Media scan - Indianapolis Star
Media scanIndianapolis Star, United States - 10 hours agoHe examines the lifestyles of people from the Japanese islands of Okinawa, Hunza in Central Asia, Vilcabamba in South America and Abkhasia in the Caucasus …
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EDITORIAL: Abe's new Cabinet - Asahi Shimbun
EDITORIAL: Abe's new CabinetAsahi Shimbun, Japan - Aug 28, 2007From now on, Diet negotiations with Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) and other opposition parties are vital for the LDP. The latter will no longer be in …
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Japan's Abe tries to make a new start - Asia Times Online
Japan's Abe tries to make a new startAsia Times Online, Hong Kong - Aug 28, 2007Fumio Kishida, 50, has become minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories issues. Former Transport Ministry bureaucrat Shinya Izumi, 70, …
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Spark for Sino-Japanese War was triggered in Seoul - Asahi Shimbun
Asahi ShimbunSpark for Sino-Japanese War was triggered in SeoulAsahi Shimbun, Japan - Aug 24, 2007Vietnam, Japan, the Ryukyu kingdom (present-day Okinawa) and everyone else belonged to this Sino-centric world. China was not even the name of the nation in …
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Answering Questions On Blood Pressure Readings, CHIP, Army Benefits - Evening Bulletin
Answering Questions On Blood Pressure Readings, CHIP, Army BenefitsEvening Bulletin, PA - Aug 16, 2007That's one key to a healthy diet - more vegetables. The American diet is 29 percent meat/poultry/eggs, compared to the Okinawan at 2 percent. …
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POLITICAL PULSE / Will Koike survive Cabinet reshuffle? - The Daily Yomiuri
POLITICAL PULSE / Will Koike survive Cabinet reshuffle?The Daily Yomiuri, Japan - 13 hours agoPolitical observers said she made the decision partly because Moriya had poor relations with people in Okinawa Prefecture over issues surrounding the US …
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Media must dog governor on Japan trip - Pacific Daily News
Media must dog governor on Japan tripPacific Daily News, GU - Aug 18, 2007In a few weeks, the governor is planning on going to Okinawa and Japan to seek a sum of $700 million that has been said to be going to infrastructure …
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Censors unable to hide defeat: China escapee - The Japan Times
The Japan TimesCensors unable to hide defeat: China escapeeThe Japan Times, Japan - Aug 20, 2007For Sohma, the daughter of senior Diet member Yukio Ozaki, a Tokyo mayor in the early 20th century, life in Manchukuo was mostly about raising her children. …
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Guest column: It's a whirlwind move for former Bowie freelance … - BowieBlade.com
Guest column: It's a whirlwind move for former Bowie freelance …BowieBlade.com, MD - Aug 16, 2007By Scott Rouch Oh dear God, what have we gotten ourselves into? was one of the cascading thoughts I had as we rode from the airport in Okinawa to Kadena Air …
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Abe not to visit Yasukuni Shrine, 1 Cabinet minister goes there - Kyodo News
Abe not to visit Yasukuni Shrine, 1 Cabinet minister goes thereKyodo News, Japan - Aug 14, 2007But Sanae Takaichi, minister in charge of issues including Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, changed her plans and visited the shrine in the …Okinawa Diet - Google News
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Officials meet with Japanese - Pacific Daily News
Officials meet with JapanesePacific Daily News, GU - 14 hours agoCamacho has met with several delegations from Japan's Diet, as well as officials from Okinawa's prefectural government. Camacho recognizes that the transfer …
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One minister breaks ranks, visits shrine - The Japan Times
The Japan TimesOne minister breaks ranks, visits shrineThe Japan Times, Japan - 17 hours agoSanae Takaichi, minister in charge of gender equality and Okinawa-related issues, visited the shrine in an apparent effort to avoid a rare absence of all …
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Leaders want greater involvement with military decision making - KUAM.com
Leaders want greater involvement with military decision makingKUAM.com, GU - Aug 13, 2007She says that the Japanese Diet paid for a lot of improvements to Okinawa's infrastructure, adding that she feels that Guam is not being proactive enough in …
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Freshman Republican pushes Japanese government for assistance - KUAM.com
Freshman Republican pushes Japanese government for assistanceKUAM.com, GU - Aug 9, 2007… Diet to approve funding to help Guam meet the physical infrastructure and social needs to accommodate the transfer of Marines from Okinawa to Guam. …
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Japanese anti-war conference unites Okinawan, Iraqi struggles - World War 4 Report
Japanese anti-war conference unites Okinawan, Iraqi strugglesWorld War 4 Report, NY - 40 minutes agoAnother luminary was Tokushin Yamauchi, a leading opponent of the US military presence in Okinawa, who was elected to the upper house of the Diet in last …
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