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• A few headlines

  
  Tokyo Five — Authority: 420
  A few of the major news headlines in Japan right now: Tatsuya Ichihashi, who was a fugitive in Japan on accused of murdering a British English-language teacher named Lindsay Hawker near Tokyo in 2007, was finally arrested today in Osaka. He has had plastic surgery done in an obvious attempt to alter his appearance ...
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• US President Barack Obama to visit Japan

  
  BionicBong — Authority: 424
  Protesters Against More US Military Bases in Japan hold placards reading No Base at a Nov. 8 rally against the ongoing presence of the U.S. military base in Okinawa US President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Japan from Nov. 12 with a number of top issues to discuss with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. Talks ...
  1 day ago

• Environment, US troops, security to top agenda in Obama’s Japan visit – Xinhua

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 161
  Environment , US troops, security to top agenda in Obamas Japan visit Xinhua … the issues of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for US troops based in Okinawa, the environment and Japans future role in Afghanistan. … and more Please Share or Bookmark this post
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• And now for a look at a Japanese textbook

  
  AMPONTAN — Authority: 584
  ONE OF THE FLAWS inherent in giving the public sector responsibility for education is that school instruction can be too easily used as a vehicle for political indoctrination, regardless of the country or the political system. That problem is just as intractable in the democracies of the Anglosphere as it is in ...
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• Environment, US troops and security on agenda in Obama’s Japan visit (China Daily)

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 161
  TOYKO: US President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Japan from November 12 with a number of top issues to discuss with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, among others, the issues of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for US troops based in Okinawa, the environment and Japan’s future role in Afghanistan. View ...
  2 days ago

• Japanese protest US base – have a government that might agree!

  
  Eideard — Authority: 490
  Japanese march against US base in Okinawa.
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• Okinawans Step Up U.S. Base Protest

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 726
  With a new populist government in place in Tokyo, the people of Okinawa are stepping up their protest against the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps air base on the island. They want the base gone altogether. —JCL The BBC: Thousands of people have protested on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa demanding ...
  2 days ago

• Japanese protest against US base

  
  Recording — Authority: 514
  Thousands of people attend a rally to demand the removal of a US military base on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
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• Japanese FM says no base deal during Obama visit (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  AP – Japan’s foreign minister said Sunday that no deal on relocating U.S. See more here:  (AP)"> (AP)">Japanese FM says no base deal during Obama visit (AP)
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• Japanese FM says no base deal during Obama visit (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  AP – Japan’s foreign minister said Sunday that no deal on relocating U.S. troops on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa can be expected during President Barack Obama’s visit this week, saying the issue needs more time to resolve. Go here to read the rest:  (AP)"> (AP)">Japanese FM says no ...
  3 days ago

• Kyoko Art Gallery

  
  okinawa hai! — Authority: 127
  Next time you head to Shuri Castle, why not take a short detour and drop in Kyoko Art Gallery? Kyoko Nakamoto is an Okinawan artist who has featured her work locally, in mainland Japan, and internationally in such places as New York City and Los Angeles. Her tiny gallery in the Shuri castle vicinity displays some of ...
  5 days ago

• Animated Stereoviews Of Old Japan

  
  My Green Meadows — Authority: 439
  Animated stereoviews of old Japan In the late 19th and early 20th century , enigmatic photographer T. Enami (1859-1929) captured a number of 3D stereoviews depicting life in Meiji-period Japan. [ Sumo wrestlers ] A stereoview consists of a pair of nearly identical images that appear three-dimensional when ...
  6 days ago

• Top US envoy for Asia praises Japan ties (AFP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  AFP – The top US diplomat for Asia on Thursday hailed Washington’s long-standing alliance with Japan, but made no mention of a row over an American military airbase on the southern island of Okinawa. Read more: (AFP)"> (AFP)">Top US envoy for Asia praises Japan ties (AFP)
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• Yuta: The Japanese shamans

  
  AMPONTAN — Authority: 584
  THE EXISTENCE of shamans, or people who can communicate with the spirit world and intercede with that plane on our behalf, seems to be a universal human phenomenon with many shared characteristics. Yet is it not curious that most of us shy away from acknowledging a phenomenon that is so widespread and still exists ...
  6 days ago

• Waking up to a new alliance

  
  Observing Japan — Authority: 108
  The day of Barack Obamas first visit to Japan is approaching rapidly and the focus of the allies remains on the future of Futenma and the US-Japan agreement on the realignment of US forces in Japan. The Hatoyama government is still weighing its options — and Prime Minister Hatoyama has said on more than one ...
  1 week ago

• records for the ravers

  
  S H O O K M A G /////// — Authority: 124
  New 12s that look certain to become ravers’ favourites, made in ends stretching across the planet. Out of Okinawa, Japan: Iori - Galaxy / Urge ( info ) Listen in full via myspace.com/ioriasano Detroit’s latest luminary: Jason Fine - Future Thought ( info and audio ) myspace.com/jfinemusic And ...
  1 week ago

• Japanese instruments - Sanshin

  
  Japundit - Published news — Authority: 450
  The first time I heard a sanshin, I was in a park where a boy and a girl were practicing together. I loved the sound and I understood why it is said to have healing powers...
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• Is the New Japanese Government Willing to Dismiss US Military Presence?

  
  Perfect Argument — Authority: 153
  Something very amazing happened in the last election in Japan, they threw out the old guard, and replaced it with a much more progressive group of politicians. Apparently, no one saw that coming and it shocked everyone. Nevertheless, everything about the new Japanese government is different.
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• Inaka: My Sweet Home (Part 1)

  
  Yokoso! JAPAN Travel Blog by The Visit Japan Campaign Supporters — Authority: 98
  Home is where you reminisce when you are far away and sing with sorrow By Saisei Muro (Japanese poet) How many of our savvy readers have heard of Iya, which is remote part of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku Island? Situated in the western part of Tokushima and nearly in the center of Shikoku, the Iya area is one of ...
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• The Blue Zones. Lessons for living longer from people who’ve lived the longest. Dan Buettner

  
  Knights on the Road — Authority: 118
  Cover via Amazon The Blue Zones . Lessons for living longer from people who’ve lived the longest. Dan Buettner . 2008. ISBN 9781426202742. A surprisingly useful book from National Geographic .  The author and his team  researched centennarians in four Blue ZOnes, Sardinia , Okinawa , Loma Linda ...
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