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1 hr ago | The Taipei Times

First representative office in decades opens in Japan

Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, right, Hokkaido Governor Harumi Takahashi, second right, and Taiwan s chief representative in Japan John Feng, second left, clink champagne glasses at the Sapporo branch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Japan yesterday, at a reception to mark the opening of the new office.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Japan, Asia, Taiwan Travel, Taiwan

Mon Nov 30, 2009

CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

Japan's Sharp shows world's first plant making giant '10th generation' sheets for panel TVs

Huge sheets of glass are guided by robotic arms, sliding and turning in a towering germ-free plant, the world's first making giant "10th generation" panels for flat screen TVs.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, Travel, World News, Japan

The Capital-Journal

Topeka pianist travels, cruises

Professional cruise ship musician Benet Braun has sailed thousands of miles across the globe in just a few months, pumping up his musical skills and walking the sands of the South Pacific, climbing mountains and diving into the adventures of a traveler.

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Related Topix: Topeka, KS, Vanderbilt University, Travel, China Travel, Oceania, New Caledonia, World News

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Japan Visitor Blog

Japan By Rail Review

Japan By Rail: by Ramsey Zarifeh Trailblazer Publications ISBN: 1-8737-5697-6 496 pp The eagerly awaited, fully revised and expanded second edition of Japan By Rail was published in 2007 and is a definite alternative to challenge for space in your luggage along with the other so-called "major" guides on Japan.

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Related Topix: Travel

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Global Voices Online

Japan: Buy Nothing Day

Started in 1992 in Canada by artist Ted Dave, the Buy Nothing Day movement [en] has spread to more than 60 countries around the world, Japan included.

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Related Topix: Travel, Japan, World News, Kyoto, Japan Travel

Thu Nov 26, 2009

News@nature.com

Japan sets sights on solar power from space

Researchers aim to launch full-scale system by 2030. David Cyranoski Experiments this year with an airship transmitted enough power to charge a mobile phone on the ground.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Space, Travel, World News, Japan, Asia,

Wed Nov 25, 2009

MSNBC

Tokyo crowned gourmet capital of the world

Tokyo's frenetic streets hum with electricity and motion, but the city's shrines and parks offer the traveler oases of calm.

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Related Topix: Life, Gourmet, Food, France, Travel

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Canada.com

Japanese say Obama bow 'appropriate' show of respect

President Barack Obama's deep bow to Japan's emperor has been castigated by U.S. critics as kowtowing to a foreign leader, but experts in Japanese etiquette praised it as an appropriate show of respect.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Japan, Asia, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Akihito Akihito

Fri Nov 20, 2009

The Boston Globe

Visiting Japanese House at Childrena s Museum

My son's obsessed with Bakugan action figures, and now it seems his interest has broadened to all things related to Japan.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Japan, Life, Hello Kitty, Hobbies, Home Gardening, Home

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Seattle Times

Lost in translation: Novelty turns to reality

President Obama toured the Great Wall Wednesday alone. The vendors usually lining the wall had been shut down by the Chinese authorities.

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Travel, Ghana Travel, Ghana, Africa, China Travel, Japan, Asia

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Netscape

Obama in Japan Refuses to Defend U.S. Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Obama in Japan Refuses to Defend U.S. Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki >> Posted By avoth 7 hours, 31 minutes ago in Political Opinion Here is video of President Obama in Japan today where he refused to defend the U.S. dropping of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II.

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Related Topix: Travel

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Global Voices Online

Japan: deer wrangling and antler-cutting in Nara.

Nestled in the heart of the Kansai region of Japan, Nara City exudes a subdued atmosphere unique from its neighboring Osaka and Kyoto.

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Related Topix: Travel, Nara, Japan Travel, World News, Japan,

Marianas Variety

Japan arrivals down 47%

THE number of Japanese tourists who visited the CNMI in October plunged by 47 percent orA 7,592 less compared to the previous month.

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Related Topix: Travel, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, World News, Japan

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Paavo Jarvi appreciates Japan's classical fans

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra performed its mostly American program in six different concert halls in Japan: NHK Hall, Suntory Hall and Bunka Kaikan Concert Hall in Tokyo; Aichi Arts Center in Nagoya; Hyogo Performing Arts Center in Nishinomiya; and Minato Mirai Concert Hall in Yokohama.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Japan, Asia, Cincinnati, OH, Symphony, Arts, Tokyo, Japan Travel,

Sun Nov 15, 2009

NewsBusters.org

News Watch NewsBusters Shout-Out On Obama Refusal To Defend Japan Nuking

On Friday, this NewsBuster noted how Pres. Obama, questioned at a news conference in Japan, twice refused to say whether he thought the United States' dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was "the right decision." Yesterday on Fox News Watch, Jim Pinkerton noted the NewsBusters nugget.A The Fox News contributor and New America ...

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Japan, Asia, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Sat Nov 14, 2009

WMTW-TV Auburn

Governor Salutes Retired Army Nurse 40min

A retired Army nurse was saluted by Gov. John Baldacci as the nation honored its veterans.

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Related Topix: US Governors, John Baldacci, Maine Government, Maine, Travel

Newsday.com

What time is it?

Even White House press secretary Robert Gibbs found the time change startling as President Barack Obama 's tour of Asia got under way.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Travel, Asia,

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Examiner.com

CATS musical opens in Yokohama Japan

CATS opened in Yokohama on November 11th. The world renowned musical CATS opened in Yokohama, Japan on November 11th, 26 years after it first premiered in the country by the Shiki Theatre Company .

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Asia,

Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Havelock News

Trip to Japan offers look at unique culture

I enjoy new places and things, and went through a week packed to the brim with both.

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Related Topix: Travel, Tokyo, Japan Travel, World News, Japan

Tue Nov 10, 2009

KVIA

Obama says he wants to visit Hiroshima in future

President Barack Obama says he wants to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki sometime during his presidency but won't have time during this week's trip to Japan to go to the cities devastated by U.S. atomic bombs at the end of World War II.

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Related Topix: Travel, Japan, Asia, World News

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