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![]() AFP | Japan claim fifth straight Asian title Ninemsn Japan claimed their fifth straight Asian Five Nations title on Saturday when they smashed Hong Kong 67-0 in Tokyo to remain unbeaten in the five-year history of the competition. The rout was under way early, centre Yu Tamura finishing off a flowing ... Japan need to improve, says coach Jones Japan beat Hong Kong for five nations win Japan wins fifth straight Asia rugby title |
![]() Zee News | Adi Godrej leadingCEOs team to Japan Hindu Business Line The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organising a 19-member CEOs' delegation visit to Japan as part of the celebration of 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. “The intensity of involvement or engagement from Japan in ... India-Japan trade to touch USD 25 billion by 2014: Study |
![]() Independent Online | Japan to pay up at R1m a day Independent Online Picture: Neil Baynes The Japanese owner of the ill-fated Eihatsu Maru, expected to arrive in Cape Town today after the vessel was successfully towed off Clifton First Beach on Friday, was apparently delayed by visa issues. But fears that the estimated ... Japan govt: Trawler owners must co-operate |
Trade win with Malaysia spurs regional talks The Australian The agreement - only Australia's sixth bilateral free-trade deal - comes amid slow progress on negotiations over deals with major trading partners such as China, South Korea and Japan. But Trade Minister Craig Emerson, who will sign the pact with his ... |
![]() The Chosun Ilbo | Japan Jumps Into Global Satellite-Launch Competition Defense Update With a flourish in launching four satellites aboard a single launch vehicle, Japan gave the world notice that it is now prepared to compete in the international space cargo business. This launch was the first time a foreign satellite was carried aloft ... Japan's space industry shoud build on H-2A rocket success Japan Launches S.Korean Satellite into Orbit Japan Enter Market for Space Satellite Transport |
![]() AsiaOne | Twin quakes rock Japan AsiaOne People offering prayers at the first year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan on March 11, 2012. TOKYO - Japan was hit by two shallow earthquakes in the space of just eight minutes on Sunday, one of them measuring a strong ... 2 shallow earthquakes rock Japan's Pacific coast 6.2-magnitude Quake Jolts Northeast Japan Earthquake hits eastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued |
Japanese Retail Investors Fund ADB Clean Energy Projects CleanTechnica There are signs that there's healthy demand on the part of retail and professional private sector investors, particularly in Japan, in helping finance the transition to clean, renewable energy. This past week the Asian Development Bank (ADB) sold $339 ... |
![]() CTV.ca | Japanese women, 73, breaks her own Everest record CTV.ca Tamae Watanabe, right, of Japan poses with a photographer Noriyuki Muraguchi at a base camp on the foot of Mt. Everest in Nepal on Thursday, May 9, 2002. (AP /Office Seven Summits) In this file photo, the last light of the day sets on Mount Everest as ... 73-year-old woman scales Mount Everest 73-year-old Japanese woman scales Mount Everest 73-year-old woman summits Everest |
![]() Sydney Morning Herald | Japan mayor fights to erase tattoos Sydney Morning Herald Tattoos, especially large, intricate motifs of mythical beasts and shogun-era courtesans, are traditionally associated in Japan with Yakuza gang membership. These days, modest designs occasionally visible on the arms, necks and legs of young Japanese ... Japan mayor: I wouldn't hire tattooed stars Johnny Depp, Lady Gaga Osaka mayor has old guard running scared A Tatt too far: Osaka Mayor tells inked workers to cover up |
![]() AFP | Ring of Fire: How Japan sees it Embedded.com I'm not an eclipse chaser and I wasn't even aware of all this hoo-ha 'til last week at LAX when I bumped into a geophysicist – who was on route to a GeoScience conference in Japan. In the airport lounge, Jeffery Love, US Geological Survey advisor for ... Japan readies for 'ring' solar eclipse Annular solar eclipse to be observed by 83 million people across Japan Solar eclipse 2012 awaited by East Asia, western US |