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Dalai Lama and ASSK — FCCJ magazine
http://www.fccj.or.jp/node/5318 Exiles of a Different Kind: Time for the Dalai Lama and Aung San Suu Kyi to Move On by … Continue reading Dalai Lama and ASSK — FCCJ magazine
POLITICS: Japan election 09 live on CTV national news
live on CTV national news reporting on Japan election 09 http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/landslide-win/#clip208546 Continue reading POLITICS: Japan election 09 live on CTV national news
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POLITICS: Japan’s old boys bite the dust
comment in Toronto Star on Japan election 09, http://www.thestar.com/article/689014 Rout of long-ruling LDP heralds social revolution in conservative, male-dominated land … Continue reading POLITICS: Japan’s old boys bite the dust
TRAVEL: Tokyo opens downtown road to bicycles only
TRAVEL: The Zen of vehicle co-existence in Tokyo
the Globe and Mail With an estimated 20 million bicycles in the metro area, Tokyo is the best major city … Continue reading TRAVEL: The Zen of vehicle co-existence in Tokyo
Credit default swaps for dummies
Why the Wall Street Collapse is like a stroll down Soi Cowboy http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/10/28/opinion/opinion_30086957.php Why the Wall Street Collapse is like … Continue reading Credit default swaps for dummies
ENVIRONMENT: Without surnames, Cyclone Orphans struggle to find parents in Burma
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2008/0609/p07s03-woap.html Rangoon, Burma — Like thousands of orphans, Jo Jo was fit enough to survive last month’s cyclone Nargis. Sheltered now … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: Without surnames, Cyclone Orphans struggle to find parents in Burma
ENVIRONMENT: Burma’s corporate relief corps
http://www.thestar.com/article/436557 http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2008/0610/p01s05-woap.html Private-sector teams serving as a lifeline for cyclone survivors in remote delta areas RANGOON–With detailed maps and charts … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: Burma’s corporate relief corps
ENVIRONMENT: After Cyclone Nargis, Rangoon endures a month of darkness
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0603/p07s02-wosc.html?page=1 http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2008/0603/p07s02-wosc.html By a correspondent / June 3, 2008 Rangoon, Burma — Unable to read street signs at 8 p.m., a Burmese driver … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: After Cyclone Nargis, Rangoon endures a month of darkness
ECONOMY: After deadly protests, Burma’s poor suffer most from sanctions
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1015/p04s01-woap.txt Headline: With more sanctions, Burmese chafe under further isolation Kawthaung, Burma – During the rainy season, Buddhist monks in … Continue reading ECONOMY: After deadly protests, Burma’s poor suffer most from sanctions
ENVIRONMENT: Foreign relief workers begin trickling into flooded Irrawaddy Delta
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2008/0602/p07s02-woap.html June 2, 2008 Rangoon, Burma — Flying home, Burmese sailors are awestruck when they see the Irrawaddy Delta below them. … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: Foreign relief workers begin trickling into flooded Irrawaddy Delta
ENVIRONMENT: UN chief flies to Burma to seek meeting with Than Shwe
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2008/0523/p01s04-woap.html United Nations chief Ban Ki Moon arrived Thursday and hopes to meet Burma’s leader Gen. Than Shwe today. By Christopher … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: UN chief flies to Burma to seek meeting with Than Shwe
ECONOMY: Japanese angry over Fukuda’s gas tax
In Japan, mounting anger over bread-and-butter issues Rising prices, shortages of food items, and political gridlock spur calls for a … Continue reading ECONOMY: Japanese angry over Fukuda’s gas tax
TRAVEL: What Lhasa youth really want
http://www.thestar.com/article/413738 Message from Lhasa’s streets DEAN ROHRER/NEWSART Young Tibetans want to be part of the modern world but they insist … Continue reading TRAVEL: What Lhasa youth really want
Lhasa riots photos in TIME magazine
Three Days In and Out of Tibet – Photo Essays – TIME http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1722865_1548998,00.html?artId=1722865_1548998?contType=gallery?chn=photoessays Comments: Tibet uprising photo in Time magazine … Continue reading Lhasa riots photos in TIME magazine
Tibet Uprising page one photo New York Times
Violence in Tibet as Monks Clash With the Police Reuters Chinese security forces in Lhasa, Tibet, took cover during a … Continue reading Tibet Uprising page one photo New York Times
Japan stock market mistake — Asia Times
Japan: A laughing stock trade, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/GL10Dh01.html TOKYO – The trader was supposed to sell one share for 610,000 yen ($5,065). Instead, … Continue reading Japan stock market mistake — Asia Times
ECONOMY: Finance ministers meet over Japan currency
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Zamami Island — Japan on 1000 yen a day
Japan on 1000 yen a day? Yes, by cycling and camping on Zamami Island Thinking Japan is too expensive, most … Continue reading Zamami Island — Japan on 1000 yen a day
Baseball: Boston bids for Matsuzaka — NY Times, IHT
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/…/13iht-BASE.3887482.htm Baseball: Daisuke Matsuzaka bidding tough test for Boston Red Sox and Japan Christopher Johnson, Wednesday, December 13, 2006 TOKYO — … Continue reading Baseball: Boston bids for Matsuzaka — NY Times, IHT
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Spain wins world basketball final — the Toronto Star
SAITAMA, JAPAN—Now we know why the Raptors signed Jorge Garbajosa this summer. With centre Pau Gasol out with a broken … Continue reading Spain wins world basketball final — the Toronto Star
English translations of Sherbets lyrics by Kenichi Asai from Japanese
Lyrics copyright Kenichi Asai all rights reserved Translation by Qumico Fucci, Christopher Johnson …………. songs from AURORA …………… MERRY LOU In … Continue reading English translations of Sherbets lyrics by Kenichi Asai from Japanese
ECONOMY: Tsunami wipes out Thai fisheries
Fear Of The Sea Printed on January 21, 2005, http://www.alternet.org/story/21045/ A fisherman his whole life, Somkiat Baanperm never wants to see … Continue reading ECONOMY: Tsunami wipes out Thai fisheries
TRAVEL: After tsunami, tourism recovers in Koh Phi Phi, Phuket, southern Thailand
CHRIS JOHNSON finds the Andaman coast to be cleaner, friendlier and cheaper than it was prior to December’s devastating tsunami … Continue reading TRAVEL: After tsunami, tourism recovers in Koh Phi Phi, Phuket, southern Thailand
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ECONOMY: Empire crumbling around tycoon David Radler
Accused of one of the greatest capitalist capers in history, publishing magnate David Radler sat in a golf shirt in … Continue reading ECONOMY: Empire crumbling around tycoon David Radler
ECONOMY: Sockeye salmon disaster amid low water levels, hot weather
Vancouver Sun 2004 Fisheries officials and environmentalists are worried that hundreds of thousands of sockeye salmon did not reach their … Continue reading ECONOMY: Sockeye salmon disaster amid low water levels, hot weather
BC photos
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ECONOMY: City councillors cry foul over funding of Olympic Village
Endowment fund fiasco — Vancouver Sun 2004 A senior city planner is calling it the most advanced urban project in … Continue reading ECONOMY: City councillors cry foul over funding of Olympic Village
Nepal photos — road to heaven
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Nepal highway to heaven — Globe and Mail
http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20031129.HIMALAYAN29/TPStory/… Paving the Stairway to Heaven — a 100-kilometre trail between 8,000-metre peaks in Nepal’s Kali Gandaki Valley — seems … Continue reading Nepal highway to heaven — Globe and Mail
Nepal photos 1
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Ishigaki travel feature in JT
Freedoms on the outer limit Ishigaki island is a remote and pristine lure for lovers of sun, sea, nature, fine … Continue reading Ishigaki travel feature in JT
Tokyo Koyo cycling guide — Japan Times
Painting Tokyo red and gold In times past, some Native Americans believed the autumn colors were made when the Great … Continue reading Tokyo Koyo cycling guide — Japan Times
ECONOMY: Japanese men lack homegrown heroes
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/14/…/14iht-rinvisible_ed2_.html TOKYO When Japanese men such as Ryuji Shinozaki go shopping, they aren’t likely to see their peers among the … Continue reading ECONOMY: Japanese men lack homegrown heroes
ECONOMY: Fashion revolution drives new look in Japan
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/…/07iht-fgirls_ed3_.htmlRevolution drives new look in Japan TOKYO Japan’s “fashionistas” look innocent enough in school uniforms and loose white socks rolled … Continue reading ECONOMY: Fashion revolution drives new look in Japan
Japan fashionista photos
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For Japan youth, anything goes — NY Times, IHT
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/07/news/07iht-rtokyo_ed3_.html?scp=8&sq=Ch… Youth mix and match styles across borders and eras Japan’s anything-goes mentality By Christopher Johnson Published: Monday, October 7, … Continue reading For Japan youth, anything goes — NY Times, IHT
Philippine photos 1
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CJ, Hamid escape Philippine kidnapping — CPJ in NY
PHILIPPINES: JOURNALISTS WARNED OF KIDNAP THREAT New York, February 12, 2002–The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is concerned about reported … Continue reading CJ, Hamid escape Philippine kidnapping — CPJ in NY
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US hostages in Basilan, Philippines — CS Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0207/p01s04-woap.html Between hostage and captor, an unlikely bond In the Philippines, a US couple endures captivity – but also gets … Continue reading US hostages in Basilan, Philippines — CS Monitor
Protected: rough draft for “Mister, Pai Nai”
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