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Japan launches 5th spy satellite
Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said. Comment?
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Antlers crush Gamba, but party still on hold
After a result neither manager expected, Kashima Antlers are a victory away from winning an unprecedented third straight J.League championship. Comment?
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Sanyo picks up where it left off, crushes Kobe
The Top League may have been on hold for four weeks but Sanyo Wild Knights carried on exactly where they left off when action resumed Saturday. Comment?
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Hiroshima middle school girl wins English speech contest
Aya Murakami, a third-year student at Hiroshima Jogakuin Middle School in Hiroshima Prefecture, was awarded the H.I.H. Prince Takamado Trophy on Saturday after winning the 61st All Japan Inter-Middle School English Oratorical Contest. Comment?
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Satellite launched to watch N. Korea
... see objects at least 1 meter in size. The total cost of the satellite, including its launch, is about 58 billion yen. Japan currently operates two optical intelligence satellites--which take high-precision images during the daytime under clear ... Comment?
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Teen sensation in three-way lead
Kochi - Japan's teenage sensation Ryo Ishikawa shot a four-under-par 68 to tie for the three-way lead after the third round of the Casio Open men's golf tournament on Saturday. Comment?
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Tokyo, Nov 28 : Japan launched an intelligence satellite Saturday from Tanegashima Space Centre in the Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima, a report said. Comment?
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... to music (we like it so much we blast it everywhere, nowadays). But Kazuhide Hashiya of Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, learned of one such rarity living at a zoological park. A seventeen-week-old female chimp named Sakura, rejected by her ... Comment?
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Do culture or situational constraints determine choice of direct or...
Abstract The individualist-collectivist dimension predicts that people in individualist nations such as Australia prefer direct, explicit communication strategies in managing conflict, whereas collectivist nations such as Singapore and Thailand prefer indirect, more contextual communication strategies. Comment?
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Japan orbits satellite to spy on North Korea
Japan successfully orbited on Saturday an information gathering satellite, the Kyodo news agency said. Comment?
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a oeMisunderstandinga : Twitter Japan Now Says There Wona t Be A Subscription Model
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We reported yesterday about Twitter Japan's plans to start charging followers to view tweets from certain users starting January and explained why this paid subscription model could work in Japan . Comment?
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Bulgaria Sumo Wrestler Kotooshu Scores Great Win in Fukuoka
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Accompanied by sumo wrestler Kotokasuga, Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu waves from an open car at the start of a parade outside the Kokugikan sumo arena, in Tokyo. Comment?
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Sites of Tokyo: The invasion of Japan that never happened
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... Yokohama Landmark Tower is especially spectacular at night. The 70-story, 971-foot building is the tallest building in Japan. The building is also equipped with the world's fastest elevator with its maximum speed of 28 mph. Yokohama would have been ... Comment?
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(Harvard) Faculty Diversity Developments
Women now hold 26 percent of the ladder-faculty positions at the University-395 positions out of 1,507-and minorities 17 percent-258 positions-according to the 2009 annual report of the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity , published today. Comment?
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Buffalo soldiers head to Japan for training
November 28, 2009, 6:51 AM / More than two-dozen National Guard soldiers from the 42nd Infantry Division Headquarters based in Buffalo will deploy next week to Hokkaido, Japan, for a two-week training exercise alongside troops of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces. Comment?
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30 km (20 miles) SSW of Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan 115 km (70 miles) WSW of Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan 750 km (465 miles) SSE of SEOUL, South Korea 990 km (610 miles) WSW of TOKYO, Japan Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13 km (8.1 miles); depth +/- 6 ... Comment?
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Fed chairman warns against limiting bank's independence
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... about 155 points, or roughly 1.5 percent, in a shortened trading day, and other stock averages also sank. TOKYO - Japan got word yesterday that prices fell again in October, just as a surging yen threatens to worsen the deflation that is ... Comment?
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A look at economic developments around the globe
... The timing of the announcement worsened the concerns, since it came ahead of a three-day Islamic holiday. TOKYO - Japan prices fell again in October, just as a surging yen threatens to worsen the deflation that is undermining the country's fragile ... Comment?
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Remarks: Obama in Japan - The Page by Mark Halperin - TIME.com
... every day to strengthen the bonds between our two countries, including my longtime friend and our new ambassador to Japan, John Roos. It is wonderful to be back in Japan. When I was a young boy, my mother brought me to Kamakura, where I looked up at ... Comment?
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Asia Roundup: Shanghai bucks buoyant trend
HONG KONG: Asian markets rallied yesterday as the US released better-than-expected retail sales while the Federal Reserve chief said the world's biggest economy was likely out of recession. Comment?
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