Rare Roman gladiator knife from Hadrian's Wall goes on display
A 2,000-year-old Roman knife handle shaped like a gladiator that was discovered in northern England will go on public display ...
Japan Today17d
Knife attack near school in Beijing injures 5 people, including 3 children
Multiple knife attacks have occurred in China this year, including several involving school children. Last month, a 10-year-old Japanese student died after being attacked with a knife near his school ...
The New York Times18d
Japan’s Long-Governing Party Loses Its Majority
The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power. By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and ...
Deccan Herald19d
For first time in decades, Japan votes in a knife-edge election
Just one month after a leadership vote by the conservative Liberal Democratic Party anointed Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister, the party entered the election under considerable pressure ...
The New York Times20d
These Japanese Baseball Fans Love Ohtani. They Love the Yankees More.
By David Waldstein Masa Kawai wore his faded Yankees cap on Wednesday as he served customers at the Japanese doughnut shop he owns in Edgewater, N.J. It was two days before Game 1 of a World ...
Outdoor Life21d
The Best Knives Made in the USA: 22 Folders and Fixed Blades Reviewed
There are a lot of great knives being made in Poland, South Africa, France, Russia, Japan, and, yes, China. But, hand on a bible, I believe the very best knives are still being made in the United ...
Daily Mail22d
Knife-proof umbrellas are deployed on Japanese trains so passengers can fend off attackers
A Japanese train company is set to install knife-proof umbrellas on its services following a deadly stabbing attack earlier this year. The West Japan Railway Company, or JR West, said it will ...
The Economist22d
Japan is remarkably open to AI, but slow to make use of it
What does a Japanese person recall? Doraemon, the friendly robot helper of an enormously popular eponymous anime series. So goes an anecdote making the rounds in Japanese tech circles. It suggests ...
in.mashable22d
Japanese Trains To Be Equipped With Anti-Knife Umbrellas For Passengers; Here’s Why
The West Japan Railway Co. has developed an umbrella that can withstand blades and knives. The Japan Railway West will start installing two in each of the 600 trains that run along in the Kinki region ...
WION22d
Japan's solution to knife attacks on trains? Extra-long umbrellas with canopies
(Photo: Adler Chaloryoo) Photograph:(Others) A string of knife attacks has prompted a Japanese rail division to come up with a unique idea to help people fend them off. Hundreds of blade-resistant ...
CNN-News1822d
Japanese Company Introduces 'Blade-Proof' Umbrellas For Protection Against Knife Attacks
In the wake of increasing knife attacks in the country, a Japanese company, JR West, has launched around 1,200 stab-proof, lightweight umbrellas for 600 trains in the Kansai region, states a local ...