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Massive Tokyo protest pushes against nuclear power
World NowTens of thousands of people turned out in Tokyo against nuclear power on Monday, urging the Japanese government not to restart reactors in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.... -
Tsukemen from a different kitchen
Daily DishThe Sawtelle corridor, which was for a while called Little Little Tokyo but is now pretty much known as Little Osaka, has become the epicenter of Japanese noodles in Los Angeles, stand after stand, cheek by jowl, many of them...... -
Frances Hashimoto dies at 69; Little Tokyo leader, mochi ice cream creator
Frances Hashimoto, one of Little Tokyo's most influential business leaders who fought to preserve the neighborhood's Japanese cultural traditions and who invented the popular fusion dessert known as mochi ice cream, died of lung cancer Sunday at her...
Tags: Culture, Jan Perry, Foods and Beverages, Customs and Tradition, Human Interest
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Tokyo most expensive city for expatriates, New York is 33rd
Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world for expatriates to live, topping a list on which half of the top 10 priciest places are in Asia. Osaka and Nagoya, both in Japan, are also on the list, as are Singapore and Hong Kong. The rest of the top 10...
Tags: Japan, Pakistan
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Sharp confesses 'material doubt' about its survival chances
Sharp Corp., once a titan among Japanese electronics manufacturers, now isn’t sure it’ll be able to crawl out of a financial pit made deeper by ruthless competition and relentless losses. Reporting yet another round of dismal earnings, the...
Tags: Sony Corp., Foreign Exchange Market, Sharp Corp, Investments
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An American pretzel in Tokyo: Wetzel's goes Asian
In the land of sushi, ramen and tempura, pretzel sales apparently do gangbusters. After launching its first Asian outpost in Japan, Pasadena-based Wetzel’s Pretzels said the store has become its top-selling location worldwide. Photos show snaking...
Tags: Asia, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Economy, Business and Finance, Malaysia, IHOP Corporation
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Japan leaders, utility slammed for 'man-made' nuclear disaster
World NowAn independent parliamentary commission accused the Japanese government and the nation's leading utility of "collusion" in avoiding vital nuclear safety improvements that would have prevented the reactor meltdowns last year at the tsunami-damaged... -
Japanese utility admits it failed to plan for tsunami disaster
World NowThe Japanese electrical utility that operated the now-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex acknowledged Wednesday that its managers were "too optimistic" that a devastating earthquake- and tsunami-triggered disaster would never occur.... -
'Comfort women' show goes on in Tokyo despite protests
World NowThe uproar over the black-and-white images taken by South Korean photographer Ahn Sehong underscore the sensitivity, decades later, around the plight of Korean women forced to serve the Japanese military as sex slaves during World War II... -
Last fugitive from Tokyo subway sarin gas attack captured
World NowTokyo police captured the last fugitive from the 1995 sarin gas attack on the world's busiest subway system by the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, Japanese media reported.... -
Japan to restart nuclear reactors despite widespread fear
World NowIn a nation deeply scarred by nuclear disaster in both its military and civilian iterations, Japanese are deeply skeptical and resistant to government plans to take the first steps toward resuming nuclear energy production this weekend.... -
Fugitive from 1995 sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway captured
World NowJapanese police have finally captured Naoko Kikuchi, one of the last remaining suspects from the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, who admitted to being relieved that her life on the lam had come to an end....
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