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09/07/2010 08:40 PM
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Japanese journalist tricks Taliban captors into letting him use Twitter
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TOKYO : A Japanese freelance journalist last Friday tricked his Taliban captors into letting him use Twitter to send a message that gave hope to his family and friends who had not seen him since April 1, IDG News reported on Tuesday.
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09/07/2010 03:59 PM
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Despite the big spender image, Japanese actually love to save
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There's this image that the Japanese are drop-dead, go-all-out kaimono-chūdokusho (買い物中毒症, shopaholics), despite whatever the latest dreary news bulletin on the global recession says. While that may be true, it's also a fact of our collective lives that the Japanese hate spending, with every fiber of our being. Call it the Japan paradox, or just plain perverse, but while many of us won't blink ...
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09/08/2010 02:25 PM
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FDA to Use Ariana for Genomic Data Tools
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Ariana Pharma will provide its biomarker data mining technology to the US Food and Drug Administration for its efforts to develop better tools for analyzing genomic data to be used in personalized medicine.
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09/08/2010 07:00 PM
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Advantest, Anritsu, Asukanet, Rohto Pharma, SMK, Unicharm: Equity Movers
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The following companies may have unusual price changes in Japanese trading today. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of the latest close. The information in each item was released after markets shut unless stated otherwise.
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09/08/2010 03:16 PM
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UCLA, Japanese company to collaborate on specialized nano-imaging instrumentation
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( University of California - Los Angeles ) Hamamatsu will work with CNSI researchers on efforts to apply nanoscience and nanotechnology to projects having global importance in health, medicine, energy, the environment. Together they will work on new instruments that advance the field of nanolevel optical imaging.
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09/08/2010 03:33 PM
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Japanese firm collaborates on nano-imaging projects
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The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has announced plans to collaborate with Hamamatsu Photonics Corp., a leading developer and manufacturer of photon detectors and camera systems, to apply nanoscience and nanotechnology to projects having global importance in health, medicine, energy and the environment.
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09/07/2010 01:28 PM
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Technology › Leading eco goods and ideas site to open redesigned web shop
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eco+waza, Ltd, Japan’s leading source for news, information and products for inspired green living—Japan style—will open its completely redesigned and updated website (www.greenjapan.com) on Friday.…
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09/07/2010 10:55 AM
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Freed journalist tricked captors into Twitter access
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IDG News Service - A Japanese journalist freed over the weekend by captors in Afghanistan managed to send two Twitter messages before his release while teaching a captor how to access the Internet on a new cell phone, he said Tuesday.
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09/08/2010 09:38 AM
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Microsoft's Xbox ready for bigger battle in Japan
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Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn't been easy for Microsoft Corp.
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09/08/2010 07:16 AM
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Mitsubishi turns focus to small, global cars
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Automotive News reports on Mitsubishi's new model plans.
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