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Name: Japan

population: 128,137,504

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First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 Documents

Gov't turns to AKB48 to sell bonds

Japan?s cash-strapped government is turning to wildly popular music group AKB48 to help it sell government bonds, as interest in the low-yield paper wanes.The all-female pop group will headline a summer campaign for ?reconstruction bonds? aimed at financing ... [ Published 3 hours ago by Japan Today ]

Entities: Japan, Sumo Wrestling, Homare Sawa, Suicide Prevention

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 Documents

Police: 2 Americans arrested after death of...

TOKYO (CNN) -Police have detained two American men as part of an investigation into the strangling death of an Irish exchange student in Tokyo, local authorities said Sunday.Nicola Furlong, 21, was found dead in a hotel room with one of the men, according ... [ Published 22 hours ago by Channel4000 ]

Entities: Tokyo, Nicola Furlong, Police

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 Documents

Google Android

Mobile Naruto Game Planned for North America, Japan

The first official North American mobile Naruto games has been announced. (Android, Mobile, ) ... [ Published 6 hours ago by N4G.com ]

Entities: Naruto (Japan), Japan, Google Android

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents

Alain Resnais

The DFCC in Cannes

A small contingent from the Dublin Film Critics’ Circle was in and about the hurly burly of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. As it winds down — anticipating the jury’s decisions later today — your current correspondent and Tara Brady, both from this ... [ Published 8 hours ago by Irish Times ]

Entities: Liaison, Alain Resnais, Emmanuelle Riva, Thomas Vinterberg, Leos Carax

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 Documents

Do Something

Japan Enlists Pop Girl Group to Do Something About the Economy

Japan has broken free from the long chain of unsatisfying ideas on how to stop global and national economies from sucking so bad by enlisting the help of pop group and wireless router serial number AKB48 to sell government bonds. The country, which is ... [ Published 9 hours ago by Gawker ]

Entities: Do Something, Japan, Yoshihiko Noda, Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 Documents

Chiwoniso Maraire

Japanese musician to perform at Book Café

Japanese artist, Sakaki Mango will on Thursday perform at Book Café in Harare as part of his Southern Africa tour. Accompanied by his band, The Limbe Train Sound System, Mango jets into the country on Tuesday and goes to Murewa on Wednesday for a workshop ... [ Published 9 hours ago by Zimbabwe Standard ]

Entities: Japan, Harare, Chiwoniso Maraire, Zimbabwe

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 Documents

Donald 'Duck' Dunn

Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn Died In His Sleep After 5th Double Show In Tokyo

Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn died at the age of 70 on May 13th while in Tokyo. He was well known in the rock world as the bass player for the band Booker T. and the MGs, a band that was inducted into the Hall of Fame.Dunn had been performing a series of double ... [ Published 14 hours ago by ECanadaNow ]

Entities: Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Tokyo, Eric Clapton

First Reported May 27 2012 - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 Documents

The cost of peace

Memorial Day weekend has, over the years, turned in large part into something it was not originally intended to be:Seventy-two hours of barbecues and ballgames, of swimming-pool openings, of high-decibel sales pitches by merchandisers hoping to cash in ... [ Published May 27 2012 by Channel4000 ]

Entities: Paul Tibbets, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Hiroshima

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents

JVPF helps boost Japan-Vietnam ties

(VOV) - The Japan-Vietnam Peace and Friendship Promotion Council (JVPF) has actively contributed to promoting relations between the two countries’ governments and peoples.This remark was made by Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung at an annual ... [ Published 22 hours ago by Bao Moi.com ]

Entities: Japan Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan, Thai Binh (Vietnam), Vietnam, Friendship

First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Cool Japanese fare at this Bondi hipster

Source: Source: PAPERPLANES, 178 Campbell Pde, Bondi Beach. Phone 9356 8393. Web: paperplanesbondi.com Food: Japanese. Service: Young and keen. Open: Mon to Thurs 5pm-late, Fri to Sun noon-late. Value: Not cheap. Highlight: The funky vibe. Lowlight: The ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Daily Telegraph Australia ]

Entities: Tokyo, Sydney (Australia), Daikon, Buckwheat, Shallot

First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Japan: Fugitive penguin captured

A penguin on the run from a Tokyo aquarium since early March was adjusting to life back on the inside Friday after being recaptured on a riverbank. The Humboldt penguin, one of 135 kept at Tokyo Sea Life Park, was recaptured after 82 days of freedom that ... [ Published May 26 2012 by News Bullet.in ]

Entities: Fugitive, Japan, Tokyo

First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Namie Amuro to embark on first dome tour in 15 years

Okinawan-born singer Namie Amuro, 34, will embark on a dome tour for the first time in 15 years as part of events to mark her 20th anniversary as a singer. The 7-concert ?namie amuro 5 Dome 2012 ～20th Anniversary Best～tour? will take in Yahoo Dome in ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Japan Today ]

Entities: Namie Amuro, Tokyo Dome Corporation, Sapporo

Quotes

...She spoke to me briefly before my performance and then introduced me like this: "Russell Watson - talks like a Beatle - sings like Pavarotti!" It was very funny as she didn't know her mistake! I mean, Manchester is very close to Liverpool but she didn't get my Manc accent at all! I had to explain...

Russell Watson: Loud and Proud to Be British! [Huffington Post UK - 5 hours ago]

"I took it from the realreal life, because I realize that young boys are getting into trouble over drugs," she said. "My lesson is that when you mess around with drugs, there are consequences."

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Blogs

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Japan Enlists Pop Girl Group to Do Something Ab... [ Published 9 hours ago by Gawker ] Japan has broken free from the long chain of unsatisfying ideas on how to stop global and national economies from sucking so bad by enlisting the help of pop group and wireless router serial number AKB48 to sell government bonds. The country, which is ...
Heeless in the Making [ Published 9 hours ago by Style Bubble ] I'm backdating again as I rewind to my trip to Tokyo (even though I'm currently in Shanghai, and then Beijing, my last leg of my trip) where I had another encounter with shoe designer Noritaka Tatehana. I thought nothing could top his kindness of allowing ...
Lady Gaga Cancelled Her Show In Indonesia [ Published 12 hours ago by Dlisted - Be Very Afraid ] She ain't dumb. If someone starts shooting, the ridiculous shit she wears will prevent her from running or diving to save her own ass. Lady Gaga has cancelled her big June 3rd show in Indonesia due to Islamic extremists thinking she's there to corrupt ...
Sundance Selects Acquires ‘Like Someone In Love... [ Published 14 hours ago by Deadline.com ] CANNES, FRANCE (May 27, 2012) – Sundance Selects announced today from the 2012 Cannes Film Festival that the company is acquiring all US rights to LIKE SOMEONEIN LOVE directed and written by former Palme d’Or winner Abbas Kiarostami(CERTIFIED COPY, ...
The Mass Media, YA, and White America: What’s W... [ Published May 27 2012 by Oh No They Didn't! ] Author Kate Hart recently posted a survey on her blog entitled " Uncovering YA Covers: 2011 " where she looked at 624 YA titles, and broke down their covers under a multitude of categories (including things like color schemes) but the most prevalent message ...

Audio/Video

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Fugitive penguin on run for 82 days caught in T... [ Published May 25 2012 by Telegraph TV - YouTube ]
Fugitive Penguin Caught, Returned to Aquarium [ Published May 25 2012 by Associated Press - YouTube ]
Tsunami debris hitting Alaska [ Published May 25 2012 by CBS - YouTube ]
Tokyo Skytree: world's largest tower opens in J... [ Published May 22 2012 by Telegraph TV - YouTube ]
Japan vows to deal with child abductions [ Published May 22 2012 by News On ABC - YouTube ]

Press Releases

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From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Twi... [ Published May 22 2012 by PR Newswire ]