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Why Japans stock plunge unnerved Wall Street
NEW YORK -- It took Japan's biggest one-day stock plunge since the tsunami in March 2011 to remind investors around the globe that even a white-hot stock market can cool in a hurry when information changes and investors get spooked enough to question their investment thesis. In a span of 24 hours, the perception of stocks as the only investment worth owning in a world of rock-bottom ...
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Markets fall as Japan stocks slide
23 May 2013 Financial markets around the world have fallen after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ...
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No ones particularly sure why the Nikkei dropped 7 overnight
Well that was fast. Japanese financial markets have experienced a stunning rise over the past six months, as a new government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe introduced policies of aggressive Keynesian stimulus paired with equally aggressive monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. The surest, steadiest bet on global financial markets in that time has been on rising Japanese stocks and a falling ...
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N. Korea nuke arsenal ‘matter of time’
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an aide, Mr. Isao Iijima — a former secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi — to North Korea last week in an effort to make progress on unresolved bilateral issues, including the past abduction of Japanese nationals by North ...
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Man’s face transplant is quickest on record
WARSAW - A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland’s first face transplant. Face transplants are extraordinarily complicated and relatively rare procedures that usually require extensive preparation of the ...
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Bangladesh disaster probe blames owner
The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the ';main culprit'; for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...
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Most buildings in ‘Tornado Alley’ lack shelters
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
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Fighters rookie Otani makes solid impression in mound debut
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
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Coach K to remain with Team USA
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the ';best birthday party ever'; when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
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Kudo Higashinamed to squad for Australia match
Kashiwa Reysol’s in-form striker Masato Kudo and FC Tokyo midfielder Keigo Higashi received their first callups as Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni named a 26-strong squad on Thursday for the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Australia. Kudo has scored 13 goals in the J.League and the Asian Champions League this season, including Kashiwa’s third in a 3-2 win over Jeonbuk Hyundai ...
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Murton maintains torrid pace in Chiba
Hot as a midsummer day: Hanshin's Matt Murton goes 4-for-4 with two RBIs on Thursday at QVC Marine Field. The Tigers defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines 7-1, and Murton went 7-for-9 in the two-game series. | ...
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Pens rout Sens take 3-1 series lead
OTTAWA - Sidney Crosby was careful not to get too far ahead of himself after helping the Pittsburgh Penguins rout the Ottawa Senators for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. ';I’m not talking about anything ahead of Game 5,'; the Pittsburgh captain said when asked about a potential Eastern Conference final against the Boston Bruins. But after the ...
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Miyazaki’s departure means 21 teams again next season
Another offseason of major change is already in full swing. As a wizened comic might blurt out, ';There no end to the chaos.'; The Miyazaki Shining Suns have exited the bj-league after three seasons of financial woes and an accumulation of outstanding debt to the league. The announcement was made official on Wednesday, though it was expected for weeks after the cash-strapped ...
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LeBron saves Miami in OT
MIAMI - LeBron James caught the inbounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim. There was no one in his way. There was no stopping him, either. James made a layup as time expired in overtime, capping a 30-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist effort as the Miami Heat found a way to outlast the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wildly back-and-forth Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals ...
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Chomp your way through spring
www.hilton.co.jp/tokyo), has in store for the diminutive fruit. Taking place through July 13 at the lobby-level Marble Lounge, the American Cherry With Movie Sweets Fair features an array of 30 desserts, including favorites such as cherry pie, sponge cake and the British oat bar known as the flapjack. A fun twist: Sakakura has re-created a quartet of classic sweets featured in Hollywood films, ...
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Springtime beans aim for the sky
Growing up: Soramame (fava beans) gain their Japanese name from their tendency to point skyward as they grow. They can be served as kakiage (a variation on tempura, above) or simply with rice. | MAKIKO ...
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Japanese afternoon tea Beatles and disco dinner party eat off Kutani porcelain
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an aide, Mr. Isao Iijima — a former secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi — to North Korea last week in an effort to make progress on unresolved bilateral issues, including the past abduction of Japanese nationals by North ...
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Shizuoka theater festival courts the avant-garde
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
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‘Celeste and Jesse Forever’
You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. This banal platitude is the essence of ';Celeste and Jesse Forever,'; a romcom that recalls those heartwarmin,’ chick-pleasin’ love stories of the 1990s and early 2000s. Cowritten by Rashida Jones (Quincy Jones’ daughter, who also plays the titular Celeste), this is an old-school romcom with old-school ...
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‘The Place Beyond the Pines’
';I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
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Son of Cronenberg debuts with sickly body horror
As far as debuts go, Shohei Otani's delivered. The celebrated rookie pitched fairly well on Thursday night, and though he finished outside the decision, he left the mound with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters well within striking distance of the Tokyo Yakult ...
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Electric fireflies to light up river
Light the way: Thousands of bulbs float down Tokyo's Sumida River during last year's Tokyo Hotaru Festival. | AMANOGAWA PROJECTE_SRTM/© TOKYO ...
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Mr. Murakami’s tale of redemption
Mr. Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, ';Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage,'; his first since the publication of ';1Q84″ about three years ago, sold a million copies in seven days after it hit the stands. The publisher, Bungei Shunju, printed 500,000 copies in advance of the April 12 publication date in anticipation of huge demand — an ...
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An overture to Pyongyang
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an aide, Mr. Isao Iijima — a former secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi — to North Korea last week in an effort to make progress on unresolved bilateral issues, including the past abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents. Japan has made it clear to North Korea that the abduction issue as well as the issue of the North’s ...
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Global call to women standing on the sidelines
Hardly a day goes by without a news story on some violation of women’s rights. In recent months, appalling incidents of violence against women and girls — from Delhi to Johannesburg to Cleveland — have sparked public outrage and demands to tackle these horrific abuses. In Bangladesh and Cambodia, the shocking loss of life by garment factory workers, many of them women, sparked ...
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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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