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National › Wild monkey continues to elude Tokyo police

japantoday.com     21 hrs ago   7 related          

He slips urban dragnets. The cheeky, red-faced primate has been giving Tokyo authorities a headache since it showed up on city streets a few weeks ago, repeatedly eluding capture by net-wielding police. “This monkey is...                    

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Picture of the Day › Lux 2008 Shine Awards

japantoday.com     04-Sep-2008          

Thursday 04th September, 01:00 PM JST From left: Olympic long jumper Kumiko Ikeda, ballerina Miyako Yoshida, pianist-actress Nao Matsushita, hairstylist Michiko Fujiwara and calligrapher Ai Takaoka appear at the Lux 2008...                    

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I Had Trouble in Getting the Toyama Forums

vox.com     01-Sep-2008          

I wrote this for the Toyama zine thinger that came out at welcome weekend. I'll post it here for your amusement, even though you won't know who any of the people are. Also I'm not adding the pictures here because i'm a...                    

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Zippy's a boon for some, rival for others on Maui

honoluluadvertiser.com     20-Aug-2008          

WAILUKU, Maui — For Pat Pimentel of Cravings Bakery, the Kahului Zippy's opening has allowed her to hire two more employees since she operates one of the local bakeries providing services to the new eatery. Pimentel recognized...                    

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Armed rural bureaucrats tell crafty critters, 'Go ahead, make my day!'

mainichi.jp     18-Aug-2008          

UOZU, Toyama -- Civil servants are being formed into armed, state-sponsored extermination squads to combat a rampaging horde of monkeys, ravens and other pests responsible for spiraling levels of crop damage here. Estimates put...                    

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Ex-NHK suits rehired despite resignations for shoplifting, cooking books

mainichi.jp     16-Aug-2008   1 related          

Two former bureau chiefs at NHK were rehired after resigning for various misdemeanors, it has emerged, amid further criticism that the public broadcaster is too lenient in disciplinary matters. NHK contracted a former Toyama...                    

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Staffing decisions at the NNTT cause a stir in theater world

thejapannews.net     14-Aug-2008   1 related          

The Japanese theater world is currently in crisis over the question of to whom public theaters belong, since the decision by the New National Theatre Tokyo (NNTT) to appoint new artistic directors for each of its three...                    

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ICT4D Explained

technet.com     12-Aug-2008          

ICT4D, or "Information and Communication Technologies for Development" is the name for the multidisciplinary academic approach involving the application of high tech to address international development problems. Kentaro Toyama...                    

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Sports › Keio advances to 3rd round of high school championship

japantoday.com     12-Aug-2008          

Tuesday 12th August, 07:28 AM JST NISHINOMIYA — Keio infielders Yutaka Fukutomi and Yuji Suzuki drove in two runs apiece as the Kanagawa Prefecture school blanked Toyama’s Takaoka Shogyo 5-0 Monday to advance to the third round...                    

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Sakai-san: The Old Man in the Woods

blurb.com     07-Aug-2008          

Conversations with Sakai-san, a 78-year-old pensioner, house-squatting in rural Toyama. The youngest member of a six-sibling family, living alone with dementia and barely subsisting on a government pension, Sakai- san is an...                    

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