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  • Hack attack led to theft of 22 million IDs at Yahoo Japan

    Yahoo Japan faced a hack attack, which reportedly led to a theft of 22 million user ids that constitutes one tenth of its 200 million members. A file of ID details was stolen from the administration system at Yahoo Japan, which was spotted late on 16th May. In a report by BBC, the tech firm cut the net access as soon as it detected the attack. Although the firm was not sure if the data had ...

  • Japan has many attractions for foreign tourists

    "The Land of the Rising Sun" - Japan - attracts a large number of tourists from all over the world. The country, which will host the 2020 Olympic Games, has a lot to offer to its visitors. These tourists are being ferried from Takamatsu Airport to Setouchi Triennale 2013, a unique festival of contemporary art spread out and interlaced with the numerous islands dotting Japan's picturesque ...

  • Now enjoy Ramen Noodles onboard Japans ANA flights

    All Nippon Airways (ANA), the Japan's largest airlines, has announced plans to serve Ramen Noodles to its passengers from June 1, 2013. Ramen dishes have been developed exclusively for the Japanese airline by Hakata IPPUDO, the famous Ramen Noodle chain based in Kyushu, Japan. Operated and managed by Chikaranomoto Company Co., Ltd, Hakata IPPUDO has expanded its market to seven countries. ...

  • Weaker yen fuels economic optimism in Japan

    The Japanese government Monday revised upward its evaluation of the economy given the weakness of the yen, which is helping to push exports and encouraging companies to increase production. In its economic report for May, the cabinet raised its evaluation of three of the 14 categories it analyzes: exports, industrial production and profits. In addition, it said that the economy "is moving ...

  • Japan edges Denmark 3-2 at Sudirman Cup

    Japan edged past Denmark 3-2 in Group D at the 13th Sudirman Cup team badminton championships here on Tuesday in a thrilling encounter which lasted more than five hours.Matsutomo Misaki/Takahashi Ayaka defeated last year's Malaysia Open champions Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl 22-20, 21-16 in the women's doubles to deliver Japan's winning point.Denmark took the lead first ...

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [DVD]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [DVD]

Nineteen-sixty-nine was a strange year for the Western genre in Hollywood. It was both a year of great success and the end of an era. ...

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  • Japan Basks In Its New Position As An Affordable Travel Destination

    The difference a year can make: When I spoke with Yuki Tanaka, the Executive Director of the Japan National Tourism Organization in the U.S., last May, travel to Japan was just recovering from the a drastic decline following the March 11, 2011 Sendai earthquake and a close call with disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. What's more, tourism to Japan was also facing a structural ...

  • Japan to Keep Approach to N. Korean Abductions

    --Japan's minister for North Korean abductions of Japanese nationals says Tokyo will continue making independent overtures to Pyongyang --Washington and Seoul have raised concern that a recent trip by an aide to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could hurt joint efforts to pressure North Korea to drop its nuclear and missile programs --The minister says Japan's envoy told Pyongyang ...

  • How Xbox One Plans to Fight Sony Steam and Everything Else

    Game of Thrones fix immediately. When the order went through and we were ready to binge-watch, it wasn’t our cable box we turned on, but our Xbox. This news, I am sure, would be music to Microsoft’s ears. It may have launched the Xbox 360 in 2005 as a gaming machine filled with games for gamers, but somewhere in the middle of that long lifecycle it decided to focus what seemed to be ...

  • Experts urge Japan watchdog to delay decision on closure of nuclear plant over seismic fault

    TOKYO - Experts commissioned by the operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that faces possible closure because of a suspected active seismic fault say a decision should wait, citing insufficient data. Tuesday's request came a day before Japan's nuclear watchdog is to rule on the future of the Tsuruga No. 2 reactor in western Japan. The watchdog's own panel said last week that the ...

  • Learn from Japan the dangers of half measures

    economy is being held back by fiscal austerity, low confidence and tight credit conditions. "Deep challenges persist in its financial system. Without sustained and significant reforms, a decade of stagnation threatens," Carney said in the prepared text of a speech he was delivering in Montreal. "Europe can draw lessons from Japan on the dangers of half measures," he said, ...

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