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  • Japan promotes eco-friendly transportation

    A safe and efficient transportation system is one of the highlights of Singapore's Changi Airport. Its credit goes to Japanese signal maker Kyosan, which introduced the signal system automated electric sky train. The electric sky trains, equipped with rubber tyres, are eco-friendly and help passengers move from one terminal to another. Kyosan has provided the technology for eco-friendly ...

  • Squeaky clean Tokyo favourite host for 2020 Olympics say IOC sources

    Tokyo is reportedly leading in the race for the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics, according to members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Japanese capital's emphasis on safety and security appears to be influencing the race for the 2020 Games by pitting its squeaky clean image against the turmoil and instability being witnessed in Istanbul and Madrid, The Japan Times ...

  • Japan look to avoid early exit face Italy next

    RECIFE, Brazil (AFP) - The task facing both, Asian champions Japan and three-time world champions Italy is clear cut in Recife at the Confederations Cup.An Italian win on Wednesday, on the heels of Sunday's success over Olympic champions Mexico should propel the Azzurri into the semi-finals, while also ending the Blue Samurais' interest in this summer's event.The pressure is off ...

  • Japan logs $10.4 billion trade deficit for May

    Money traders work under a screen indicating the U.S. dollar is traded at 100.845 yen at a foreign exchange company in Tokyo, Friday, May 10, 2013. INQUIRER file photo TOKYO – Japan’s trade deficit for May expanded 9.5 percent from a year earlier to $10.4 billion, official data showed Wednesday as import costs rose on a weak yen. Data from the finance ministry showed Japan incurred ...

  • Tanzania Japan seal $32m agreement on flyover project

    Tanzania and Japan on Tuesday signed an agreement of more than $32 million to finance a flyover project in Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital of the East African country.The two countries sealed the grant agreement of 52.5 billion Tanzanian shillings ($32.8 million) on the project in Dodoma, where Japanese Ambassador to Tanzania Masaki Okada said the initiative is meant to de-congest Dar es ...

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Airplane II: The Sequel [DVD]

Airplane II: The Sequel [DVD]

Having already honed and perfected their unique brand of guerilla comedy in their long-running Kentucky Fried Theater and 1977's The Kentucky Fried Movie (which was directed by John Landis), it was finally time for the ZAZ team (brothers David and Jerry Zucker and their childhood friend Jim Abrahams) to make their own feature-length movie. The possibility of pulling it off seemed slim, ... ...

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  • Japan is moving away from goal of normal country

    For decades, Japan has been aspiring to become a "normal country" politically. But Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is apparently moving the country toward the opposite direction.He has angered many people in neighboring countries and around the world with revisionist comments on Japan's war crimes during World War II.Such remarks, in an attempt to whitewash the country's militarist ...

  • Japanese Exports Soar on Weak Yen

    Japanese exports rose a stronger-than-expected 10.1 percent in May from a year earlier, compared with a 3.8 percent rise the previous month in a sign that a ...

  • Japan Seen Ending Protectionism Avoid ‘Second-Rate’ Role

    Japan sees an urgency in overhauling policies that favor domestic industries as it seeks to revive the economy and join talks on a Pacific-region trade deal, the government's ambassador to the U.S. said. "For the first time, people are seriously thinking that we need to change some things," Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae said today during a Bloomberg Government breakfast in ...

  • Tokyo stocks up more than 2 at open

    TOKYO stocks have climbed more than two per cent in opening trade after gains on Wall Street as investors bet that the Federal Reserve will stay the course on its economic stimulus ...

  • Boeing 787 from Denver to Tokyo makes emergency landing in Seattle

    A Boeing 787 Dreamliner flying from Denver to Tokyo made an emergency landing in Seattle Tuesday because of an oil filter problem, United Airlines said. United Flight 139 departed Denver at 1:19 p.m. MDT and landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport shortly after 4 p.m. PDT, The Denver Post reported. "The aircraft landed normally and we are working to re-accommodate customers," ...

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