Showing posts with the label Asia
Photos flash spotlight on everyday lives of prisoners in Japan
U.N. warns Japan against hanging Aum cult figures currently seeking retrial
Tokyo attacker Shoko Asahara and followers set to hang amid mental competence doubts
Japan: Death penalty for ex-caregiver for killing 3 elderly nursing home residents
Why Singapore’s claim that the death penalty works for drug offences is fake news
2,000-year-old liquor unearthed from ancient tomb in western China
Archaeologists have unearthed a bronze kettle containing liquor from a Qin Dynasty tomb, dating back more than 2,000 years in west China's Shaanxi Province. Grave goods found in Qin dynasty commo…
New linguistic analysis finds Dravidian language family is approximately 4,500 years old
The origin of the Dravidian language family, consisting of about 80 varieties spoken by 220 million people across southern and central India and surrounding countries, can be dated to about 4,500 yea…
Japan marks anniversary of sarin attacks as execution speculation grows
Japan cult members could be hanged any day for subway attack
Discovery of 115,000-year-old bone tools in China
An analysis of 115,000-year-old bone tools discovered in China suggests that the toolmaking techniques mastered by prehistoric humans there were more sophisticated than previously thought. Retoucher …
Singapore: Drug trafficker hanged after last-ditch bid to reopen case fails
Japan: Aum spinoffs persist two decades after sarin attack
Japan: Death penalty sought for man over 2016 dagger killing at Osaka home
Japan to introduce plea bargaining on June 1
Japan: 7 death row Aum cult members moved from Tokyo detention center
DNA-based study reconstructs face of Japanese woman from 3,800 years ago
Researchers for the first time reconstructed the head of a woman from the Jomon Pottery Culture period (c. 8000 B.C.-300 B.C.) using a DNA analysis that removed much of the guesswork usually involved…
16,000-year-old fossil human skull found in south China cave site
From June 2015 to 2017, Guangxi Provincial Institute of Heritage preservation and Archaeology conducted archaeological excavations to the Yahuai Cave site. In total, more than 40 square meters had be…
Singapore: Drug trafficker from Ghana hanged after clemency plea rejected
Researchers fired up after finding kiln for ancient Japanese temple
A kiln apparently used to bake tiles for the roof of Toshodaiji temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site here, offers new hints into the craftsmanship that went into creating the magnificent structures m…