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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 ...

  • Prandelli relieved as Italy edge Japan thriller

    Italy 4-3 JapanCesare Prandelli admitted his side were made to suffer as they came from two down to claim a win that seals a FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final ...

  • Italy win thriller with Japan

    Italy booked their semi-final place as they snatched a barely-deserved 4-3 victory from a pulsating game in Recife to dump Japan out of the Confederations Cup. Italy scored three times in 11 minutes either side of half-time, through Daniele De Rossi, Atsuto Uchida's own goal and Mario Balotelli's penalty after Japan had established a 2-0 lead courtesy of Keisuke Honda's spot-kick ...

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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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  • Japan rue missed chances

    Japan crashed out of the event."At 2-0 up we felt there were some chances for us but it was psychologically hard for us," said Manchester United star Kagawa ...

  • Huawei to expand corporate business in Japan

    /enpproperty--> Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's second-largest telecommunications equipment maker, said it will expand sales of IT equipment to Japan-based companies and expects revenue from its enterprise business to rise tenfold to $500 million by 2017, nikkei.com reported. Xu Wenwei, executive director of Huawei's enterprise division, said that Japan is a key strategic ...

  • Italy edge out Japan

    Mario Balotelli of Italy competes with Japan's Maya Yoshida during the Fifa Confederations Cup match in Recife, Brazil. Picture: Laurence Griffiths/Getty ...

  • Sony CEO asks for patience as shareholders press on spinoff plan

    Elon Musk, Tesla Motors CEO, tells the Reuters Global Tech Summit that he'll talk to politicians who back local car dealers trying to keep Tesla from selling directly to ...

  • Tokyo stocks close down 1.74 per cent

    TOKYO stocks fell 1.74 per cent on Thursday 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 ...

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