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1 hr ago | CBS 47

Witness: AEG spent $24 million on Jackson concerts

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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Related Topix: Dance, Michael Jackson, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, World News, Entertainment

5 hrs ago | News24

Japan mayor rejected on comfort women: Poll

Former South Korean comfort woman Kil Un-ock, centre, who was forced to serve for the Japanese troops as a sexual slave during World War II, shouts slogans during a rally against the recent comment of Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto.

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6 hrs ago | Rotarian

Hiroshima peace forum notes that peace begins with you

Top: Past RI President Luis Giay , RI President Sakuji Tanaka , and Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Wilfrid J. Wilkinson placed wreaths in Hiroshima Memorial Park during the third Rotary Global Peace Forum 17 May.

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8 hrs ago | MacMegasite

The Sixth Issue of VIEW Magazine is Now Available

The sixth issue of VIEW Magazine is now available for free on Apple's Newsstand for iPad/iPhone. Showcasing photography from across the world, VIEW Magazine 3.0 is an independent, original art photography magazine available for iOS devices on Newsstand.

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Related Topix: Ipad, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, iPhone, Photography, Arts, World News,

15 hrs ago | Wall Street Journal

Asia in Pictures

An outfit from the A/W 2013 collection by Japanese designer Tsumori Chisato during the annual Audi Fashion Festival in Singapore Friday.

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Related Topix: Travel, Asia Travel, Singapore, Malaysia Travel, Malaysia Travel, World News, Opinion

Sun May 19, 2013

Chosun Ilbo

4.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Korean Waters

A 4.9-magnitude quake hit an area near Baeknyeong Island off Incheon, west of Seoul, on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, South Korea, World News,

The Daily Beast

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Dozens of American children are abducted to Japan every year-not by strangers, but by parents after messy divorces.

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Asian Correspondent

Japan's nationalist agenda: The year so far

Is the Japanese government turning more nationalistic and militaristic every day? The evidence tells us so.

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Loveland Magazine

Pink Spades a Fantasy Fiction : Part 4

Aleasha Whitney Wilson is a Loveland High School graduate who studied liberal arts at UC Raymond Walters College and Fine Arts/Drawing at Northern Kentucky University.

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Japan Herald

'Comfort women' rap unfair Hashimoto

Nippon Ishin no Kai coleader Toru Hashimoto said Sunday he doesn't believe the so-called comfort women, over whom his controversial remarks have drawn flak, were ';sex slaves who were unwillingly forced into service by the country through violence, threat and abductions.'; Hashimoto, who is also the mayor of Osaka, said on a TV program he will ... (more)

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Sat May 18, 2013

Korea Herald

N.Korea bashes Seoul for negative comments on Japan official's Pyongyang visit

North Korea slammed South Korea on Saturday for making critical comments on a Japanese official's recent visit to Pyongyang, calling it an "unprecedented precipitancy." Isao Lijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, returned to Tokyo Friday after a surprise four-day visit to North Korea.

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Psychology Today

You Are What You Eat

Ever notice when your friends come back from a holiday and they've put on a few pounds? Maybe they feasted on too many delicious baguettes in France or indulged in a few too many pasta dishes in Italy.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, World News,

Safehaven

Give It A Doubt

Many, many years ago during a lengthy argument with a friend he told me to 'give it a doubt' - he meant I was wrong.

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Folio Weekly

Who Is That Masked Councilman?

"I remember thinking, 'wow, you're ridiculously good looking.'" Authorities thought this about these guys.

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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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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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CBC News

Ottawa indigenous art exhibit explores identity and tradition

When National Gallery of Canada curators started pulling together work by indigenous artists from around the world for the summer exhibit Sakahan , they discovered surprising connections.

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Eater

Awards Season: Michelin Announces 2013 Stars for First Hiroshima Guide

The Michelin Guide has unveiled its 2013 special edition guide to Hiroshima, Japan , the very first time guide's inspectors have rated the region.

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KHOU-TV Houston

More controversy for Japan party over sex comments

An emerging Japanese nationalist political party whose co-leader outraged many with remarks about Japan's wartime and modern sexual services became embroiled in more controversy Friday when a party lawmaker accused ethnic Koreans of involvement in prostitution.

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The Miami Herald

Japan envoy leaves NKorea, gives no hints on talks

An adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ended a visit to North Korea on Friday but would not give details of his talks with leaders in Pyongyang.

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