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Japan Day to be staged at university
This is Leicester - Leicester - Leicestershire - UK, 25 minutes ago / A university is to host an event to promote trade and tourism between Japan and the United Kingdom.
Big in Japan Will Be Big in Austin for 2010 SXSW Interactive
PRWeb, 28 minutes ago / Startup’s leaders will speak at sessions on app porting and mobile “app-vertising;” company’s breakthrough ShopSavvy app a finalist at Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator event.
Japan coastguard inspects whale boat with arr
The Oregon Herald, 33 minutes ago / The Japan Coast Guard inspected a Japanese whaling ship Saturday with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist who is under arrest for trespassing on the vessel in the Antarctic Ocean last month.
U.N. wildlife watchdog considers ban on bluefin tuna
mySA - San Antonio TX, 1 hour 20 minutes ago / A U.N. body best known for protecting tigers and elephants will focus on the world's overfished oceans beginning this week with proposals to regulate the shark trade and ban the export of a tuna species prized by sushi lovers.
The SUP Market is Growing Stronger in Japan with Focus™ Surfboards & Ombak Announcing the First Focus ™SUP Center Retail Store Opening in Osaka, Japan, Summer 2010
PR.com, 2 hours 15 minutes ago / Los Angeles, CA, March 13, 2010 --( PR.com )-- The Stand Up Paddleboard market in Japan is gaining popularity, and gaining it very quickly.
FOCUS: After Willcom rehab, can Japan's PHS service still survive?
Kyodo News, 5 hours 37 minutes ago / While debt-ridden Willcom is quick to point out the unique benefits of PHS for hospitals, which often favor PHS's weaker electromagnetic waves over those of mobile phones, most telecommunications industry pundits believe that PHS is unlikely to survive the fierce competition in Japan's mobile communications service sector.
OPINION: Scrap the patent reform bill
Legal Times, 6 hours 46 minutes ago / On March 4, leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee announced that they'd reached agreement on a modified version of a patent reform bill (S. 515) introduced into Congress last year.
Diamond imports fall in Japan
Global Infomine, 7 hours 1 minute ago / Diamond demand is sliding in Japan with the January imports of polished diamonds falling to $50.3 million, 24 per cent down in value, the country's weakest January in at least four years.
Honda CR-Z enjoying high early demand in home market?
AutoblogGreen, 7 hours 25 minutes ago / The new Honda CR-Z has only been on sale in Japan for two weeks, and already the automaker has received over 7,000 orders for the small hybrid.
Advance In Stocks Stalls In U.s.; Commodities, Dollar Drop
Global Infomine, 8 hours 48 minutes ago / Most U.S. stocks fell, halting a global advance, and commodities retreated as a drop in American consumer confidence overshadowed an unexpected increase in retail sales.
Last Japan
ilictronix, 9 hours 26 minutes ago / Currently signed to Fatboy Slim's Southern Fried label, 20 year old Last Japan dropped his latest original offering "Jungle Warrior" back in December, and is currently hard at work on his debut album.
Japan mayor hopes to make history with milk bottle, nappies
The Independent - London - UK, 9 hours 50 minutes ago / Two weeks' paternity leave may not seem like much, but for Hironobu Narisawa, the 44-year-old mayor of a Tokyo district, it is a leap into the future for Japanese society.
PSP Grabs A Big Slice Of The Console War Pie In Japan [Console Taisen]
Kotaku, 9 hours 56 minutes ago / Black is back, as Japan went all in on PSP purchasing recently, giving the PlayStation family the win in the weekly hardware contest, nearly doubling sales of the Wii. PlayStation Portable sales saw a big jump in Japan this past week, according to Media Create's latest figures, a little surprising when a pair of Nintendo DS games show in first and third place on the software side of things.
Seminar aims to help Washington aerospace companies in Japan
James Wallace on Aerospace, 10 hours ago / Washington aerospace companies can learn about opportunities in Japan during a seminar scheduled for March 17 in Lynnwood.
Far East H.S. baseball, softball, track and field team capsules and key dates
Stars and Stripes - Washington DC, 10 hours 28 minutes ago / 8th Alva W. "Mike" Petty Memorial Meet, Mike Petty Stadium, Kubasaki High School, Camp Foster, Okinawa. 4th Kanto Plain Invitational Meet, Oi Pier Ground, Tokyo.
Japanese and eurozone industrial production increase, US retail sales rise
The Skeptical Speculator, 11 hours 30 minutes ago / There was good news from Japan on Friday with industrial production growth for January being revised higher.
Oil and Gas Poll Finds 83% of Consumers Worldwide Concerned About Climate Change
Clean Technica, 12 hours 57 minutes ago / A new industry poll published in E&P , the world's leading publication for oil and gas professionals, reveals that worldwide concern about climate and economic risks from fossil fuels is very high.
Caterpillar mulls excavator move
KHL Group, 22 hours 7 minutes ago / Caterpillar is considering moving excavator production from Japan to the US.
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Suicide Attack in Northwest Pakistan Kills 13
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ABC News, 19 minutes ago/ A suicide bomber driving a motorized rickshaw blew himself up at a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said, killing at least 13 people, injuring 52 and underscoring the nation's relentless security threat.
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Anti-government protesters head for Thai capital
The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA
The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA, 26 minutes ago/ Thousands of red-shirted anti-government protesters converged on the Thai capital Saturday, giving the government an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament or face mass marches on key spots in the city.
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Ready for blast-off, Schumacher leads stellar cast into new season
The Scotsman - Edinburgh - Lothian - UK
The Scotsman - Edinburgh - Lothian - UK, 2 hours 55 minutes ago/ IT HAS been heralded from all quarters as potentially the most exciting season in Formula 1 history, and now it is time for the 2010 campaign to live up to its billing.
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Health Care Vote Pressure Builds for Obama
ABC News
ABC News, 9 hours 57 minutes ago/ President Obama postponed a planned trip to Asia today in order to stay in Washington during what looks to be the final showdown on the passage of a health care reform bill.
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Greek trauma: European Union appears admirably determined to contain debt trouble
Houston Chronicle - Houston TX
Houston Chronicle - Houston TX, 3 hours 46 minutes ago/ A debt crisis in that sun-splashed Aegean country has lately threatened the stability of the European Union and its powerful currency, the euro.
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year, drawing tightened U.N. sanctions.
The North has said it will only return to the talks — which involve the U.S., South Korea, China, Russia and Japan — after
Stocks end mixed after mixed economic reports
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Friday 03/12/10 11:12 PM EST
less than 0.1 percent. Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.8 percent.
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The Dow Jones industrial average closed
US wine exports fall 15 percent in 2009
AP
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Friday 03/12/10 11:03 PM EST
to Japan, where U.S. imports were up 42 percent.
The total value of exported wine was nearly $912 million. That's down from 2008 when the value of exports topped $1 billion
China leaves underage gymnast in the cold
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Friday 03/12/10 10:18 PM EST
2001, Dong got five golds at the East Asian Games in Japan and another two at the University Games three months later. Her last competition of 2001 and, it turned out, her last
Recalls this week: machetes, nail guns, heat packs
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Friday 03/12/10 10:16 PM EST
improvement and building supply stores from November 2002 through March 2006. They also were sold online at Amazon.com. They were manufactured by Hitachi Koki Co. of Japan.
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