A Japanese woman whose ice cream was praised by a Michelin-starred chef during a popular British cooking competition is now bringing a range of Japanese-themed flavors to Londoners. Aki Matsushima found fame after reaching the latter stages of the BBC’s MasterChef competition — an amateur cooking contest watched by millions every week. On the last [...]

The global tourism industry, hit by natural disasters and economic turmoil, is eyeing potential travelers from emerging nations in hope that their growing middle and upper classes could spur growth. Delegates converged on disaster-struck Japan this week for the sector’s major annual conference and were in an upbeat mood, encouraged by the prospect of the [...]

Celebrity trainer James Duigan’s Clean & Lean diet plan can help you lose all the unwanted flab. The diet involves cutting out ‘toxic’ foods that encourage the body to store fat – including alcohol, sugar and processed foods. Meals on James’s diet plan are full of fish, lean meat – including turkey and chicken – [...]

Actor and Internet sensation George Takei turned 75 last Friday. For nearly 50 years, George Takei has been famous for his portrayal of Hikaru Sulu on the original ’60s television show Star Trek. Takei appeared as Sulu for three seasons and six subsequent movies. After Star Trek, Takei continued to act and perform voice-overs. Yet, [...]

McDonald’s Corp is still seeing its value meals and specialty drinks pay off with budget-conscious diners. The world’s biggest hamburger chain said Friday that its net income rose 7% in the first quarter, in line with Wall Street expectations. McDonald’s says global sales rose 7.3% at restaurants that were open at least 13 months, driven [...]

Is it a flying car or a driving aircraft? Either way, the Personal Air and Land Vehicle, or PAL-V for short, has just proved it can handle the skies as well as the highway, both at up to 180 kilometres (112 miles) per hour, its Dutch developers said Tuesday. The PAL-V is a gyrocopter that [...]

The IMF has raised $430 billion ($414 billion) in new funds for crisis intervention, with China and other emerging economic giants taking part despite worries the money will go to more eurozone bailouts. After weeks of seeking pledges for its “global firewall”, the International Monetary Fund said the BRICS group – China, Russia, India and [...]

Their technical skills helped Japan’s corporate giants sweep all before them in the 1980s, and now thousands of aging Japanese engineers are finding a new lease of life in booming China. “My profession is going out of business in Japan,” said 59-year-old Masayuki Aida, who made molds for a Tokyo-based firm for 30 years but [...]

Australian scientists are leading a global charge to combat one of the world’s worst killers with a surprising secret weapon – the common cold. It’s a tempting idea and one on the cutting edge of a new medical research field called oncolytic virotherapy. Could the common cold cure cancer? Except that the idea is not [...]

Communication is important for everyone and in particular for those who have difficulty because of congenital impairment (such as cerebral palsy or autism) or who acquired communication difficulties (such as CVA’s, Motor Neuron disease or Parkinson’s) With this in mind, some of you may have seen the BBC morning news on Friday 13th April which [...]