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  • Context Launches Kyoto and Tokyo Japan Walking Tours

    Context, the critically acclaimed walking tour company whose small-group, scholar-led "walking seminars" have revolutionized day tours in cities across Europe and North America, announces its continued expansion into Asia with the opening of tours in Tokyo and Kyoto. Working with local historians, Context has opened with five innovative tours in each city, designed to help curious ...

  • San Francisco Travel Association Announces New Marketing Representation In Japan

    The San Francisco Travel Association, in partnership with San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has retained AVIAREPS Marketing Garden Ltd. (AMG) as their new marketing representation office in Japan. San Francisco Travel and SFO first retained representation services in Japan in 1987, making San Francisco one of the first cities in the U.S. to have an office in Tokyo. In 2000, a ...

  • Japanese midfielder Makoto Hasebe extends contract with Wolfsburg

    Japanese international and Wolfsburg midfielder Makoto Hasebe extends his running contract until 2014 with the German Bundesliga champion 2009, the club announced on Thursday. Midfielder Hasebe joined Wolfsburg in 2009 to stage 88 appearances in Bundesliga to score two goals. He was also able to win the German championship in 2009 with the "Wolves" . "I am happy that Makoto has ...

  • DPRK fires short-range missile into Sea of Japan

    May 20, 2013 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a short-range missile on Monday into the Sea of Japan, local media reported. The DPRK launched the missile off its east coast into the sea of Japan between 11 a.m. and 12 a.m. local time on Monday. ';North Korea (DPRK) fired one KN-02 short-range missile today. South Korean military will closely monitor the North ...

  • Japan factor in Sino-US relations

    The Japan factor is looming large in Sino-U.S. relations. If China and the United States fail to fully understand, as early as possible, its paramount importance from a strategic and long-term point of view, and earnestly work together to deal with it effectively, the U.S. strategy of rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific would go astray, and East Asia would be destabilized. As a result, the Japan ...

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Man on the Moon

The primary problem faced by filmmakers who attempt to make biopics of well-known celebrities is the impossibility of capturing a person's essence in two hours of screen time. Biographers write hundreds, sometimes thousands, of pages trying to explain their subjects and what made them unique. To do this in a two- or three-hour movie is close to impossible, which is why so many biopics are deeply ... ...

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  • NKorea fires missiles into Sea of Japan

    (14 mins ago) North Korea fired a short-range missile on Monday into the Sea of Japan, local media reported. The nation launched the missile off its east coast into the sea of Japan between 11 a.m. and 12 a.m. local time on Monday, Xinhua news agency reports. "North Korea fired one KN-02 short-range missile today. South Korean military will closely monitor the North Korean military in ...

  • Japans lost decades finally over

    Honda Amaze diesel vs Maruti DZire diesel: Comparison Honda has finally gone the diesel way and the Amaze is the big H's first ever oil burning ...

  • Japan leads at mens World Gymnastics Cships

    ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Russia's Evgeni Krylov fell on his opening tumbling pass and was injured at the World Gymnastics Championships, putting the perennial powerhouse's medal hopes in question. It wasn't immediately clear what Krylov's injury was or whether he'd be able to continue. He was unable to put any weight on his left foot and had to crawl off the podium. ...

  • 9.0-Magnitude quake shakes Japan

    An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit the sea off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 8:05 a.m. Beijing Time Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks ...

  • Four Japanese tourists seriously injured in Australia crash

    Four tourists were seriously injured early on Thursday in a crash involving a minibus and a truck in Bundaberg, 220 miles north of Brisbane in Australia's Queensland, the Department of Community said.About 10 tourists, believed to be from Japan, were on the minibus when the crash happened, the Department of Community said."Four were taken to Bundaberg Hospital with serious head and ...

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