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  • US Japan South Korea urge meaningful denuclearisation

    The US, Japan and South Korea Wednesday called for "meaningful" steps on denuclearisation by Pyongyang in exchange for better ties with them, Xinhua reported. After their envoys concluded a trilateral meeting here on issues related to North Korea, the three countries said: "We agreed a path is open for the DPRK (North Korea) toward improved relations with the United States, Japan and the ROK ...

  • Radioactive element found in groundwater near Japan n-plant

    High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater near the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, the plant operator said Wednesday. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said tests showed Strontium-90 was present at 30 times the legal rate, BBC reported. The radioactive isotope tritium was also detected at elevated levels. The nuclear plant was crippled by ...

  • Now a sign-language service via iPads

    East Japan Railway Co. has started testing a sign-language interpretation service in Tokyo on Monday using a videophone application on an Apple iPad tablet for guiding hearing-impaired people. According to the Japan Times, the company earlier used written messages for guiding such people. Through this application, passengers at information booth can use sign-language to ask their queries to a ...

  • Nua Nan Bank JCB LOVE TSCC Debit Card to be launched in Taiwan in August

    The Japan Credit Bureau (JCB), in collaboration with Hua Nan Bank, has announced that it will launch the Nua Nan Bank JCB LOVE TSCC Debit Card in Taiwan in August. It is the first debit card that has an option to be equipped with TSCC, a contactless payment service which can be used as a fare card on trains and buses. The debit card will also be accepted at some shops and restaurants. In ...

  • Japan registers trade deficit

    Japan registered 993.9 billion yen of goods trade deficit in May, the government said Wednesday. Exports increased 10.1 percent from a year earlier, while imports rose 10 percent, the finance ministry said in a preliminary report. The figures were calculated on a customs-cleared basis, reported ...

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Monsoon Wedding [DVD]

Monsoon Wedding [DVD]

For anyone who has ever seen a Hollywood movie about an impending wedding, there wont be a great deal of surprise in Mira Nairs Monsoon Wedding except for the fact that it takes place in Delhi and the dialogue is spoken in a breathless mixture of English and Hindi and Punja ... ...

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  • Man arrested for punching schoolchildren outside station in Ibaraki

    According to police, the man, who has been named as 32-year-old Kazuhiko Yahagi, was arrested on June 15 after he allegedly punched the four high school students in the face, one after another, outside the station, TBS reported. The attacks took place just after 12 noon. Yahagi fled the scene, but police used an artist's likeness to identify and locate ...

  • Japan to Consider Fiscal Steps to Counter Tax-Rise Hit to Growth

    Japan 's government is ready to provide extra spending if a sales-tax increase next year damps economic growth, a senior finance ministry official said. "Naturally, there will be a decline in economic growth" following the tax increase planned for April, Yuzuru Takeuchi, 54, parliamentary secretary for finance and a lower house legislator, said in an interview today in ...

  • Japan Copper-Cable Shipments Advance for First Month in Six

    Japan 's copper wire and cable shipments climbed 2.1 percent in May from a year earlier, increasing for the first time in six months on a pick-up in deliveries to construction companies, an industry group said. Shipments totaled 54,200 metric tons last month, compared with 53,067 tons a year earlier, ...

  • Nikkei closes down 1.7pc

    (15 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo fell 1.74 percent after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the bank could start reeling in its massive stimulus later this year, while weak Chinese manufacturing data also hit sentiment. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed down 230.64 points at 13,014.58, while the Topix index of all first-section shares was 1.33 percent, or 14.76 points, lower at ...

  • Italy knock out Japan in Confederations Cup

    Italy join Brazil in the semi finals of the Confederations Cup after knocking out Japan. Substitute Sebastian Giovinco tapped in a late goal to secure Italy a 4-3 win . Japan might be out but their quick passing style of play will make them a crown pleaser at next year’s World Cup, for which they have already ...

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