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2010 Toyota Prius photographed in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
(photo: Public Domain / IFCAR)
Hybrids help Toyota, Honda dominate Japan car sales
The Times Of India
| 6 Jul 2009, 0857 hrs IST, REUTERS               Text: TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp's Prius hybrid was Japan's best-selling car in June while Honda Motor Co's rival Insight ranked fourth, helping the two hybrid leaders dominate the list of top-selling models...
Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President - As Prime Minister -  Taro Aso -pjb1
(photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
Japan PM woes deepen as opposition wins local poll
The Star
| TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese opposition party candidate won a closely-watched local gubernatorial election on Sunday, Japanese media said, the latest setback for Prime Minister Taro Aso and his party ahead of a tough national poll. Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso is seen through a prompter at his ...
Takeo Doi, scholar on Japanese psyche, dies
The News Tribune
| Takeo Doi, a scholar credited with analyzing the Japanese psyche as thriving on a love-hungry dependence on authority figures, has died, his family said Monday. He was 89. | Doi, who died Sunday from illnesses related to old age, wrote the 1971 boo...
Japanese navy ships leave for anti-piracy mission
The News Tribune
| Two more Japanese navy destroyers left Monday to join an international mission to curb piracy off the coast of Somalia, and for the first time will be authorized to escort both foreign and Japanese vessels. | Harusame and Amagiri will replace two o...
Takeo Doi, scholar on Japanese psyche, dies
The Press Democrat
| Doi, who died Sunday from illnesses related to old age, wrote the 1971 book, "The Anatomy of Dependence," which introduced the idea of "amae" - a childlike desire for indulgence - as key to understanding the Japanese mind. | Doi's work was a hit in...
Japanese Emperor Akihito reads statement to open parliamentary session in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 29, 2008.
AP / Koji Sasahara
Japan's royal couple tour Ottawa area
CBC
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk to wellwishers at the Mackenzie King Estate in Gatineau Park, Que. (Patrick Doyle/Canadian Press) | Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Mi...
Then candidate for a new director general of the UN nuclear agency IAEA, Yukiya Amano of Japan, is seen prior to the start to a hearing of the candidates in Vienna, Austria on Thursday, July 2, 2009.
AP / Hans Punz
Japanese Yukiya Amano to head up International Atomic Energy Agency
The Australian
| TOKYO: Japan, the only nation to suffer an atomic bombing, has welcomed the appointment of one of its own to lead the world's top nuclear watchdog. | The Mayor of Hiroshima, the ...
 Japan´s Empress Michiko assists a boy as he craws through building blocks during a visit with Emperor Akihito (not pictured) to Yakumo nursery school in Tokyo Thursday, May 10, 2007. (mb1)
AP /Yuriko Nakao
Japanese emperor begins Canadian tour
Canada Dot Com
Japanese emperor begins Canadian tour | OTTAWA - Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife, Empress Michiko, begin an 11-day tour of Canada on Friday. | The royal couple is scheduled t...
Takeo Doi, scholar on Japanese psyche, dies
Herald Tribune
| TOKYO - Takeo Doi, a scholar credited with analyzing the Japanese psyche as thriving on a love-hungry dependence on authority figures, has died, his family said Monday. He was 89. | ...
Japanese navy ships leave for anti-piracy mission
Wtop
By MARI YAMAGUCHI | Associated Press Writer | TOKYO (AP) - Two more Japanese navy destroyers left Monday to join an international mission to curb piracy off the coast of Somalia, and for the first time will be authorized to escort both foreign and Ja...
Tokyo
The President of the National Security Bureau of Kuwait, Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah -ayt1
(photo: Nato)
Asia Olympic Council backs Tokyo's 2016 bid
Philadelphia Daily News
| The Associated Press | SINGAPORE - The Olympic Council of Asia has endorsed the bid of Tokyo to host the Summer Games in 2016. | "Asia will always support any city from Asia," Kuwait's Ahmad Fahad al-Sabah, the council president, said after a general assembly meeting in Singapore. "They're doing a great job making progress toward a successful bid...
Culture
Mandy Moore arrives for the 32nd annual American Music Awards, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
(photo: AP / Chris Pizzello)
Mandy Moore sings praises to Tokyo, Big Sur
Denver Post
| Mandy Moore (Getty | Theo Wargo) | Once known as that other blond girl who wasn't Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera or Jessica Simpson, Mandy Moore has managed to grow up in public and carve out a strong career for herself without finding her face splashed in the tabloids. After releasing her debut album a decade ago, Moore won roles in such fil...
Tourism
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, second from left, poses with Japanese Emperor Akihito, his wife Hayrunnisa, second from right, and Empress Michiko as they visit Imperial Palace in Tokyo Thursday, June 5, 2008.
(photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Japan's royal couple arrive in Canada
Syracuse
| (AP) - TORONTO - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko were greeted by Canada's foreign affairs minister Friday when they arrived in Ottawa for the royal couple's first-ever visit to Canada together. | The royal couple will spend 11 days in Canada to attend various ceremonies and events before traveling to Hawaii. | "Both Canada and the sta...



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