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NEW YORK - Stocks climbed on Tuesday, led by growth-oriented sectors, as investors took an optimistic view that the Federal Reserve will temper recent statements pointing to the future reduction of monetary support. ...
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Movers Shakers Tuesday movers Loeb’s letter propels Sony higher
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S.-listed shares of Sony Corp. extended gains on Tuesday after hedge-fund manager Dan Loeb of Third Point LLC reiterated his call for the Japanese conglomerate to find ways to unlock ...
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New handbooks tackle dwindling birthrate by adding dads to equation
Daddy booklets: Some new pregnancy and child-rearing handbooks are designed not just with mothers in mind — but with fathers as their main targets. | ...
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Montreal mayor held in graft probe
The Toronto Comics Arts Festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, has of late made its name bringing over cutting-edge Japanese artists for signings, live drawing sessions and speaking events. The atmosphere at this year’s event, held in May, in many ways like ...
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Virtuous vicious or just circular Loop line to wed pair
In the loop: A wedding cake modeled after the Yamanote Line will be presented to the winning couple who will be invited to hold their wedding ceremony aboard a special train on Tokyo's loop line Oct. 14. | EAST JAPAN RAILWAY ...
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Marubeni to set up floating wind turbine off Fukushima in world first
Breezing up: A 2.4-megawatt wind turbine developed by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization and Tokyo Electric Power Co. stands off Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, in March. A Marubeni Corp.-led group will set up a floating wind farm off Fukushima this month. | ...
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Italy serving as training ground for chef hopefuls from Japan
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...
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Tablet computers thrust Thailand classrooms into digital era
In a rural classroom in the Thai highlands, hill-tribe children energetically slide their fingertips over tablet computer screens, practicing everything from English to mathematics and music. The disadvantaged students are part of an ambitious project by Thailand to distribute millions of the handheld devices in schools, in a move supporters hope will boost national education standards. For ...
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Court ruling saves Greek coalition
The Greek government has avoided collapsing over a dispute stemming from Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ move to close the state-owned television broadcaster after a high court ruling offered a way out of a weeklong impasse that drew international criticism. Greece is implementing tough spending cuts, tax hikes and administrative reforms demanded by international creditors who are ...
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Sign-language service via iPads tested by JR East
Keeping track of your assets Money Forward is a personal financial asset management service (in Japanese) that works similar to the U.S.-based service Mint.com. With more than 160 partners including banks, credit-card companies and mobile carriers, the service automatically pulls all your financial information ...
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McDonald’s limited-time burgers going a bit upmarket
Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker, defended his disclosure of top-secret U.S. spying programs in an online chat Monday with The Guardian newspaper and attacked U.S. officials for calling him a traitor. ';The U.S. government is not going to be able to cover ...
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New ethnic war feared as Kurds Sunnis clash
Taking advantage of the chaos of the civil war, Syria’s Kurdish minority has carved out a once unthinkable degree of independence in their areas, creating their own police forces, even their own license plates, and exuberantly going public with their language and culture. But by pursuing their own path distinct from both the opposition and the regime, they are also colliding with Sunni ...
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Private money pours into Syrian conflict as donors pick sides
Keeping track of your assets Money Forward is a personal financial asset management service (in Japanese) that works similar to the U.S.-based service Mint.com. With more than 160 partners including banks, credit-card companies and mobile carriers, the service automatically pulls all your financial information ...
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NTV unearths oldest TV anime film
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...
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Robot niche expands in senior care
Given Japan’s rapidly aging population, efforts are accelerating to devise more practical and affordable robots to help seniors handle daily tasks, as well as to cope with a projected shortage of caregivers. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has allocated ¥2.39 billion in the fiscal 2013 budget to assist the development of such robots and increase their use. Last month, the ...
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Meltdowns haven’t killed anyone LDP bigwig
Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Sanae Takaichi has created a stir by saying the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns didn’t kill anyone and arguing the government should restart reactors nationwide given Japan’s scarce energy resources. Delivering a speech in Kobe on Monday, Takaichi said the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 plant ';has not claimed the lives of any people,'; and ...
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Tiny airport is gateway to Everest
Your adventure begins here: A passenger gasps during turbulence as her flight approaches the tiny airport in Lukla, Nepal, late last month. The airstrip has earned the reputation of being one of the most extreme and dangerous airports in the world. | ...
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Tepco minutes reveal staff exodus concerns
Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives spent dozens of meetings fretting about the utility’s future as hundreds of younger employees quit over salary cuts after the Fukushima No. 1 reactor meltdowns, according to minutes obtained by Bloomberg News. ';The company could quickly deteriorate'; as workers leave at ';a rapidly accelerating rate,'; an unidentified executive said ...
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Lavrov to visit in fall talks on isle row eyed
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Monday that Moscow would dispatch its top diplomat to Japan this fall to boost political dialogue, a Japanese official said. The leaders also confirmed that talks on an island dispute that has prevented the ...
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Bruins go up 2-1 on Blackhawks
If things go smoothly, a Kobe-based private network will begin in vitro fertilization with ova from donors by yearend. Some legal problems are ...
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Boxing Kiyota lays down gauntlet to champion Stieglitz
Japanese super middleweight Yuzo Kiyota has a message for WBO champion Robert Stieglitz: since you think I’m the underdog, you won’t mind if I bite you. Kiyota, the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation champion, takes on Stieglitz in his first world title bout in Dresden, Germany, on July 13. By most accounts, the German fighter would appear to be the heavy favorite, but not ...
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Scherzer becomes first starter to go 10-0 since 1997
Max Scherzer has shrugged off the significance of his undefeated start, saying records are fluky statistics for pitchers and that he’s simply playing for a good team. When the Detroit Tigers right-hander found out he is the first to accomplish a couple feats since Rogers Clemens and Pedro Martinez, though, it knocked Scherzer off his humble script. ';That tickles me when you say ...
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Will Heat wilt against Spurs
The Miami Heat weren’t supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway. Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing. They were at the end of their first year together — LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh were still learners. But this season they were the NBA’s best team, one that lost three games in three months and made losing three ...
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Rose ends England’s long wait for major winner
Drought over: Justin Rose's victory at the U.S. Open on Sunday was the first major championship for England since Nick Faldo won the Masters back in 1996. | ...
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Nigeria rolls to 6-1 victory over Tahiti at Confederations Cup
The Toronto Comics Arts Festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, has of late made its name bringing over cutting-edge Japanese artists for signings, live drawing sessions and speaking events. The atmosphere at this year’s event, held in May, in many ways like ...
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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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