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Won't You Take Me to Retro Town? - Hakata, Kyushu-Okinawa, Japan

WON'T YOU TAKE ME TO RETRO TOWN?* Kitakyushu is the 13th largest city in Japan, but, aside from Space World, it gets hardly a mention in my collection of guidebooks, maybe because it has heavy industry, including a large steel plant.

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Fri Dec 25, 2009

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Ex-aides to Japan's PM charged in funding scandal

Two former aides to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama were charged Thursday with falsifying reports of campaign contributions - dashing the promise of the leader who vowed to usher in a new, cleaner era in the country's politics.

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900 CHML AM

Canadian project saved Indian village in 2004 Boxing Day tsunami

The fisherman's son feared for his family across the ocean as the Pacific rumbled.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Asian Tsunami Disaster, Sweden, World News, Agriculture, Science, India,

WOWT-TV Omaha

"Goodness Of Iowans" Remembered Through Exhibit

A traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian Museum features the struggles and triumphs of Southeast Asian refugees in Iowa.

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Canoe

Panasonic develops more powerful battery for autos, computers

Panasonic Corp. has developed more powerful batteries for use in everything from laptops to electric vehicles, the Japanese electronics maker said Friday.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, World News, Global Warming

Grub Street

Suaya Plans Peruvian-Japanese Fusion at Hollywood's Osaka

We've heard tell of the pitfalls arising from assumption, but we figured Adolfo Suaya's forthcoming Osaka was going to be Japanese-centered anyway.

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Thu Dec 24, 2009

Reuters

Chavez threatens to expel Toyota carmaker

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has threatened to expel Japanese carmaker Toyota unless it produces an all-terrain model of 4x4 vehicles used for public transportation in poor and rural areas.

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Related Topix: Toyota, Toyota Land Cruiser, World News, Toyota 4x4, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela,

WKRN-TV Nashville

Ex-aides to Japan's PM charged in funding scandal

Two former aides to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama were charged Thursday with falsifying reports of campaign contributions - dashing the promise of the leader who vowed to usher in a new, cleaner era in the country's politics.

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RIA Novosti

Japanese chemical plant blast kills 4

At least four men died in an explosion on Thursday at a chemical plant in Osaka in western Japan, the Kyodo News agency said citing local firefighters.

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Wed Dec 23, 2009

South China Morning Post

Hatoyama faces fading approval among voters

Just months after Japan's biggest political shake-up in half a century, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's honeymoon with voters is fading as he struggles to match revolutionary rhetoric with action.

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People's Daily

Report to signal thaw in China, Japan relations

China and Japan are expected to release in Tokyo today a joint report that acknowledges Japan's invasion of China during the Second World War - a document that analysts said was a positive start to removing a long-standing irritant in bilateral ties.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Hu Jintao

San Francisco Chronicle

Iran envoy calls for global nuke arms ban

Visiting Tokyo to meet with senior Japanese officials, Saeed Jalili said his country's nuclear program is for civilian purposes, although the United States and other nations fear its goal is to produce weapons.

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Hampshire Chronicle

Student charged with Hawker murder

A Japanese English student has been charged with the rape and murder of British teacher Lindsay Hawker.

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Asia News Network

OSAKA: Japan's jobless facing tough new year

Many of the people who lost their jobs following the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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The State

Barred Chinese activist camps out in Tokyo airport

Feng Zhenghu has been camping out at Tokyo's international airport for 50 days, sleeping on a blue plastic bench and surviving on handouts of crackers and noodles from passers-by. The Chinese rights activist whiles away the hours reading and watching wistfully as other travelers come and go - a situation reminiscent of "The Terminal," the movie ...

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Tue Dec 22, 2009

Herald-Leader

Japan in bullet-train sales race

In this 2008 file photo, the engine of an N700 bullet train is transported through a street in Fukuoka, Japan.

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Ocala Business Journal

Whatever Doesna t Kill Some Animals Can Make Them Deadly

Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 5:15 a.m. Have you ever tried to think up the worst meal you could imagine? How about blue-ringed octopus, floral egg crab, basket shell snails and puffer fish.

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WHP-TV Harrisburg

FBI delays release of Jackson dossier

Slideshow Legend Award winner Michael Jackson poses with his award at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards at the Yoyogi National Athletic Stadium May 27, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan.

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Newkerala.com

2.64 lakh South Asians lose jobs in Gulf: Survey

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 21 : About 264,000 people from South Asia have lost jobs in the Middle-East on account of the global meltdown, city-based think tank Centre for Development Studies has found.

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Seattle's WB

Venice festival honors John Woo with lifetime achievement award

In this Feb. 5, 2009 file photo, Chinese film director John Woo speaks during the Japan premiere of "Red Cliff Part II" in Tokyo, Japan.

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Related Topix: Red Cliff, Broken Arrow, Western, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Thriller, Adventure, World News, Entertainment

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