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Japans elderly not acting their age
SAITAMA, Japan: When amateur actress Etsuko Shigemoto walks out in front of a Paris audience in an all-Japanese production this month she will forget about being 87 years old."I have weak hearing and poor sight. I have problems all over my body," she said. "But I am still young in spirit."Shigemoto is one of a troupe of elderly actors -- average age 74 -- under the tutelage ...
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29 killed in South Sudan cattle raid Report
JUBA: At least 29 people were killed when cattle raiders from a South Sudanese minority group opened fire on members of another minority in a village in Upper Nile state, a local official said Sunday. The gunmen crept into Tolleri village in Ulang county in the early hours of Saturday morning and sprayed it with bullets, killing 23 people instantly, said Dak Tap Chuol, commissioner for the ...
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Philippines waiting for Taiwan anger to cool
Amadeo Perez, chairman of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Center) AFP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is waiting for tempers in Taiwan to cool before settling the dispute over a shot Taiwanese fisherman, the head of an office in charge of relations said Sunday. Issues like Manila’s ';one-China'; policy and comments by Taiwanese investigators ...
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China police billions spell profit opportunity
View Photo Two Chinese paramilitary police test a telescopic sight fitted on a gun model at the China International Exhibition and Symposium on Police Equipment and Anti-Terrorism Technology and Equipment in Beijing on May 15, ...
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Imran Khan blames MQM for his party leaders killing
Imran Khan has held the chief of Mutthaida Qaumi Movement (MQM) directly responsible for the killing of a senior leader of his party in the city. "I ...
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Take gradual initiatives Kayani tells Nawaz on ties with India
The report said Kayani called on Sharif to congratulate him on the PML-N's success in the general election and informally talked "about all national security ...
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JK Rowlings personal copy of Harry Potter to go on sale
Harry Potter book , complete with handwritten notes which reveal the author invented the fictional sport of Quidditch after a row with her then-boyfriend, is going up for sale. Rowling will auction a hand signed, annotated ...
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Japanese ministers criticize Hashimoto for remarks on comfort women
Japanese ministers denounced Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on Tuesday, a day after he said sexual servitude by women was "necessary" for Japan's soldiers during World War II to maintain discipline in the military, Kyodo News reports. But Shintaro Ishihara, an opposition lawmaker who co-heads the Japan Restoration Party with Hashimoto, defended the outspoken mayor, saying that ...
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Japan pulls back on denials of WWII sex slaves
Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its troops coerced Asian women into sexual slavery before and during World War II. A parliamentary statement signed Tuesday by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledged the government had a set of documents produced by a postwar international military tribunal containing ...
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Japan protests to China over Okinawa claim
Japan has lodged a diplomatic protest with China over an article in a state-run publication that challenged the ownership of Okinawa, home to major US bases, officials said Thursday. The People's Daily on Wednesday published a call for a review of Japan's sovereignty over Okinawa, suggesting that Beijing may be the rightful owner. The call came as the two countries are already at ...
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Japan defends PM aides surprise N.Korea trip
TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese minister on Sunday defended a surprise visit to North Korea by one of the prime minister's aides which Washington and Seoul said could not help efforts to forge a united front against Pyongyang.Akira Amari, state minister of economic revitalisation, said the four-day trip by Isao Iijima reflected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resolve to have North Korea come ...
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Fijian leader looks to Russia and China
FIJI'S military ruler says he will meet Beijing's leaders in China this month, a week after unveiling an official trip to Russia, as he looks beyond strained regional ties in the South Pacific. Frank Bainimarama has been banned from Australia and New Zealand since seizing control in a 2006 coup. His announcement that he would hold talks with Premier Li Keqiang and President Xi Jinping ...
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5 policemen wounded in clash with leftist rebels in S. Philippines
Five Philippine policemen were wounded following a clash with leftist rebels in southern Philippines on Saturday, officials said on Sunday.Police commandos from the 11th Special Action Force were conducting combat patrol in Sta. Cruz village, Tagbina town, in Mindanao's Surigao del Sur province when they encountered some 30 New People's Army guerrillas at 10:30 a.m., according to ...
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S. Korea holds press conference on DPRKs missile launch
South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-suk speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, May 18, 2013. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea's defense ministry. ...
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Blooming azalea attracts visitors in NE China
A visitor takes photo of azalea in a national forest park in Huinan County, Northeast China's Jilin Province, May 18, 2013. The blooming azalea in the park attracted many visitors and photographers. (Xinhua/Zhang ...
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Courtyards under protective reconstruction in C China
Photo taken on May 18, 2013 shows a renovated sunken courtyard in Qucun Village of Zhangbian Township in Shaanxian County, Central China's Henan Province. The sunken courtyard, a kind of traditional residential construction in west Henan, has a high value in the study of local histroy, architecture, geology and sociology. The Qucun Village has 115 sunken courtyards, most of which are under ...
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Fiji turns to Russia China amid strained regional ties
SUVA (AFP) - Fiji's military ruler said on Sunday he would meet Beijing's leaders in China this month, a week after unveiling an official trip to Russia, as he looks beyond strained regional ties in the South Pacific. Mr Voreqe Bainimarama has been banned from Australia and New Zealand since seizing control in a 2006 coup. His announcement that he would hold talks with Premier Li ...
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IPL 6 David Warner reported for breaching Cricket Australias Code of Behaviour
Warner"s twitter tirade occurred in the early hours of Sunday, and was apparently prompted by a Craddock article titled "Dangers of living it up in the Indian Premier League", in which he explored the IPL and its multiple problems in light of the recent spot-fixing ...
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Australias Griffin Wins Weather-Hit Event in South Korea
(Reuters) - Australian Matthew Griffin won the SK Telecom Open at South Korea's Jeju Island by one shot after Sunday's final round was called off due to heavy fog. A 40-foot putt from the back of the green on the 18th guaranteed him the third-round lead on Saturday and it turned out to be the winning shot at the 1 billion Korean won ($895,700) OneAsia event at the Pinx Golf Club. ...
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Iran hangs two for spying for Israel US
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran hanged two convicted spies on Sunday, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the Tehran prosecutor's office announced. Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving payment to provide intelligence on various security issues and national secrets in repeated meetings with the ...
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DPRK spurns Seouls demand on Kaesong industrial park Yonhap
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday rejected a South Korean demand for a promise not to take any actions that may again disrupt the operations at a joint industrial complex in its territory, calling it "ridiculous", Yonhap News Agency reports on Thursday. The joint industrial complex in DPRK's border city of Kaesong remains shut down since early ...
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Japanese lawmaker fired over China trip
Japan's upper house passed a resolution Thursday dismissing Yoriko Kawaguchi, a senior lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, as head of one of its standing committees over her recent trip to China, fueling tensions between the ruling and opposition camps ahead of this summer's national election. The resolution, backed by seven opposition parties, criticized Kawaguchi, a former ...
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Taiwan fishermen burn Filipino flags in protest over fatal shooting
Angry fishermen burn Filipino flags outside the Philippine representative office in Taipei in a protest at the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard. Hundreds of fishermen wearing yellow headbands and chanting "Justice must be done!" and "Killer must be punished!" hurled eggs at the office and demanded Manila apologize for the incident last Thursday ...
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Chinas largest yacht marina settles down at Shimei Bay Hainan
The opening ceremony of Shimei Bay Yacht Club invested by China Resources group was held on May 11 marking China’s largest yacht marina settling down at Shimei Bay, Hainan. According to the President of China Resources Group Wang Yin, the international yacht marina of the Shimei Bay Yacht Club is 3,528 meters in length, and boasts 213 berths and can accommodate the world’s largest ...
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Vendors seek to profit from Chinas security budget
Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars anddrones line a police equipment and "anti-terrorism technology" trade fair in Beijing as vendors seek to profit from China's huge internal security ...
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Osaka sees first InterContinental hotel built
Osaka is a major travel destination within Japan and the wider Asian region for business travelers and leisure tourists alike. The city is an economic powerhouse and part of the backbone of the Japanese economy. It makes sense for InterContinental to finally open a hotel here then.
Osaka is the second command center of the Japanese economy after Tokyo, with a daytime and nighttime population that reflects the massive draw of the city as an economic powerhouse. Read more
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