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1 hr ago | Japan Herald

Kan Yasuda's tactile art brings new life to Bibai

Climb the little grassy knoll to your right and you will find hidden and nestling in its top a sunken outdoor auditorium with at its center a great marble shape, smoothly surfaced and sensually rounded as if begging to be stroked, or even caressed.

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5 hrs ago | The Japan Times

Guatemala extradites ex-president to U.S.

Few, if any, similarities exist between the redactions of the Benghazi e-mails and the deletions and distortions made by Richard Nixon in his taped conversations.

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Related Topix: Prison, World News, Japan, US Military, US Air Force, Alvaro Colom

Fri May 24, 2013

The Montreal Gazette

Japan's All Nippon Airways to resume Boeing 787 flights

Japan's All Nippon Airways, the launch customer for Boeing's 787 "Dreamliner," will resume commercial flights of the aircraft on Sunday, just over four months after the jets were grounded due to smouldering batteries.

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Post and Courier

First buyer of Boeing 787 to resume flights on Dreamliner this weekend

Japan's All Nippon Airways, the launch customer for Boeing's 787 “Dreamliner,” will resume commercial flights of the aircraft on Sunday, just over four months after the jets were grounded due to smoldering batteries.

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Kotaku

Behold, Japan's Geekiest Taxi Cabs

In Japan, taxis are typically black. Sometimes, they're white or even yellow, but generally, people think of them as being dark-colored and dull looking.

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Related Topix: Travel, Asia Travel, Japan Travel, World News, Japan, Life, Hobbies, Anime and Manga

Circulation

Systolic Blood Pressure After Intravenous Antihypertensive Treatment...

From the Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine , Division of Stroke Care Unit , and Department of Neurology , National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan; Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, Kobe City General Hospital, Kobe, Japan ; Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan ; ... (more)

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Thu May 23, 2013

The Standard

Resumption of Dreamliner ready for ANA on Sunday

Japan's All Nippon Airways on Thursday said it would put its Dreamliner fleet back into service this weekend, several days ahead of schedule.

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Wed May 22, 2013

The Nation

Rooms with a view

Situated near Lake Akan in Kushiro city of Hokkaido, Tsuraga Wings, or Akan Yuku no Sato Tsuruga as it used to be known, perfectly combines Japanese tradition with the culture of the Ainu, the indigenous people of northern Japan.

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Fri May 17, 2013

CBC News

Ottawa indigenous art exhibit explores identity and tradition

When National Gallery of Canada curators started pulling together work by indigenous artists from around the world for the summer exhibit Sakahan , they discovered surprising connections.

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Sat May 11, 2013

NHK World

Onodera: N.Korea continues to be monitored -NHK World English

Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera says North Korea's missile threats are continuing and that the ministry needs to closely monitor the North for the medium-to-long term.

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Fri May 10, 2013

The Japan Times

Head of international short film festival finds fertile ground up north

Toshiya Kubo consistently gravitates to the peripheral. As a teenager, while his friends rushed to buy Beatles records, Kubo searched for lesser-known musicians; the mainstream in media flocked to Tokyo while Kubo preferred Hokkaido, the prefecture of his birth; producers look toward feature films as the pinnacle of success while Kubo favors shorts ... (more)

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EurekAlert!

BioMed Central announces new partnership with the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine

Open access publisher BioMed Central is proud to announce a new partnership with The Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine, to launch the new journal entitled Journal of Intensive Care .

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Thu May 09, 2013

Anna.aero

EVA Air makes Asahikawa its tenth destination in Japan

EVA Air continued to expand its presence in Japan last week, as it inaugurates thrice-weekly services on the route from its Taipei Taoyuan hub to Asahikawa on 2 May.

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Sat May 04, 2013

Japan Herald

Japan arrests 15 Russian sailors

Source: Itar-Tass The Japanese Coast Guard detained a ship with 15 Russian sailors on board.

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Fri May 03, 2013

Seward City News

Obihiro Exchange Program Fundraiser

On Saturday, May 11 beginning at noon, young entrepreneurs Meret Beutler and Karoline Ernst will be selling a delicious gift for Mother's Day at the entrance to Safeway - beautifully-wrapped giant homemade cookies, $10 each, along with homemade lemonade for $2 a glass .

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Sun Apr 28, 2013

Daily Yomiuri

Lions maul EaglesApril 29, 2013 Takumi Kuriyama had four hits and...

Takumi Kuriyama had four hits and four RBIs, and Ryo Sakata homered and doubled to drive in three as the Saitama Seibu Lions battered the visiting Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 15-1 on Sunday.

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