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| (AP) - As we pull into Toyohira, an unusual and unexpected welcome committee is lined up ready to receive us. | The group of primary-age children breaks into a song about the bonds of friendship between human...
Seaweed beds, the 'cradle of the sea,' vanishing
| Fisherman Hideo Kawamura recalls how the Suruga Bay seabed full of kelp and other sea grasses gave him an eerie feeling as a novice abalone catcher. | "I went down to find grasses dancing as if they were the ...
Joe Hallett commentary: This train is bound for an inglorious fate, and that's too bad
| The horn, barely audible in the distance, was a soothing, omnipresent companion. | In my small northwestern Ohio farm town, trains brought downtown traffic to a stop about 120 times a day as the gates came do...
Getting up to speed on Seattle, Salt Lake City and Japan
| He lives in Salt Lake City, but Apolo Anton Ohno says his favorite city is Seattle. (Associated Press file photo) | Apolo Anton Ohno will be competing in his third Olympic Games this month. The short-track sp...
Away From the Copenhagen Chill, Climate Debate Heats Up
Some discussions, like coal, generate more heat than light. Global warming glowed feebly into a heated controversy as the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was set in the pillory for having writ...
Frost & Sullivan: Strong Government Support Through Effective Policies, Key to Expanding Growth Opportunities in the North Asian Solar PV Systems Market
| Download image | Download image | SINGAPORE, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Very high end-users' inclination towards adopting clean energy technologies, mainly in Japan and South Korea, for electrifying homes and bus...
Haryana varsity inks MOU with Japan research institute
Rohtak (Haryana): The Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) here signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan-based Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) to facilitate joint research and joint excav...
VOX POPULI: In a gray case, voters choose black or white
| In her posthumous book, Hinako Sugiura (1958-2005), who researched the culture of the Edo Period (1603-1867), noted that kimono in shades of brown and grey-black represented the ultimate in sartorial sophisti...
United Airlines' Uniforms Fly to New Heights
New uniforms from award-winning designer Cynthia Rowley in 2011 will bring a fresh design and high quality to the airport runway | Download image | CHICAGO, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United employ...
Giant salamander: Human threat, human promise
| Many Japanese rivers are now, in reality, canals - boxed in concrete, guided down valleys to keep floodwaters away from homes and secure a supply to the irrigation systems. | To breed, hanzaki need to find ne...
Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker
| Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Photograph: Corbis | Figuring out ...
Samurai rabbit enjoys long career: Sakai's 'Usagi Yojimbo' slashes enemies, teaches Japanese culture
| "There was the old movie theater down the street from where I lived that showed the old samurai movies, those chambara movies, every Saturday. I'd go to see the old Toshiro Mifune movies. Get-in-for-a-quarter...
COMICS REVIEW / A nation of kept men
| Ooku: The Inner Chambers | By Fumi Yoshinaga | Translated by Akemi Wegmuller | 2 volumes and counting | Viz Media, 205-235 pp, 12.99 dollars each | With its shrinking population, chronically depressed birthra...
NATURE IN SHORT / The long-nosed connection between yatsude and tengu
| One of the easiest trees to identify here in Japan is the yatsude ( Fatsia japonica). Although the tree itself rarely grows more than a few meters high, the leaves are absolutely enormous. A typical full-size...
Asahi Haikuist Network
| Solemn silence | on the morning of the first | a tiger's smile | --Marie Shimane (Chiba) | * * * | Black ink strokes | onionskin paper | tiger calligraphy | --Mickey Nasu (Tokyo) | * * * | Bengal tiger | firs...
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