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3 hrs ago | Airport Business

Japan Airlines Signs OnPoint Solution Agreement on Its GE90 Engine Fleet

Under this agreement, JAL will perform the overhaul and certain repairs at its engine maintenance center located in Narita, Japan, and GE will provide material and repair management services.

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Related Topix: World News, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing 777, Boeing 737

8 hrs ago | AccuWeather.com

Tropical Storm Leepi a Flood Risk to Philippines, Japan

Leepi, a minimal tropical storm as of Tuesday, was expected to pose a flooding rain threat to the Philippines and Japan while tracking northward this week.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Philippines, World News, Weather

11 hrs ago | MediLexicon

Bones Affected By Excessive Salt Consumption

A high-salt diet raises a woman's risk of breaking a bone after menopause, no matter what her bone density is, according to a new study that was presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

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Related Topix: Back Pain, Health, Life, Food, Medicine, Nutrition, World News, Asia

15 hrs ago | PR-inside.com

Nagano Japan Radio Co., Ltd. (6878) - Financial and Strategic SWOT...

The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company's key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats.

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Related Topix: World News

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Global Voices Online

Support Snowden Rally in Hong Kong

HongWrong has collected a large number of media reports on the rally to support Edward Snowden in Hong Kong on 15 of June, 2013.

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Related Topix: Blog News, World News

Bloomberg

Abenomics Mobilizes Japan Homebuyers to Action

The Susukino district of Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, on June 9, 2013. Japan's economy grew more than the government initially estimated in the first quarter, helping Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to sustain confidence in his campaign to defeat deflation.

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Related Topix: World News, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home Buying, Home Listing

SciFi Japan

Blue Exorcist the Movie Set for Theatrical Release Across the Us

US theatrical poster for BLUE EXORCIST THE MOVIE. Image courtesy of AniplexUSA. © KAZUE KATO/SHUEISHA, Blue Exorcist The Movie 2012 This August, BLUE EXORCIST fans will be treated to something special.

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Related Topix: Santa Monica, CA, World News

ETaiwanNews.com

Kinmen is bird-watching paradise: Japanese wild bird society

Kinmen, June 17 Taiwan's outlying island of Kinmen County is a bird watchers' paradise because of its many species and its importance as a stop for migratory birds, Masahiro Hashimoto, president of the Osaka branch of the Wild Bird Society of , said Monday.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Bird Watching, World News

Malaysian National News Agency

Japan, Four Eastern European Nations Agree To Beef Up Ties

WARSAW, Poland, June 17 -- Japan agreed to strengthen security and energy cooperation with four Eastern European countries that form the Visegrad Group, or V4, at their summit held in the Polish capital on Sunday, Japan's Jiji Press reported.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Poland, Donald Tusk, Robert Fico, North Korea,

The Las Vegas Sun

Obama, Japan's Abe talk NKorea, China, trade

The White House says President Barack Obama has spoken with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about North Korea's nuclear program and a territorial dispute with China.

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Related Topix: World News, North Korea,

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Bloomberg

Japan Shares Rise Amid Low Volume Ahead of Fed Meeting

Japanese shares rose, with the Topix index climbing for a second day amid low volume ahead of tomorrow's Federal Reserve policy meeting.

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AdelaideNow...

Barrier Reef vies for heritage listing

AUSTRALIA'S Great Barrier Reef and six ancient Syrian sites could be listed as endangered by UNESCO, which on Sunday begins its annual session to decide which global cultural and natural treasures merit World Heritage status.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Travel

Japan Herald

Davies - Japan tour a benefit

Wales captain Bradley Davies feels the steep learning curve of the summer tour to Japan will be crucial in the inexperienced squad's long-term development.The tourists won the opening Test 22-18 in Osaka but were beaten 23-8 in Tokyo, Japan's first win over a side ranked in the world's top 10. The Welsh party was reduced by the call-up of 15 ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Tokyo: 5 freebies from shrine to 'cool' Japan

Finding free things in one of the world's most expensive cities may sound impossible.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Akihito Akihito, Shinto, Religion

The Washington Post

Aluminum Fees Immune to Abenomics as Japan Buyers Don't Budge

Two aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia's biggest importer, agreed to keep fees paid to producers steady in the third quarter as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's stimulus has been slow to spur demand, three executives said.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News, Science / Technology

TwinCities

In Japan, new policy spurs solar power boom

Across Japan, technology firms and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Energy

KRMG-AM Tulsa

NC woman recalls 'The Forgotten War' as nurse

She graduated from Presbyterian Hospital's nursing school, enlisted in the Army Nursing Corps, went through basic training at Fort Sam Houston and as a second lieutenant receiving her orders in Tokyo, Japan, she learned she was headed to Korea.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Sam Houston, World News, North Korea, Asia, Mecklenburg County, VA, US Marine Corps

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Hypebeast.com

Human Made 2013 Spring/Summer Shirts

Ironic as it may be, it's common knowledge that the Japanese are hard to beat when it comes to Americana.

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Related Topix: World News

Christian Science Monitor

Lego figurines: No more Mr. Nice Toy?

That's the finding of a recent study, which showed that an increasing number of Lego figures' faces are scowling, frowning, or snarling rather than smiling.

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Related Topix: World News, Education

Jalopnik

The Fastest Car In All Of 1970's Japan Was A Tiny Little Honda

Okay, so I lied. My pants are indeed aflame. The fastest car in all of Japan in the 1970's was not a tiny little Honda, but you'd have no idea of that if you were an alien that happened to crash land in Kyoto circa 1972 and saw this ad for the Asahi Pentax camera.

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Related Topix: World News, Autos