ECONOMY: Shibuya shopping culture: cigarettes and Hello Kitty
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ECONOMY: Shares dive, new CEO boards JAL
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/as-shares-dive-new-ceo-boar… At 55, Masaaki Ueda was looking forward to retiring soon with a generous pension after 32 years of loyalty … Continue reading ECONOMY: Shares dive, new CEO boards JAL
Tibet monastery photos
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Golf of Siam — TIME magazine
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Tibet Lhasa Potala photos 1
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Tibet cover story in SCMP Magazine
High anxiety The outbreak of violence in Tibet last month shook Beijing and cast a shadow over … Continue reading Tibet cover story in SCMP Magazine
Tibet Lhasa Barkhor photos 1
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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
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
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
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
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
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
BC photos
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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
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
Tibet train slideshow
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