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Japan Gets Ready to Fight
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BLOOMBERG
Japan’s shock, grief, and anger over the recent beheadings of two of its citizens by Islamic State has drawn into sharp focus the country’s ambivalence about the use of its military to protect its citizens and its interests. For decades, Japan was bound by its 1947 constitution to mob...
Japan’s shock, grief, and anger over the recent beheadings of two of its citizens by Islamic State has drawn into sharp focus the country’s ambivalence about the use of its military to protect its citizens and its interests. For decades, Japan was bound by its 1947 constitution to mob...
- February 18, 2015
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Japan Has More Car Chargers Than Gas Stations
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BLOOMBERG
That surprising discovery comes from Nissan Motor Co., which reported that the number of power points in Japan, including fast-chargers and those in homes, has surged to 40,000, surpassing the nation’s 34,000 gas stations.
The figure shows that in the relatively brief time since ele...
That surprising discovery comes from Nissan Motor Co., which reported that the number of power points in Japan, including fast-chargers and those in homes, has surged to 40,000, surpassing the nation’s 34,000 gas stations.
The figure shows that in the relatively brief time since ele...
- February 18, 2015
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JAXA: Hayabusa2 flying well
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NEWS ON JAPAN
Japan's space agency says its asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 is flying well after the launch in early December.
Officials at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency explained the current status of the probe's flight and its equipment during a news conference on Wednesday.
The official...
Japan's space agency says its asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 is flying well after the launch in early December.
Officials at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency explained the current status of the probe's flight and its equipment during a news conference on Wednesday.
The official...
- February 4, 2015
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Japan: 'We will never, never forgive' ISIS for apparent beheading
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CNN
He ventured to Syria to tell the stories of lives torn apart by war.
But in doing so, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto suffered his own gruesome fate -- apparently becoming the latest foreigner to be decapitated by ISIS.
A newly distributed video from ISIS appears to show the beheaded bod...
He ventured to Syria to tell the stories of lives torn apart by war.
But in doing so, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto suffered his own gruesome fate -- apparently becoming the latest foreigner to be decapitated by ISIS.
A newly distributed video from ISIS appears to show the beheaded bod...
- February 4, 2015
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Japan's new military aims after hostage crisis
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DW.DE
"Hate is not an undertaking for men… my Arab brothers taught me this." This was Kenji Goto's message on Twitter, which he wrote four years ago, and which was shared over ten thousand times on Monday in Japan. Twitter users reposted the message in order to share their condolences for the f...
"Hate is not an undertaking for men… my Arab brothers taught me this." This was Kenji Goto's message on Twitter, which he wrote four years ago, and which was shared over ten thousand times on Monday in Japan. Twitter users reposted the message in order to share their condolences for the f...
- February 4, 2015
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Japan Launches New Spy Satellite
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DEFENSE NEWS
Japan on Sunday successfully launched a back-up spy satellite, its aerospace agency said, after canceling an earlier lift-off due to bad weather.
Tokyo put spy satellites into operation in the early 2000s after its erratic neighbor North Korea fired a mid-range ballistic missile ...
Japan on Sunday successfully launched a back-up spy satellite, its aerospace agency said, after canceling an earlier lift-off due to bad weather.
Tokyo put spy satellites into operation in the early 2000s after its erratic neighbor North Korea fired a mid-range ballistic missile ...
- February 4, 2015
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The Limits of Japan's Soft Power
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HUFFINGTON POST
The brutal slaying of the two Japanese hostages by the Islamic State (Daesh) is a reminder, if one were needed, that the group remains impervious to universal condemnation of its methods, but also that Japan's ability to influence the group's actions is as limited as that of any...
The brutal slaying of the two Japanese hostages by the Islamic State (Daesh) is a reminder, if one were needed, that the group remains impervious to universal condemnation of its methods, but also that Japan's ability to influence the group's actions is as limited as that of any...
- February 4, 2015
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Long-term vision needed to deal with projected damage from global warming
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THE JAPAN NEWS
If Japan’s climate continues to warm at its present rate, the nation will not only find itself facing more frequent natural disasters, but there also will be massive repercussions for people’s everyday lives as a whole. Devising effective measures to minimize the damage is a pres...
If Japan’s climate continues to warm at its present rate, the nation will not only find itself facing more frequent natural disasters, but there also will be massive repercussions for people’s everyday lives as a whole. Devising effective measures to minimize the damage is a pres...
- January 23, 2015
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International cooperation seek to rescue Japanese citizens taken hostage
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Although time is running out before the expiration of the deadline set by terrorists to pay the ransom demanded in their despicable video message in which they threatened to kill two Japanese citizens, the government must do its utmost to find ways of rescuing the captives throug...
Although time is running out before the expiration of the deadline set by terrorists to pay the ransom demanded in their despicable video message in which they threatened to kill two Japanese citizens, the government must do its utmost to find ways of rescuing the captives throug...
- January 23, 2015
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Asian Cup 2015: UAE complete shock win over Japan to reach semi-final after penalty shootout dramatics
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ABC NET AU
After Japan's Shinji Kagawa had missed the first sudden-death spot kick, defender Ismail Ahmed nervelessly converted the decisive penalty to send his team into a last four meeting with hosts Australia on Tuesday.
The winner of that semi-final in Newcastle will meet Iraq or South Ko...
After Japan's Shinji Kagawa had missed the first sudden-death spot kick, defender Ismail Ahmed nervelessly converted the decisive penalty to send his team into a last four meeting with hosts Australia on Tuesday.
The winner of that semi-final in Newcastle will meet Iraq or South Ko...
- January 23, 2015
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