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  • Japan PMs residence not haunted Government

    The Japanese government has denied rumours which said the prime minister's official residence was haunted. The denial came after a query by an opposition lawmaker, who wanted to know if Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had not yet moved into his official residence, five months after coming to power, because of rumours that the building was haunted by the ghosts of young military officers who died ...

  • Japanese man becomes oldest person to climb Everest at 80

    A former extreme skier became the oldest person to climb Mount Everest on Thursday at the age of 80. Japanese Yuichiro Miura also conquered the 29,028ft peak at 70 and 75, the Mirror reported. But his record may not last, his old rival Min Bahadur Sherchan, 81, is hot on his heels. Miura said that he never imagined he could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. He first broke the ...

  • Landmark Case In U.S. Civil Court On Rape By U.S. Military In Japan Eleven Years Ago

    Catherine Fisher with a picture of her attacker. Picture: Gran Ole In a landmark case, on September 6, 2012, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Circuit Court Judge gave standing to an Australian woman to collect a Japanese civil judgment against a former US Navy sailor for raping her in Japan 11 years ago. A civil judgment by a Tokyo court in 2004 ordered sailor Bloke T. Deans to pay 3 million yen in ...

  • All-Japan stint for karter Cabrera

    PRODIGIOUS karter Gabe Tayao-Cabrera competes today and tomorrow in the All-Japan Junior Championships at Suzuka International Circuit in Suzuka City, Mie prefecture. Cabrera, fresh off his victories in the Formula 125 Open Junior, KF2-KF3 and the Yamaha Cup Novice races of the recent Asian Karting Open at Carmona Racetrack in Cavite, will race at Suzuka as the lone Filipino recruit of ...

  • Japans J-League still blazing trails at 20

    TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Japan's J-League was a trailblazer for Asian football when it debuted in 1993 and now, as it celebrates its 20th anniversary, it is still pointing the way forwards for the region.Gone are the days when J-League clubs spent lavishly to recruit the likes of Gary Lineker, Zico and Pierre Littbarski, who lit up the early years of Japan's first professional league.With ...

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Le Cercle Rouge [DVD]

Le Cercle Rouge [DVD]

Le Cercle Rouge (The Red Circle) was the second-to-last of Jean-Pierre Melvilles 13 films. Always a fiercely independent artist who worked as his own producer largely outside of the French studio system (he was one a handful of French directors who had his own studio), Melville crafted a significant body of films over a little more than two decades, and he will always be remembered ... ...

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  • McDonald’s Mega Potato Fries To Clog Arteries In Japan

    Kotaku ) that McDonald’s is now offering its largest calorie item in the history of the chain with the Mega Potato. It holds the equivalent of two large fries, but at almost half the price. Unfortunately for you McDonald’s french fry fans, the Mega Potato is only available in Japan. You could hop on a plane to grab some, but you have to be fast. The Mega Potato will only be on ...

  • Cannes Sony Pictures Classics Acquires The Lunchbox for North America

    , a mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together by leaving notes in a lunchbox, but their fantasy gradually threatens to overwhelm ...

  • WTO to examine Japan-China steel duties dispute

    World Trade Organization said Friday its dispute settlement board had agreed to a request from Japan to create a panel to examine its dispute with China over steel duties. Japan had requested for a panel to evaluate its complaint against China for imposing duties on steel tube imports, which Beijing claims were being sold at prices below market levels. Japan charged that the duties violated ...

  • Japan told to lean on Myanmar

    The Japanese government needs to ensure it's getting a return on its investments in Myanmar by making human rights a priority, Human Rights Watch said. Japanese Prime ...

  • Video Market View Is the Bank of Japans message to the markets getting lost

    The Globe and Mail's Jacqueline Nelson takes a closer look at recent volatility in Asia and the Bank of Japan's efforts to assure investors over rising bond ...

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