year-old Japanese student was swept over Niagara Falls and presumed drowned after falling from a railing along the Canadian side of the Niagara River, Niagara Parks Police said Monday.