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computer companies affiliated with the aum_shinrikyo doomsday sect developed software programs for at least 10 government agencies , including the defense ministry , and more than 80 major japanese companies in recent years , police officials said today after a surprise raid on the group 's sites on tuesday . the disco... | has a location of japan |
lead james ( buster ) douglas of columbus , ohio , will be the next opponent for mike_tyson , the undisputed heavyweight champion , on feb . 12 in toyko . tyson had been scheduled to meet donovan ( razor ) ruddock tonight in edmonton , alberta , but withdrew after he came down with a lung infection . the fight was resc... | has a location of japan |
his introductory e mail message had the humble , respectful tone of a college student listing his credentials for a summer job . ''this year , i hit 50 home_runs with 107 r.b.i. , and my batting_average was . 334 , '' hideki_matsui wrote to each of the 30 major_league clubs in the fall . ''i hope your team will be inte... | has a location of japan |
offered an automatic invitation as the team to play host to the tournament , japan qualified for the first women 's olympic hockey tournament because of geography , not skill . wally kozak , the team 's canadian coach , figures he will need a few trick plays to avoid finishing sixth in a six team field . that 's where ... | has a location of japan |
in the former east_german sports system , athletes were chosen the way some people choose tomatoes . body type meant everything . gunda_niemann was told that her legs were too short for track and field . determined to succeed anyway , she switched to speed_skating at the age of 17 . nine years later , at the 1992 winte... | has a location of japan |
lead shinya watanabe was amused at the unlikely sight of his fellow students panicking over a term paper that was almost due . nearby , students sitting in study carrels with their heads bent over western classics occasionally looked longingly out the window . shinya watanabe was amused at the unlikely sight of his fel... | has a location of japan |
it 's not the thousands of deaths that trouble her most , or the loss of her home , or the paralyzing fear of the ground swaying again . it 's the screams . the veterinarian around the corner was pinned in his house after it collapsed in the earthquake , but he shouted that he was all right . and so shizuko hirajima sh... | has a location of japan |
saburo masaoka speaks with the enthusiasm of a klondike prospector . in rapid fire sentences that roll figures and the fanciful into one , he talks about panning for gold , silver , platinum and palladium . but mr . masaoka is no ordinary 49er . he is a salesman at yokohama metals , a scrap_metal recycler whose mother ... | has a location of japan |
a group of high technology executives urged the wealthiest nations today to take action to erase a growing digital_divide resulting from the economic chasm separating the developed and developing worlds . the perception that the world is increasingly being divided into information_technology haves and have nots is amon... | has a location of japan |
it was cloudy and cool outside the north portico of the white_house this morning as steve doocy , the jovial fox_news_channel weatherman , asked al roker , the ebullient nbc weatherman , just why it was that the president of the united_states had invited them over . ''because we promised to bring krispy kremes ! '' mr ... | has a location of japan |
a report in the technology briefing column of business day on friday about microsoft 's plan to push its new xbox video_game player into the online game business in japan misstated the number of game titles sega would develop for xbox . it is 11 , not 5 . | has a location of japan |
hideki_matsui 's broken left wrist is brangelina level news in japan , the type that prompted a former prime_minister to offer solace and sent a nation of his fans to mourn the end of his streak of consecutive games played . ''fans gasp over the broken bone , '' the mainichi_shimbun 's headline said last week . ''his p... | has a location of japan |
apple made no new hardware announcements at its big macworld computer show in san_francisco last month , but it made up for the lapse in japan yesterday when it unveiled new and upgraded versions of its powermac , powerbook and ibook product lines . seeking to capitalize on the surprising success of the graphite colore... | has a location of japan |
american engineering experts said yesterday that they were surprised by the extent of the collapse of roadways and other structures in the earthquake near kobe , japan . but they said it was too early to tell if some of the damage was related to the fact that the japanese take a slightly different approach to earthquak... | has a location of japan |
by the last night in japan , things were so normal that baseball reverted to the usual fare of bobby_valentine 's managerial etiquette and incipient feuds , to say nothing of benny_agbayani 's announcing loud and clear that he really ought to stick around . the brief experiment in exporting north_american baseball like... | has a location of japan |
when henry wong talked to ambassador walter f . mondale yesterday , his only remaining hope was that a search team of american embassy officials in japan would find the body of his daughter , apparently the only american killed by tuesday 's earthquake . mr . wong said he had told mr . mondale that he wanted the body o... | has a location of japan |
one of the biggest changes in japan 's education system since it was established 120 years ago will take place on saturday . schools will be closed . public elementary , middle and high_schools throughout japan are to close for one saturday a month to give overworked students a break . government officials say the move... | has a location of japan |
just past the tattoo parlors and used cd shops on st . marks place in the east_village of manhattan , erudite gamers scour the racks of a cluttered video_game shop called multimedia 1.0 . rows of vintage atari 2600 cartridges are in one corner . new titles for the playstation_2 are down the way . but the real draw is t... | has a location of japan |
a few weeks ago prime_minister kiichi_miyazawa , who graduated from the university of tokyo in 1941 , turned to his chief aide , koichi_kato , who graduated from the same university in 1964 , and declared that a nagging problem with the japanese government had got out of control too many of the country 's powerful bure... | has a location of japan |
lead a strong earthquake with a preliminary reading of 5.6 on the richter_scale occurred in the pacific_ocean off central japan today , the hong kong observatory reported . the observatory said the quake hit at 12 56 p.m . and its epicenter was about 340 miles south of tokyo in an area where several small islands are l... | has a location of japan |
on the verge of winning a medal in men 's figure_skating , todd_eldredge ticked off the name of other athletes whose redemptive success had come after years of failure . it was a club he hoped to join by saturday night . ''i think it would be a great ending , like john_elway , like dan_jansen , like paul wylie , '' eld... | has a location of japan |
lead the japanese have a word for people like hiromitsu ochiai . the word is ''goketsu . '' it is not a quality japanese parents encourage in their sons . the japanese have a word for people like hiromitsu ochiai . the word is ''goketsu . '' it is not a quality japanese parents encourage in their sons . ''goketsu'' tra... | has a location of japan |
few have risen and fallen as spectacularly as takafumi horie , 34 , the self made internet billionaire now on trial in japan 's courts of justice and public opinion . at age 31 , he became famous overnight for trying to wrest a baseball_team from a_league controlled by some of japan 's most powerful businesspeople , or... | has a location of japan |
for many , his quest had come to say as much about japanese provincialism and insularity as as it did about baseball . but in the end , tuffy rhodes , a veteran american player with the kintetsu_buffaloes , came up short in his bid to set a single season home_run record in japan . in his final game of the season tonigh... | has a location of japan |
chihiro sato hated the morning and evening mass in the catholic_school she attended in first grade and felt ostracized by other students when she switched to a public_school for second grade . she began suffering headaches and nausea when it came time to go to school . ''my father would pull me out of bed and force me ... | has a location of japan |
takeshi komatsu should have been at his office this morning . instead , dressed in his suit and carrying his briefcase , he was standing with about 200 other people in a light rain , staring at a huge television screen mounted on the side of a building . " i 'm going to go right after nomo finishes , " promised komatsu... | has a location of japan |
if ''the closer'' is n't any good , blame the winter_olympics hype . among cbs 's perks for broadcasting the olympics despite lower than expected ratings was its ability to unleash torrents of promotions for its programming , including last night 's premiere of tom selleck 's new situation comedy . having spent about 8... | has a location of japan |
in a resolution that sends everything back to the beginning , outfielder kevin millar was freed from his agreement with the chunichi_dragons last night and returned to the roster of the florida_marlins . the next step , a lawyer close to the situation said , will be for the marlins to sell or trade millar to the boston... | has a location of japan |
the rookie season of the los_angeles_dodgers pitching star hideo_nomo has been selected as the top sports story of the year in japan by both the daily yomiuri newspaper and the kyodo_news service , a japanese news_agency . nomo , 27 , the national_league rookie of the year who is from japan , had a 13 6 record with a 2... | has a location of japan |
japan , indicating that it was ready to go into space alone , today outlined an ambitious space_exploration program , including helping to put a huge telescope on the moon . the 10 year government program includes regular unmanned probes of the moon and the planets and development of new space vehicles . the program co... | has a location of japan |
negotiators from more than 150 countries moved closer today to an agreement requiring reductions in the emission of heat trapping greenhouse_gases by industrial countries , but a firm deal continued to elude them . with a deadline looming later today , the discussions focused on a proposal put forth by raul estrada oyu... | has a location of japan |
the builder of a rocket that had to be destroyed after it careened out of control over the atlantic_ocean focused its investigation today on engine failure . a multimillion_dollar japanese broadcasting satellite was aboard the rocket . the television_network in tokyo that was counting on quick use of the spacecraft sai... | has a location of japan |
the principal 's office in the little country school here has a gleaming new bell and loudspeaker system to broadcast messages and summon the student body from recess . but it would be simpler to yell through the window for daiki saito to come in . daiki , an impetuous 7 year old with a mischievous sparkle in black eye... | has a location of japan |
when the detroit_tigers signed cecil_fielder three years ago for 3 million over two years , many people wondered why the tight fisted tigers would spend so much money on a player returning from japan who had been a part time player before he left . now comes orestes destrade , and the florida_marlins hope he will be ce... | has a location of japan |
government officials and businessmen in japan reacted with indignation and puzzlement today over reports that american baseball officials were opposed to the offer by a japanese company to help buy the seattle_mariners . hiroshi yamauchi , president of the nintendo company , which has teamed up with a group of business... | has a location of japan |
ichiro_ozawa , a highly unusual japanese politician who calls for a virtual revolution in his nation 's politics , economics , society and foreign_policy , was elected leader of japan 's main opposition party today . mr . ozawa , who would almost certainly put relations with the united_states on a new footing , thus mo... | has a location of japan |
in a nation that was widely regarded as well prepared for earthquakes , something clearly went wrong last week in the city of kobe . and now , some people are saying the temblor also exposed what is wrong with the leadership of japan . newspapers editorialists and other critics are complaining strongly about the respon... | has a location of japan |
during a recent violent rainstorm , about 300 soldiers from japan 's self_defense forces were hastily dispatched to mount fuji , where 100 or so heavily armed invaders had seized control of the scenic summit . in the ensuing battle , which lasted two days but went unreported in the news_media , japan 's ground troops p... | has a location of japan |
lead one of japan 's most powerful politicians , finance minister ryutaro_hashimoto , told the cabinet this week that the reason for an alarming decline in the country 's birth_rate is the government 's policy of encouraging japanese women to obtain a higher_education . one of japan 's most powerful politicians , finan... | has a location of japan |
perhaps the best indication of kobe 's progress in recovering from the earthquake in january is that shizuko hirajima can hear again . when the earthquake struck , mrs . hirajima did not have time to rescue a neighbor who was trapped in the rubble . a fire swept through , and from the edge of the blaze she listened to ... | has a location of japan |
the death toll from the huge earthquake that devastated this city passed 4 , 100 today , and 275 , 000 homeless people huddled on floors and in stairwells of public buildings and other shelters , their initial shock giving way to discontent and even despair . the homeless included more than one tenth of this city 's po... | has a location of japan |
when japan was chosen as the site of this year 's conference on climate_change , it relished the chance to play host to a landmark meeting to help save the planet from global_warming . the meeting , to be held in the ancient capital of kyoto dec . 1 to 10 , was supposed to demonstrate japanese leadership and to show th... | has a location of japan |
hundreds of people gathered in tokyo , locking arms and singing ''we shall overcome'' to protest the adoption of textbooks they say whitewash japan 's world_war_ii history . the protesters , who included japanese , south koreans , chinese and filipinos , surrounded the education ministry to denounce the middle_school b... | has a location of japan |
lead after several days of controversy that has embarrassed the governing liberal democratic_party , japan 's finance minister has denied saying that the growing number of women seeking higher_education are responsible for the sudden decline in japan 's birth_rate . after several days of controversy that has embarrasse... | has a location of japan |
in a neighborhood where hearses and teetering buildings underscore the devastation of last week 's great earthquake , the army has set up special tents that for many residents are the main landmark in the restoration of vital services . the tents contain public baths , and the thrill they have aroused illustrates the w... | has a location of japan |
crowds build ever so slowly around zensaku sakurai , a sidewalk crusader who berates japan 's leaders for what he calls their arrogance , corruption and failure to serve the needs of real people . political apathy has long been the norm in this country . but with mr . sakurai 's followers brandishing political banners ... | has a location of japan |
for audiophiles lusting after the latest japanese gadgets but not prepared to take off for tokyo and snatch them up in person , an entrepreneur named kohn liu thinks he has the answer . his online store , audio cubes ( audiocubes . com ) , sells electronic goods that are hard to find or unavailable outside japan , like... | has a location of japan |
lead baedeker , the trusted world travel guide , offers some forbidding advice to a horseplayer visiting japan ''betting is under state control and offers poor odds . in particular the system is so complicated that it is virtually impossible for foreigners to participate . '' baedeker , the trusted world travel guide ,... | has a location of japan |
as he listened to the questions being translated into japanese , his sunglasses were perched atop his blue " la " cap and he held his hands behind his blue jersey with " dodgers " in white across the chest above a red 16 . sometimes he smiled , sometimes he shook his head , sometimes he muttered , " mmmmmmm . " but whe... | has a location of japan |
in its 4.5 billion years of existence , the earth has withstood both deep cold that nearly turned the entire planet into a ball of ice and blazing heat that opened the arctic to alligators and other warm_weather creatures . compared with that , and even with far less extreme climatic swings in the 10 , 000 years since ... | has a location of japan |
before gloom , doom , fog and brown_tide swallow up major_league_baseball , let this be said its all star game outdraws those of all other sports . there is still potency in one of the beleaguered sport 's family jewels . but how much of that power will be evident tonight during abc 's telecast ? will the game 's niels... | has a location of japan |
the standard way to begin a letter in japanese is ''haikei , '' an honorific that can be literally translated as ''your enlightened worship . '' so it was a problem when a young businessman miswrote a few strokes as he penned the characters , inadvertently beginning the letter with ''you enlightened piece of waste . ''... | has a location of japan |
kyoto , traditionally the home of emperors , was rocked by the earthquake and suffered some cultural casualties , but no human ones . the capital of japan from the 8th to the 12th centuries , kyoto is a tourist favorite , and its gardens , shrines and temples have a relaxed and traditional flavor . it lies about 40 mil... | has a location of japan |
lead as mike_tyson glowered , hung his head in boredom and bobbed to music only he could hear from the earphones he wore , the subject that had many onlookers abuzz at the heavyweight champion 's last news conference before his fight sunday was whether or not they would meet donald_trump and michael_jackson . as mike_t... | has a location of japan |
vice_president al_gore arrived here today hoping to ''generate some momentum'' in talks on what to do about global_warming , and immediately said he had told the american delegation ''to show increased negotiating flexibility . '' even as mr . gore signaled that the united_states might make some compromises , however ,... | has a location of japan |
as if the rumbling earth had not created enough misery here , the skies opened up today and poured down more of it , with heavy rains in kobe threatening to touch off landslides and topple earthquake weakened buildings . the rain complicated the search for nearly 200 people still listed as missing after the deadliest e... | has a location of japan |
suddenly , droves of women on this city 's crowded subways are gazing intently into tiny cell phone screens , checking their messages and then laboriously tapping out replies . just as abruptly , office workers are fumbling with the tiny gadgets to confirm their evening plans the moment they step out of company headqua... | has a location of japan |
lead she is the michael_jordan of figure_skating , a dazzling athlete of uncommon skill who performs at a_level unattained by many skaters , unattainable by most others . she is the michael_jordan of figure_skating , a dazzling athlete of uncommon skill who performs at a_level unattained by many skaters , unattainable ... | has a location of japan |
colds and flu_viruses , the medical aftershocks of last month 's devastating earthquake , are rippling through the refugee camps where 270 , 000 people live huddled together in classrooms and tents here in western japan , and some of the fragile elderly are dying of the flu . but this week when an american relief organ... | has a location of japan |
before lou_piniella could finish his answer , the giggles started bouncing through the room . at a postgame news conference on sunday , piniella , the tampa_bay_devil_rays' manager , explained why hideki_irabu looked different while pitching for the hanshin_tigers in an exhibition_game . his understatement needed no tr... | has a location of japan |
camping is one thing , but akemi honda has been living in a tent for more than nine months , and the view out front is not of a majestic mountain vista but a muddy playground surrounded by buildings . mrs . honda and her family were among the 300 , 000 refugees who lost their homes in the great earthquake that shattere... | has a location of japan |
the day when sawako mitsui , 20 , and midori usuta , 21 , score above 500 on the test of english as a foreign language is the day they will celebrate . the two are studying in the intensive english program at temple_university 's branch here , and only by scoring at least 500 on the toefl , which assesses the english p... | has a location of japan |
in what colleagues hailed as a historic_landmark , 120 physicists from 23 research institutions in japan and the united_states announced today that they had found the existence of mass in a notoriously elusive subatomic particle called the neutrino . the neutrino , a particle that carries no electric charge , is so lig... | has a location of japan |
after two months of sporadic eruptions and frequent , earth shaking tremors in an island chain south of tokyo , officials today ordered the complete evacuation of miyake island , which has been at the center of the seismic_activity . the evacuation , ordered almost simultaneously by the mayor of miyake , and by the gov... | has a location of japan |
when a bridge and an elevated_highway collapsed during the big san_francisco_earthquake of 1989 , minoru hirano , a japanese highway designer , reassured his countrymen that japanese bridges were stronger than those in america . " i did n't think it would happen to japan , " mr . hirano , director of project planning f... | has a location of japan |
it was 3 30 on a cloudless afternoon and the members of the tigers new era fan club were already assembled in the far corner of the right field bleachers . the ragtag group of two dozen or so factory workers , shopkeepers and hangers on were there to cheer the hanshin_tigers , working their way through the team 's figh... | has a location of japan |
lead when hiroshi yamamoto goes for his first job_interview and is asked what he did in four years of college , he plans to look his potential employer in the eye and tell him the truth he played table_tennis . when hiroshi yamamoto goes for his first job_interview and is asked what he did in four years of college , he... | has a location of japan |
as they stepped among the fallen beams and crumbling plaster that are everywhere , the cold and weary residents of this city tried to collect the broken pieces of their homes and their lives today , and many sought shelter in schools , cars , municipal buildings and hospitals . they stood in line very patiently to buy ... | has a location of japan |
touring major_league stars realize it will take a better effort than they gave two years ago to keep from losing a series to their counterparts from the japanese league . the major_league stars , who suffered their first series loss to japan on the last goodwill tour in 1990 ( 3 4 1 ) , take the field in tokyo tomorrow... | has a location of japan |
it was a typical exercise to promote orderly response . the teacher called on each student , who was to shout out his name . ''here ! yuuki tamori , i am fine . '' but yuuki , 10 , was shy . ''why ca n't you do it when everybody else is doing it ? '' the teacher admonished him . he was made to stand beside his desk for... | has a location of japan |
every 10 minutes , like clockwork , another drama filled with anguish and pathos and the sweetness of a lovers' reunion is played out in this shattered japanese city , because every 10 minutes another train pulls into the station . until last week nishinomiya was just one stop among many on the route of dozens of train... | has a location of japan |
lead it was a few seconds before the start of high_school , and as usual several students were dashing to arrive before the close of the entrance gate . but this time , a 15 year old girl fell , and a teacher slammed a heavy_metal gate into her head . she died later of a concussion . it was a few seconds before the sta... | has a location of japan |
texas a m university is one of the largest institutions of higher_education in the united_states and prides itself on the academic programs there . but that did not impress people four years ago when the college opened a campus in this city north of tokyo and tried to attract japanese students . people " think this is ... | has a location of japan |
two employees at one of japan 's prestigious private universities were dismissed today over charges that they were involved in a growing scandal over cheating on entrance_examinations . meiji university said the two workers had helped stand ins pass examinations for more than 10 applicants . the employees kentaro takiz... | has a location of japan |
british detectives play cat and mouse with pedophiles who prey online , while , more out in the open , gangs lure young girls from burmese villages to bangkok bordellos . from technology to trafficking , these latest twists in the problem of commercial sexual exploitation of children were discussed and debated at a fou... | has a location of japan |
japan said last week that it was reviewing how it wants to explore space and added , somewhat vaguely , that it might for the first time consider putting a man up there . no matter how vague , the mere mention of a manned flight touched upon something profound going on here after a century and a half of singlemindedly ... | has a location of japan |
spring_training has begun , but all is not right with our national pastime . still troubled about the dismal nielsen ratings for last year 's world_series , the lords of baseball surely must be intrigued with the packaged , made for television melodramas being broadcast on the winter_olympics . maybe they 'll push for ... | has a location of japan |
when a bridge and an elevated_highway collapsed during the big san_francisco_earthquake of 1989 , minoru hirano , a japanese highway designer , reassured his countrymen that japanese bridges were stronger than those in america . " i did n't think it would happen to japan , " mr . hirano , director of project planning f... | has a location of japan |
the space_shuttle_endeavour and its crew glided to a safe landing in darkness at the kennedy_space_center today , bringing back a japanese science satellite that had been in orbit for nearly one year . the shuttle commander , col . brian duffy of the air_force , piloted endeavour to touch down on a floodlit runway at 2... | has a location of japan |
no buildings have collapsed , yet . no one has been hurt . but the case of the architect caught cheating on earthquake building codes has transfixed japan . night after night , television news programs feature video clips of tearful condominium owners moving out of their new apartments , while construction company owne... | has a location of japan |
in a corner of the tiled tunnel leading from a subway stop to the kyoto international conference hall , the kindergarten children of kyoto left a message for delegates to the climate conference here this week . their message was an assemblage of miniature trees and flowers accompanied by a small sign . ''the kyoto peop... | has a location of japan |
toru kondo , an english teacher at a public_high_school here , had never before been reprimanded in his 32 year career . but he was recently required to take a two hour ' 'special retraining course , '' lectured on his mistaken ways and given a sheet of paper on which to engage in half an hour of written self examinati... | has a location of japan |
one island of calm in this smashed , overwhelmingly sad city today was the warmly lit branch of the bank of japan , the central_bank . even though it was a sunday and most of the city remained paralyzed , bank officials in three piece suits were busy , planting the first seeds of economic regeneration with those brave ... | has a location of japan |
they have seen it so often that they come to expect it . so here , in such an emotional and intense setting , hideki_matsui 's teammates had a feeling he would come through again . this was matsui 's homecoming to the tokyo_dome , where he starred for a decade with japan 's most revered team , the yomiuri_giants . play... | has a location of japan |
the earthquake that struck japan early this morning caused major damage to one of japan 's most distinctive big cities and the country 's second largest port . thus the disaster could have a major impact on japan 's economy , at least in the short term . kobe , with a population of 1 . 47 million people and an area of ... | has a location of japan |
after the strongest earthquake in six years shook buildings and jolted residents awake in the early morning , the police in tokyo reported today that only about 30 people had been injured and that the metropolitan_area had suffered only minor damage . tokyo residents seemed more concerned today with digging out from an... | has a location of japan |
two years ago , a 16 year old high_school girl who lived near here was hospitalized with a high fever . after doctors found that she had an acute case of genital herpes , she told her parents that her teacher had had sex with her . when approached by the parents , the teacher denied the claim , warning them that their ... | has a location of japan |
it was a sign , bob sapp knew , that his self described beast phenomenon had gone too far he shaved his chest for a television commercial and someone swept up the hair and sold it for 500 . it was also a sign of how far sapp had helped take k_1 , japan 's kick boxing league . since arriving in japan nearly two years ag... | has a location of japan |
as rescue workers and survivors dug through the rubble of coastal communities devastated by japan 's strongest earthquake in 25 years , japanese authorities said today that 97 people died and upwards of 167 may be missing , many of them victims of towering waves and raging fires . the worst damage , and more than half ... | has a location of japan |
for centuries the japanese have gathered the worn out detritus of daily life , from sewing needles and children 's dolls to chopsticks and old cleaning brushes , and burned them in annual neighborhood rituals of thanks for years of uncomplaining service . but the architects of japan 's postwar economic rise have never ... | has a location of japan |
for a product that is wildly expensive , technically confusing and apparently incompatible with a lot of machines with which it ought to be expected to work , the panasonic dmr e10 dvd video recorder is actually pretty cool . it has the distinction of being the first consumer dvd video recorder to reach these shores fr... | has a location of japan |
karyn bye , a forward on the united_states women 's gold_medal winning hockey team at the olympics , has been learning to be a celebrity in new york this week , doing the talk_shows and signing_autographs . ''i come into the hotel and people are stopping and asking me what it was like in japan . 'do you have your medal... | has a location of japan |
joe bryant resigned yesterday as an assistant coach at la salle university to follow the career of his son , kobe , who hopes to jump from high_school to the n.b.a . kobe_bryant , a 6 foot 6 inch forward honored as the national scholastic player of the year by several organizations , announced on april 29 that he would... | has a location of japan |
lead like many 18 year olds in japan , mayumi yamamoto has long been immersed in serious training for her college entrance_examinations . but she went into high gear in early february , two weeks before the first in a series of exams . like many 18 year olds in japan , mayumi yamamoto has long been immersed in serious ... | has a location of japan |
an earthquake under the sea followed by 17 foot tidal_waves levelled several stretches of japan 's northern coast late monday_night , leaving 36 people known dead and several villages a jumble of shattered homes and overturned cars . police officials said they had confirmed 36 deaths , as the toll rose this morning and... | has a location of japan |
a powerful earthquake shook northern japan early this morning , causing power failures , setting fire to an oil_refinery and derailing a train . at least 164 people were injured , most of them by falling objects in their homes , according to the nhk news network . no deaths were reported . japan 's national meteorologi... | has a location of japan |
bottles of shampoo and liquid soap lay jumbled on the shelves and strewn across the floor at masaru shiraishi 's drug store here , leaving almost no room for customers to walk . the place looked like it had been hit by an earthquake , which , of course , it had . but on a street in which many of the homes and small sho... | has a location of japan |
an article in world business on friday about the rising number of patent lawsuits brought by japanese companies misstated the timing of a suit filed by fujitsu against samsung sdi of south_korea . it was filed in april , not last year . | has a location of japan |
the ohara farm seems pretty much like any other family owned farm here , small in scale , neat as a pin and dreamily bucolic , surrounded by the magnificent mountains of central japan . but its most distinguishing feature is less obvious . the farm is selling its feisty , free range chickens online . the ohara farm 's ... | has a location of japan |
parappa the rapper is what happens when pop_culture plays the telephone game . released as a sony playstation title in japan , parappa is selling at a steady clip on main_street , u.s.a. , despite the fact that it has no explosions , acrobatic combat or anything in the way of cinematic violence . it is a video_game abo... | has a location of japan |
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