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  • 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 ...

  • Tokyo denies ghost fears keeping PM out of official residence

    Japan The Japanese cabinet has formally denied months-long rumours that prime minister Shinzo Abe has not moved into his official residence over fears the mansion is haunted.The conservative leader took office in December but has yet to move into the 11-room brick home in central Tokyo.According to local media, it is the longest holdout among any of his predecessors.Several former prime ...

  • 2 former sex slaves demand Japan mayor quit

    OSAKA, Japan (AP) -- Two Korean former sex slaves demanded the resignation of an outspoken Japanese mayor and canceled a meeting with him Friday for justifying Japan's wartime practice of forcing tens of thousands of Asian women into prostitution for its ...

  • Feds Bullard sees no surprise in Japan swings

    LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The big swings in Japan's stock and bond markets is not surprising, given the Japanese government's aggressive monetary stimulus program, St. Louis Federal Reserve Chairman James Bullard said Friday. "It is a big moment for Japan," Bullard ...

  • Djibouti Govt Japan Discuss Geothermal Co-Operation

    Djiboutian Minister of Energy Ali Yacoub Mohamoud and Japanese Ambassador to Djibouti Atsushi Nishioka discussed the possible joint development of geothermal energy in Djibouti Wednesday (May 22nd), the Djiboutian Information Agency reported. Mohamoud expressed Djibouti's desire to develop geothermal energy as a way to move towards energy independence, which Nishioka said Japan will ...

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Grown Ups

Grown Ups

Watching Grown Ups is much like watching someones terrible home movies: It is obvious that the people on screen had a grand ol time and enjoyed themselves immensely while the camera was rolling, but that sense of fun not only fails to translate into a pleasurable viewing experience for ... ...

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  • Global stock markets fall after 7 percent collapse in Japan’s Nikkei index

    Stock markets posted significant losses worldwide, led by a one-day 7.3 percent drop in Japan's Nikkei stock index, amid signs of a growing global slump and demands for increasing attacks on the working class in Japan.The Nikkei fell 1,143 points to 14,483.98, after which major indices across Europe and Asia all fell two percent or more. The Sydney stock market fell two percent to 5062, and ...

  • RPT-Fitch APAC SF Ratings Broadly Stable in 2012 Downgrades Mostly in Japanese CMBS

    Fri May 24, 2013 5:18am EDT (Repeat for additional subscribers) May 24 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Fitch Ratings says that Asia-Pacific (APAC) structured finance (SF) tranches remained largely stable in 2012, with over 95% of tranches maintaining their ratings or being paid in full (PIF), compared with 89% in 2011. As in previous years most ...

  • Suspected Chinese Subs Alarm Japan

    The subs were spotted just outside Japan's territorial waters off the coast of Okinawa and the southern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima. Japanese officials have either declined to comment on the vessels' nationality or said it is not yet known; Japanese media are reporting they are Chinese. The submarines did not infringe on Japan's sovereignty but were traveling in a ...

  • Osaka people rally against mayor

    Local people held a rally on Friday against the stubborn political stance of Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who is also co-leader of the opposition Japan Restoration Party.The rally occurred following the cancellation of a scheduled meeting between the mayor and two Korean women who were recruited during World War II by the Japanese military into sexual servitude also known as "comfort ...

  • Kuroda struggles with communication as Japan rates rise

    Haruhiko Kuroda may need to talk his way out of a paradox he helped create. Installed as Bank of Japan chief in March, Kuroda aims to unlock borrowing and spending by lifting inflation expectations and wages after 15 years of ...

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