Chinese in Japan
Extending as far back as 219 BCE when alchemist Xu Fu is said to have come to Japan with a shipload of Chinese youth, the presence, through the nineteenth century, of the Chinese in J...
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The Wakayama municipal government and Microsoft Corp. said
Friday they will run a joint program to boost the basic academic
ability of students at the city's 52 public elementary schools usin...
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JUNE 17 (SUN)
-- Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei to visit Japan,
through June 19.
JUNE 18 (MON)
-- Cabinet Office to release monthly economic report for May.
-- Japa...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Asia-Pacific press:
UPPER HOUSE POLLS CRUCIAL TEST FOR ABE (The Business Times,
Singapore)
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be about to be ousted ...
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The Nippon Ham Fighters staged a three-run rally in the eighth
inning against Hideaki Wakui on Sunday as the Pacific League leaders
overcame a two-run deficit to edge the Seibu Lions 3-2 for ...
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Opposition Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa said
Wednesday his party's opposition to extending Japan's refueling
support in the Indian Ocean for U.S.-...
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Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Monday that a
recently found film clip on a complete version of the country's
national anthem ''Indonesia Raya'' containing the long-missing third
...
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Japan Post, Nippon Express to combine delivery service in Oct. 2008
TOKYO - Japan Post Holdings Co. and Nippon Express Co. said
Friday they will integrate their parcel delivery s...
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The Japanese consul general recently threw open the doors of his
grand European-style home here to showcase Kawagoe, Japan's famous
castle town in Saitama Prefecture.
The first-time event ...
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Mitoji Yabunaka and Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's former and current
top negotiators to the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear
issue, were given the Foreign Ministry's top administrative ...
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Mitoji Yabunaka and Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's former and current
top negotiators to the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear
issue, were given the Foreign Ministry's top administrative ...
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Chinese in Japan
Microsoft, Wakayama City to run education program using Tablet PCs
