Although an International Court of Justice forbid the practice, Japan will continue whale hunting in the Southern Ocean in the fiscal year 2015. However, the number of whales will be cut to a third of this year’s catch target. Starting with 2015, Japan plans to catch 333 minke whales per year until 2027, instead of 935, which is the annual number set during the previous program. The report … [Read more...]
Japan Confirms Dengue Fever Infections, the First Ones in 70 Years
Japanese health officials have confirmed the country’s first Dengue fever infections in 70 years. They said on Thursday that three young people have become infected with the Dengue fever virus and that they are thought to have contracted the disease after being bitten by infected mosquitos in Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park. The patients are: a man and a woman, both in their 20s and a teenage person. All … [Read more...]
First All-Oral Hepatitis C Treatment Cleared by Japan
Great news for Hep C sufferers! The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced today, July 7, 2014, that it has approved the first all-oral hepatitis C treatment. The drug is a combination of daclatasvir and asunaprevir and it treats patients with genotype 1 chronic hep C virus infection and the drug can even treat those with compensated cirrhosis of the liver. For those who are … [Read more...]
‘Phony’ stem cell research fabricated, guilty scientists to be punished in Japan
After a probe established that the ground-breaking study on stem cells was fabricated, a Japanese government-funded laboratory, which has conducted the study, said that they will punish the lead researcher and other scientists who were found of adopting malpractice during the research work. The Riken Center for Development Biology in Kobe, western Japan, had received big applauds for the stem … [Read more...]
Japan Based Rakuten Acquires Viber Messaging App For $900m
Viber is a voice and messaging service that has high subscriber base for their services. The service has now been bought over by Rakuten for a sum of $900 million, as revealed in a statement issued by Rakuten, a Japan based e-commerce company. Viber has been formed in 2010 by Talmon Marco an entrepreneur based in Italy. Since its beginning the company has gained in rapid steps in the field of … [Read more...]
