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Abe continues to be steadying force for Giants
The Yomiuri Giants have won the last 37 times Shinnosuke Abe has homered at Tokyo Dome. That’s an impressive streak, even if it is aided by a number of circumstances, not least of which the fact ...
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Hakuho Kisenosato move clear of Kakuryu
Yokozuna Hakuho and ozeki Kisenosato retained their perfect records through the ninth day at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday. Ozeki Kakuryu trails at 8-1 after suffering his first defeat of the tournament, while yokozuna Harumafuji, ozeki Kotoshogiku and eighth-ranked maegashira Tokitenku follow at 7-2. Hakuho couldn’t have had an easier day in the office against fourth-ranked ...
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Fear and incarceration from Kampala to Nagoya
Freedom, of sorts: Ssentamu speaks with The Japan Times in Nagoya in February. 'I must say, my detention in Japan was a worse experience than prison in Uganda,' he said. 'It changed me. I'm not the same person as I was before.' | STEPHEN ...
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Yokohama What do you think of the prime minister’s ‘Abenomic’ strategy so far
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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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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FOREX-Yen higher after Japanese minister discourages further drop
Mon May 20, 2013 11:43am EDT * Japanese minister suggests yen has weakened enough * BOJ meeting, Bernanke's congressional testimony in focus NEW YORK May 20 (Reuters) - The yen climbed back from a 4-1/2-year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economy minister suggested the currency might have weakened enough. The economy minister, Akira Amari, said the yen's excessive ...
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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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Sony Xperia Tablet Z finally hits the shelves
unveiled the Xperia Tablet Z , the Japanese maker announced that the fondleslab is now finally available to purchase worldwide through online and brick and mortar stores. Despite the fact that the Xperia Tablet Z hits the shelves later ...
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Soccer-Fit again Nagatomo ready to return for Japan
Inter Milan 's 5-2 home defeat to Udinese on Sunday and said he was fit again to play the full 90 minutes. "The knee is fine," Nagatomo was quoted as saying by Japan's Kyodo news agency. "I can play 90 minutes without any problems and I've had no setbacks in the recovery." Japan blew a chance to become the first Asian country to qualify for next year's ...
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Japans regional isolation higher than ever
Japan's neighbors are getting wary of PM Shinzo Abe and his center-right government. At home, however, Abe is bucking the trend of his immediate predecessors and riding high in the opinion ...
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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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Howls of derision greet ÂdudÂ’ Japanese film
(28 mins ago) A blood-soaked vengeance tale from Japan drew the biggest boos in the race for the Cannes Film Festival's top prize today, with critics savaging a ';risible'' parade of cliches. Controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike unveiled ‘Shield of Straw’ (Wara No Tate) about a nationwide bounty hunt for a child rapist who murders the seven-year-old ...
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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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Japanese ‘committed’ to TOT investment
TOT to support its second phase of 3G network rollout, reports the Bangkok Post. Both Japanese companies have reportedly agreed to provide soft loans ...
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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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Japan focuses on next big export
Smart grids are the way of the future, according to a Japanese consortium of seven companies that want to invest in the cities of the future and pave the way for the next big export to come out of Japan.
Japan is already one of the leading high-tech industries of the world, producing gadgets and appliances that are sold globally, from cars and microwaves to robots for use in surgery, space and mines. The country is a major manufacturing hub, there are Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba and Nintendo appliances in homes across the globe and many of the world’s most famous export brands have their headquarters in Japan or were founded in Japan. Read more
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