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UK urges Japan to continue Afghan naval missionNEW YORK (Reuters) - British Foreign Minister David Miliband on Tuesday urged Japan to extend a naval refueling mission that supports U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan, the Japanese governme...
Japan Herald Wednesday, September 23, 2009Japanese school in Singapore closed for 3 days due to flu infections+SINGAPORE, Sept. 23 (AP) - (Kyodo)?A Japanese senior high school in Singapore has suspended classes for three days from Wednesday as a precautionary measure after nearly 30 students came down wit...
Japan Herald Wednesday, September 23, 2009Japan PM prepares global pitchMaking his diplomatic debut in the US this week, Yukio Hatoyama, Japan’s new prime minister, lost no time in seeking to put his philosophical stamp on the international relations of the world’s se...
Japan Herald Wednesday, September 23, 2009Sony Electronics Launches Education Scholarship ProgramSAN DIEGO, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics, with the support of Intel, is recognizing deserving students and faculty through a new scholarship program, which will give them the necessary too...
Japan Herald Wednesday, September 23, 2009Obama flat, China mixed, Japan wins at UN climate summitNew York - A United Nations summit that brought together more than 100 world leaders to address global warming has become a tale of three leaders who came before the UN for the first time. Based on re...
Japan Herald Wednesday, September 23, 2009Mitsubishi Power plans to build US$325 mil. U.S. turbine plantPOOLER, Georgia -- After sitting vacant for seven years, a 1,500-acre (600-hectare) industrial site near Savannah, Georgia landed its first manufacturer Monday as Mitsubishi Power Systems announced pl...
Japan Herald Wednesday, September 23, 2009Iran says wants abolition of nuclear weapons - JapanNEW YORK (Reuters) - Iran wants to cooperate with Japan in working to abolish nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told his Japanese counterpart at a meeting in New York on Tuesday, Ja...
Japan Herald Wednesday, September 23, 2009Over in Japan the sun may be rising againetxttext GETTING it wrong about a recession is just as annoying as getting it right – sometimes more so. Who can remember, for example, all those doomsayers that arrived late in realising that...
Big News Network Wednesday, September 23, 2009Lee off to flying start in Japan Open(33 mins ago) World No 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia brushed aside Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana in the Japan Open, showing no ill-effects from a knee injury. The top seed, who said an old injury to hi...
Big News Network Wednesday, September 23, 2009'India partners Japan in green tech'United Nations: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh expressed hope of a long-term partnership with Japan in the field of green technology, praising the message given by Japanese Prime Minister Yukio ...
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