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Latvian press give country a crash course in Japanese  -  25 May 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,It added with some pride that 'since his coronation in 1989, the Japanese ruler has only visited 20 countries,' a fact which is seen in Latvia as a

American POWs remember life in Japanese prison camp  -  25 May 2007
Scotsman,SHENYANG, China (Reuters) - They survived the Bataan Death March and the Japanese Hell Ships, they shivered in the bitter cold and staved off starvation by

EXTRA: Japanese cherries turn new leaf in Latvians' tree fixation  -  25 May 2007
EUX.TV,The trees, which symbolize the Japanese love of beauty, are a sign of friendship between the two nations, the ambassador said, according to a press release

A story of Japanese- American internment  -  25 May 2007
Baxter Bulletin,Having reviewed several books on Japanese-Americans over the past two years, I was not looking for new books on that subject. However, the display at Baxter

GONG, the UK Based Japanese Animation Channel Launches in Over 30 ...  -  25 May 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),GONG, the first cutting edge Japanese animation network, is the only on-demand Anime channel, available anywhere, anytime, on any screen (TV, Mobile,

25 - More Japanese investments for RP  -  25 May 2007
Balita.org,Fresh Japanese investments worth over a billion dollars will be poured into the Philippines following the successful four-day working visit of President

Japanese company licenses Harvard tech  -  25 May 2007
Boston Globe,Harvard University signed a licensing agreement that will provide a Japanese company with a technology that is expected to result in more efficient drug

APS: GONG, the UK Based Japanese Animation Channel Launches in ...  -  25 May 2007
ANP Pers Support,...and Japanese animation geeks have been waiting for it." technology and the core community of Animé fans. GONG is an animation network

Hardware Sales Slip In Slow Week At Japanese Retail  -  25 May 2007
Gamasutra,As has been the case with software sales this week, hardware sales have continued to slip in what is traditionally a quiet period at retail for the Japanese

Japanese charts: Nintendo consoles still on top  -  25 May 2007
GamesIndustry.biz,Media Create has released Japanese software and hardware sales figures for the week ending May 20, revealing that the DS and Wii are still outperforming

Japanese leader cancels meeting with S. Korean former prime minister  -  25 May 2007
Yonhap News,SEOUL, May 25 (Yonhap) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Friday cancelled his planned meeting with former South Korean Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook,

Yen Strengthens Amid Release Of Higher Than Expected Japanese ...  -  25 May 2007
RTT News,Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:51:14 PM - The Japanese consumer price index data for April was released at 7:30 pm ET, which revealed that the inflation rate was

The Japanese Odyssey  -  25 May 2007
Express Pharma,While the Japanese pharmaceutical industry has experienced stability in the past, the current environment is changing rapidly. Ideally, being the fastest

A Majority of Japanese Insurers are Pursuing New Customer ...  -  25 May 2007
Business Wire (press release),TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Most Japanese insurance companies are now pursuing new customer and product strategies due to regulatory reforms that are opening

Iranian, Japanese FMs talk on phone  -  25 May 2007
Islamic Republic News Agency,Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso discussed bilateral ties and nuclear related issues in a telephone contact

Taiwan wooing Japanese talent  -  25 May 2007
Taipei Times,Thousands of Japanese engineers and other industry professionals have gone to Taiwan, South Korea and China to seek work at aggressive, fast-growing

Japanese taste nostalgia in adult candy shops  -  25 May 2007
China Daily,Tokyo's all-you-can-eat "dagashi" or "cheap candy" bars make that childhood fantasy come true, giving stressed-out Japanese a chance to relive the good old

It's Official: Japanese Are The Best Tourists  -  25 May 2007
JauntedAnd it turns out that those bowing, camera-toting Japanese are officially the "best" tourists, mostly due to their politeness and tidiness.

Japanese govt bonds close lower amid talk of early hike in ...  -  25 May 2007
ABCmoney.co.uk,TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Japanese government bonds closed lower, after conjecture that interest rates will rise sooner than previously expected made investors

Japanese cartoon is for adults only  -  25 May 2007
Newark Star Ledger,If you don't, than it may suffice to explain that the story is based on a popular Japanese sci-fi novel and is directed by Satoshi Kon, the animator whose

Japanese Stocks Decline, Led by Exporters on US Rate Concern  -  25 May 2007
BloombergMay 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese shares declined by the most in a month. Exporters paced losses on concern the US Federal Reserve will lift borrowing costs in

Japanese consumer prices fall for third month in a row  -  25 May 2007
Mainichi Daily News,...of Internal Affairs and Communications, matched the forecasts of economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires and the Japanese business daily Nikkei.

Services: key growth area in German-Japanese trade  -  26 Apr 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,...'In Germany, only 10 Japanese lawyers are licensed to practise. In Japan, there is only a single registered lawyer from Germany and one patent attorney.'

Japanese Conned Into Buy Sheep As Poodles  -  26 Apr 2007
TheDenverChannel.com,LONDON -- Thousands of Japanese residents have been 'fleeced' into buying neatly-groomed lambs they thought were poodles, The Metro newspaper of London

4 Japanese fined for illegal surveying in China  -  26 Apr 2007
China Daily,URUMQI - Four Japanese citizens have been fined 20000 yuan (US$2590) for illegal mapping and surveying activities in northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous

Japanese PM Arrives for Visit With Bush  -  26 Apr 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,President Bush welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday as both leaders deal with low popularity at home and some creeping tension in their

Japanese asteroid probe begins trip back to Earth  -  26 Apr 2007
New Scientist (subscription),...spacecraft has begun its return to Earth, but whether it can complete the planned three-year journey is far from certain, say Japanese media reports.

Lipinski Sound Surveys the Japanese Market  -  26 Apr 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),..."The level of understanding by the Japanese consumer when it comes to our products is very thorough. Their understanding impresses me as being somewhat

Sony enters Japanese video-sharing jungle  -  26 Apr 2007
ZDNetLast year, it removed nearly 30000 video files from the site at the request of Japanese media firms. Users of the EyeVio service will also be able to select

US troops used Japanese-run brothels after WWII  -  26 Apr 2007
Washington Observer Reporter,18, 1945, one day before a Japanese delegation flew to the Philippines to negotiate the terms of their country's surrender and occupation.

Japanese maples do best out of the heat  -  26 Apr 2007
Mail Tribune,One of the most popular decorative landscape trees is the Japanese maple (acer palmatum). Native to Japan, Korea, Taiwan and eastern China, there are more

Japanese fooled in poodle scam  -  26 Apr 2007
Ninemsn,Thousands of Japanese have been swindled in a scam in which they were sold Australian and British sheep and told they were poodles.

Japanese soldiers recall gov’t coercion of comfort women  -  26 Apr 2007
한겨레신문,These were the words of a former Japanese soldier after seeing a film about the lives of former so-called comfort women, forced into sexual slavery for the

Dad of slain hostess wants Japanese police apology  -  26 Apr 2007
NEWS.com.au,Ms Ridgway's father Nigel, of Mandurah, south of Perth, said today the family wanted an apology from Japanese police. "We would like an apology for the

Japanese Stocks Climb; Dollar Up vs. Yen  -  26 Apr 2007
nwitimes.com,TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose Thursday on strong gains by blue-chip exporters like Canon and Nissan as investors were heartened by Wall Street's overnight

EPA to take over Kuwait Bay project; Japanese to provide on-the ...  -  26 Apr 2007
Arab Times,Since the joint project was launched in 2004, through seminars and training courses provided by Japanese experts who were sent to Kuwait, nearly 50 EPA

Microsoft Gunning For Japanese Gamers  -  26 Apr 2007
Forbes,Microsoft is hoping that the launch of its Games for Windows Live service in Japan will give PC gaming a boost in that country, which will in turn give a

The intelligent home gets a step closer in Japanese trial  -  26 Apr 2007
Digital World Tokyo,On a day when we’ve seen a few stories about getting our homes more wired, we have news of a Japanese system that allows users to remotely control home

A Japanese view of World War II  -  26 Apr 2007
Detroit Free Press,As with Eastwood's "Iwo Jima," it dispels the myth that every Japanese soldier had the suicidal desire to die for his country.

Japanese firms to boost export of energy-saving technologies  -  26 Apr 2007
Earthtimes.orgTokyo - Japanese materials firms are looking into improving sales of energy-saving technologies to developing nations, Nikkei newspaper reported Thursday.

ASIA MARKETS Japanese stocks lead region higher; Sony rises  -  26 Apr 2007
MarketWatchHONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian stocks rose across the region Thursday, with Japanese markets extending gains in afternoon trading as Sony Inc. rose on

Merrill Lynch Invests $3 Billion In Japanese Bank  -  26 Apr 2007
Forbes,Industrywide, Japanese banks have received a new lease on life from a strong export-led economy and the recent rise in interest rates.

Japanese stocks notch gains at midday; Sony rises  -  26 Apr 2007
Beursplaza,Asian stocks were on the advance Thursday, with Japanese markets heading the action as Sony Inc. rose on reports it will soon list its financial unit while

Insurer to increase Japanese bond holdings  -  26 Apr 2007
International Herald Tribune,Dai-ichi Life is the third Japanese insurer this month to say it will buy more domestic debt to avoid currency risks. Life and causality insurers hold about

Mitsubishi Motors Announces Names of Two Models Due for Japanese ...  -  26 Apr 2007
Auto SpectatorTokyo, 26 April, 2007 — Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has announced the names of two new models. The US-market Lancer will be renamed "GALANT FORTIS" for

Japanese Manner Game Gets iTuned  -  26 Apr 2007
Kotaku.com,Some game songs are fantastic songs in their own right. You actually want to listen to them when you're not playing the game. From what I remember when

New Japanese Mobile Phones Detect Motion  -  26 Apr 2007
Wyoming News,...onto their handsets to play for a set monthly fee. The new phones are expected to hit Japanese stores in May. There are no current plans for overseas sales.

Foreign investors remain net buyers of Japanese stocks for 5th ...  -  26 Apr 2007
ForexTV.com,TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Foreign investors remained net buyers of Japanese stocks for the fifth straight week in the week to April 21, data from the Ministry of

Our Shared History: Exhibit tells the story of Japanese American ...  -  27 Mar 2007
Santa Maria Times,These are words Dawn Kamiya of Santa Maria uses to describe her Japanese American brethren. “Survivor� would also be appropriate.

Another Japanese official denies coercion of ’comfort women’  -  27 Mar 2007
한겨레신문,Yet another high-ranking Japanese government official has denied that coercion was employed in the recruitment of "comfort women" for the Japanese military

Turning Japanese: Baidu launches in China  -  27 Mar 2007
Bigmouthmedia News,Towards the end of 2006, China's top Web search firm, Baidu, announced its intention to cross the Pacific Ocean and enter the Japanese search market in 2007

Baidu launches Japanese search engine  -  27 Mar 2007
China Knowledge Online,The new Japanese search engine offers advanced searches and user help in addition to searching for web pages and images. This new search engine is housed on

Korea Can¡¯t Keep Siphoning Off Japanese Culture  -  27 Mar 2007
Chosun Ilbo,A fresh onslaught of Japanese pop culture is taking place. From music, comics and animated films to movies, TV dramas and novels, translations or

Japanese Stocks Drop After 5-Day Rally  -  27 Mar 2007
Wilmington Morning Star,TOKYO | Japanese stocks fell Tuesday, snapping a five-day rally that lifted the market nearly 5 percent. Declines in utility and pharmaceutical stocks

Japanese Currency Higher To Euro After CCPI Data  -  27 Mar 2007
Trading Markets,...(RTTNews) - The European currency was higher against its Japanese counterpart late evening Monday in New York. This helped the pair hit as high as 157.80 at

Japanese Stocks Slide as Shares Trade With no Dividend Rights  -  27 Mar 2007
BloombergMarch 27 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks fell, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average snapping a five-day rally. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. paced declines as the

Dead Briton found in Japanese flat  -  27 Mar 2007
TVNZ,The body of a woman believed to be British has been found in a bathtub full of sand on an apartment balcony near Tokyo, Japanese media have reported.

Abused Vietnam sailors jump Japanese ship, arrested in Panama  -  27 Mar 2007
Thanh Nien Daily,Six Vietnamese sailors were arrested last Saturday in Panama after they absconded from a Japanese fishing vessel claiming abusive treatment.

Japanese goodwill ambassadors  -  27 Mar 2007
The Brunei Times,SOME 15 Japanese students from the city of Fukuoka are visiting Brunei as part of the mission project of the Asia Pacific Children Convention (APCC) to

Japanese scientists create molecule-size scissors  -  27 Mar 2007
Xinhua,BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Japanese scientists have used carbon rings and hydrogen known as phenyl groups to create molecular-size scissors that are

Japanese govt bonds end morning weaker ahead of key data  -  27 Mar 2007
Forbes,TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Japanese government bond prices finished the morning on a slightly softer tone after a directionless session, with investors sidelined

What the Japanese Media is Saying about PRIDE''''s Sale  -  27 Mar 2007
Sherdog.comAt least two other Japanese firms will allegedly have stake in the new company, including Nagoya-based Tokai Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.,

QSR Claims Pioneering Japanese Software Launch  -  27 Mar 2007
Daily Research News Online,Japanese versions of the company’s flagship NVivo 7 and XSight software are being developed in partnership with Tokyo based Hulinks.

WWII letters kept by Navy vet reach Japanese soldier's brother  -  27 Mar 2007
KHQ Right Now,GARDINER, NY Some Japanese letters an American sailor found on the beaches of Iwo Jima have been returned to Japan -- 62 years later.

China hopes Indo-Japanese ties will help promote stability  -  27 Mar 2007
Hindu,Dialogue between India and Japan last Thursday between External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso in Tokyo.

Japanese festival celebrated  -  27 Mar 2007
The Heights (subscription),The Japan Club of Boston College (JCBC) held its first Spring Festival Friday night in Gasson 100, transforming the room into a festival of Japanese

Coal group signs credit contract with Japanese bank  -  27 Mar 2007
VietNamNet Bridge,VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) has signed a credit contract worth $20 million with the Mizuho bank

"Japanese Caribou" Bags New Winter Summit  -  27 Mar 2007
OUTDOORNEWSWIRE,The 135-pound, 33-year-old man, nicknamed the “Japanese Caribou� in Alaska, has also soloed Denali in winter, via the West Buttress (1998).

R&B/Pop Singer Thalisha Signs With Japanese Record Label  -  27 Mar 2007
Top40-Charts.com,R&B/Pop singer Thalisha has signed a recording contract with highly regarded Japanese record label, Soundmen On Wax, the same label responsible for Japan's

26 - Japanese fugitive nabbed in Davao city  -  27 Mar 2007
Balita.org,Joint operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested last week an overstaying Japanese national

Wal-Mart to Sell US Beef in Its Japanese Chain  -  27 Mar 2007
Arkansas Business Online,..."We have worked very hard to make sure that safe US beef is available once again to Japanese consumers. US beef is not only safe but it tastes really good,

North Jersey's Japanese population dips, disperses  -  27 Mar 2007
NorthJersey.com,In its heyday in the 1980s, Aki's Japanese grocery store in Fort Lee was small but thriving, delivering rice and fresh fish to Japanese families in the

New Japanese quake alert system deemed success in first test with ...  -  27 Mar 2007
Mainichi Daily News,WAJIMA, Ishikawa -- Authorities hailed Japan's new earthquake alert system as a success Monday after it allowed officials to issue a tsunami warning just

Japanese Ambassador Honors Wounded US Veterans  -  25 Feb 2007
NewsBlaze,..."Two days ago, Vice President Cheney received a joint briefing from both the United States and Japanese commanders," he said. "I was there and I was deeply

Japanese loan terms may not be lowest  -  25 Feb 2007
Bangkok Post,If the borrower agrees to source Japanese materials or contractors, interest rates for preferential loans would be dropped to just 0.4%, with the same

Coast man joins frantic search after Japanese avalanche  -  25 Feb 2007
Sunshine Coast Daily,Two had been killed by the sliding snow and rock but while eight others had been pulled free, a head count revealed one member of the Japanese ski group was

World Bank to harmonise loans to Kenya with Japanese aid  -  25 Feb 2007
East African,Mr Bruce, who will be in Tokyo until February 23, will meet senior representatives of Japanese government and development agencies.

Japanese, SKorean defense chiefs to meet in Tokyo  -  25 Feb 2007
International Herald Tribune,South Korean Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for talks with Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kyuma, ministry spokesman Yuki Karigome

Kyobo Life Sells Stake to Japanese Firm  -  25 Feb 2007
Korea Times,Analysts said the Japanese firm seems to have invested in Kyobo Life with the aim of reaping gains from the expected listing of the life insurer.

Japanese kitsch, indie pop nice mix  -  25 Feb 2007
Birmingham News,Take equal parts Japanese kitsch, indie pop and friendly atmosphere, then mix well. Serve in an intimate setting. That's exactly the combination BottleTree

Taozhu: A Town Famous for Fighting Japanese Pirates  -  25 Feb 2007
오마�뉴스,During the 13th and 16th centuries, Japanese pirates known as "Wokou" and often composed of soldiers, merchants and smugglers, raided the Chinese and Korean

Ben Kemp & His Japanese band Uminari Tour NZ  -  25 Feb 2007
Scoop.co.nz (press release),New Zealand Maori musician, Ben Kemp, together with his Japanese band Uminari, is visiting New Zealand this March, direct from Tokyo.

Chinese, Japanese artists share history in "Lost Village"  -  25 Feb 2007
People's Daily Online,A new stage play is bringing Chinese and Japanese theatre artists together to explore their countries' ancient past while focusing on contemporary issues.

Japanese Expert: Tokyo May Have Been Unprepared for North Korea ...  -  25 Feb 2007
Men's News Daily,A Japanese expert on North Korea says Tokyo may have been unprepared for the speed with which Washington and Pyongyang narrowed their differences over the

PROUDFLESH Featuring Ex-MORDRED Drummer: Japanese Dates Announced ...  -  25 Feb 2007
Blabbermouth.net,San Francisco punk 'n' roll stalwarts PROUDFLESH will embark on their first ever Japanese tour in March in support of their eponymous album,

EU Commission urged to avoid Japanese cars  -  25 Feb 2007
New Europe,Austrian Economics Minister Martin Bartenstein has criticised plans by EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas to buy an environmentally-friendly Japanese

Gamba ravage Reds in Japanese Super Cup  -  25 Feb 2007
China Post,Gamba Osaka gained a measure of revenge over Japanese double winners Urawa Reds by overpowering their fierce rivals 4-0 in Saturday's J-League Super Cup.

Going to the drawing board  -  25 Feb 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),The cutesy icon hardly calls to mind the Japanese military that pillaged its way across Asia in World War II, and that is just the way the country's leaders

Textile family seeks new business horizons NINA SUEBSUKCHAROEN  -  25 Feb 2007
Bangkok Post,...''You could say that 20 or 30 years ago it was in Japanese hands, and the technology kept moving _ to Korea, Taiwan, to Indonesia and the Far East _ and now

The endgame of Japanese baseball -- respect  -  Feb 24, 2007
USA TodayKuehnert, who began his sports career running the Japanese-owned Lodi team in the California League in the 1970 and later operated the Southern League’s

Lack of Funds to Hit Campaign Against Japanese Encephalitis  -  Feb 24, 2007
Himalayan Times,..."This will affect our campaign against Japanese encephalitis badly," said the official. The procurement needs at least four months.

2 Japanese firms mull investment in natural gas industry  -  Feb 24, 2007
Sun.Star,..."They are willing to consider and they are looking at LNG," Lotilla said, noting that they had been convincing the Japanese consortium to infuse capital in

Japanese Co Offers Modern Alternative For Bucharest Station ...  -  Feb 24, 2007
Mediafax,Japanese company Itochu intends to take part in the construction of the new subway route Gara de Nord-Otopeni. The company’s management had a first

Alliance Trust: Japanese interest rate rise  -  Feb 24, 2007
Easier,Harfun Ven,Portfolio Manager for the Alliance Trust Japan Equity Fund, comments: “We take the interest rate increase as confirmation that the Japanese

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