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Dec 23
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Lady Gaga in Tokyo to help boost tourism
Japan's sagging tourism industry couldn't have asked for a better ambassador than one of the world's biggest entertainment stars, Lady Gaga.
Wearing an aquamarine wig but an otherwise demure black outfit, the pop sensation held a news conference with Japan's tourism agency commissioner and the U.S. ambassador to Japan. The group urged tourists to return to Japan.
"I would like to use my position here today and all week long to run around Tokyo enjoy the beautiful city and kiss all the beautiful little monsters and scream at the top of my lungs that everyone should come visit this beautiful place," said Lady Gaga, before a crowd of Japanese and international cameras and reporters.
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Dec 20
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Japan discussing mutual bond purchase with China
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Finance Minister Jun Azumi acknowledged Tuesday that Japan and China are discussing the possibility of purchasing government bonds from each other for financial stability in Asia, with Prime Minister Yoshiko Noda set to visit Beijing next week.
A senior Japanese government official separately said Tokyo would use its foreign exchange funds to buy up to $10 billion worth of Chinese government bonds. The two countries are expected to reach an agreement when Noda meets with Chinese leaders on Sunday and Monday.
"It is diplomatically important to strengthen relations (with China) by holding the yuan," Azumi told reporters, referring to the Chinese currency. But he also denied such a move would amount to a policy shift by Japan on its foreign exchange reserves, the second-biggest in the world after China's, saying confidence in the U.S. dollar as the world's key currency would not be undermined.
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Dec 5
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Twitter, Mixi tie in challenge to Facebook gains AP
Twitter Inc. and Mixi, Japan's biggest homegrown social networking site, have joined forces to strengthen their ground against a rapidly expanding Facebook.
For Twitter, the partnership forged Wednesday with a local social network could point to a new strategy as the microblogging service seeks to accelerate global growth. Japan is the company's second-biggest market after the U.S. and has served as a key international testing ground of sorts.
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Sep 20
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Japan trying to repair ties with U.S.
Tokyo now backs base plan, arms and farm trade, other divisive issues
The Washington Post
The new government is trying to earn back trust from the United States, its most important ally, by showing support for initiatives that recent prime ministers have let languish.
Busy agenda: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and U.S. President Barack Obama will meet this week in New York for the first time and discuss bilateral relations. KYODO PHOTO
The ideas include support for a multination free-trade agreement and for allowing easier exports of Japanese weapons technology, ventures that have strong support in Washington. New leaders have also signaled their intention to carry out a long-stalled agreement with Washington that would put the U.S. Marine presence in Okinawa Prefecture on a more solid footing
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Jul 24
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Fuji Mountain Iron Man Race
The Fuji Mountain Race is the most difficult climbing race in Japan! It is an event with two races, both of which begin at Fujiyoshida City Hall. The first is a 21km course to the summit of Mt. Fuji and the second is a 15km course to the 5th Station. In 2011, the 64th Annual Fuji Mountain Race will take place on, Friday, July 22nd
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Jun 23
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Lady Gaga in Tokyo to help boost tourism
Japan's sagging tourism industry couldn't have asked for a better ambassador than one of the world's biggest entertainment stars, Lady Gaga.
Wearing an aquamarine wig but an otherwise demure black outfit, the pop sensation held a news conference with Japan's tourism agency commissioner and the U.S. ambassador to Japan. The group urged tourists to return to Japan.
"I would like to use my position here today and all week long to run around Tokyo enjoy the beautiful city and kiss all the beautiful little monsters and scream at the top of my lungs that everyone should come visit this beautiful place," said Lady Gaga, before a crowd of Japanese and international cameras and reporters.
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Jun 25
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Hiraizumi recognized as World Heritage site
People visit Konjikido Sheath Hall of Chusonji, a Buddhist temple in the Hiraizumi area, on June 25, 2011, which the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's World Heritage Committee authorized as a new World Heritage cultural site during a meeting in Paris the same day. (Kyodo)
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Jun 24
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Japan's Ogasawara Islands on UNESCO's World Heritage List
June 24, 2011 The World Heritage Committee has inscribed Ogasawara Islands, the Japanese islands situated some 1,000 km south of the country's main archipelago, on UNESCO's World Heritage List for the wealth of their ecosystems which reflect a wide range of evolutionary processes.
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May 25
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Sendai to resume international flights in June
Quake-damaged Sendai airport is due to resume international flights in late June, the transport ministry said Tuesday.
The airport in disaster-hit Miyagi Prefecture will begin with international charter flights and aims to restart regular international flight operations July 25, according to the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry.
The number of arriving domestic flights, now at one per hour, will be doubled starting July 25 and the terminal building will be fully operational at the end of September, the ministry said
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Apr 18
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Reactor shutdowns nine months away
Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced Sunday that it will take six to nine months to complete a cold shutdown of the damaged reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, while the United States proposed a daring plan to use a remote-controlled helicopter and cranes to pluck out their spent fuel rods.
The "road map" represents the first specific time line Tepco has issued for getting the radiation crisis in Fukushima Prefecture under control.
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Apr 16
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Sony eyes 2-week summer holiday to save power
Sony Corp. will shut down operations for two weeks during this summer's peak demand period to reduce power consumption, company sources said.
To avert rolling blackouts, the government has asked large industrial electricity users in the service area of Tokyo Electric Power Co. to cut electricity consumption during peak hours this summer season by at least 25 percent from last year's levels.
The damage to TEPCO's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has severely limited the utility's ability to meet expected demand this summer, making widespread power outages a possibility.
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Apr 15
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Tokyo Disneyland to reopen on April 15: report
TOKYO (AFP) Tokyo Disneyland will reopen on April 15, a report said Saturday, more than a month after a massive quake-tsunami hit Japan, causing widespread damage and knocking out power supplies.
The amusement park closed on March 12, a day after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Japan, generating a tsunami that crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant run by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO).
http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/en/index.html
http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20110415/110071.shtml
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Mar 22
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Soccer: Zac intends to be back in Japan for charity match
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni intends to return to the quake-hit country in time for a charity match on March 29 in Osaka, Japan Football Association technical director Hiromi Hara said Wednesday.
"We see this charity match as the first activity to support the people in the affected areas," Zaccheroni said in a statement. "We hope to encourage them even a little bit."
Zaccheroni flew to Italy with his four assistants to reassure their families of their safety, a day after Friday's devastating earthquake in northeastern Japan.
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Mar 18
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Baseball/ quake-hit powerhouseTohoku High to play in spring tourney
SENDAI--Despite a lack practice facilities and food rationing caused by the recent earthquake and tsunami, Tohoku High School announced Wednesday it will participate in the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament, which is schedule to start March 23. However it isn't clear at this point that the spring Koshien tournament will even take place. The Japan High School Baseball Federation will...
Asahi News 2011-03-18
http://wn.com/Japanese_High_School_Baseball_Championship
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Mar 19
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IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake
Japan Earthquake Update (19 March 2011, 4:30 UTC)
Summary of conditions at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
Located on the Eastern coast of Japan, the six nuclear power reactors at Daiichi are boiling water reactors (BWRs). A massive earthquake on 11 March severed off-site power to the plant and triggered the automatic shutdown of the three operating reactors - Units 1, 2, and 3. The control rods in those units were successfully inserted into the reactor cores, ending the fission chain reaction. The remaining reactors - Units 4, 5, and 6 -- had previously been shut down for routine maintenance purposes.
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Mar 19
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IAEA says no radiation threat to Tokyo
Mar 18 - UN atomic watchdog arrives in Tokyo to assess radiation levels and state of Fukushima plant. Jessica Gray reports
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Mar 16
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Fukushima Nuclear Accident ? 16 March update
This is an update of the situation as of 10 am JST Wednesday 16 March. (For background on events of 15 March and earlier, start with this post and its included links.) Note that this is a blog, not a news website, and thus the following analysis, like all others on BraveNewClimate, is a mixture of news and opinion ? but facts remain paramount.
First, the situation is clearly (but slowly) stabilising. As each day passes, the amount of thermal heat (caused by radioactive decay of the fission products) that remains in the reactor fuel assemblies decreases exponentially
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Mar 15
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Japan Earthquake Update (15 March 2011, 11:25 UTC) - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Update
Radiation Dose Rates Observed at the Site
The Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that the following radiation dose rates have been observed on site at the main gate of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
At 00:00 UTC on 15 March a dose rate of 11.9 millisieverts (mSv) per hour was observed. Six hours later, at 06:00 UTC on 15 March a dose rate of 0.6 millisieverts (mSv) per hour was observed.
These observations indicate that the level of radioactivity has been decreasing at the site.
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Mar 14
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Japan earthquake: Meltdown alert at Fukushima reactor
Technicians are battling to stabilise a third reactor at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear plant that has been rocked by a second blast in three days.
Sea water is being pumped into reactor 2 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant after its fuel rods were fully exposed twice.
International nuclear watchdogs said there was no sign of a meltdown but one minister said a melting of rods was "highly likely" to be happening.
The crisis was sparked by Friday's 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami.
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Mar 12
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Explosion at earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant
An explosion has been reported at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after its cooling system was damaged by a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit off the North-East coast of Japan on Friday. The explosion occurred at around 3:00pm local time (6:00am UTC). According to the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, four workers were injured in the explosion.
The explosion occurred as workers were attempting to cool a reactor by injecting water into its core. Local media are reporting that the plant's exterior walls have been destroyed and only a skeleton structure remains.
More than 45,000 residents within a 10-kilometre radius of the plant have been evacuated.
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Jan 7
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TOKYO See stars at Roppongi Hills
By TOMOKO OTAKE
Staff writer
Feel like gazing at the stars but not in the mood for withstanding cold temperatures for hours outside? Head for Roppongi Hills instead.
Set up on the 52nd floor of the Mori Tower in the Roppongi Hills shopping/ housing complex is a temporary planetarium called "Sky Planetarium," which accurately shows the positions of thousands of stars. Unlike regular planetariums, where visitors take seats to gaze at star-projected ceilings, the organizers have turned the gallery into a three-dimensional universe, where visitors can walk through and get a feel of what it is like to traverse a universe full of stars.
The event is produced by famed planetarium engineer Takayuki Ohira, who, along with the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, developed a planetarium projector in 2004 that shows 5.6 million stars. Named "Megastar," that projector was subsequently recorded in the Guinness World Records for showing the most number of stars.
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Dec 27
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PHOTOS:All-Japan Figure Skating Championships 2010.
Mao Asada (left), Miki Ando (center) and Kanako Murakami smile at the awards ceremony of the All-Japan Figure Skating Championships 2010 for women at the Big Hat in Nagano, in which Ando won the gold medal, Asada silver and Murakami bronze.
They clinched berths in the World Figure Skating Championships 2011 to be held in Tokyo in March. Asada aims at the second consecutive victory.
(Jiji Press)
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Dec 1
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Kozuka wins again; Mao settles for fifth
PARIS, Takahiko Kozuka won the Trophee Bompard after an exceptional men's free program on Saturday, surpassing his Cup of China win three weeks ago with an even better overall score.
"I was unbelievably nervous but was able to get the job done under pressure," said Kozuka, who added to his victory three weeks ago at the Cup of China.
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Dec 1
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Toyota may license hybrid tech to partner FAW Group of China
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Toyota Motor Corp. is negotiating a deal to license its expertise in hybrid vehicles and to supply car parts to its Chinese partner, FAW Group Corp., company sources said Wednesday.
The carmaker plans to offer the technology necessary for making vehicles powered by gasoline and electricity as well as motors, batteries and other parts for use in the FAW Group's hybrids due to be marketed in 2013 or later, according to the sources.
The aim is to bolster Toyota's presence in the Chinese market, where the company is lagging behind competitors, including Volkswagen AG and General Motors Co.
The proposed licensing deal could become Toyota's fourth involving hybrid technology and the first with a Chinese carmaker. The company has already made such arrangements with Nissan Motor Co., Ford Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp.
Toyota is in similar talks with Daimler AG, the sources added.
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Sep 30
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Sep 30
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Sep 30
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Sep 30
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Sep 30
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Sep 22
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TOKYO REPORT: Tokyo Govt Set to Export Water Technology
Tokyo, Sept. 21 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo metropolitan government is poised to export advanced water and sewage technology to help Asian economies address chronic water shortages despite their rapid development.
The project is led by Vice Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose, who stresses that the metropolitan government can offer a growth strategy to Japan by capitalizing on the sharply expanding market for water-related business in Asia.
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Aug 27
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Housing loan options widen for foreigners looking for property in Japan
It is said that more and more foreigners are eyeing property in Japan as a good investment, especially Westerners and people in parts of Asia such as Hong Kong and Singapore. Many foreigners are also staying longer in Japan, getting married here and starting families, and opening their own businesses.
Foreigners see good potential for capital growth in Japan's property market, particularly in investment properties such as apartments and homes in Tokyo, and in ski resort areas in Niseko, Hokkaido, and Hakuba, Nagano, where many Australians have invested in ski accommodation properties in the last five years or so.
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May 19
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METI eager to wield ax at corporate tax / Growth plan to focus on 5 key industries
The economy ministry will propose the corporate tax rate be cut to global levels to help the nation compete with international rivals, and pinpoint five key fields that could catapult the economy out of the doldrums, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The plans are part of the ministry's "vision for industrial structure," a growth strategy to revitalize the Japanese economy and domestic industry.
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May 19
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Suzuki, VW agree to joint eco car study
Suzuki Motor Corp. and its strategic German partner Volkswagen AG plan to jointly study eco-friendly vehicle production, the automakers have announced.
The companies will conduct test runs of cars, including electric vehicles and plug-in vehicles that can be charged at home, on Japanese roads. They will consider a partnership in the development of lithium-ion batteries, electric motors and other vehicle parts, as well as their procurement.
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Jan 6
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Arakawa instructs children at Tokyo Midtown's new skating rink in Roppongi
Turim Olympics gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa(R) gives skating instructions to children at the outdoor skatingrink in the Tokyo Midtown complex in Tokyo's Roppongi district on Jan. 5, 2010. Arakawa performed and held a skating class for children on the opening day of the ic skationg rink constructed in the park area of the complex, which will be open until the end of February.
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstPhotos/index.php?photoid=42169
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Jan 6
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Hatoyama opens 'Hato Cafe' blog, Twitter account
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has begun blogging at his "Hato Cafe" Web site and started to use Twitter, a Web communication tool for posting one's opinions and reading those of other people.
Hatoyama aims to directly communicate with citizens through the sites. Hatoyama had reportedly said he would occasionally check opinions of the public posted on the Web sites of the Prime Minister's Office.
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Nov 14
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Obama pledges commitment to Asia, reaffirms alliance with Japan in Tokyo visit
U.S. President Barack Obama concluded on Saturday his two-day visit to Japan with a keynote speech at Tokyo's Suntory Hall, during which he addressed issues of security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region and the need to strengthen old alliances and build new partnerships with the nations of this region.
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Nov 5
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Hideki Matsui Named World Series MVP
Hideki Matsui was named the Most Valuable Player in the 2009 World Series after a record-setting performance in the decisive Game 6.
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Sep 28
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The Tokyo 2016 Olympic: Tokyo bid heads into final lap
As the Tokyo 2016 Olympic bid committee prepares to set sail for Copenhagen, Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara and his team were hoping for calm seas.
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Sep 14
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Japan praises Ichiro Suzuki's major league record
TOKYO ? The high praise for Ichiro Suzuki came from none other than Japanese home run king Sadaharu Oh
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Sep 12
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Hatoyama firm on 25% emissions goal
Japan will target a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 from 1990 levels, Yukio Hatoyama reiterated Sept. 7.
The Japan Times Weekly: Sept. 12, 2009
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Aug 26
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Cushman & Wakefield acquires leading japan asset management company
Premier Japan asset management firm to join global platform of the world's largest private real estate company. Cushman & Wakefield, the world's largest private held real estate services firm, announced today that it has acquired Pacific Investment Corporation,,,.
Souce: Cushman & Wakefield 26.08. 2009
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Jul 28
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Australian Property Management Firm Opens Lodge in Niseko
The firm's Japan representative director, Robert Buffier, a certified ski instructor, first discovered the legendary powder snow of Niseko after a ski trip to the area four years ago, and soon after bought a ski chalet there. In 2008, he purchased an existing accommodation facility in Niseko with Tim Kennedy, JPL's managing director, and opened North Field Lodge
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May 11
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IOC Evaluation Commission ‘most impressed’ by Tokyo 2016
19 April 2009 ? The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission today praised Tokyo 2016’s vision, sustainability and legacy at an official press conference to conclude its visit to Tokyo.
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Mar 24
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Ichiro lifts Japan to Classic glory
LOS ANGELES -- It was one of those games for the ages that will certainly grow in proportion with the passage of time.
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Feb 2
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National Tax Agency Report 2008
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Jan 15
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TMG Bond
Metropolis of Tokyo has priced the 20yr Domestic bond.
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