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Japanese actors die a thousand deaths in China’s film industry

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JAPAN TIMES
 
With his warm smile and shy demeanor, actor Hirotaka Tsukagoshi doesn’t look like a villain.
 
But as he gets into character, lowering his voice to a demonic growl and arching his eyebrows into a cinematic expression of cruelty, you begin to see hints of the man who has raped, murde...

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With election over, Abe ready to boost reactor restarts

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JAPAN TIMES
 
With the Liberal Democratic Party’s sweeping election victory Sunday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to increase his efforts to revive nuclear power despite persistent public opposition.
 
Although polls show that most people are against restarting reactors idled following th...

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Thailand and Japan to lead Asia-Pacific equity sell-off

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FAST FT
 
Asia-Pacific markets were in a broad sell-off after another torrid session for the rouble convinced Russia's central bank to drastically push up interest rates.
 
Russia's Central Bank raised its main interest rate from 10.5 per cent to 17 per cent in the middle of the Moscow night, jus...

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Japan to resume development aid to Sudan

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SUDAN TRIBUNE
 
Japan will resume its development aid to South Sudan following suspension of its bilateral cooperation at the height of the conflict in the new nation, a diplomat disclosed.
 
Ambassador Takeshi Akamatsu said his government, after careful consideration, will renew development aid ...

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Aguirre backs Japan's old guard for Asian Cup

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FIFA
 
Japan coach Javier Aguirre has named his 23-man AFC Asian Cup squad, abandoning the tinkering approach that brought a premature end to his honeymoon period as coach.
 
The Mexican retained the spine of the team that flopped at this year's FIFA World Cup™ for next month's title defence in A...

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Japan's Ocean Spiral proposed as giant underwater city

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CNN
 
What would happen if the legend of the Lost City of Atlantis was crossed with the screenplay of Kevin Costner's 1995 hit movie "Waterworld"?
 
Maybe something like The Ocean Spiral -- an underwater metropolis that generates energy from the seabed and is capable of providing homes and accomm...

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Japan Abe faces battle on reforms despite vote win

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YAHOO
 
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces strong resistance to a promised economic and political overhaul despite a weekend election victory that gives him up to four more years in power.
 
n Sunday's snap election, the conservative Liberal Democrats who have ruled for most of ...

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Why Japan has bet its revival on humanoid robots

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SF GATE
 
TOKYO — Tap a touch screen in the Miraikan science museum, and a woman seated nearby on a plush white chair beams a placid smile. Tap another icon, and her too-smooth face twists into a scowl.
 
Watch a corner of the screen, and see the museum through a camera embedded in one of her eye...

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What’s Happening in Japan? Volcanic Activity and the Chances of a Major Eruption

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DECODE SCIENCE
 
Much recent media speculation has focussed around the possibility of a major and catastrophic volcanic eruption within the Japanese archipelago — with some news sources such as the Daily Mail reporting that “Japan could be wiped off the face of the earth by a massive volcanic eru...

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Japan Promotes Home Fuel Cell on Path to Hydrogen Society

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BLOOMBERG
Japan is working on doing for the hydrogen fuel cell what it accomplished with computer chips and cars in the last century, slashing costs to make them more appealing to consumers.
 
As fuel-cell technology finds its way into factories and commercial buildings, Japanese manufacturers in...

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