international students were only allowed to take part in the shortest sections of the national high school "ekiden" relay races in Japan, limiting their influence on the results. The impact of the ...

If you study the history of computing you might have heard of the FACOM 128B, a Japanese relay computer from 1958. It holds the distinction of being a contender for the oldest computer that still ...

Tight security accompanied the Olympic torch relay a day earlier in Japan, as thousands of police officers helped quickly end the few and sporadic protests in Nagano. Heavy security flanked ...