Wind power generator offers alternative for clearing snow
January 15, 2006AKITA -- A snow-melting system comprising a wind power generator and a heat pump have proven effective in preventing snow from piling up on a bridge here even though heavy snowfall has affected the area.
Greenpeace activist falls into Antarctic waters in clash with Japanese whalers
January 15, 2006SYDNEY -- Japanese whalers fired a harpoon over a Greenpeace boat, throwing one of the environmental group's activists into Antarctic waters, the group said Sunday.
Asashoryu's win keeps him in touch with New Year sumo leaders
January 15, 2006Yokozuna Asashoryu defeated Tochinohana on Sunday to stay one win behind co-leaders Tochiazuma and Hokutoriki at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
Poll: Most southern Iraq residents want Japanese troops to stay, but opposition growing
January 15, 2006More than 60 percent of residents in southern Iraq said they wanted Japanese troops to remain at least through the end of this year, but local opposition to Japan's deployment also increased from a year earlier, according to the results of a media poll released Sunday.
Weather agency renews avalanche warnings in Japan as temperature rises
January 15, 2006Japan's Meteorological Agency renewed avalanche warnings Sunday as temperatures increased and a man slipped to his death, bringing the toll from recent heavy snowfall to 90 -- the highest in 20 years -- a news report said.