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51 min ago | MSNBC

Double atomic bomb survivor dies in Japan

Tsutomu Yamaguchi gave talks about his experiences as an atomic bomb survivor and often expressed his hope that such weapons would be abolished.

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5 hrs ago | Bloomberg Business News

Hatoyama Urges Japan Finance Minister Fujii Not to Quit on Health Grounds

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama urged ailing Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii to stay in his post, declining to confirm reports Fujii will step down because of deteriorating health.

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Related Topix: Democratic Party (Japan), World News,

Tue Jan 05, 2010

Burmanet

Asahi Shimbun (Japan): Burmese in Japan shoot film to fight for democracy a " Erika Toh

With hopes of encouraging their compatriots in their struggle for democracy, a group of Burmese living in Japan is making a film denouncing the military junta that controls Myanmar .

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Burma, Southeast Asia, World News,

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Retailer Dates Gran Turismo 5 and God of War III for Japan

January 5, 2010 - Online Retailers Leak Gran Turismo 5 Date Japan has yet to fully get back to the grind following the holiday period, but thankfully we have a slightly less-than-official source for major news from the Nippon: online retailers.

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Related Topix: World News, Video Games, Sony PSP, PlayStation 3

WHP-TV Harrisburg

Giant tuna fetches $177,000 at Japan fish auction

A 232kg blue-fin tuna is displayed during the new year's first auction at the Tsukiji fish market on January 5, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Life, Food, Seafood

Asahi Shimbun

1 dead, 2 missing in Japan Alps

The Gifu prefectural police on Monday recovered the body of a man in the Northern Japan Alps who they believe is one of three climbers from Kobe missing for several days in heavy snow.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia,

Mon Jan 04, 2010

NY Daily News

Japan Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says he will press for more equal ties with United States

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks during his first press conference of the year.

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Related Topix: Prison, World News, Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve, US Military, US Marine Corps

The New York Times

Celebrating History in Nara, Japan

Nara is preparing to fete the 1,300th anniversary of its becoming the Japanese imperial capital with a yearlong festival that will include carnivals, fairs and musical performances.

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Related Topix: World News, Travel

English Dong-A

Anti-Japanese Sentiment Easing in S. Korea: Poll

The country`s negative sentiment toward Japan has greatly eased over the past five years, while that toward North Korea has slightly grown, the results of a survey released yesterday said.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, North Korea, South Korea, Lee Myung-bak

Sun Jan 03, 2010

The Japan Times

Universities must look abroad to reverse Japan's brain drain

Japan appears to be suffering from brain drain. Examples include chemist Osamu Shimomura and physicist Yoichiro Nambu, both of whom won Nobel Prizes in 2008 for research conducted in U.S. universities.

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Related Topix: World News, Physics, Science

Kyodo News

Soccer: Hiroshima sign Japan keeper Nishikawa from Oita

Sanfrecce Hiroshima have signed Japan international goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa from relegated Oita Trinita, the J-League first division club said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News, New York

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Japan's Chiba University Professor Hiroshi Ryu displays the flying robot

Japan's Chiba University Professor Hiroshi Ryu displays a flying robot, which fluters its wings 35 times a second like a humming bird, at his laboratory in Tokyo on December 28, 2009.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, World News

Sat Jan 02, 2010

Daily Yomiuri

Public schools turn to non-Japanese teachers

Third-grade students at Osaka municipal Kita-Nakajima Primary School get insights into culture on the Korean Peninsula that many others do not.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Asia, Education Etc.,

The News

Japan recyclers mine toxic e-waste for precious materials

Sunday, December 27, 2009 KATO, Japan: Seeking to turn an environmental problem into an economic opportunity, high-tech companies in resource-poor Japan are mining mountains of toxic e-waste for precious materials.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Panasonic, Electronic, TV, Electronics, Cellphones, Cameras

Kyodo News

N. Korea urges pro-Pyongyang body in Japan to help improve ties

North Korea's No. 2 leader urged the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, in a New Year's letter Friday to ''positively contribute to'' improving bilateral relations with Japan based on the spirit of the Pyongyang Declaration, the official Korean Central News Agency said.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, Kim Jong Il

Channelnewsasia.com

Japan's emperor greets New Year crowds

TOKYO: Tens of thousands of cheering Japanese gathered in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday to hear Emperor Akihito pray for the nation's happiness and world peace in his traditional New Year address.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News, Akihito Akihito

Thu Dec 31, 2009

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Japan: Yamaha Exciter 1430TR No.260425

Water jet. Status: Available Location: Gifu Japan Contact: Daisuke Watanabe [ Send Enquiry ] Telephone: 81486010814 This is a free Apollo Duck photo advert! Click here to place your own.

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Sat Dec 26, 2009

Kyodo News

Baseball: 2 clubs set up for new Japanese girls pro league

The to-be-inaugurated Girls Professional Baseball League announced Monday the establishment of two teams, the Kyoto Asto Dreams and the Hyogo Swing Smileys.

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Related Topix: World News, New York

National Post

George Jonas: Goodbye to paper, death and taxes

Goodbye, the Zeroes; hello, the Teens. Here's to three things that are becoming obsolete in 2010: paper, death and the facsimile.

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Related Topix: World News

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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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