Yamaguchi said: "Our results strongly suggest that there is no detectable positive relationship between relative brain size and sociality amongst these four big cat species, which shared a common ancestor around 3.7 million years ago.
Tenpeoplewererushed tohospitalafter the smash on the Chugoku Expressway inShimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in the afternoon on 4th Dec., butnone of their injuries were said to be serious.
Officials said Mr Yamaguchi, reportedly carrying a letter from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, told his Chinese hosts Tokyo wanted to improve ties through dialogue.
"We used to talk about defeating the LDP, to eliminate the bureaucrat-led, special-interest politics, " said Jiro Yamaguchi, a Hokkaido University political-science professor and longtime friend of Mr. Kan.
Commenting on the ANA flight, a spokesman at Yamaguchi Ube airport in western Japan said the flight was cancelled because brake parts from the rear left undercarriage needed to be replaced.