World : Japan
Greenpeace urges Japan to probe whaling graft (AFP)
AFP - Greenpeace urged Japan on Tuesday to probe graft claims in its state-funded whaling programme, a day after two of its activists received suspended jail terms for committing theft during an investigation.
AFP - Japan on Monday said it has detected its first case of an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" that surfaced in South Asia and has triggered a global health alert.
AP - A Japanese journalist returned home Monday after militants in Afghanistan released him from five months in captivity.
Reuters - Japan needs fiscal reform targets to tackle its massive debt but existing goals heavily influenced by bureaucrats should be reviewed, said an aide to the ruling party powerbroker challenging Prime Minister Naoto Kan.
'The Cove' star: Dolphin activists need to ease up (AP)AP - The star of an Oscar-winning documentary about a Japanese village's infamous dolphin hunt said Monday that activists trying to stop the killing might need to back off and allow the Japanese people to tackle the issue themselves.
2 activists convicted of whale meat theft in Japan (AP)AP - A Japanese court on Monday convicted two members of the environmental group Greenpeace of stealing whale meat they claim was intended for illegal consumption, giving each suspended jail terms.
Japan fattens textbooks to reverse sliding rank (AP)
AP - When Mio Honzawa starts fifth grade next April, her textbooks will be thicker.
AFP - More than six in ten Japanese want Prime Minister Naoto Kan to win his party leadership battle with powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa, polls showed Monday.
Reuters - A Japanese journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan in April has been freed, according to an Afghan provincial official who said on Sunday the journalist had been abducted by the Taliban.
Japanese journalist freed in Afghanistan: report (AFP)
AFP - A Japanese journalist believed to have been kidnapped by the Afghan Taliban has been released after five months, a report said on Sunday.
