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Precedent backs equal pay for equal work
If you work in an office, you probably spend a fair part of your time sitting at a desk, which, of course, isn’t very healthy. To combat that the Pomodoro technique recommends that you work in intervals with regular breaks -- for example, 25 ...
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Ambivalent Japan turns on its ‘insular’ youth
Tokyo Skytree will celebrate its first anniversary Wednesday but has not yet completed its prime mission of reliably broadcasting to households in the capital and its suburbs. Since December, the world’s tallest free-standing tower, at 634 meters high, has been making test broadcasts to ...
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Apps to stay healthy hear the news and keep in touch
If you work in an office, you probably spend a fair part of your time sitting at a desk, which, of course, isn’t very healthy. To combat that the Pomodoro technique recommends that you work in intervals with regular breaks -- for example, 25 minutes work followed by a five-minute rest. There are number of Pomodoro apps available to alert you when it’s time to take a breather, but it ...
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Outsider art that comes from within
';Outsider art'; is relatively new in Japan and, as a genre, works made by self-taught Japanese artists are still not very well known on the category-delineating, label-loving international art scene. Now, though, ';Souzou: Outsider Art from Japan,'; an exhibition on view (through June 30) ...
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Turkey’s Erdogan undone by Obama and Assad
STANFORD, CALIFORNIA - The car bombs that killed 51 people on May 11 in a town in southern Turkey are a reckoning for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He had made himself party to the fight over Syria and vowed that he would see the end of Bashar Assad’s rule. But Assad has hunkered down, and the Turkish leader who called on U.S. President Barack Obama last week faces a dilemma. In ...
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Window on China’s defense policy
Last month, China released its white paper on national defense, the eighth since Beijing began releasing the document in 1998. The white paper is invariably an exercise in frustration: China’s detractors are always disappointed by the document, unsatisfied with its contents and the many questions it leaves unanswered. The Chinese government adopts an aggrieved tone in responses to ...
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Weep for poor Earth itself
OSAKA - What in the world is happening to this fragile planet Earth? The situation has become so bad that Jeremy Grantham, one of the most respected global investors with $100 billion under management, warns that ';our global economy, reckless in its use of all resources and natural systems, shows many of the indicators of potential failure that brought down so many civilizations before ...
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Cannes Sci-Fi Horror Tale Human Race Sells for Germany Australia Japan
, KSM took German-speaking Europe, Anchor Bay picked up the film for Australia and New Zealand and IPA bought Japanese rights. "We are receiving offers every day" said ...
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Yahoo Japan Hackers stole 22 million user IDs
Yahoo Japan reports hackers hit their site for the second time in less than a month, this time stealing 22 million user IDs. Yahoo Japan is telling its 200 million users to change their passwords, after hackers apparently stole 22 million user IDs in an online raid last week. It doesnt appear the hackers were able to steal passwords or password information, nor that the raid affected users ...
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UPDATE 1-JA Solar posts smaller loss as Japan sales climb
Mon May 20, 2013 8:57am EDT * Gross margins turns positive for first time in three qtrs * Co says still evaluating options to boost cash position * Shares jump 13 pct in trading before the bell May 20 (Reuters) - Chinese solar products maker JA Solar Holdings Co Ltd halved its quarterly operating loss as it sold more panels in Japan, a high-margin market, and it expanded into emerging ...
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RUBBER-Tokyo futures rise on demand optimism but 290 yen capped
TOKYO, May 20 (Reuters) - Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures rose for a second day on Monday, helped by demand optimism after news of a pick-up in auto sales in Europe, but gains were limited to around 290 yen by a reversal of the yen's decline. Europe's ailing car market ended a streak of 18 straight months of falling sales last month, automotive industry association ACEA said on ...
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All Japan All the Time
A Free Video Presentation The evils of this deluge of paper money are not to be removed until our citizens are generally and radically instructed in their cause and consequences, and silence by their authority the interested clamors and sophistry of speculating, shaving, and banking institutions. Till then we must be content to return, quo ad hoc, to the savage state, to recur to barter in the ...
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Exclusive - Japan panel warns of dangers if debt unaddressed
Reuters © Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso attends the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi May 4, 2013. REUTERS/Adnan ...
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Video Japans shoppers get the yen to spend again
A fresh survey spells out a revival in Japan's service sector, led by retail and property as shoppers re-open their wallets. But with the yen's downward run nearing an end, will the good times ...
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Japans Shield of Straw an action pic in Cannes
Director Takashi Miike gestures during a photo call for the film Shield of Straw at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois ...
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Abe Faces Uphill Task in Boosting Foreign Investment in Japan
Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to make Japan ';the world’s easiest country for companies to do business in'; as part of his economic revival plan, which so far has been largely met with approval. The stock market has ...
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Visa violators stage sit-in to stay
Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune ';Only Teardrops,'; despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Juries and television viewers across Europe awarded the barefoot, ...
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Yokohama clears out nursery waiting lists
One team’s quest for a first title has ended. The other team’s fight will continue next season. The Yokohama B-Corsairs outplayed the Rizing Fukuoka in Sunday’s bj-league championship game, controlling the tempo for larger stretches and making enough timely baskets to fill an instructional ...
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Pyongyang fires sixth ‘missile’ in three days
SEOUL - North Korea fired two more ';projectiles'; into the Sea of Japan on Monday, the latest in a series of drills condemned by South Korea and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. The latest firings — bringing the total to six in three days — were confirmed by a spokesman for the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said it was unclear if North Korea was testing ...
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UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup
There will be no Triple Crown winner again this year, but Orb's defeat in the Preakness Stakes does tee up an interesting summer of racing. Meanwhile, some other potential stars, including Last Gunfighter and Fiftyshadesofhay, emerged from the weekend of racing at Pimlico. Hong Kong horses ran off with both of Singapore's International Group 1 races, Farhh provided a bright spot for ...
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Context Launches Kyoto and Tokyo Japan Walking Tours
Context, the critically acclaimed walking tour company whose small-group, scholar-led "walking seminars" have revolutionized day tours in cities across Europe and North America, announces its continued expansion into Asia with the opening of tours in Tokyo and Kyoto. Working with local historians, Context has opened with five innovative tours in each city, designed to help curious ...
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San Francisco Travel Association Announces New Marketing Representation In Japan
The San Francisco Travel Association, in partnership with San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has retained AVIAREPS Marketing Garden Ltd. (AMG) as their new marketing representation office in Japan. San Francisco Travel and SFO first retained representation services in Japan in 1987, making San Francisco one of the first cities in the U.S. to have an office in Tokyo. In 2000, a ...
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Japan factor in Sino-US relations
The Japan factor is looming large in Sino-U.S. relations. If China and the United States fail to fully understand, as early as possible, its paramount importance from a strategic and long-term point of view, and earnestly work together to deal with it effectively, the U.S. strategy of rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific would go astray, and East Asia would be destabilized. As a result, the Japan ...
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NKorea fires missiles into Sea of Japan
(14 mins ago) North Korea fired a short-range missile on Monday into the Sea of Japan, local media reported. The nation launched the missile off its east coast into the sea of Japan between 11 a.m. and 12 a.m. local time on Monday, Xinhua news agency reports. "North Korea fired one KN-02 short-range missile today. South Korean military will closely monitor the North Korean military in ...
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Japans lost decades finally over
Honda Amaze diesel vs Maruti DZire diesel: Comparison Honda has finally gone the diesel way and the Amaze is the big H's first ever oil burning ...
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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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