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  • Japan clarifies report on North Korean missile launches

    While confirming North Korea's missile launches Saturday, the Japanese government clarified none of the missiles landed in its territorial waters, Xinhua reported. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, citing its country's defence ministry, had reported that North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan. The ministry had detected two missiles being launched in the ...

  • Analysis - Little sign Abe can shake up Japans inbound FDI

    By Stanley WhiteTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to make Japan "the world's easiest country for companies to do business in" as part of his economic revival plan, which so far has been largely met with ...

  • Japans Sham Currency War - The Hidden Objective Behind Japans Massive Kamikaze Quantitative Easing

    US$ dollars have been flooding the financial markets ever since Bernanke launched quantitative easing, allegedly to turnaround the US economy. These huge amounts of US$ toilet papers are mainly in financial markets (and in central banks) outside of the United States. A huge chunk is represented as reserves in central banks led by China and Japan. If truth be told, the real value of the US$ ...

  • North Korea fires fourth missile in two days into Sea of Japan

    North Korea has fired its fourth missile in two days despite international condemnation against the tests. Meanwhile, UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged a return to talks on the Korean peninsula to mitigate ...

  • Hashimoto says not to withdraw comfort women remarks

    Toru Hashimoto, co-head of Nippon Ishin No Kai (Japan Restoration Party), told Shintaro Ishihara, the other co-leader of the Japanese opposition party, on Sunday that he has no intention to withdraw his recent remarks that have triggered outrage both at home and ...

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The House by the Cemetery (Quella villa accanto al cimitero) [Blu-Ray]

The House by the Cemetery (Quella villa accanto al cimitero) [Blu-Ray]

Lucio Fulcis The House by the Cemetery (Quella villa accanto al cimitero) was released near the end of a particularly prolific period for the Italian director, who had, after several decades of directing projects in a wide variety of genres including co ... ...

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  • Abe to focus on advanced medical technology

    Abe showed the plan when he inspected a new cancer therapy center in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, where heavy ion beam will be used to destroy cancerous tissues in a method called radiotherapy. Abe pointed out that when he toured Russia and some Middle East nations recently, he heard officials of these countries say they want to introduce Japan's advanced ...

  • IAEA inspector backs pumping Fukushima groundwater into sea

    A possible solution to the increasing amount of contaminated water inside the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant could be to pump groundwater into the sea before it gets into the reactor buildings, as planned by the plant operator, the head of international inspectors has ...

  • Sumo Hakuho flattens Aran to kick off second week

    Hakuho kicked off the second week of action with another swashbuckling win to keep his unblemished record intact, mowing down Russian Aran at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on ...

  • Sports Karuturi Sports beat Bandari as Sony win

    It was Thika United, who went up first in the match after John Wanyonyi scored in the 23rd minute. The move was initiated by Kennedy Otieno, who picked a loose ball in the middle of the pack and shot on the turn. The goal bound shot was too fast for Joseph Ruto in goal. He palmed it allowing a waiting Wanyonyi to simply tap it home. Mathare United were back in the match after ten minutes and it ...

  • Why Japan Is Bad For The World

    Japan continues to be the world's biggest financial story. The consensus seems to be that the country's extraordinary economic measures are good for both itself and the world. I've detailed previously how Japan's efforts are likely to have terrible domestic economic consequences, whether they succeed or not. Today, I'm going to explore the latter idea: that Yen ...

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