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How to make the most of your Japanese maple
Japanese maples have a reputation for being unapproachable - if you're wielding a pair of secateurs, that is. Elegantly aloof, these beautiful small trees are often allowed to form mounds of foliage at the expense of showing off their gracefully arching branches. And that's a shame, says Sara Katz of Toronto's Wild at Heart Design. "You should be able to see the branching ...
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No we cant - Japans conservative values collide with plan to mobilise women for economy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Days after Kaoru Shimada and other Japanese mothers rallied in Tokyo this year to press for more public daycare, she was shocked to read a local politician's blog blasting their "shameless" demands and asserting kids should be raised at ...
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Japanese leader defends economic policy during London speech
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has delivered a robust defence of his strategy to jolt the world's third largest economy out of almost two decades of stagnation - dubbed Abenomics - as he insisted in a speech ...
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Competing plans for Sony are equally shaky
Anyone prepared to take on the task of turning around a Japanese electronics group likes challenges. But the latest option suggested for Sony has to be one too far: spin off its electronics business. Put another way, that calls for the company to pitch a business which in five years has lost a fifth more than it ...
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AIRSHOW-Lockheed Mitsubishi sign deal for F-35 assembly in Japan
Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:02pm EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp has signed a contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd to begin work on a final assembly and checkout plant (FACO) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Japan, the top U.S. arms maker said on Wednesday. Steve O'Bryan, Lockheed vice president of the $392 billion F-35 program, announced the contract agreement at ...
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Asian stocks mixed ahead of Fed announcement Nikkei rallies on exports
Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday ahead of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech later in the day. The U.S. Federal Reserve two-day meeting ends today and investors are looking for clues on the outlook for ...
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Japanese Exports to US Continue to Surge
Japan's exports to the United States rose for the fifth straight month in May on a year-on-year basis, surging 16.3 percent to 1.041 trillion yen ($10.96 billion), according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry on June 19.The pace of growth in Japan's exports to the U.S. in May quickened from 14.8 percent in April and was much faster than the rate of increase in the ...
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Filipino chef making waves in Singapore–for Japanese food
Duo of Tomato My culinary experience in Singapore was so great that I don't even know where to start. Imagine: Sakizuke (appetizer) made of tofu skins from Kyoto topped with uni from Hokkaido, capped with freshly grated wasabi from Shizuoka near Japan's Mt. Fuji; Chlorophyll, a vegetable dish as satisfying as a tender juicy steak; Mazusoba, a dry ramen with noodles that are ...
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Sony gives brief look at the PlayStation 4 experience
(Credit: Screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET) Despite the bountiful PlayStation 4 chatter and coverage, some people still don't have an idea what it's like to actually use the highly anticipated gaming device. A new video produced by Sony gives a feel for the console by showing several actors playing games, sharing gameplay footage, and setting up downloads remotely. While ...
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New guidelines could allow Japanese nuclear reactors to restart
The Japanese government Wednesday announced new safety guidelines that could allow idled nuclear reactors to come back online next year. Prime ...
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2nd case of Japanese encephalitis this year found in Pintung County
TAIPEI -- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday announced Taiwan's second case of Japanese encephalitis this year and urged the public to take precautionary measures in order to prevent mosquito ...
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Sell-off-plan hedge fund increases its stake in Japans Sony report
TOKYO -- The hedge fund that has called on Sony to list part of its profitable entertainment arm has boosted its stake in the company, a report said Tuesday, days ahead of a shareholders' ...
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Japanese trade deficit surges as costs rise from yens woes
TOKYO -- Japan's trade deficit rose nearly 10 percent in May to 993.9 billion yen (nearly US$10.5 billion), highlighting the challenge Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces in revitalizing manufacturing as industries increasingly shift production ...
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Japans Abe fully prepared to restart talks with China
LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Japan must convince the world of its debt sustainability, and it is ready to restart dialogue with China following recent tensions over a group of disputed East China Sea islands, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on ...
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Japan to maintain spending at FY2013 level-Nikkei
June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:00pm EDT June 19 (Reuters) - Japan plans to cap spending, excluding debt payments, at the current level of about 70 trillion yen ($736.80 billion) for the next two fiscal years as part of efforts by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to improve fiscal health, the Nikkei reported. Ministries and agencies will be asked to tighten their belts to curb any rise in social ...
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Diverted United 787 passengers on way to Tokyo
SEATTLE -; Passengers from a United Airlines Denver-to-Tokyo flight that diverted to Seattle Tuesday when the Boeing 787 had an oil filter issue are on their way ...
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News Summary Japans trade deficit hits to $10.5B
JAPAN DEFICIT: Japan's trade deficit rose nearly 10 percent in May to 993.9 billion yen (nearly $10.5 billion), highlighting the challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces in revitalizing manufacturing as industries increasingly shift production offshore. YEN YO-YO: A weakening in the yen's value has pushed up costs for imports of crude oil, natural gas and other commodities for this ...
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Japans trade deficit jumps to US$10.5b
TOKYO: Japan's trade deficit rose nearly 10 per cent in May to US$10.5 billion (RM33.18 billion), or 993.9 billion yen, highlighting the challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces in revitalising manufacturing as industries increasingly shift production offshore. Rising costs for imports due to the cheaper yen matched a 10 per cent rebound in exports from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry ...
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Bosch forms lithium-ion battery JV with GS Yuasa Mitsubishi
FRANKFURT | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:10pm EDT FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German industrial group Robert Bosch GmbH ROBG.UL said on Wednesday it had agreed to work on next-generation lithium-ion batteries with Japan's GS Yuasa International Ltd. (6674.T) and Mitsubishi Corporation (8058.T). The companies intend to set up a joint venture to conduct research and development and provide sales and ...
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Kuwaits trade surplus with Japan widens for 1st time in 3 months
WAM TOKYO, June 19, 2013 (WAM) -- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan jumped 26.4 percent in May to JPY 107.7 billion (USD 1.1 billion) from a year earlier, expanding for the first time since February. Kuwait maintained black ink with Japan for the 64th consecutive month, Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, quoted the Finance Ministry as saying on Wednesday. Kuwait's overall exports to Japan ...
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Sony Movie Channel Is Rounding Up Westerns In July As Gun Fights Cowboys Fugitives And Lawmen Ride Into Town
Glenn Ford, Randolph Scott, Audie Murphy, Robert Duvall and Brad Pitt Star in Some of SMC's Most Popular Western Films Also, One Lucky Winner Will Get a Chance to Spend Three Days at a Colorado Dude Ranch with 'Sony Movie Channel Back in the Saddle Sweepstakes' CULVER CITY, Calif., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Movie Channel (SMC) is filling the screen with outlaws, horse ...
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After The Obama-Xi Summit Pressure On Japan To Concede On SenkakuDiaoyu
Washington , D.C. in February to meet President Obama, he was given only one hour forty-five minutes of Obama's time. During the just concluded G8 summit in Northern Ireland there was no Obama-Abe meeting. Leading up to the summit, the White House brusquely rebutted the Japanese foreign ministry's supplications, agreeing finally only to announce that the two would "meeting ...
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Murofushi was victim of an overzealous Japanese Olympic Committee CAS rules
Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ...
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Japan finalises new nuclear safety regulations
James Vincent is a journalist for The Independent covering science and technology. In the past he has written freelance for Wired, the New Statesman and the Financial ...
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Japan Agrees Nuclear Power Plant Safety Rules
Japan's nuclear watchdog has approved new safety requirements for atomic power plants, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster. The new measures, approved by the Nuclear Regulation Authority, will take effect on July 8 when operators will be able to apply for inspections. If plants pass the inspections - a process expected to take several ...
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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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