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Crime › Police raid Sapporo clinic over suspicious diagnoses

japantoday.com     04-Sep-2008   1 related          

Thursday 04th September, 07:00 AM JST SAPPORO — Police raided a Sapporo clinic Wednesday on suspicion that the 73-year-old doctor enabled his patients to illegally obtain physical disability certificates by diagnosing...                    

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Sports › Darvish clips Hawks' wings in win in PL

japantoday.com     03-Sep-2008          

Wednesday 03rd September, 05:12 AM JST SAPPORO — Yu Darvish pitched a one-hitter over eight sharp innings, leading the Nippon Ham Fighters to a 2-0 shutout of the Softbank Hawks in the Pacific League on Tuesday. Darvish...                    

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Bands gather under Hokkaido

thejapannews.net     29-Aug-2008          

"Have a good time!" Such is the case at Rising Sun Rock Festival, a two-day extravaganza where goodwill is taken to occasionally ridiculous extremes. Putting even the nocturnal shenanigans of Fuji Rock to shame, all but...                    

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Kerosene prices to be cut by six yen

hokkaido-np.co.jp     29-Aug-2008          

Kerosene prices to be cut by six yen（08/29 12:09） Co-op Sapporo, Hokkaido’s largest kerosene group purchaser, yesterday announced plans to reduce kerosene prices by six yen across the prefecture from September 1. The price...                    

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Ainu musician Oki brings the world to Hokkaido

thejapannews.net     28-Aug-2008          

With a Japanese mother and Ainu father, the appearance of Oki on "The Rough Guide to the Music of Japan" with his Oki Dub Ainu Band presents a rare glimpse of the multiracial underbelly that Japan seems reluctant to own...                    

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Back! With a list

wordpress.com     25-Aug-2008          

I'm finally back from my summer in Hokkaido. I managed to wangle (paid!) study leave from my office, who generally do things by the book but were sympathetic about my co-ALT and me not wanting to sit in the office all...                    

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Personalised books: The future of publishing

rediff.com     23-Aug-2008   1 related          

Ever heard of Sapporo? It's Japan's 5th largest city in the northern island of Hokkaido. Now that I had to spend a week there, I figured that it would be a good idea to get a travel guide. Unfortunately, all it had was a...                    

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Lifestyle › Ainu rise up from the margins of Japanese society

japantoday.com     22-Aug-2008          

SAPPORO — For someone who grew up ashamed of her ethnic identity, they are powerful words. Don’t be afraid,” Mina Sakai sings to a young, enthusiastic crowd in the language of the Ainu, the indigenous people of northern Japan....                    

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Saury fishermen also worried

thejapannews.net     22-Aug-2008          

NEMURO, Hokkaido--The season's first sanma saury haul was unloaded this week at Hanasaki port here, which has had the country's biggest saury harvests for 10 straight years. But fishermen at this northern port who bring in the...                    

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Sapporo beer factory Connie

nowpublic.com     21-Aug-2008   7 related          

Labels breaking down the carbon emitted in production, packaging, transportation, and disposal will appear starting next spring on a wide range of Japanese consumer goods. Because the program is entirely voluntary --......                    

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