 The Hindu | 73-year-old Japanese woman scales Mount Everest San Jose Mercury News By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA AP FILE - In this Thursday, May 9, 2002 file photo, Tamae Watanabe, right, of Japan poses with a photograher Noriyuki Muraguchi at a base camp on the foot of Mt. Everest in Nepal. A 73-year-old Watanabe has climbed Mount Everest, ... Oldest Woman To Summit Everest Breaks Record A Second Time 73-year-old woman climbs Mount Everest |
Small-sided soccer turns Japan into big-time women's program Chicago Tribune DALLAS – On their recent trip to Japan, the US women's soccer team got striking views of two things that left a lasting impression. One was the lingering devastation from the earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeast coast of Japan's main island 14 ... |
 Bloomberg | Japan launches rocket with first foreign satellite BusinessWeek A rocket has lifted off in Japan in the country's first commercial launch of a foreign satellite -- one from South Korea designed to monitor the environment. The HII-A rocket lifted off from a remote southwestern Japan island carrying the South Korean ... Japan's space industry shoud build on H-2A rocket success Japan Launches South Korean Satellite Into Orbit Japan Launches Space-Cargo Push |
 OregonLive.com | Japanese importers accuse their government of favoring domestic lumber over ... OregonLive.com The company is one of a handful in the Northwest that cuts post-and-beam lumber for Japan. SHIOGAMA, Japan -- Last year's tsunami tore apart the Miyoshi lumber company here, launching logs into neighboring buildings and sweeping an employee onto a ... |
 AFP | Japan claim fifth straight Asian rugby title AFP TOKYO — 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 ... Japan beat Hong Kong for five nations win Japan trounces Hong Kong to win Asian 5 Nations Brave Blossoms spank Hong Kong to win A5N title |
 Boxscore News | Japan eye women's volleyball Olympic berth Yahoo! Sports Hosts Japan are hoping home advantage in the final Olympic women's volleyball qualifying tournament starting Saturday will help them secure a berth at London 2012 as they bid to end a 28-year medal drought. Eight countries -- Japan, Cuba, Peru, Russia, ... Russia narrowly avoid shock loss to Japan Cuba prevails over Japan in World League volleyball Volleyball: Cuba Beats Japan in FIVB World League |
Christie Japan Lights Up Tokyo Sky Tree East Tower For NHK (Japan Broadcasting ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) 27 Christie Projectors tell Sky Tree Story with Projection Mapping Tokyo, Japan (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 Christie Digital Systems Japan (Christie®) in co-operation with NHK Enterprises Ltd., WOW and Sigma A&V and Rental Corporation, played a key role in ... |
 Bloomberg | Japan In Fresh Warning Over "Volatile" Yen Wall Street Journal By TAKASHI NAKAMICHI TOKYO—Japan's finance minister on Friday stepped up his efforts to talk down the resurgent yen, as authorities across the world struggle to calm global foreign-exchange markets reeling from Europe's debt crisis. Japan Stock Futures Little Changed as Fed Ready to Act Asian Stocks, Oil, Yen Fall on Greek Talks, Japan Orders GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares recover slightly, but Greece fears remain |
 Bloomberg | Japan government ups economic outlook on consumption, exports Chicago Tribune TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government took a brighter view of the economy in a report on Friday, thanks to improvements in private consumption and exports, but it warned that Europe's debt crisis and financial market swings could worsen the outlook. Japan govt ups economic outlook on consumption, exports Japan Raises Economic View; Risks Remain Japan Raises Economic Assessment for First Time in Nine Months |
 International Business Times | Japan Urges Power Usage Cuts As Nuclear Plants Still Offline Wall Street Journal By Hiroyuki Kachi and Mitsuru Obe Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TOKYO (Dow Jones)--The Japanese government on Friday asked households and business across most of the country to conserve electricity this summer on the assumption that all of the nation's ... Japan seeks 15 pct summer power savings in west Japanese Asked To Conserve Electricity As Local Politicians Block Nuclear Restart JAPAN LITE Reasons I don't buy a nuclear restart |
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