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The Digital Cosmetic Mirror: I Want One!

2010-10-27T06:55:59Z

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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials

2010-03-17T10:30:15Z

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

March 15

Loveland (Colo.) Daily Reporter-Herald on why change in credit rules is a positive step:

There's a justice in overdraft protection fees: Those who are careless in their spending pay penalties that support banking services for the rest of the populatio...

Japan coastguard inspects whale boat with arrested activist

2010-03-12T23:15:48Z

The Japan Coast Guard inspected a Japanese whaling ship Saturday with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist who is under arrest for trespassing on the vessel in the Antarctic Ocean last month.

Peter Bethune, a member of the militant New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune, who is under arrest in Japan for trespass, is reported to be well and in good spirits, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said Saturday.

Bethune, who has been in custody since he boarded a Japanese harpoon ship in Antarctic wa...

Dream Island

2010-10-22T09:18:01Z

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New Japan whale cuisine aims to whet appetite for sea mammals

2010-04-16T11:41:35Z

As the International Whaling Commission started its annual meeting in Portugal Monday, a group of bars and restaurants near Tokyo have sought to lure patrons with an exotic new spread of whale dishes.

On the menu, alongside local staples such as whale sashimi, were new creations including whale spri...

Japanese whalers, activists in sea clash

2010-04-16T15:03:49Z

Japanese whalers and environmentalists clashed on the high seas Monday, with the activists accusing the hunters of injuring two of them and of deploying a new "military grade" acoustic weapon.

Authorities in Tokyo said the whaling fleet was trying to ward off the activists who hurled bottles of either paint or rotten butter to disrupt the operations.

The Prince Charles urged the world Tuesday to fight climate change, saying that while the global credit crunch may be temporary, the effects of the "climate crunch" were irreversible.

The heir to the throne issued his appeal on a visit to Tokyo, where he and his wife Camilla are marking the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan

Climate is the real crisis: Britain's Prince Charles

2010-06-12T11:10:19Z

Britain's Prince Charles urged the world Tuesday to fight climate change, saying that while the global credit crunch may be temporary, the effects of the "climate crunch" were irreversible.

The heir to the British throne issued his appeal on a visit to Tokyo, where he and his wife Camilla are marking the 150th anniversary ...

TVs put squeeze on minor metals

2010-10-16T08:02:59Z

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Japan New Year

2010-12-31T05:01:02Z

Women chat as they offer this year's last prayers at a temple in China town in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)

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Japan World Markets

2010-12-30T01:01:25Z

Traders on the Tokyo Stock Exchange react during the afternoon trading in Tokyo at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Most Asian stock markets traded in narrow ranges Thursday as fewer investors participated in the market ahead of the New Year holiday while Japan's Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo, after their classes were canceled following a knife attack at the station Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. An unemployed Japanese man with a knife attacked students and other passengers waiting on two public buses outside the station Friday in a rampage that...

CORRECTION Japan Stabbings

2010-12-16T20:01:54Z

RETRANSMISSION WITHOUT REPETITIVE PART OF THE CAPTION AND ADD BACKGROUND - Police officers investigate the bus stop where a knife attack took place in Toride, Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. An unemployed Japanese man with a knife attacked grade school students aboard a bus Friday in a rampage that left 13 people injured, police said. Police arrested

Singapore Myanmar Lee

2010-12-15T00:32:05Z

FILE - In this May 20, 2010 file photo, Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew speaks during the 16th International Conference on The Future of Asia, organized by Japanese newspaper company Nikk...