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Manmohan Singh to visit Japan and Thailand
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is slated to pay official visit to Japan from May 27 to 29 and to the Kingdom of Thailand on May 30 and 31. The visit to Japan is at the invitation of Prime Minister of Japan, H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe. The Annual Summit between the Prime Ministers of India and Japan is expected to enhance and strengthen the Strategic and Global Partnership between the two countries. ...
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Soon your hand will also be your smartphone
Researchers from the University of Tokyo are in the process of developing a technology to put the mobile phone on the palm of your hand. Using a special camera that combines high-speed vision and two rotational mirrors, Masatoshi Ishikawa and his team at the Ishikawa Oku Laboratory, said that they have found a method to project a device's display screen or keyboard onto the palm, or any other ...
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Japan confirms DPRK launched missile
Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Japanese government confirmed the DPRK's missile launches on Saturday, saying none of the missiles have landed in Japan's territorial waters, Kyodo news agency reported. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency earlier reported that the DPRK launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday, citing the country's defense ministry. It is reported ...
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Article 9 revision should be addressed carefully Abe
The Japanese government should carefully address the issue of amending Article 9 of the country's constitution, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said in an interview with U.S. magazine Foreign ...
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Japan eyes $2 billion assistance for Africa resources development
The government said Saturday that it will contribute 2 billion dollars over five years to support Japanese firms' natural resources development in ...
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Sumo Hakuho tops Takarafuji to keep flawless record
Hakuho kept his eyes firmly on the prize and wrapped up the first week of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with another high-octane performance against Takarafuji on ...
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Strategies Japan Starts to Recharge After Two Lost Economic Decades
A GENERATION ago, Japan was a colossus on any investing map of the world. Envious foreigners called its export-driven economy a ...
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North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles Says The South
After a relatively calm few weeks, North Korea fired three short-range missiles Saturday, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said. NPR's Louisa Lim reports that North Korea fired the missiles in defiance of international sanctions. She filed this report for our Newscast ...
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6.0-magnitude quake strikes Japan
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan Saturday, jolting residents in the area hit hard by a massive quake in 2011, officials said. Police and fire officials said no injuries were reported and the temblor caused no damage at the Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 nuclear reactors, Kyodo News said. No tsunami warning was issued. The Japanese Meteorological Agency said the quake was ...
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Japan 5.9 earthquake hits Fukushima coast no tsunami
A US Geological Survey map shows the epicenter of a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the northeast coast of Japan on May 18, 2013. (US Geological ...
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Mixi’s new boss tells ailing SNS time for changes
Mixi Inc. will shore up its faltering earnings by seeking new businesses and doing away with complacency in the face of stiff competition from Facebook, incoming President Yusuke Asakura said Friday. Asakura, who will take the helm of the domestic social-networking site starting in June, said the company will offer 50 more smartphone apps based on its services, up from two, as part of its ...
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With retirement Beckham brand to go even more global
PARIS - After David Beckham’s long and distinguished soccer career ends on an artificial turf field in northwestern France, his life promises to be perhaps even more glamorous than it already has been. Nearly 20 years after breaking into the Manchester United lineup, the 38-year-old former England captain won the French league title with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) this season. After ...
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Family drama is reimagined for today’s Japan
Once the Mother's Day advertising displays came down, it was back to the grim reality of being a mother in Japan rather than in other developed ...
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Berlusconi’s raunchy parties detailed in court
MILAN, ITALY - Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, according to the first public sworn testimony by the Moroccan woman at the center ...
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Family photo album of last Russian czar shown for first time
MOSCOW - Held a virtual prisoner by the Bolsheviks months before his execution, Russia’s last czar Nicholas II pasted informal snapshots of his family into an album that has now come to light in a Russian provincial museum. The photographs, most of which have never been seen before, show the last of the Romanov rulers of Russia without pomp and in unguarded moments. Many were taken by ...
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Philippines rejects Taiwan’s allegations of murder
MANILA - The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan’s allegations that its coast guard had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat. Hong Shi-cheng, a 65-year-old fisherman, was shot dead by the Philippine Coast Guard, who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters. Chen Wen-chi, director of Taiwan’s Department of ...
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Unpublished Tezuka cartoon sheets shown
A cartoonist has acquired nine unpublished comic strip sheets created by the late artist Osamu Tezuka, who gained fame for his ';Astro Boy'; and ';Black Jack'; series. The sheets were created for four works, including ';Metropolis'; and ';Yubijin'; (';Man with a Tail';), which were both published in 1949, said Leiji Matsumoto, 75, who had ...
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Japan Post to replace all outside directors in June
Once the Mother's Day advertising displays came down, it was back to the grim reality of being a mother in Japan rather than in other developed ...
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Burns heroics give B-Corsairs shot at championship
Unbelievable energy. Splendid self confidence. Never-wavering faith in his abilities or his teammates. Those are ingredients to success for Draelon Burns, the Yokohama B-Corsairs’ super substitute. Burns buried a remarkable three buzzer-beating shots to close out the three final quarters, and his team needed ...
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All eyes on Sato ahead of Indy 500
INDIANAPOLIS - When Takuma Sato strolls into his garage at Indianapolis, he gets a quick glimpse into the two distinct paths that have defined these past 12 months. There’s the wall that features front pages from two Japanese newspapers with his arms raised in victory. Back home, he’s a national hero. A few meters away, on another wall, is a poster of team owner A.J. Foyt wearing ...
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Ronaldo Mourinho sent off in loss
Heated contest: Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo controls the ball against Atletico Madrid's Juanfran in the King's Cup final on Friday night. Atletico won 2-1 after extra time. | ...
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Kuroda befuddles Blue Jays
NEW YORK - In a revolving-door season, Joe Girardi is grateful he has to spend little time worrying about Hiroki Kuroda. There are those moments, though, that the New York Yankees’ manager has to remind himself the Japanese ace is not one of the many young faces in his clubhouse. Kuroda gave another steady performance on Friday night, pitching two-hit ball for eight dominant innings and ...
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Antlers thump Grampus as Zico watches on
KASHIMA, IBARAKI PREF. - Kashima Antlers swept past Nagoya Grampus 3-1 in the J. League on Saturday in the presence of the club’s legendary architect Zico. Yasushi Endo, Atsutaka Nakamura and Yuya Osako scored for Antlers, who are in fourth after seizing the matchup that helped launch the league 20 years ago. Kashima also won back then, behind Zico’s hat trick and a brace from ...
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Fukuoka blows out Kyoto clinches spot in title game
It is impossible to hide their collective desire to win a championship. For the Rizing Fukuoka, the intensity of their 55th game this season produced a collective trademark that was evident since the start of the 2012-13 bj-league season: Reggie Warren’s fiery leadership, Julius Ashby’s inside muscle and hustle, Josh Peppers’ explosive scoring, Akitomo Takeno’s polished ...
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Fukushima photos focus on what can’t be seen
Photographer Tomoki Imai has been a blur of activity since we reached the lookout point halfway up 601-meter Mount Higakure in the Futaba district of Fukushima Prefecture. Despite it being late April, with cherry blossoms in the forests and hamlets lower down, snow flurries and freezing conditions in the mountains the day before made long-range shooting virtually impossible. So Imai was in a ...
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Tokyo's new international airport making waves
Haneda airport was renamed Haneda International Airport with the opening of the new International Terminal, which will see several million passengers pass through it each year as the airport regains its status as a global airport with connections to major cities across the world.
When Haneda first opened in 1931 it was the largest civilian airport in the whole country and during the Second World War became a major US Air Base after the invasion of Japan and the country’s surrender. Read more
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