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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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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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