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Svetlana Pankratova
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The incredible feats in the running to become the world's favourite records
Mon 28 Dec 2009
Whether it's towering Svetlana Pankratova's longest legs or Darren Taylor's stomach-churning highest shallow dive, Guinness World Records (GWR) are searching for the people's choice of the decade.... (photo: AP / Bebeto Matthews)
JAL Boeing 747-400D, JA8907, take off, Haneda Airport Tokyo
Airline   Business   Company   Japan   Photos		  The Guardian 
JAL bankruptcy proposed as option to banks-sources
Mon 28 Dec 2009
* Chapter 11-style bankruptcy discussed as option-sources * Private out-of-court restructuring still option-sources * JAL shares unchanged at 97 yen, Nikkei up 0.7 pct TOKYO, Dec 28 (Reuters) -... (photo: Creative Commons / Uryah)
Katsuya Okada, leader of Democratic Party of Japan, arrives at the party's election center as ballot-counting started in Tokyo Sunday, Sept 11, 2005. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, seeking a mandate for sweeping government reforms, was headed for a landslide victory in elections for the lower house of Parliament.  Zeenews  Sun 27 Dec 2009
Japan's foreign minister begins his first visit to Russia
Tokyo: Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Sunday begins his first visit to Russia in his capacity. During his two-day visit on December 27-28 he plans to discuss "prospects for resolving the... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Japan   People   Photos   Politics   Russia
Yukio Hatoyama 2009  Deccan Herald  Sun 27 Dec 2009
Nuke cooperation, defence ties on Singh-Hayatoma talks agenda

New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI): Civil nuclear cooperation, enhancing of economic and defence ties are some of the key issues to be discussed between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Japanese Prime... (photo: Creative Commons / Scanyaro)
Hatoyama   India   Nuclear   Photos   Politics
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Democratic Party chief Naoto Kan places a pink rose on the name of the party candidate Shu Watanabe who won the Parliamentary elections as the opposition party leaders observe the election results in Tokyo Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003. Japan´s opposition m The Guardian Sun 27 Dec 2009
Japan can avoid double-dip recession - minister
TOKYO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Japanese National Strategy Minister Naoto Kan said on Sunday the country's economy can avoid a double-dip recession thanks to economic recovery... (photo: (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi))
Country   Japan   Japanese   Photos   Tokyo
South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan speaks during a forum at the Press Center in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. China Daily Sun 27 Dec 2009
S Korea protests Tokyo's education guidebook
SEOUL: South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan summoned Japanese Ambassador in Seoul Toshinori Shigeie late Friday to protest against Tokyo's newly released education... (photo: AP / Yonhap, Kim Hyun-tae)
Education   Korea   Photos   Protests   Tokyo
Kim Jong-il visiting a military unit. The Observer Sun 27 Dec 2009
US human rights activist crosses Chinese border into North Korea
A Christian missionary from the US has entered carrying a letter to its leader Kim Jong-il in order to call attention to the tens of thousands of political prisoners... (photo: Creative Commons / Borut Peterlin)
Chinese   Election   Human   Korea   Photos
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), Joint Task Force 535 (JTF-535), load gear and sea bags aboard a USMC KC-130 at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma, Okinawa, prior to flying Daily Yomiuri Sat 26 Dec 2009
PM: Futenma to Guam move 'difficult'

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Saturday the idea of moving a U.S. airfield in Okinawa Prefecture to Guam was difficult, making it more likely that the U.S. Marine... (photo: US DoD)
Defence   Japan   Photos   Politics   US
Gold Jewelries - Precious Metal Mineweb Sat 26 Dec 2009
Gold untraded Dec 25 but platinum and silver inch up
TOKYO (Reuters) - -  Gold was untraded on Friday with many players away for the Christmas holidays, while silver and platinum prices inched up. FUNDAMENTALS... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Business   Gold   Photos   Platinum   Prices
Toyota logo The Guardian Sat 26 Dec 2009
Toyota sees 7.5 mln parent-only global output '10-media

TOKYO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp expects a 17 percent increase in its 2010 global production, excluding units Daihatsu and Hino Motors, from this year to about... (photo: WN / kapil)
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Democratic Party of Japan leader and likely next prime minister Yukio Hatoyama, left, meets with Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader Taro Aso in Diet in Tokyo EDITORIAL: Hatoyama's budget Asahi News
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