Japan 2005 Expo to Display Frozen Mammoth
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Shuttle buses without drivers, trains floating on magnetic fields and other visions of the future will be on display at Japan's world fair next year. But Expo 2005's centerpiece will be rooted deep in the past &#151; the frozen remains of a woolly mammoth.
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The 39th edition of Marmomacc, the International Natural Stone and Technologies Exhibition is set to take place from October 7 to 10, 2004, in Verona, Italy.
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Photo from the CEATEC technology showcase in Tokyo.
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When Japan's top women wrestlers greeted the new year by plunging into the icy depths of Tokyo Bay, shivering onlookers chuckled in disbelief.
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Red Sox fans will have to set their alarms to catch the season-opening games in Japan.
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A wildlife park is widening its collection of animals to include Japanese macaques.
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Fans of one of Japan's best-loved sports  lined up for tickets Monday as professional baseball players  returned to work after staging the first strike in the 70-year  history of the domestic game.
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Japan is confident it can secure the  votes needed to resume commercial trade in whale products and  that this would be a step toward lifting a ban on hunting the  marine giants, a Japanese official said Wednesday.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, Feb.
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PLYMOUTH -- A new athletic complex and convention center is going to replace the old Plymouth Sports Dome, a once-bustling regional sports facility that collapsed during the blizzard in 2005.
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More than 300 events in the fields of culture, economics and science will be held throughout the nation in 2005 and 2006 in honor of the Year of Germany in Japan.
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Tokyo has played host to an exhibition showcasing the latest attractions for gamers.
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Bone fragments from a mammoth, along with the remains of another prehistoric animal, have been found in the northwestern Czech Republic during excavations to build a commercial center, scientists have said.
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The Zeppelin NT, the world's largest airship, conducted a test flight here Friday to publicize the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, which will run from March 25 through Sept.
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The transfer of North Korean funds long frozen in a Macau bank was due to begin on Thursday, Japan's Kyodo news agency said, raising the prospect of an end to the deadlock stalling a nuclear disarmament deal with Pyongyang.
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Japan is set to abandon whale hunting in the Antarctic for this season after its main whaling ship was crippled by a fire two weeks ago, public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday.
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Activists intent on disrupting Japan's whale hunt offer a $25,000 reward for details leading them to the fleet.