White ice on trees in Zao mountains may fade in 40 years

White ice on trees in Zao mountains may fade in 40 years

YAMAGATA, Japan - Photo shows white ice deposits on trees along a ski slope in Yamagata City of the Zao mountains in February 2010. A research team led by Yamagata University professor Fumitaka Yanagisawa warned on Nov. 10, 2010, that the phenomenon could vanish in 40 years due to global warming.

Document shows Soviets tried to turn Konoe into spy

Document shows Soviets tried to turn Konoe into spy

MOSCOW, Russia - A Soviet document suggests the Soviet Union tried to turn Fumitaka Konoe, son of a former Japanese prime minister, into a spy. On the classified document, the handwritten note to the left says in Russian, ''The Konoe spy plan should be carried out quickly''. It is the first known document to refer to spying in the case of Konoe.

White ice on trees in Zao mountains may fade in 40 years

White ice on trees in Zao mountains may fade in 40 years

YAMAGATA, Japan - Photo shows white ice deposits on trees along a ski slope in Yamagata City of the Zao mountains in February 2010. A research team led by Yamagata University professor Fumitaka Yanagisawa warned on Nov. 10, 2010, that the phenomenon could vanish in 40 years due to global warming. (Kyodo)

Document shows Soviets tried to turn Konoe into spy

Document shows Soviets tried to turn Konoe into spy

MOSCOW, Russia - A Soviet document suggests the Soviet Union tried to turn Fumitaka Konoe, son of a former Japanese prime minister, into a spy. On the classified document, the handwritten note to the left says in Russian, ''The Konoe spy plan should be carried out quickly''. It is the first known document to refer to spying in the case of Konoe.