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3 hrs ago | Asahi Shimbun

Sandal accessory poses accident risk, says U.S. maker

The U.S. manufacturer of hugely popular Crocs sandals is warning buyers not to purchase oversized shoes when fitting them with accessories, following a spate of cases of ripped toenails.

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Related Topix: Japan, World News

Wed Aug 06, 2008

Guardian Unlimited

Drink: Sake is not so hot in Tokyo - but now it's cool with trendy New Yorkers

Centuries after their ancestors first turned rice into wine, the Japanese are falling out of love with their traditional tipple.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Asia, Sake, Drink

Tue Aug 05, 2008

DigiTimes

Fire at Asahi Glass Takasago, Japan plant

Rebecca Kuo, Tainan; Yvonne Yu, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 5 August 2008] A fire occurred at the Asahi Glass plant in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan last week, which should impact glass substrate supply for Sharp, ...

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Southeast Asia, Taiwan

Mon Aug 04, 2008

Daily Yomiuri

Man questioned over groping jumps to death

A 25-year-old man died Monday after jumping from the second floor of a building while being questioned by police over allegedly groping a woman, police said.

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Related Topix: Japan, World News,

Scotsman.com Living

Acts of remembrance

Richard Moore grew up knowing his grandparents had endured four years of brutality and starvation in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.

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Related Topix: Japan, Asia, World News

Sat Aug 02, 2008

Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Promote risky research

In the summer two years ago, Shinya Yamanaka, a Kyoto University professor of stem cell biology, announced a major breakthrough.

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Related Topix: Cell Biology, Biology, Science, World News, Japan, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Opinion

Thu Jul 31, 2008

International Herald Tribune

Japanese electronics mostly report better profit

TOKYO : Japanese electronics makers reporting fiscal first-quarter results Thursday mostly reported better fortunes, as a reshaping of their businesses and healthy global demand for flat-panel TVs worked as big ...

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Computers

Wed Jul 30, 2008

PR-inside.com

Matsushita plans plant for rechargeable batteries

Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co. plans to build a new 100 billion yen lithium-ion battery plant in western Japan, the Japanese maker of Panasonic electronics products said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Japan, World News

PR-inside.com

Nintendo reports jump in 1Q profit on hit Wii

Nintendo of Japan says its profit for the fiscal first quarter rose 34 percent from a year ago as sales of its hit Wii video game consoles shot up.

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Related Topix: Nintendo Wii, Video Games, World News, Japan

Clinton County News

Lansing school officials plan Japan visit

The Lansing School District is in the final stages of preparing to send a delegation to Japan.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Japan, World News

Tue Jul 29, 2008

Science Daily

Japanese Diet Rich In Fish May Hold Secret To Healthy Heart: Omega-3...

According to new research, a lifetime of eating tuna, sardines, salmon and other fish appears to protect Japanese men against clogged arteries, despite other cardiovascular risk factors.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Seafood, University of Pittsburgh, World News, Japan, Allegheny County, PA, Dieting, Asian-American, Japanese-American

Mon Jul 28, 2008

Houston Home-Journal

Japanese flooding destroys towns

A major river has overflowed in the Western Japanese City of Kobe. As much as 120 millimetres of rain fell overnight in the city of Toyama near the eastern Sea of Japan.

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Related Topix: Japan, World News,

Sun Jul 27, 2008

Japundit

Negative Experiences in Japan

Japan is a great country, with a lot to offer both short-term visitors and tourists as well as people like me, who like the place so much we put down permanent roots.

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Related Topix: Japan, World News

Sat Jul 26, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Designer shares 'kimono culture"

The wild Oriental White Stork went extinct in Japan more than 30 years ago. These days, the bird - the country's national symbol - can only be found in captivity in a single city in Japan, Toyooka.

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Related Topix: Homeland, CA, World News, Japan

BLAH, BLAH, Blog

unsorted notes

Before we get to the grand finale and epilogue, a few random observations that I never really managed to shoehorn in anywhere else: - Japan still has coin-operated left-luggage lockers, everywhere .

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Travel, Japan Travel

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Bangkok Post

Emissions credits may be traded

Talks under way to help fund Purple Line NAREERAT WIRIYAPONG The Finance Ministry has started talks with the Japan Carbon Finance Ltd to sell carbon credits from Bangkok's new Purple line to help raise funds to ...

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Related Topix: Japan, World News

The Japan Times

Veteran sheds hatred, finds Japan now like second home

Band of brothers: Jerry Yellin poses with his squadron on Iwojima in April 1945.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, World News, Japan, China

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Asahi Shimbun

Weekly Report: Is Japan entering the dark age? Environmentalists certainly hope so

In this age of uncertainty over the environment, many want a darker future for this country.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Global Warming

Tue Jul 22, 2008

The Daily Democrat

No scent, no sex for Japanese beetle

If a male Japanese beetle is unable to detect the sex pheromone released by a female, he won't be able to locate her and reproduce.

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Related Topix: Science, Ecology, University of California System, UC Davis, World News, Japan, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Entomology

Mon Jul 21, 2008

BLAH, BLAH, Blog

unsorted notes

Before we get to the grand finale and epilogue, a few random observations that I never really managed to shoehorn in anywhere else: - Japan still has coin-operated left-luggage lockers, everywhere .

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Travel, Japan Travel

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