A group of far-right politicians from Europe has visited a shrine which honours Japan's war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals. The politicians, including France's Jean-Marie Le Pen, were invited to Japan by a local far-right group. Their visit comes on the eve of the 65th anniversary of Japan's surrender. Visits to Yasukuni shrine, particularly by Japanese leaders, anger other A
President Obama was speaking at a Muslim Iftar dinner at the White House US President Barack Obama has staunchly defended controversial plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York. Opponents have protested against the construction of an Islamic cultural centre and mosque several hundred feet away from the site of the Twin Towers. Mr Obama acknowledged "sensitivities" surround the 9/11 sit
Ten years ago, one of America’s leading economists delivered a stinging critique of the Bank of Japan, Japan’s equivalent of the Federal Reserve, titled “Japanese Monetary Policy: A Case of Self-Induced Paralysis?” With only a few changes in wording, the critique applies to the Fed today. At the time, the Bank of Japan faced a situation broadly similar to that facing the Fed now. The economy was d
ホメオパシーのレメディは実質的に砂糖玉と一緒で、薬理的な効果は何もない。にも関わらず、というか、だからこそ、診療でレメディが使えたら、結構便利だろう。いくらでも使いようはある。たとえば、 薬に抵抗のある人に 「ワクチンは嫌」「ステロイドって副作用が酷いんでしょう?」などと、副作用を過度に恐れて、医学的に必要な薬の使用を嫌がる人がいる。薬を使わないより、薬+砂糖玉のほうがまし、という場合には、「薬の有害性を打ち消すレメディー」を同時に摂ってもらうことで、薬の使用に納得を得やすくなる。実際には「薬の有害性を打ち消す」のではなく、「薬に対する不安感を打ち消す」ことを期待して使う。 薬が不要の人に 一方で、単なる風邪に対して、「総合感冒薬と解熱薬と咳止めと抗生物質と胃薬を処方してください」などと、医学的には不要なのにやたらと薬を希望する患者さんもいる。そういう患者さんには、「自然治癒力を引き出すレ
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A Sri Lankan military court today convicted the former amy chief who led the victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels of involvement in politics while in uniform. General Sarath Fonseka, who is in military custody, will be stripped of his rank, military honours and pension if President Mahinda Rajapaksa approves the verdict. Fonseka's lawyer, Rienzie Arsecularatne, denounced the ruling and said the cas
Russia will begin to load fuel into the reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station next week, marking the start of its launch after years of delay, Moscow said today. Russian and Iranian specialists are to begin loading uranium-packed fuel rods into the reactor on 21 August, a process that will take about two to three weeks. This will be a key step towards starting up the reactor, although it
A group of prominent legal and medical experts today called for a full inquest into the death of the government scientist David Kelly in 2003. An inquest was suspended by Lord Falconer, then lord chancellor, before the Hutton inquiry into the circumstances of the scientist's death. It was not resumed after Hutton's report in 2004 concluded that Kelly killed himself by cutting an artery in his wris
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