North Korea blows off the cobwebs - Asia Times Online

North Korea blows off the cobwebs
Asia Times Online
Those were largely vestiges of a long-gone era, a reminder of times when in the early 1900s communist parties - or rather their predecessors - indeed had a ...

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As a numbers game, will Kobe Bryant's retirement be twice as nice? - Los Angeles Times (blog)

As a numbers game, will Kobe Bryant's retirement be twice as nice?
Los Angeles Times (blog)
Actually, the sheer number and history of foreign flicks may astound you. or better still, Japanese movies from the same era. There is a long history of ...

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'Teddy Bear' Riner on verge of making judo history - AFP


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'Teddy Bear' Riner on verge of making judo history
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Douillet also has two Olympic golds to his name. "It's not for beating David but for opening a new era in judo, for going forward," said Riner, ...

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In our reaction to 9/11, echoes of Pearl Harbor - Boston Globe


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In our reaction to 9/11, echoes of Pearl Harbor
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A professor emeritus of Japanese history at MIT, Dower is the author of “Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II,” which won the National Book ...

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ComingSoon.net's 2010 Toronto Film Festival Preview
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Oddly, Takashi Miike's own samurai movie 13 Assassins, this one set during the Japanese feudal era, isn't playing during the "Midnight Madness" track, ...

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Investigating The Real Detective Charlie Chan - NPR

Investigating The Real Detective Charlie Chan
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The act limited immigration for people of Southern-European, Eastern-European and Japanese origin. It did not restrict Chinese immigration, but only because ...

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The Pacific Campaign, Dam Division - New York Times

The Pacific Campaign, Dam Division
New York Times
Under a unique provision in the surrender agreement, 3000 Japanese were to remain on Truk to perform the necessary construction, working under the direction ...

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Paging through the reading choices of 'Mad Men' characters - South Coast Today

Paging through the reading choices of 'Mad Men' characters
South Coast Today
Two episodes ago, the agency was readying to pitch to the Japanese businessmen of Honda. Don orders Joan to put a copy of "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword," ...

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Vanessa Paradis, Romain Duris & Pascal Chaumeil Interview HEARTBREAKER - Collider.com (blog)


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Vanessa Paradis, Romain Duris & Pascal Chaumeil Interview HEARTBREAKER
Collider.com (blog)
Romain: The guy who works in the Japanese restaurant. I thought he was quite funny. The gospel character was great too because of the music. ...

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Chinese influence in Japan's oldest garden - Malaysia Star

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