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Baseball: Nakamura formally signs with Rakuten

Tōkyō :: Japan | about 9 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Kyodo News

Norihiro Nakamura, a free agent from the Chunichi Dragons, was formally unveiled Friday in the signing of a two-year deal worth 300 million yen with the Rakuten Eagles. The 35-year-old third baseman said he hopes to play a leadership role...

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Honda to withdraw from Formula One

Tōkyō :: Japan | about 3 hours ago | Sports News

Source: CNN

Plummeting car sales have forced Honda to pull out of Formula One, a move that could save it hundreds of millions of dollars, the company said Friday. While five automakers remain in Formula One, the highest level of open-wheel auto...

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Japan stocks extend losses ahead of US jobs data

Tōkyō :: Japan | about 4 hours ago | Business News

Source: Belleville News-Democrat

Japanese stocks ended the week with a whimper as investors wavered between hunting for bargains and staying cautious ahead of key U.S. jobs data later Friday. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average edged down 6.73 points, or 0.1 percent, to...

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Japan opens nationality to kids born out of wedlock

Tōkyō :: Japan | about 10 hours ago | Political News

Source: The Boston Globe

Japan on Friday passed a bill to grant citizenship to more children born out of wedlock to foreign women and Japanese men, in a change that has sparked calls from lawmakers for DNA testing to prevent fraud. The fuss over...

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NFL players union seeks to block suspensions

Tōkyō :: Japan | about 18 hours ago | Sports News

Source: Daily Southtown

At issue is whether the league had a duty to notify its players and their union that a dietary supplement the five took contained a banned ingredient. The NFL Players Association argues in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the NFL...

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Crime › 24-year-old man arrested for flashing high school girl in ...

Tōkyō :: Japan | about 15 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Japan Today

A 24-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for flashing an 18-year-old high school girl in the corridor of an apartment in Katsushika, Tokyo, police said Friday. Akihiro Fujita was arrested after flashing the girl around 3:20 p.m. when she was...

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Coldplay ‘March’ on with new b-sides

Tōkyō :: Japan | about 16 hours ago | Entertainment News

Source: The Daily Cardinal

Because the EP is a sort of continuation of Coldplay’s latest album, it features a lot of the same sounds found on the record. “Life In Technicolor II” in particular out on Prospekt’s March , sounding just like Viva La...

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DINING REVIEW: Roll call at Fujiyama

Tōkyō :: Japan | about 12 hours ago | Entertainment News

Source: The Gazette

Walk into Fujiyama's stylish new downtown location and you walk into a showroom of American sushi. The restaurant, a few doors north of Fujiyama's old address, is big, hip and an instant hit with diners. A granite bar at the...

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TMCnet.com: Osaka Pref. eyes cell phone use ban in schools

Tōkyō :: Japan | about 12 hours ago | Political News

Source: Uinta County News

Students will be prohibited from using cell phones at the majority of public primary, middle and high schools in Osaka Prefecture from the next school year, under a plan announced this week by Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto. The new regulations...

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Nippon Oil to merge with Nippon Mining

Tōkyō :: Japan | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: International Herald Tribune

Nippon Oil, the biggest Japanese refiner, said Thursday that it was merging with Nippon Mining in an effort to cut capacity and costs as a global economic slowdown reduced demand for oil products. The merger, expected to be completed next October,...

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