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Panda! Go Panda

After working as a key animator on films like Prince of the Sun , Puss 'n Boots and Animal Treasure Island and directing select episodes for Lupin III at the beginning of the seventies, a then 30 year-old Hayao Miyazaki was given the opportunity to create something unique all of his own.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Japan, Asia

Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Honolulu Advertiser

Konishiki to lead Japan campaign

Marriott Resorts' next big Hawai'i promotional bus tour to Japan in the fall is getting a big boost from retired sumo wrestler Konishiki.

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Raw Story

Japan emperor, empress leave for Canada, Hawaii

Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko left on Friday for a 15-day goodwill tour of Canada and Hawaii, with the ageing monarch revealing his personal attachment to both destinations.

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Related Topix: Travel, North America, Canada, Canada Travel, World News, Hawaii Travel, Japan, Asia, Akihito Akihito

Thu Jul 02, 2009

The Times of India

Japan's Yukiya Amano to head IAEA

VIENNA: Veteran Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano won the contest on Thursday to head the International Atomic Energy Agency, giving him a pivotal role in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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The Toronto Star

Japan's visiting royals

Despite some "severely cold weather," Crown Prince Akihito of Japan seemed to enjoy his first trip to Canada as a young man of 19 more than a half-century ago.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Japan, Asia, North America, Canada, Weather, Canada Travel,

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Slate

What if Paul Krugman was a Japanese woman?

"Please do not believe all the talk about the green shoots of the Japanese economy, which I suspect you might have heard.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Travel

The Ottumwa Courier

ETCETERA: Courier goes to Japan and a dance recital

John Malloy, Cindy Brown, Connie Malloy holding daughter Hannah Malloy, Reece Amos and Milly Morris-Amos with the Courier in Milwaukee, Wis.

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Expressindia

Japanese fans steal DiCaprio's shoes

New York Hollywood heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio snubbed a group of Japanese fans during a recent trip to Japan and they extracted revenge on the star by stealing his shoes.

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Related Topix: Titanic, Drama Movies, Action Movies, History Movies, Leonardo DiCaprio, Travel, World News, Japan

Tue Jun 30, 2009

SplashNews

Leonardo DiCaprio: Barefoot In Japan

Leonardo DiCaprio was left barefoot in Japan recently. The Titanic star was visiting a temple in Japan when he was asked to pose for a few photos with some tourists from the US.

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Related Topix: Titanic, Travel, Drama Movies, Action Movies, History Movies, Leonardo DiCaprio

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Slate

Why does Japan, the world's most efficient economy, have so many...

More than any other country in the world, Japan is a case study in the triumphs of human engineering.

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Related Topix: Travel, Toyota Prius, Hybrid Vehicles, Toyota, World News, Japan, Robots

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Pittsburgh Tribune

Japanese dogged by threats

When Eugene Reyes turns on his computer and reads news headlines, he's reminded about his fear of a nuclear-armed North Korea within striking distance of his family.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, Travel, Japan

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Kyodo News

Tourism minister declares Japan safe from new-flu threat

Japan is now safe from the threat of the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza epidemic, tourism minister Kazuyoshi Kaneko said Friday.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Japan, Asia, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Medicine, Influenza, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters,

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Online Scene

Japan: Martial Art's Headquarters

On the last day of February members of The University of Southampton's Shorinji Kempo club flew half way around the world for what is becoming an annual trip to the world headquarters of our martial art, Japan.

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

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Tacoma Weekly

Delegation will deliver a message of peace in Japan

PEACE OFFERINGS. From left to right, Angela Chan, Keifer Sumers and Zea Gutierrez, students at Holy Rosary Catholic School, display origami cranes they made for the delegation.

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Related Topix: Travel, Life, Hobbies, Origami, Activism, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US Military, US Navy, US News

Gay Times

3 and their wacky Japanese CD

Audio Slave mix tape kicks off the 3 Snapshots project. Sometimes corporations, especially in technology and communications, launch campaigns that are so multifaceted and artistic that I suspect not even they know precisely what is going on.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Japan

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Times Online

Go sushi: 10 best bites from Japan

"What you know about Japan food, huh? You think you know anything about Japan food? Only in Japan! You can not taste it here in Europe." With these words from my permanently crotchety Japanese friend Toshi ringing in my ears, I set off with my family on an epic journey spanning the length of Japan to discover the wonders of Japanese cuisine.

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Related Topix: Travel, Life, Sushi, Japanese Cuisine, Food, Recipes, World News, Japan

Startribune.com

Mound family's wrongful death suit is close to closure

A Minnesota family has reached a settlement, pending court approval, in a wrongful-death lawsuit they filed after their 16-year-old son died in Japan two summers ago.

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Related Topix: Mound, MN, Travel, Hennepin County, MN

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Domain-B

Japan Airlines to reduce frequency to New Delhi from July

Asia's largest airline operator and Japan's flag carrier, Japan Airlines , has said it will reduce the frequency of its services in the Asia region from 1 July 2009.

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Related Topix: Travel, South Korea, World News, Japan, Osaka, Japan Travel

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Japan's PM snubs son of British POW

Japan's prime minister, Taro Aso, faced fresh demands that he apologise to former prisoners of war after he cancelled a meeting with the son of a Royal Navy stoker used as a slave labourer in his family's coal mines.

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Related Topix: Travel, Australia Travel, Sydney, Australia Travel

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Asbury Park Press

Princeton pair honored for finch research

A husband-and-wife team of biologists from Princeton University have won a major scientific award honoring their decades of research in the Galapagos Islands.

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Related Topix: Princeton, NJ, Princeton University, World News, Ecuador, Travel

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