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  • North Korea envoy hands over China's Xi a note of peace North Korea envoy hands over China's Xi a note of peace

    BEIJING - A senior North Korean envoy delivered a letter from his leader Kim Jong-un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him that Pyongyang was ready to take "positive action" to re-join stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. The letter was handed over by envoy, Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae. Choe told Xi that North Korea is willing to take positive actions to solve problems ...

  • 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 ...

  • Is Sony Worried About Falling Android Sales or the Strength of Samsung

    Sony's lowered estimates for their smartphone sales during the 2014 fiscal year. Originally pencilled in as 1.8 trillion yen, they Japanese company have dropped this to 1.5 trillion yen. What has brought this on? Samsung. The Xperia range of Android smartphones has been making steady improvements, with the current flagship Xperia Z proving to be a solid mid to high end handset. I found the ...

  • Thailand-Japan plan two-way tourism traffic flows.

    In an effort to address a gap in travel between Thailand and the island of Kyushu in Japan, a tourism exchange was recently organized in the city of Fukuoka between the Thai Government and the private sector of ...

Movie Review

Fantastic Mr. Fox [Blu-Ray]

Fantastic Mr. Fox [Blu-Ray]

I would hardly be the first critic to note how unsurprising it is that Wes Anderson finally made an animated film, given that all of his previous films, particularly since The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), have essentially been cartoons populated by human actors. The irony is ... ...

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  • BestWorst Daily ETF Returns Japan Funds Fall

    The SPDR Russell/Nomura Small Cap Japan ETF ( ) lost 5.40 percent on Thursday, May 23, the biggest loss for a handful of Japan-based funds that underperformed that day. Markets were down, with the S'P 500 losing 4.84 points, or 0.29 percent, to close at 1,650.51, and U.S.-listed ETF assets fell to $1.523 trillion overall. Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and ...

  • Yen rises amid Japanese stock volatility

    THE yen has gained against the euro and the US dollar as heavy volatility in the Japanese equity market reverberated through the currency ...

  • US markets turn sober after Japan plunge

    THE 7.3 per cent plunge in Japanese stocks during the week injected needed sobriety into US markets, but they showed a resilience that cheered investors worried about protecting the year's ...

  • T Magazine All the Rage | Japanese Whiskey Takes Manhattan

    Suntory’s Hibiki 12-year whiskey with a food pairing by the chef David Bouley, served at an event at Noguchi Museum in Long Island City. Over the past week, hordes of bartenders, distillers, liquor reps and booze hounds have descended thirstily upon New York City for the fourth ...

  • Panel 70 chance of Nankai Trough quake by 2040s

    A government research panel says there is a 60 to 70 percent probability that a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8 to 9 will occur off Japan's Pacific coast in the next 30 ...

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