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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 ...

  • Myanmar visit to turn new page in history Japanese PM

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a message published in Myanmar official media here Saturday that his current official visit to Myanmar will bring Japan-Myanmar cooperation to even higher level and serve as an opportunity to lay down a foundation for turning a new page in history. Abe said he will exchange views with President U Thein Sein in the forthcoming meeting, expected to take ...

  • PM to undertake five-day visit to Japan Thailand from Monday

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will undertake a five-day official visit to Japan and Thailand from Monday. He will first visit Japan from May 27 to May 29 and then visit Thailand on May 30 to 31. The focus of the visit to Japan is expected to be on strategic content and ways to expand bilateral energy and economic ties, while the visit to Bangkok will be aimed at signing a long awaited ...

  • 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 ...

  • Japan government says unaware of ghosts at PM residence paper

    TOKYO (Reuters) - A delay in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife moving into their official residence, the site of past assassinations, has revived talk of ghosts in the corridors, prompting the government to deny any knowledge of ...

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Melancholia

Melancholia

Lars von Triers Melancholia is being praised by many as a genuine late-season masterwork, but it strikes me as little more than an overlong, self-indulgent mishmash of gorgeous imagery and nihilistic overload. Von Trier has forged the majority of his career wallowing in darkness a ... ...

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  • Context Launches Kyoto and Tokyo Japan Walking Tours

    Context, the critically acclaimed walking tour company whose small-group, scholar-led "walking seminars" have revolutionized day tours in cities across Europe and North America, announces its continued expansion into Asia with the opening of tours in Tokyo and Kyoto. Working with local historians, Context has opened with five innovative tours in each city, designed to help curious ...

  • San Francisco Travel Association Announces New Marketing Representation In Japan

    The San Francisco Travel Association, in partnership with San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has retained AVIAREPS Marketing Garden Ltd. (AMG) as their new marketing representation office in Japan. San Francisco Travel and SFO first retained representation services in Japan in 1987, making San Francisco one of the first cities in the U.S. to have an office in Tokyo. In 2000, a ...

  • Japanese midfielder Makoto Hasebe extends contract with Wolfsburg

    Japanese international and Wolfsburg midfielder Makoto Hasebe extends his running contract until 2014 with the German Bundesliga champion 2009, the club announced on Thursday. Midfielder Hasebe joined Wolfsburg in 2009 to stage 88 appearances in Bundesliga to score two goals. He was also able to win the German championship in 2009 with the "Wolves" . "I am happy that Makoto has ...

  • Japan never had smooth ties with China DPM Taro Aso

    Taro Aso (File photo) Japan has never in the past 1,500 years had a smooth relationship with China, Japanese deputy prime minister Taro Aso was quoted Sunday as saying during a visit to India. "India shares a land border with China, and Japan has had maritime contacts (with China), but for the past 1,500 years and more there has never been a history when our relations with China went ...

  • Japanese research lab reports radiation leak but no injuries or emissions outside facility

    TOKYO - A nuclear research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said Saturday that the accident occurred Thursday at a nuclear physics lab in Tokaimura, the site of at least two previous radiation accidents. Four researchers were tested ...

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