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City reps visit sister city in Japan

Oak Bay NEWS - Victoria - BC - Canada, 12 minutes ago / It's been a little more than a week since Abbotsford Mayor George Peary led a six person delegation to Fukagawa, Japan, the sister city of Abbotsford.

Japan slaps new financial sanctions on Iran, suspends oil and gas investments

Today Online - Singapore, 13 minutes ago / Japan imposed new sanctions on Friday against Iran, including an assets freeze on people and entities linked to its contentious nuclear programme and tighter restrictions on financial transactions.

Top in Category › Travel agency offers Antarctica marathon tour

Tokyo Classified, 27 minutes ago / Nippon Travel Agency has launched a 4.4 million yen package tour to Antarctica in December for people who want to run in the world's southernmost marathon, its Sapporo branch said.

Archers to face Japan in final tie

Deccan Chronicle - India, 33 minutes ago / A great opportunity for a gold medal lies ahead for the Indian men's recurve team as Jayanta Talukdar, Tarundeep Rai and Rahul Banerjee ensured a final berth in the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage IV at Shanghai.

Twin Giant Panda Cubs Make Media Debut in Japan

ShoppingBlog.com, 33 minutes ago / Newly born twin giant pandas made their media debut at a zoo in Japan on Friday.

Panasonic cranks out new 31 and 19 Series Toughbooks for Japan

Engadget, 3 hours 19 minutes ago / Panasonic's gone on a real tear here, releasing two new Toughbook models at once.

Midwest Corn Farmers Impress Japanese Group

Corn Commentary, 3 hours 51 minutes ago / Biotech crops and meeting the demand for food and fuel are the main reasons why a group of Japanese reporters and professors was traveling around the Midwest this week, but what really seemed to impress them was family farmers themselves and how they run their operations, according to the Missouri Corn Growers Association.

US Neurologists Agree On Protocols For Treatment Of Infantile Spasms

Biocompare, 4 hours 33 minutes ago / Researchers from across the U.S., as part of the Infantile Spasms Working Group (ISWG), established guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of infantile spasms (IS).

This innovative house design is great for Shimane, Japan. It would never fly in Brooklyn

Core77 Blog, 4 hours 39 minutes ago / The entire house, as you can see, is basically one gigantic stoop.

Learn how to develop a comprehensive Oncology strategy from pre-launch to the end of a patient’s cancer treatment at 1st annual Oncology Japan 2010

PharmiWeb.com, 4 hours 48 minutes ago / Finally, the hottest topic in pharma gets the platform for discussion in Oncology Japan.

Toshiba -Embassy of Japan in Brazil and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and ...

Solid State Technology, 5 hours 5 minutes ago / The Embassy of Japan in Brazil and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry welcomed back to Brazil twenty Brazilian engineers who participated in an intensive semiconductor design engineering program in Japan from January to June this year.

3Q10 Japan Mobile Operator Forecast, 2010 - 2014

TMCnet, 5 hours 43 minutes ago / Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7b0a9f/3q10_japan_mobile) has announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.'s new report "3Q10 Japan Mobile Operator Forecast, 2010 - 2014" to their offering.

Slow response made perfect storm worse [Japan Times, Tokyo]

Insurance News Net, 7 hours 53 minutes ago / Sept. 03--While the intense speculation that Toyota Motor Corp. may have covered up electronic defects appears to have ebbed, Japanese experts say the world's top automaker deserves a failing grade for its risk management, and the resulting damage to its reputation was worse than it should have been.

AJC Welcomes Japan's New Sanctions on Iran

PR Newswire, 9 hours 38 minutes ago / NEW YORK , Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC praised Japan for announcing tougher sanctions against Iran , adding to the growing international effort to deter the Middle East nation from pursuing nuclear-weapons capability.

Nintendo of Japan releasing Mario collection for Wii in October

Joystiq, Sep 02, 2010 / This coincides with the rumored announcement of just such a thing from a Nintendo retailer conference in Japan.

Japan Beats Hawaii for Little League World Series Title

FanHouse, Aug 30, 2010 / South Williamsport, Pa , (AP) --The Little League team from Japan ended the United States' five-year reign as World Series champions.

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero delayed in Japan

Joystiq, Aug 30, 2010 / Dead Rising 2 's standalone playable prologue, Case Zero , has been delayed in Japan.

Digital Cowboy announces Xstreamer Pro NAS / media streamer

Engadget, Aug 30, 2010 / Your media streamer options aren't exactly limited these days, but if you're looking for one that will also double as a NAS (and prefer to get your gear from Japan), you might want to consider Digital Cowboy's latest addition to its Movie Cowboy line: the Xtreamer Pro.

Yakuza PSP crosses over into TV and manga

Joystiq, Aug 27, 2010 / Sega wants you to believe these three guys are tough.

A Flicker Of Economic Life In Japan And The UK

24/7 Wall Street, Aug 27, 2010 / There were tiny signs of life in two of the world's largest economies, anomalies in a period when the global economy may be falling into a double dip recession.

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    The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL, Aug 24, 2010/ World stock markets retreated Tuesday as the strong yen knocked Japanese shares and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week.

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    The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.

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AP  posted:  Friday 09/03/10 10:03 PM EDT
"significant risk of a double-dip recession" in the U.S., Japan and many European countries. Some of the assembled experts and leaders at the annual Ambrosetti Forum on the shores

US faces a navigable road at basketball worlds

APSports  posted:  Friday 09/03/10 08:47 PM EDT
for the title four years ago in Japan. The final day of pool play began with the possibility of one those teams looming as a quarterfinal opponent for the U.S. Instead, after facing

Compelling round of 16 at basketball worlds

AP  posted:  Friday 09/03/10 08:44 PM EDT
of the pre-tournament favorites. Spain beat Greece for the title four years ago in Japan. On Sunday, it's Slovenia-Australia, followed by unbeaten host Turkey against France. The United

Mobs attack home of Iranian opposition leader

AP  posted:  Friday 09/03/10 07:47 PM EDT
, opposition websites reported. Khatami — despite his elder statesman role — was barred from traveling to Japan in April to attend a conference on dialogue between cultures

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AP  posted:  Friday 09/03/10 07:34 PM EDT
is on summer break until Sept. 13. — TUESDAY, SEPT. 7: Washington — Well-known dance companies perform at the White House. Tokyo — Bank of Japan ends two-day

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