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Politics goes pop in ‘Arab Idol’ show
When speaking of Japanese art, people use words such as wabi and sabi, words that speak of a delicate sensibility and an ephemeral existence. Viewing the retrospective show of painter Toko Shinoda, the first word that comes to mind is ...
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Miike’s gore-filled flick panned at Cannes
CANNES DO ATTITUDE: Actors Takao Osawa (left) and Nanako Matsushita, and director Takashi Miike, arrive Monday for the screening of the film 'Shield of Straw' ('Wara no Tate') at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in France. | ...
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Japan edges Denmark 3-2 at Sudirman Cup
Japan edged past Denmark 3-2 in Group D at the 13th Sudirman Cup team badminton championships here on Tuesday in a thrilling encounter which lasted more than five hours.Matsutomo Misaki/Takahashi Ayaka defeated last year's Malaysia Open champions Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl 22-20, 21-16 in the women's doubles to deliver Japan's winning point.Denmark took the lead first ...
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Japan Basks In Its New Position As An Affordable Travel Destination
The difference a year can make: When I spoke with Yuki Tanaka, the Executive Director of the Japan National Tourism Organization in the U.S., last May, travel to Japan was just recovering from the a drastic decline following the March 11, 2011 Sendai earthquake and a close call with disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. What's more, tourism to Japan was also facing a structural ...
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Experts urge Japan watchdog to delay decision on closure of nuclear plant over seismic fault
TOKYO - Experts commissioned by the operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that faces possible closure because of a suspected active seismic fault say a decision should wait, citing insufficient data. Tuesday's request came a day before Japan's nuclear watchdog is to rule on the future of the Tsuruga No. 2 reactor in western Japan. The watchdog's own panel said last week that the ...
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Learn from Japan the dangers of half measures
economy is being held back by fiscal austerity, low confidence and tight credit conditions. "Deep challenges persist in its financial system. Without sustained and significant reforms, a decade of stagnation threatens," Carney said in the prepared text of a speech he was delivering in Montreal. "Europe can draw lessons from Japan on the dangers of half measures," he said, ...
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Finnair Cargo Expands Air Freight Capacity for Brussels Tokyo
will add more air freight capacity to and from Brussels, starting June 6.In addition to the MD-11 freighter service between Helsinki and Brussels on Saturdays and Sundays, Finnair's passenger flight to and from Brussels on Thursday mornings will now be flown with an Airbus A340 aircraft."This enables us to offer fast transport between Central Europe and Asia also for large ...
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Japan to launch new rocket with satellite on Aug. 22
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch the country's new solid-fuel rocket Epsilon on Aug. 22, carrying a satellite whose mission is to observe Venus and Mars while orbiting Earth, the science ministry said ...
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X Japan waxes lyrical at Madame Tussauds debut
This Monday, members of the seminal metal band X Japan were in Odaiba rubbing shoulders with the likes of Brad Pitt, Lady Gaga and AKB48s Yuko Oshima. The catch? They were all made out of ...
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Teen sent to Japanese detention facility for setting fire to shrine
The 15-year-old son of a U.S. contractor assigned to Camp Zama will spend time in a Japanese juvenile detention facility for setting fire to a historic ...
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Japan draws up draft measures against cyberattacks
At a meeting of the government's panel on information security policies, members agreed on draft measures that include a special unit for cyberdefense within the Self-Defense ...
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Sex slavery row costs Hashimoto electoral cooperation
The small opposition Your Party decided Tuesday to cancel planned electoral cooperation with the Japan Restoration Party, following controversial remarks by its co-head and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto concerning wartime sexual ...
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Transport ministry to unify rules for baby strollers on buses trains
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has announced that it intends to draw up a set of unified rules for the use of baby strollers on buses and ...
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Premature escalation Sex-industry source reverses position on Abenomics
With Japan's Nikkei index continuing its upward momentum this month, the term "Abenomics" has been commonly included in articles by just about any major financial newspaper or magazine one might care to name. This week is no exception - and it might signal that the days of cheap sex in Tokyo are ...
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Imperial Couple to hand over some public duties to younger generation
';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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Fear blamed for U.K. measles surge
Better late than never: Lucy Butler,15, prepares to receive a measles shot at All Saints School in Ingleby Barwick, northern England, in April. Britain has launched a vaccination catchup campaign to curb a rise in measles cases. | ...
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Yahoo’s Tumblr deal carries risks rewards
WASHINGTON - Yahoo has concluded that Tumblr, the social blogging service, is worth a whopping $1.1 billion. Will the bet prove a good one? The answer depends on whether the combined company can turn its many millions of users into a interlocking set of services that no competitor can hope to replicate. In short, the question is whether Yahumblr, or Tumbloo, or whatever we want to call it, is ...
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Mobile shop is godsend for elderly in Mie town with falling population
Needed service: An elderly woman checks out food items sold by Mao Higashi, sitting outside her truck during a stop in a village outside Kihoku, Mie Prefecture, on March 14. | ...
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Tests don’t end provocation pause U.S.
SEOUL/WASHINGTON - North Korea’s test-firings of six short-range projectiles in three days may not reflect a return to a pattern of provocations by Kim Jong Un’s regime, according to the U.S. military’s top spokesman. The launches don’t in themselves end a ';provocation pause'; and ';do not necessarily violate'; North Korea’s international ...
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U.S. Chinese leaders to hold summit in June
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will hold his first summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in California next month, with Sino-U.S. relations rattled by alleged cyberspying by Beijing and tensions in the Pacific. Obama will welcome Xi to the plush Sunnylands estate resort in Palm Springs on June 7-8, as Washington seeks Chinese help to subdue North Korean belligerence. The talks ...
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Retired teachers stay busy as bees
Keeping up on the buzz: Chizuko Nozaka (left), Tadao Murota (center) and Hideyoshi Kurokawa gather near Lake Kitagata in Awara, Fukui Prefecture, on April 5 to collect bees as part of their research into the insect's habitat. | ...
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Osaka takes plunge with canal pool
OSAKA - If an Osaka company has its way, getting roaring drunk and jumping, or falling, into Dotonbori Canal after either a Hanshin Tigers victory or a wild night out in neighboring Shinsaibashi will be less risky, healthwise, but it will no longer be free. That’s because plans are moving forward to build an 800-meter-long swimming pool in the heart of the canal, the area that runs from ...
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Toyoda takes second in car race
A sit-in by visa violators and their families entered its second day Tuesday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with protesters seeking government good will. The action at the bureau in Minato Ward is being organized by the Asian People’s Friendship Society, ...
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Yahoo unveils makeover of Flickr photo hosting site
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Flawed strategy mistakes jeopardizing Tokyo’s bid to host 2020 Olympics
When speaking of Japanese art, people use words such as wabi and sabi, words that speak of a delicate sensibility and an ephemeral existence. Viewing the retrospective currently being hosted at the Musee Tomo in Tokyo’s central Toranomon district in celebration of the 100th ...
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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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