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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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There is a story told by a young comedy duo about moving a bus stop little by little day after day for two years until it stands right in front of one's house. Although I have no intention of imi... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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Figure skater Fumie Suguri told the media Thursday in Tokyo that she plans to continue to skate competitively, if she can secure sponsorship. The 29-year-old Suguri, who missed out on a spot at t... |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares followed their U.S. peers higher in early Friday trade, with auto stocks staging an early rally, helped by reportedly good sales at Honda Motor Co. |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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-(Dow Jones)- Japan's finance minister Naoto Kan said Friday that recent gross domestic product data suggest there has been an improvement in the nation's economy, but that it is still too early to ... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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(RTTNews) - Japan is scheduled to release final January numbers for industrial production on Friday, headlining a light day for Asian economic activity.Analysts are expecting little change in the out... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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TOKYO -- Tokyo's third international airport opened Thursday with festivity -- and heavy criticism that it's a wasteful project expected to serve just a fraction of the passengers forecast. Hundreds ... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Mountz, Inc - the torque tool specialists and its subsidiary companies in Canada and Mexico have been assigned the North American distributorship for the FEEDKIDS screw presentation products made by S... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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The Environment Ministry announced Thursday that a marten killed nine of 11 Japanese crested ibis that were being prepared to return to the wild in a cage in Sado, Niigata Prefecture. The ministry sa... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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OSAKA — At least 70 detainees at the West Japan Immigration Control Center, which has long been criticized by human rights groups and Diet members, have been on a hunger strike since Monday, cen... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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St. Patrick, who helped spread Christianity to Ireland in the 5th century, is the country's patron saint. Legend has it that he died on March 17, so the Irish celebrate the day by wearing green, symbo... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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When an official at the Imperial Household Agency suddenly announced last week that 8-year-old Princess Aiko was refusing to go to school because of bullying, he did more than just disclose a mundane ... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Ibaraki Airport opened Thursday as the third airport in the Tokyo metropolitan area, with a daily flight to and from Seoul by South Korea's Asiana Airlines serving as the only regular flight at the in... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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AUCKLAND (Reuters) - All Blacks utility back Tamati Ellison will play for a Japanese club later this year, ending any hopes of being involved in the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. Ellison is to activ... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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TOKYO — The Japan Coast Guard on Thursday obtained an arrest warrant for a member of antiwhaling group the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on suspicion of trespassing on a vessel of JapanR... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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TOKYO — The Supreme Court has rejected appeals by a former Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp chairman and two former Mitsubishi Motors Corp. executives who were accused of fabricating report... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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OTSUCHI — As soon as the fishermen saw my TV camera, one ran at me, yelling “No!” and pushing me out of the building. Another smeared his rubber fish gutting glove across my lens, w... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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In this 1969 photo, U.S. President Nixon welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato at the White House when the two leaders were holding talks concerning the return of Okinawa to Japanese control. T... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Businessmen are reflected in the electric stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, March 1. Japan’s foreign minister has said that, “This will be the age of Asia.” |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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The New Zealand national has been detained on the Shonan Maru No. 2 and was to be arrested upon the ship's arrival in Tokyo on Friday morning in what the coast guard said is its first case involving t... |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) Former sprinter Marion Jones signed with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock on Wednesday, hoping to launch a new career after losing five Olympic medals for using steroids and doing jail time fo... |
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