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Japan News

News on Japan continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

2 hrs ago | The Japan Times

Tohoku earthquake leaves 132 injured

At least 132 people were injured early Thursday when a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northern Japan.

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7 hrs ago | Roadracing World

Yoshimura Suzuki 12 Quickest In Thursday Practice At 8 Hours Of Suzuka

Yoshimura Suzuki 12's Daisaku Sakai in action Thursday at the 8 Hours of Suzuka.

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11 hrs ago | Newkerala.com

Strong earthquake rattles Japan

Tokyo, July 21 : A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted northeast Japan's Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures Monday, Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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20 hrs ago | Asahi Shimbun

Key defense industry figure suspected of tax evasion

An executive connected to a widespread defense scandal is suspected of concealing more than 100 million yen in taxable income using the name of a dead director, sources said.

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Wed Jul 23, 2008

Asia News Network

TOKYO : No excuses for uptick in nation's murder rate

Yet another indiscriminate fatal stabbing has taken place. On Tuesday night, a 33-year-old company employee stabbed two women at a bookstore located in a shopping center next to a train station in Hachioji, ...

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The Japan Times

Man admits killing clerk on impulse

A man arrested in the Tuesday night fatal stabbing of a female bookstore clerk and slashing of another woman in Hachioji, Tokyo, has admitted he had a sudden impulse to kill after experiencing trouble with his ...

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hosted Reuters | Reuters

Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami

TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northern Japan early on Thursday, but there was no threat of a tsunami from the quake, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Public broadcaster NHK said one building was on fire in the area after the quake, and the broadcaster's fixed cameras showed fire engines driving through the streets towards the scene of the blaze. There were no more details immediately available about the extent of the fire.

The focus of the tremor was 120 km (75 miles) below the surface of the earth in Iwate prefecture.

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MAKE

Made in Japan - Volume 24

This week: Time-lapse Video of Rice Paddy Art, Making Shocked Skeleton Photos, Self-Standing Gyro Crawler, Creative+Ecological Packaging in Japan, Giant Newspaper Gag, Akibarduino - The Akihabara-centric ...

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Tue Jul 22, 2008

The Straits Times

Tokyo police say woman killed, another hurt, in bookstore stabbing

POLICE arrested a man for allegedly stabbing a woman to death and wounding another at a Tokyo bookstore in an attack the suspect described as random and fueled by frustration, police said Wednesday.

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KPAX

Hanford reactor closer to historic landmark status

The National Park System's advisory board has recommended designating a reactor at the Hanford nuclear reservation as a National Historic Landmark.

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EETimes

Seoul Semiconductor denies Nichia patent infringement

Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. has said that its Acriche LEDs are based on different technology to that coverd by the patent of Nichia Corp.

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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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Innovations-report.com

Molecular Hula Hoop

Humans have long been trying to make the dream of nanoscopic robots come true. The dream is, in fact, taking on some aspects of reality.

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MilitaryCity.com

Navy wants GW in Japan by late September

The Navy aims to have the fire-damaged George Washington aircraft carrier arrive at its new home port in Japan in late September, the service's top civilian said Friday.

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Sun Jul 20, 2008

The Jackson Sun

Suicide rate soaring in Japan

A deadly suicide fad is sweeping Japan: Hundreds of Japanese have killed themselves this year by mixing ordinary household chemicals into a lethal cloud of poison gas that often injures others and forces the ...

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East Valley Living

Phoenix Sister Cities Welcomes International Youth Ambassadors

See Authors Posts Phoenix Sister Cities Commission welcomes international youth ambassadors to the Valley of the Sun.

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Interesting Drug

Gallery: Nuclear Blasts Show Terrifying Power

It was 63 years ago today that the United States detonated the very first atomic bomb.

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The Age

Japan row may hit N Korea talks: S Korea

South Korea could stop co-operating with Japan in six-party talks on denuclearising North Korea if their territorial dispute worsens, Seoul's ambassador to Tokyo said.

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Sat Jul 19, 2008

The Age

Animator Miyazaki's new film hits screens in Japan

Hayao Miyazaki's first full-length film in four years hit screens across Japan on Saturday, putting aside speculation that the Oscar-winning Japanese animator had made his last picture.

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The Japan Times

Offshore quake sends tsunami to Tohoku

An undersea earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 rattled the Tohoku and Kanto regions Saturday morning, the Meteorological Agency said.

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