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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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)

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.