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Nobel winner Nakamura meets Obama

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — Shuji Nakamura, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, met with U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday together with three other American Nobel laureates this year.
 
According to Nakamura, professor at the University of Cal...

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Sumitomo Electric develops network camera-enabled 'Smart Chaser'

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JAPANTODAY
 
TOKYO — Sumitomo Electric has developed a network camera-enabled device, “Smart Chaser.” As part of its lineup of Video Content Analysis (VCA) Units, “Smart Chaser,” is able to automatically detect a person from a surveillance camera image using advanced image recognition technology....

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Rare albino dolphin captured in Japan's 'Cove'

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JAPANTODAY
 
TOKYO — A rare albino dolphin has been captured by Japanese fishermen, according to a campaign group staging a protest against the sale or slaughter of the creatures.
 
The albino Risso’s dolphin was driven into a cove over the weekend by fishermen at Taiji in ...

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Local governments finally getting around to public toilets

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan is a country of tradeoffs. Though there is an intentional paucity of public waste receptacles, there are plenty of free public restrooms, something that foreign tourists should note with appreciation. What they may not appreciate is the fact that most of...

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Astro Boy gets green light in robot-branded Sagami

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Astro Boy is using his seven powers not to fight evil to but to direct traffic in Kangawa as a new traffic light was erected in the prefecture using Astro Boy’s image as the pedestrian walk signals.
 
The traffic light was created to draw attention to the Saga...

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The Osaka imam who represents Islam’s growth in Japan

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JAPAN TIMES
 
IBARAKI, OSAKA PREF. – An Egyptian legal scholar based in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, says he is working to increase understanding between the Japanese people and the more than 100,000 Muslims who live among them.
 
Islam has gradually put down roots in Japan. ...

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World War II haunts Japan's future

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ASIA TIMES
 
By Francesco Sisci
 
BEIJING - Understanding what Japan is thinking or what it intends to do is difficult, if not near impossible, at the best of times, let alone now. Yet, if I were Japanese and worried about Beijing's rise, I would enact a simple policy of en...

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These Are The High Tech Military Systems Japan Is Purchasing To Counter China

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BUSINESS INSIDER
 
Japan is becoming increasingly uncomfortable with China, its powerful and often aggressive neighbor.
 
Although the two countries have sought to improve relations and find common ground over a daunting range of disagreements relating to everything f...

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Magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocks former Japanese Winter Olympics venue, flattening homes and injuring more than 20 people

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DAILYMAIL
 
A strong earthquake struck a ski resort that hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics, flattening homes and injuring more than 22 people.
 
The magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocked a mountainous area of central Japan near Nagano city shortly after 10pm on Saturday, leaving three people with serious...

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Why US, Japan and Australia allying 'Iron Triangle'?

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CNTV
 
The G20 leaders recently met in Brisbane, Australia, to promote world economic recovery, growth and employment. On the sidelines of the summit, leaders of BRICS held an informal meeting, echoing the call of the G20, while leaders of the US, Japan and Australia talked about freedom of navig...

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