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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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The government has suspended the import of about 2,200 tons of farmed Atlantic bluefin tuna due to documentation flaws, in the first such action under an international scheme designed to block the ill... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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The chaser: Shoji Harano lets his beef cattle feed on "ume" (plums) normally used to make plum wine in order to produce "ume beef" in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. KYODO PHOTO |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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A senior manager at Prada Japan has filed a legal complaint against the Italian fashion label, accusing the company of harassment and discrimination based on appearance and alleging it maltreated othe... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Cabinet plans to exclude senior bureaucrats from taking part in bilateral talks over the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, government sour... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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NEW YORK (Kyodo) Panasonic Corp. on Wednesday began selling its first 3-D television in the United States in partnership with local retailer Best Buy Co. |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Tokyo Tatemono Co., a real estate developer, is seeking to sell a stake in a Tokyo office and hotel project that may be worth as much as $5 billion as it seeks to strengthen its finances and acqui... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Back on familiar ground: AC Milan's David Beckham moves for the ball in front of Manchester United's Nani in Champions League action on Wednesday night at Old Trafford. Man United won 4-0. AP PHOTO |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said Wednesday it will summon four people, including former senior diplomats, to testify on March 19 about secret pacts between the United States... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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HARRISON, N.Y. (AP) The crash of a Toyota Prius in New York caught the attention of federal regulators Wednesday after the driver said the car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, acr... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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The Government Revitalization Unit signed off Thursday on a new round of efforts to cut waste in government programs during the new fiscal year, this time directing each ministry to review projects an... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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On principle: Freelance journalist Nobuyuki Ogasawara poses with a copy of his latest book, which features Teiichi Suda, a renowned editorial writer for The Hokkaido Shimbun, at an interview in Februa... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Rising Israeli conductor Dan Ettinger will complete, in Tokyo in March, his first series of performances of "The Ring of the Nibelung," a cycle of four linked operas by 19th-century composer Richard W... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Hiroyuki Fujita earned a spot at the British Open on Thursday when he claimed a one-shot victory at an Asian qualifying tournament in Kuala Lumpur. |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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What unites these more opulent paintings with his paeans to the proletariat is a sense of vigor, vitality and expansiveness, qualities that were also expressive of late Victorian Britain, a society th... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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LONDON — Politicians in Britain and in Japan often talk glibly about the importance of the rule of law. But how many of them have a clear idea of what this important phrase means? |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Hironobu Narisawa, mayor of Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, plans to take about two weeks of paternity leave in April to encourage other male staff to follow suit, officials said Thursday. |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Aum Shinrikyo's 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system killed or injured nearly 6,300 people, not about 5,500 as earlier estimated, the National Police Agency said Thursday in the results of a n... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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A few years ago, I enjoyed a chilled glass of wine while sitting on a cobbled street in the medieval French city of Chinon in the heart of Loire Valley; the wine was from the surrounding vineyards of ... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Take the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix, Sendai 89ers and Osaka Evessa. All three clubs chalked up eight wins in their past 10 games. As any coach will tell you, an .800 winning percentage is alway... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Five years have passed since the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control went into effect (Feb. 27, 2005). The FCTC, the first treaty negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization, ha... |
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