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Japan Travel Wire

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Results 1 - 20 of 1,124 in Japan Travel

  1. SUU hosts traveling Hiroshima memorialRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | TheSpectrum.com

    CEDAR CITY - Southern Utah University will host Utah's stop on a 50-state Hiroshima Peace Memorial Traveling Museum Exhibit with a convocation lecture by an atomic bomb attack survivor.

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    Related Topix: Chugoku, Japan, World News, Japan, Hiroshima, Japan, Travel, Hiroshima, Japan Travel, Cedar City, UT, Southern Utah University, Life, Hobbies, Origami

  2. Former Seoul StationRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Japan Visitor Blog

    The brick structure is actually closed now, having been replaced in 2004 with the completion of the new Seoul Station .

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    Related Topix: Seoul, South Korea, South Korea, Kyonggi-do, South Korea, World News

  3. Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor to speak at SUU TuesdayRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | The Spectrum Online Edition

    Southern Utah University will host Utah's stop on the 50-state Hiroshima Peace Memorial Traveling Museum Exhibit with a convocation lecture from an atomic bomb attack survivor.

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    Related Topix: Travel, Hiroshima, Japan Travel, Southern Utah University

  4. Education in Brief 17/11,Read the original story

    22 hrs ago | VietNamNet

    The number of Vietnamese students pursuing their studies in the US has grown rapidly during 2008 to 8,769 students.

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    Related Topix: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, World News, Vietnam, Vietnam Travel, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Japan, Asia

  5. Introducing Restaurants and Shops in Kyo-machiyaRead the original story

    Yesterday | The Kyoto Shimbun News

    The tourist map "Kyo-Machiya Hannari Map" has been published by Kyo-Machiya Hannari-kai, whose office is at the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry, providing information about local sightseeing courses, as ...

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    Related Topix: Kyoto, Japan Travel, Travel

  6. Local student heading to JapanRead the original story

    Sunday | Brazil Times

    For four years Misty Rissler has wanted to travel to Japan, and every time her mom said "no," but this year she said OK.

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    Related Topix: Travel, Indiana State University, Northview, MI

  7. Govt to tackle nation's coastal garbage / Measure will ease burden on ...Read the original story

    Sunday | Daily Yomiuri

    Govt to tackle nation's coastal garbage / Measure will ease burden on municipalities suffering influx of overseas waste The Yomiuri Shimbun The Environment Ministry intends to destroy mountains of garbage that ...

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    Related Topix: Japan, Asia, World News

  8. Soccer: Otago win battle of the southRead the original story

    Sunday | The New Zealand Herald

    A stoppage-time penalty earned Otago United a deserved first win of the New Zealand Championship and South Island bragging rights.

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  9. Japan cities want nuclear heads-up

    Saturday Nov 15 | Stars and Stripes

    A council of port cities in Japan has asked the U.S. military via the Foreign Ministry to make sure it notifies the Japanese before any U.S. nuclear-powered vessels make port calls in the country, Kyodo News ...

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    Related Topix: Travel, US Military, US Navy, US Navy, US News

  10. Japanese Maples in Miyajima Island

    Friday Nov 14 | About.com

    Miyajima Island in Hiroshima is one of the Japan's most scenic sights, and Itsukushima Shrine is inscribed on the UNESCO's World Heritage List .

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    Related Topix: Chugoku, Japan, Miyajima, Japan, Japan, World News, Travel

  11. History Fans Get Their Own IdolsRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 12 | Nikkei Net Interactive

    A couple of young women with pretty looks and profound knowledge of history are establishing themselves as a new category of celebrity with the name "reki-doru" -- a short for "rekishi aidoru," or history idol.

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    Related Topix: Travel, Tokyo, Japan Travel

  12. IKEA - Port Island, KobeRead the original story

    Friday Nov 14 | Japan Visitor Blog

    IKEA a a 1 4a Sa a a a 3a < IKEA's Port Island store in Kobe is a massive 293,000-square feet.

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    Related Topix: Kinki, Japan, Japan, World News, Kobe, Japan, Travel

  13. Japan to sign treaty banning cluster bombsRead the original story

    Friday Nov 14 | The News

    Saturday, November 15, 2008 TOKYO: Japan signalled on Friday it would sign an international agreement to ban cluster bombs after being an unlikely holdout in negotiations to abolish the weapons blamed for ...

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    Related Topix: Norway, Europe, World News, Takeo, Japan, Kyushu, Japan, Japan

  14. Life in JAPANTaking a structural stance on cultureRead the original story

    Friday Nov 14 | The Japan Times

    It was at the groundbreaking ceremony of Osaka's Breeze Tower in the spring of 2006 that architect Yuichiro Edagawa met a German woman by the name of Sybille Fanelsa and happened to tell her about his cherished ...

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    Related Topix: Osaka, Japan, World News, Kinki, Japan, Japan, Travel, Architectural Design, Arts, Tokyo, Japan Travel, Nara Bancorp, Banking, Financial Services, Kyoto, Japan

  15. Will diplomatic feats at G20 boost Japanese PM's low poll ratings?Read the original story

    Friday Nov 14 | Manila Times

    TOKYO: Japan's premier heads to the G20 meeting on the financial crisis hoping to raise his country's political influence by offering experience, and maybe some money, to help fix the global economy.

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    Related Topix: Travel, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Joe Handley, Canada, Barack Obama, George Bush, Opinion

  16. EDITORIAL: Tokyo war crimes trialRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 13 | Asahi Shimbun

    Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of the verdicts handed down by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

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

  17. OEFF marks 15th yearRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 13 | The Japan Times

    The Osaka European Film Festival, running until Dec. 5, is one of the largest film events of its kind in Asia, and will offer a special opportunity for movie enthusiasts in the Kansai region next weekend to ...

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    Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment

  18. Cats Kyoto - Video booths by the hourRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 13 | Japan Visitor Blog

    In a nutshell, what Cats offers is tiny rooms where you can watch DVDs--adult or non-adult--for pre-set periods of time.

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    Related Topix: Kyoto, Japan, World News, Kinki, Japan, Japan, Osaka, Japan

  19. Tokyo Midnight - HankoneRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 13 | Mad About Shanghai

    Day 3 was suppose to be the hightlight of my trip. On this day, both Alice and Eileen had to work and I had the whole day to myself to explore one of the most lovely natural sites in Tokyo, Hakone National ...

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    Related Topix: Fuji, Japan, World News, Japan, Kyoto, Japan, Kinki, Japan, Travel, Odawara, Japan, Kanto, Japan

  20. Shipping official arrested over ferry shortcuts

    Thursday Nov 13 | Daily Yomiuri

    The Yokohama Coast Guard Office on Wednesday arrested a senior official of a Tokyo-based shipping company on suspicion he allowed ship captains to divert four ferries traveling between Tokyo and Kitakyushu to ...

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    Related Topix: Travel, Tokyo, Japan Travel