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1 hr ago | TrekEarth

The Pilot, a photo from Osaka, Kinki

This gentleman is on top of a Danjiri. The Danjiri is a big cart that is the pride of many of the participants and of the community that it represents.

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Related Topix: Japan, World News

5 hrs ago | Breitbart.com

Washington & Wall Street: What Does Japan Meltdown Say About US Markets?

Japan's key equity market indices fell more than 6 percent overnight, the most since the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake.

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Related Topix: Japan, World News, Ben Bernanke

8 hrs ago | Examiner.com

"DoJoJi: The Man Inside the Bell," A Japanese Legend

"DoJoJi: The Man Inside the Bell" presented by the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre at the Clurman Theatre, located at 410 West 42nd Street, in Manhattan, celebrates its 36th season with an interesting takeoff of a thought provoking Japanese legend that has been told through several different versions of Japanese theatrical art forms.

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Related Topix: Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, World News, Japan

10 hrs ago | Salem-News.com

Civil Society Strongly Condemns Mayor Hashimoto's Recent Remark on the 'Comfort Women'

Through the efforts of our Human Rights Ambassador, William Nicholas Gomes in the UK, Salem-News.com joins 67 organizations around the world trying to bring a level of respect and dignity to women abused by the Japanese military during WWII.

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14 hrs ago | Investor's Business Daily

Nikkei Plunges 7%, Worst Rout Since 2011 Tsunami

Japan's Topix index tumbled almost 7 percent, the most since the aftermath of the March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, as financial firms slid amid rising bond yields.

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18 hrs ago | Asia Times

Hashimoto echoes Japan's past failure

Hashimoto echoes Japan's past failure By Walden Bello The words were so brazen that they have created a firestorm globally.

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22 hrs ago | Shanghai Daily

Japan Inc needs to learn from faults

SONY Corp's curt dismissal of a foreigner's advice last week didn't shock Michael Woodford, the former chief executive officer of Olympus Corp.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Chosun Ilbo

UN Tells Japan to Educate Citizens About Sex Slave Atrocity

The UN has urged Japan to educate its citizens about how the Imperial Army forced Korean and other Asian women to serve as sex slaves for troops during World War II.

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Xinhuanet

Japan's Kyoto University to distribute lecture course on "edX"

Japan's Kyoto University said that it would start next year to distribute on the Internet its lecture course to the world through "edX", a free online learning initiative composed of the leading global institutions, including the founding universities Harvard and MIT in the United States, local press reported Wednesday.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, World News, Japan

Pravda

Japan's humble space dream to come true triumphantly

Japan is preparing to launch its new rocket called Epsilon, which will put research satellite SPRINT-A into orbit to observe Mars and Venus.

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The Austin Chronicle

Gender, Sex, and Fabric

The problem of the skirt - at least the long, voluminous skirt, as demonstrated in Nicole Roerick 's Morose Beauty - is one of access.

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Related Topix: Arts, Dance, World News, Japan, Wedding, Austin, TX

Tue May 21, 2013

Chosun Ilbo

Japanese Historians Back Korean Sovereignty Over Dokdo

Four Japanese academics held a press conference in Busan on Tuesday to announce their support of Korea's sovereignty over the Dokdo islets.

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Japan Herald

China Jiangsu Commodities Exhibition opens in Osaka

China Jiangsu Commodities Exhibition 2013 kicked off on Tuesday in the western Japanese commercial city of Osaka, attracting more than 160 firms and manufacturers from the Chinese coastal province.The three-day event, held in "MyDome Osaka," a major exhibition hall in central Osaka, is mainly organized by the Japan-China Economic Relations and ... (more)

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Channelnewsasia.com

Japan mayor says S Korean troops abused women

South Korean soldiers were guilty of abusing women in wartime, Osaka's mayor said in comments reported Tuesday, days after provoking a storm by labelling sex slaves a military necessity.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Asia, Japan, Park Geun-hye

LA Weekly

Marugame Monzo and Tsurumaru: Two Handmade Udon Shops Now Open in Little Toyko

While Japanese noodle fanatics have been gawking over artisanal ramen joints, another type of noodle business has been growing, albeit at a much quieter pace, within Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Life, Japanese Cuisine, Food, World News, Japan, Dining

Mon May 20, 2013

The Peninsula

Town official slain in Davao

Davao Oriental police chief Superintendent Jose Carumba said Romie Almacin, elected councilor of Governor Generoso town, was on his way to his farm aboard a motorcycle when he was attacked by four assailants in Tibanban village past 8pm on Sunday.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Arirang TV

Japan's Restoration Party co-leaders' finds unnecessary to retract...

The co-leader of Japan's Restoration Party Toru Hashimoto is refusing to back down from the extremely insensitive comments he made last week about Japan's wartime use of sex slaves.

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Japan Herald

WWII comfort women were necessary says Japanese politician Toru Hashimoto

A prominent Japanese politician has described as "necessary" the system by which women were forced to become prostitutes for World War II troops.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Uprisingradio.org

NYTimes: Japanese Reactor Is Said to Stand on a Fault Line

Seismologists said Wednesday that a nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, in western Japan, stands above an active seismic fault, a finding that could lead to the first permanent shutdown of a reactor since the Fukushima crisis two years ago.

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The Kyoto Shimbun News

Decorative Beauty Filled with Prayers

An exhibition titled "Nihon Bijutsu no Shogon: Inori to Kazari," introducing famous works with the keyword "Kazari," or decoration, which cuts to the heart of the Japanese sense of the aesthetic, opened on May 11 in the Hosomi Museum in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto.

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