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 toru hashimoto apology
May 25, 2013
12:09 pm
“My choice of words was inappropriate,” said Hashimoto, who leads the nationalist Japan Restoration Party with former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara. "The phrase 'sex businesses' was inappropriate."
May 24, 2013
6:01 am
Japan pop 2013 05 23
Japanese universities try J-pop music and manga to attract the shrinking number of youngsters in an aging country.
May 23, 2013
11:53 pm
Japan stocks rebound 0
Japanese stocks were up about 2.5 percent in morning trading after plunging more than 7 percent on Thursday.
May 23, 2013
7:13 am
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British-born Muslim converts hack to death a serving soldier; Obama to announce new restrictions on drones; and the oldest man ever summits Mt. Everest. He is, wait for it, 80.
May 23, 2013
5:47 am
Yuichiro Miura may
Extreme skiier and adventurer Yuichiro Miura reached the summit on Thursday.
May 22, 2013
9:31 am
North korea nuclear 2013 04 11 1
A top North Korean general and confidant of Kim Jong Un met with a senior Chinese official in Beijing on Wednesday.
May 20, 2013
8:26 am
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Bluster on the Korean Peninsula, Myanmar's head of state makes the trek to Washington, and a Filipino kid has 41 names. They're all his.
May 20, 2013
6:01 am
Fukuoka smog
Asia’s latest diplomatic flashpoint? Air pollution.
May 18, 2013
9:15 am
Japan earthquake 2013 05 18
No major damage reported, although quake rattled buildings in Tokyo.
May 16, 2013
1:17 pm
Fetus hologram
Japanese company Pioneer has developed technology that prints 3D holograms of unborn babies.
May 16, 2013
11:36 am
Leo cannes umbrella1
International films to watch as they vie for the Palme d'Or.