2 Japanese, American win chemistry Nobel for key chemical tool that spawned drugs, electronics

Trio wins Nobel for key chemical tool

STOCKHOLM — An American and two Japanese scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for finding new ways to bond carbon atoms together, methods now widely used to make medicines and in agriculture and electronics.

To reverse ‘Brain Drain,’ Beijing is luring overseas Chinese back home with cash, incentives

China steps up efforts to reverse ‘Brain Drain’

Back to basics _ or cram school? To reverse sliding rank, Japan adds 1,200 pages to textbooks

Japan fattens textbooks to reverse sliding rank

Japan central bank extends loan program, while PM unveils $11 billion stimulus

Japan eases policy, plans new economic stimulus

With slow growth, Japan might cut exchange program that countered anti-Japanese feeling in US

Does Japan still need 23-yr-old exchange program?

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad

Exiles, Hong Kongers, Taiwanese president break silence on 21st Tiananmen anniversary

Exiles, Hong Kongers break silence on Tiananmen

Italy’s Franklin and Marshall apparel translates into scholarship, publicity for Pa. college

School? Fashion label? Franklin & Marshall is both

Japan’s Princess Aiko takes time off from elementary school after being bullied by classmates

Japanese princess bullied at elementary school

Reticent Toyota president typical for Japan Inc., where harmony reigns not wherewithal

Reticent Toyota president typical for Japan Inc.