By, Uwe Paschen. Today is a very important day here in Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon, officially 日本国 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku) for most Families since most have some one in their family that will celebrate...
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" This morning at around 11:00 AM (Beijing Standard Time), at least three Tibetans were severely beaten and detained by the Chinese security forces for staging a peaceful protest in Kardze County, Kardze "Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture" ('TAP') Sichuan Province, according to...
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Luck just doesn't feel the same in this GMO world."A 21-leaf clover discovered on June 3 by Iwate prefecture farmer Shigeo Obara has shattered the Guinness world record for most leaves on a clover stem (Trifolium...
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U.S. Naval Forces Japan headquarters has produced a Japaneselanguage manga comic depicting the life of a U.S. serviceman ofJapanese origin working as a crew member on a nuclear-powered aircraftcarrier. The carrier USS George Washington will be deployed to the U.S. naval base...
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"BEIJING — New violence has broken out in a volatile Tibetan region of western China, leaving eight people dead, an overseas Tibet activist group said Friday. China's official Xinhua News Agency said...
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"New violence has broken out in a volatile Tibetan region of western China, leaving eight people dead, an overseas Tibet activist group says. China's official Xinhua News Agency said a government official was...
New violence is being reported in a Tibetan region of western China, leaving at least 8 people dead. Apparently police opened fire on hundreds of buddhist monks and people who had marched on government offices to...
"It looks as though that Chicken Teriyaki may be a little more difficult to come by in a couple of "Prefectures" (counties) in southwestern Japan.
Japan has been fairly safe from large scale bird flu infections...
A giant among inexpensive packaged food producers has died. If it weren't for ramen noodles (and potato logs, and beer) then making it through college would have been a lot tougher. (h/t slash-dot)"OSAKA (Kyodo) Momofuku Ando, the founder of Nissin Food Products Co. and...
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TOKYO - Japanese researchers said Sunday that a bottlenose dolphin captured last month has an extra set of fins that could be the remains of hind legs, a discovery that may provide further evidence that...
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