Tag: japan
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: McDonald’s Is Closing Hundreds Of Stores This Year
from fortune.com: The restaurant company closed 350 stores in early 2015, on top of the 350 it had already said it would shutter, as the burger purveyor seeks to stanch sales declines. McDonald’s shuttered 350 poorly performing stores in Japan, the United States, and China the first three months of 2015 as part of its…
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Japan Slams Brakes On Uber Taxi Service
from channelnewsasia.com: Japan has slammed the brakes on taxi service Uber less than a month after it launched a pilot programme in the country, with a government official saying Wednesday (Mar 4) it likely violates transport laws. The development marked another blow for the web-based taxi app, which has become an object of scorn from…
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Tokyo Cyber Security Competition Draws 90 Hackers
from channelnewsasia.com: A cyber security competition began on Saturday (Feb 7) in Tokyo, with organisers aiming to show off the skills of young Japanese hackers by testing them against international rivals. The final rounds of the Security Contest 2014, or SECCON, brought together 90 participants in 24 teams from seven nations and regions: China, Japan,…
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Bad weather delays Japan asteroid probe lift off
from phys.org: Bad weather will delay the launch of a Japanese space probe on a six-year mission to mine a distant asteroid, just weeks after a European spacecraft’s historic landing on a comet captivated the world. Hayabusa2 had been set to blast off aboard Japan’s main H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan…
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: McDonald’s Japan Sees Profits Fall Into The Red
from enterjapan.me: On the 6th November, McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan) reported a substantial, ¥9.4 billion ($82 million) net loss for the July-September period – a stark contrast to the ¥1.8 billion net profit from the same period last year. Still reeling from the scandal of “Mc-Nugget Gate” , the company has revised its annual projections…
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Cyberthefts hit record ¥1.85 billion in Japan
from japantimes.com: Corporate bank accounts were increasingly targeted by swindlers in the first half of the year, and online thefts have already surpassed last year’s record total, according to National Police Agency data released Thursday. Roughly ¥1.852 billion was taken from the accounts of unsuspecting clients between January and June, surpassing the full-year record of…
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#TEPCO failed to disclose crops over 20KM from #Fukushima were contaminated
from RT.com: Fourteen different rice paddies outside of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant evacuation zone were contaminated with radioactive material in August 2013, Japan’s agriculture ministry has found. Despite the findings – which blamed the removal of a large piece of debris from the Fukushima No. 3 reactor building for the contamination – Tokyo…
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U.S. Menaces the Asia-Pacific – James Corbett on RT’s In The Now
James Corbett appears on RT’s In The Now with senior political correspondent Anissa Naouai to discuss the U.S. military build-up in the Asia-Pacific, China’s own growing naval presence, and what this means for the future of the region.
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Japan Eyes Early Manned Mission to Mars
from houseofjapan.com: Japan, with the help of the international community, is working on plans to send a manned mission to Mars. Science ministry officials, citing the staggering costs and technological difficulties, said such an undertaking could only be accomplished with participation of other countries. In a May 30 meeting with an advisory council to discuss…
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America: A Pacific Power?
By Nile Bowie | Russia Today: As Washington pursues its re-balancing strategy, Obama’s historic four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific has subtly altered the region’s security dynamics. “The United States is a Pacific power, and we are here to stay,” declared President Obama during his speech to the Australian parliament in 2011, following his announcement to…
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The Asia-Pacific Perspective: Russia Clears Path for South Korea Pipeline
from corbettreport.com and apperspective.net: This month on the Asia-Pacific Perspective: The Pacific powers sign a new pact to reduce sea conflicts; Australia orders $12 billion of Lockheed Martin F-35s; and Russia clears the way for a Korean pipeline deal. -CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES -CLICK HERE FOR PREVIOUS EPISODES
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Botanists Baffled By Rapid Growth of ‘Space Cherry’
from ajw.asahi.com: A tree grown from a cherry pit that traveled in space five years ago with astronaut Koichi Wakata, now commander of the International Space Station, has bloomed far ahead of what is normal–to the astonishment of botanists. Cherry trees typically take about a decade from the time they sprout from seeds to bloom.…
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Australia defends new security deal with Japan
from channelnewsasia.com: Closer defence ties between Japan and Australia should not raise concerns in regional superpower China, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday. Canberra and Tokyo struck a major agreement Monday to enhance trade and security ties, elevating the bilateral relationship to a new level. Abbott told ABC radio Australia he was taking no sides…
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Interview w/ Nile Bowie on Flight 370, Crimea, China and more
As Malaysia is reluctantly thrust into the world spotlight, what better time to talk again to our friend Nile Bowie, “a Malaysia-based political analyst and columnist with Russia Today”. Is the country being unfairly maligned for their handling of the mystery of the missing Flight 370? Plus, we discuss the latest machinations going on over…
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Mt. Gox Seeks Court Protection After $500 Million Bitcoin Loss
from japantimes.com: The troubled Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan Friday, with its chief executive saying it had lost nearly $500 million worth of the digital currency in a possible theft. Mark Karpeles (pictured), who has not been seen in public for several days, re-emerged to tell a press conference that…