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  1. Obesity rethink for British AsiansRead the original story

    8 min ago | Mearns Today

    An international health expert has called for the threshold for being overweight and obese to be lowered for British Asians.

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    Related Topix: Asae, Japan, Sweden, Asa, Sweden, World News, Kyushu, Japan

  2. Moves to oust Japan PM seen growing after Tokyo pollRead the original story

    11 min ago | Reuters

    ... nearly unbroken rule by the conservative LDP and raise the chances of resolving a deadlock in a divided parliament as Japan tries to recover from recession. A survey of 1,087 voters by the Yomiuri newspaper published on Friday showed that 41 percent ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Asia, Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

  3. Obesity warning for British AsiansRead the original story

    13 min ago | This is London

    An international health expert called for the threshold for being overweight and obese to be lowered for British Asians.

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    Related Topix: Asae, Japan, Sweden, Asa, Sweden, World News, Kyushu, Japan

  4. China's NDRC approves PetroChina taking up 49% of Osaka refineryRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Platts

    China's top economic policy planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, has given a green light to PetroChina's plan of investing in a stake in a refinery under Nippon Oil in western Japan.

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    Related Topix: Osaka, Japan, World News, Kinki, Japan, Energy, Oil & Gas, Marketing

  5. Lives Lived: Yolanda FalconiRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Union

    ... 20, 1963. Loni worked as a cosmetologist for thirty plus years. John and Loni lived in Manila, Philippines, and Tokyo, Japan, for eight years where John was associated with Bank of America. They returned to Grass Valley in 1978 and in 2001 moved to ...

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  6. Swine flu quarantine is lifted for 20 UCD students visiting JapanRead the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper

    A Japanese quarantine has been lifted for 20 California students taking a UC Davis class on daily life in Japan, a UC Davis spokeswoman said Thursday.

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Travel, Japan Travel, UC Davis, Kyoto, Japan, World News, Kinki, Japan

  7. Matched duos do stay happyRead the original story

    Mar 13, 2008 | Edmonton Journal

    White Britons are getting lessons in how the principles of arranged marriage could help strengthen their increasingly complicated relationships in a television programme.

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    Related Topix: Wedding, Europe, United Kingdom, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural

  8. Evolutionary graph theory: Breaking the symmetry between interaction and replacementRead the original story

    1 hr ago | CiteULike

    ... MA 02138, USA; Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.}, author = {Ohtsuki, Hisashi and Pacheco, Jorge M. and Nowak, Martin A.}, citeulike-article-id = {1159819}, citeulike-linkout-0 = ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

  9. JR West announces appointment of Vice Chairman Sasaki as presidentRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Kyodo News

    West Japan Railway Co. Vice Chairman Takayuki Sasaki speaks at a news conference in Osaka... West Japan Railway Co.

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    Related Topix: Transportation, Railroads, Osaka, Japan, World News, Kinki, Japan

  10. JR West head ready to fight / Denies he could have foreseen possibility of fatal 2005 derailmentRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Daily Yomiuri

    West Japan Railway Co. President Masao Yamazaki has made clear his intention to wholeheartedly challenge in court his indictment over a fatal 2005 rail crash.

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    Related Topix: Train Disaster, Transportation, Railroads, World News, Asia, Kinki, Japan, Kobe, Japan, Hokkaido, Japan, Hakodate, Japan

  11. LAPD says Jackson's drug history to be probedRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | FOX16.com

    Legend Award winner Michael Jackson poses with his award at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards at the Yoyogi National Athletic Stadium May 27, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan.

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

  12. Different arts: Paintings in rice paddy in JapanRead the original story w/Photo

    4 hrs ago | CCTV

    Each year, farmers in the town of Inakadate in Aomori prefecture create works of crop art by growing a little purple and yellow-leafed kodaimai rice along with their local green-leafed tsugaru-roman variety.

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    Related Topix: Asia, World News

  13. Navy unsure if missing sailor has transmitterRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Stars and Stripes

    YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan a ' The Navy continued its search Thursday for a sailor who fell overboard from the USS Shiloh in waters leading to Tokyo Harbor.

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US Navy, US News, US Politics, Representative Glenn Nye, US House of Representatives, Democrat

  14. Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filingRead the original story w/Photo

    5 hrs ago | Business Wire

    ... Sheets:SHCC) announced today that its 100% wholly owned operating subsidiary, Ecoindex Co. Ltd., located in Tokyo, Japan, has agreed - CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CCS Medical, a leading direct-to-consumer provider of medical supplies, today ...

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    Related Topix: Bristol Myers Squibb, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, PXRE Group, Argonaut Group, Insurance, ManTech International, Computers, IT Services, Software, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Kanto, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, World News

  15. Comedian's global jog hits New YorkRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Asahi Shimbun

    Comedian Kanpei Hazama, who is on a two-year "Earth Marathon" to sail and run around the world, jogged into the Big Apple on Wednesday evening local time.

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    Related Topix: Sports, Olympics

  16. Japan Steel Works gets hit with tax billRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Asahi Shimbun

    Tax authorities have accused Japan Steel Works Ltd. of deliberately concealing 580 million yen in income, including money disguised as aid to a struggling Hokkaido waste disposal affiliate, sources said.

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    Related Topix: Muroran, Japan, Hokkaido, Japan, World News

  17. EDITORIAL: JR West chief chargedRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Asahi Shimbun

    Who, if any, must assume criminal liability for the 2005 train derailment on the JR Takarazuka Line that killed 107 and injured hundreds? More than four years since the railway disaster, the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office on Wednesday indicted West Japan Railway Co.

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    Related Topix: Train Disaster, World News, Kinki, Japan, Kobe, Japan, Transportation, Railroads, Opinion

  18. Weekend: The allure of heavy metalRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Asahi Shimbun

    ... the spotlight. The industrial complexes have become new sightseeing destinations. Once referred to as a "relic" of Japan's high-growth period, the area seems to be on a path toward a brighter future. Also, the industries themselves have begun ...

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    Related Topix: Kanto, Japan, World News, Chiba, Japan

  19. NPB: Giants' Obispo shuts down BayStarsRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Asahi Shimbun

    Wirfin Obispo tossed 7 1/3 scoreless innings as the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Yokohama BayStars 2-0 at Tokyo Dome in Thursday's Central League play.

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  20. Fake passports and other official documents allegedly forged by a...Read the original story w/Photo

    5 hrs ago | Asahi Shimbun

    ... to be uncovered in this country. The forgeries were sold in sets to Chinese and South Koreans residing illegally in Japan, the police said. Investigators said the work is so good, it was almost impossible to differentiate from the real thing. ...

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    Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Asia, Chiba, Japan, Kanto, Japan