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Japan to go nuclear-free for first time since 1970
TOKYO, May 4, 2012 (AFP) – Japan is set to go without nuclear energy for the first time since 1970 from Saturday, when the last operating reactor shuts down for maintenance, heightening fears of a looming power crunch this summer. …
Japan ‘no longer rich country’ by 2050: think tank
TOKYO, April 19, 2012 (AFP) - Japan could fall out of the league of developed nations by 2050 as a shrinking and greying population as well as slowing
Japan Study Program Opens For Japanese American Students
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan is sponsoring a 2-weeks study program for Japanese American high school students from June 29 to July 10, 2012. The program
Masterful Japanese floral scrolls come to US
WASHINGTON, March 26, 2012 (AFP) - Thirty bird-and-flower paintings by the Japanese master Ito Jakuchu will go on display this week in Washington, marking the first time the
Consul General Hanatani Leaving Atlanta
Atlanta, March 15 -- Mr. Takuji Hanatani who serves as Consul General of Japan Atlanta for the past three years is completing his assignment at the end of
Japan marks anniversary of tsunami tragedy
ISHINOMAKI, March 11, 2012 (AFP) - Japan fell silent Sunday to honor the 19,000 people killed a year ago in a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that triggered the
One year on, ‘ghosts’ stalk Japan’s tsunami city
ISHINOMAKI, March 8, 2012 (AFP) - A year after whole neighborhoods full of people were killed by the Japanese tsunami, rumors of ghosts swirl in Ishinomaki as the
Tokyo to relax rules on poisonous puffer fish
TOKYO, March 5, 2012 (AFP) - Tokyo is set to relax its strict controls on the sale of the poisonous puffer fish, a dangerous but highly-prized delicacy known
Japanese monk guards remains of tsunami unknown
YAMAMOTO, March 3, 2012 (AFP) - Hundreds of the 19,000 people killed by Japan's horrific quake-tsunami remain unmourned, their bodies never claimed because there is no one left
Japan emperor to have heart bypass surgery: palace
TOKYO, February 12, 2012 (AFP) - Japan's Emperor Akihito, 78, will undergo heart bypass surgery this week after tests showed the narrowing of his arteries has worsened, the
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