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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • S. Korean women cancel meeting with Osaka mayor

    South Korean women shout slogans during a demonstration on Wednesday in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, calling for the resolution of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Issue. Provided to China ...

  • Anthony Hilton Britain’s malaise will last for a while but at least it’s better than Japan

    I remember a conversation with Paul Fisher in his office deep in the bowels of the Bank of England one day last summer when he said Japan was still struggling after 20 years to get back on its feet following its financial crash so we should not expect too much too soon from the United ...

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The Graduate [DVD]

The Graduate [DVD]

As is true with many great films that are irrevocably connected to their time and place, certain elements of Mike Nichol's The Graduate have not aged terribly well. Simon & Garfunkel's folksy soundtrack has a certain datedness, particularly in the way N ... ...

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  • Cannes Sony Classics Nabs Jim Jarmuschs Only Lovers Left Alive

    ). "It would take a stake through the heart to keep Barker, Bernard and Leiner away from a good movie," said Jeremy Thomas about Sony Pictures Classics' ...

  • Bollywood hopes Cannes will can the ‘B-word’

    Sealed: Indian star Aishwarya Rai arrives for the screening of 'Blood Ties' at the 66th international film festival in Cannes, on France's Mediterranean coast, on Monday. | ...

  • Is Sony Worried About Falling Android Sales or the Strength of Samsung

    Sony's lowered estimates for their smartphone sales during the 2014 fiscal year. Originally pencilled in as 1.8 trillion yen, they Japanese company have dropped this to 1.5 trillion yen. What has brought this on? Samsung. The Xperia range of Android smartphones has been making steady improvements, with the current flagship Xperia Z proving to be a solid mid to high end handset. I found the ...

  • Thailand-Japan plan two-way tourism traffic flows.

    In an effort to address a gap in travel between Thailand and the island of Kyushu in Japan, a tourism exchange was recently organized in the city of Fukuoka between the Thai Government and the private sector of ...

  • BestWorst Daily ETF Returns Japan Funds Fall

    The SPDR Russell/Nomura Small Cap Japan ETF ( ) lost 5.40 percent on Thursday, May 23, the biggest loss for a handful of Japan-based funds that underperformed that day. Markets were down, with the S'P 500 losing 4.84 points, or 0.29 percent, to close at 1,650.51, and U.S.-listed ETF assets fell to $1.523 trillion overall. Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and ...

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