• China cracks down on Twitter, other social media Chinese authorities shut down blogs, Internet forums, and social media sites such as Twitter in an apparent attempt to stem online political discussion ahead of Thursday's 20th anniversary of the...
• Japan's stressed salarymen suffer halitosis epidemic during recession Japanese 'salarymen' are suffering an additional burden to the economic crisis: chronic halitosis.
As if looming unemployment were not enough to cause sleepless nights for legions of the country's...
• China Said to Threaten Licenses of Human Rights Lawyers In a marked departure from past practices, Beijing legal authorities have threatened to complicate or deny applications to renew the legal licenses of at least 18 of the city’s best-known...
• Swine Flu Forces More Schools in Japan to Close The deepening swine flu outbreak led Japan’s government to shut more than 4,000 schools and spurred the World Health Organization to urge drugmakers such as Sanofi- Aventis SA and...
• China sex theme park demolished China's first sex theme park, aimed at improving both the sex education and the sex life of its visitors, has been torn down before it even opened. The owners were "interested only in profiting from...
• China firing squad photos prompt calls for more executions of corrupt officials Excerpt: “There is no real death penalty for economic crimes now. It is obviously an exculpation for corrupted officials,” wrote an anonymous contributor to the Strong Country Forum on...
• Chinese ordered to smoke more to boost economy Comment: Population control?Local government officials in China have been ordered to smoke nearly a quarter of a million packs of cigarettes in a move to boost the local economy during the global...
• POPULATION: Asia Faces Lower Birth and Death Rates Asia has long been touted as the world's largest and most populous continent with over 4.1 billion people, accounting for more than 60 percent of the global population. But according to the...
• China To Subsidize Energy Saving Lamps Peng Sen, deputy director of China's National Development and Reform Commission, disclosed at a recent conference that China will promote the use of energy saving lamps by providing subsidies....
• Japanese yakuza gangsters hit by recession Comment: Freelance criminals out on the streets of Japan looking for work. Not so organized crime anymore!As unemployment sweeps Japan in the worst economic crisis since the Second World War, as many...
• Army bullets used in Thai assassination bid: chief Thailand's powerful army chief admitted Thursday that three bullets used in an assassination attempt on a political activist last week came from a military unit. Investigators found 20 bullet casings...
• Don't leave incriminating evidence behind: Chinese police training manual offers tips on the best way to beat up offenders A Chinese law enforcement agency has been using a training manual which advises officers on how to use violence without leaving incriminating evidence behind. "In dealing with the subject, take care...
• Safeguarding social stability: Chinese lawmakers to discuss law on military mobilization Comment: Mass unemployment and economic collapse bear social instability.The draft stipulated the duties and responsibilities of the armed police in order to "safeguard state security and social...
• In Japan, Jobless Learn to Farm For many jobless in Japan, farming has emerged as a promising new career track. But life in the sticks is no vacationKenji Oshima lost his job in February at a seat-belt factory. So he applied for a...
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