Posts Tagged ‘ TOKYO ’

internet marketing TOKYO (AP) — has been notified that Japanese regulators plan to order wireless chip maker to stop abusing its market dominance in violation of antitrust law, an official with the Fair Trade Commission said Monday. The commission will cite contracts that give Qualcomm unfair advantages over Japanese mobile phone makers, according...
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Commuters in Tokyo are being greeted… from WN.com – World News
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NEW YORK — Malcolm Foster, The Associated Press business editor for the Asia-Pacific region, was named Monday to be bureau chief in Tokyo. Foster will lead the AP staff in Tokyo to produce insightful coverage of Japan as its corporate giants and society grapple with the worldwide economic crisis, the effects of an aging...
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As a carnivorous animal, you wouldn’t expect a polar bear to get excited over fruit and vegetables. They’re usually more concerned with capturing seals than ensuring they receive their five-a-day. However these inhabitants of Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo were determined to get to the fruit and vegetables on offer – even if they were enclosed...
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As a carnivorous animal, you wouldn’t expect a polar bear to get excited over fruit and vegetables. They’re usually more concerned with capturing seals than ensuring they receive their five-a-day. However these inhabitants of Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo were determined to get to the fruit and vegetables on offer – even if they were enclosed...
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By Edith Newhall For The Inquirer During a visit to Hiroshima last year, the New York-based printmaker and painter Hitoshi Nakazato was commissioned by a gallery there to create a series of paintings on a subject that the artist, born in Tokyo in 1936, knows all too well: the atomic bomb and its devastation...
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By Jill Lawless, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Iranian residents in Japan light candles during the global candlelight in solidarity against Iran’s disputed election in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Itsuo Inouye) LONDON – Protesters across the world on Saturday called on Iran to end its clampdown on opposition activists, demanding the release of hundreds rounded...
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TOKYO — “Cat cafes” — where patrons pay $8 to $12 an hour to play with felines while they sip tea — have become a cultural trend, with at least seven of… from WN.com – World News
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