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Godzilla: Japan planning to make new monster movie

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BBC
 
A new Godzilla film is being made by Japanese film studio Toho, following the success of Hollywood's latest remake directed by Gareth Edwards.
 
Toho's film will be released in 2016, a decade after its last take on the monster story, Godzilla: Final Wars.
 
This year's US Godzilla took more...

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Japan to recruit Bangladeshi technical interns

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DHAKA TRIBUNE
 
Japan requires 2,300 technical interns annually, says Kazuo Tusubota, MD of International Manpower Development Organization (IMDO) of Japan
 
Japan has expressed its keen interest to recruit technical interns from Bangladeshi, Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister ...

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The 20 most wanted Christmas presents in Japan

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ROCKET NEWS
Amazon Japan decided to hold its own Cyber Monday sale a few weeks after the North American counterpart. Through the campaign and sales data, they have announced the 20 most wanted Christmas presents in Japan. Clinching the top spot was none other than Sony’s PlayStation 4 which while...

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JAPANIMATE / Evolution of anime films

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THE JAPAN NEWS
In recent years I really feel feature-length anime films made for theatrical release are evolving at a remarkable speed.
 
That’s because these films, many of them based on TV anime, are widely and socially recognized, loved and appreciated, and they draw public attention much fast...

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Japan’s election

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THE ECONOMIST
 
Two years ago Shinzo Abe ran for office vowing to end Japan’s long economic malaise by banishing deflation and smashing the old habits that impeded growth. He promised to make a country suffering a collapse in confidence once again stand tall. Mr Abe won the election in a landslid...

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Hayabusa-2 embarks on 5.2-billion-km adventure

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The Yomiuri Shimbun
 
Four and a half years after Japan’s first asteroid explorer Hayabusa made a miraculous return to Earth, its successor Hayabusa-2 has departed on a new space journey.
 
What awaits Hayabusa-2 during its 5.2-billion-kilometer, six-year mission to probe the origin of the solar ...

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Daisuke Matsuzaka signs with Japan's Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

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YAHOO
 
As expected Daisuke Matsuzaka is going back home to Japan, likely closing the book on his career in MLB.
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks announced on Thursday that they were signing the 34-year-old right-hander. Earlier this offseason there were reports out of Japan that the reigning Nippon Pr...

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Secrets of the world's top whisky: Japanese water and Spanish casks

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REUTERS
 
Nestled at the foot of wooded hills near the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, the Yamazaki whisky distillery feels a long way from the northerly glens of Scotch's spiritual home.
 
Despite its unlikely birthplace, last month Yamazaki's Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 trumped more than 1,...

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Japan coach Aguirre denies match-fixing reports

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THE STATE
 
Japan manager Javier Aguirre met with officials of the Japan Football Association on Thursday and denied allegations that he was involved in match-fixing.
 
The JFA's lead attorney Yutaka Miyoshi said Aguirre told him during a two-hour meeting that he has never been involved in match-...

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Japan's CO2 Emissions Hit Record as Fossil Fuel Consumption Rises

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
 
Japan's greenhouse-gas emissions rose to a record in the year ended March as the closure of nuclear power plants increased fossil fuel consumption.
 
Emissions rose 1.6 percent to 1.395 billion metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent from a year earlier, preliminary data published b...

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