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14. Aeon is focusing on healthy lifestyle

Extracts from the interview with Managig Director of Aeon Co. (M) Berhad Nagahisa Oyama with StarBiz's Elaine Ang. We have set up health, beauty and care outlets (Wellness outlets), which have a wider product range in...

Equal-rights gains have local roots

It was 8 acres in Chula Vista. When the state tried to take the land away during World War II, the Japanese father and his American son fought back. Sister and brother, Alice Yano (left) and Fred Oyama, recounted their...

Against high odds, masses chase luck

What would you do if you won ¥400 million? Following are questions and answers about lotteries in Japan: What is the extent of sales and what lottery options are available? But it is still a big leap from ¥780 billion in...

Monkeys, Police, Healthcare, and Beer

I thought my highly intellectual readership would be stimulated by this story I saw this morning: Monkey eludes dragnet at Tokyo train station Morning train commuters in Tokyo were joined on their way to work by an unusual...

Head on crash Highway 97 (Kelowna)

Another closure along highway 97 overnight as a southbound Oyama man crossed the centre line about 12 km south of Vernon. His pickup slammed head on into a northbound Vernon man's car just north of the Predator Ridge turnoff....

Puhi eatery offers ultimate plate lunch

by Dennis Fujimoto - The Garden Island PUHI — Beads of sweat rolled down Mark Oyama’s cheeks and Jason Sunada’s T-shirt was already discolored from the perspiration that had wet the garment through. But the work continued as a...

Boy finds Cretaceous-era dinosaur tooth in Hyogo

SASAYAMA, Hyogo -- An elementary school boy found a fossilized dinosaur tooth some 140 million years old in a dry riverbed here, school officials said. Kira Adachi, 11, a sixth-grader at the Sasayama Municipal Oyama Elementary...

Japan arrests 11 in record porn bust (AFP)

TOKYO (AFP) - Tokyo police on Monday arrested 11 people on suspicion of selling pornography and confiscated a record of more than 130,000 videos, some depicting sex with children, officials and reports said. Police arrested...

Deadly highway gets upgrade (Kelowna)

A treacherous nine kilometre stretch of Highway 97 between Lake Country and Oyama will receive a much needed upgrade. Premier Gordon Campbell and Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day, announced Thursday, construction of a $77.9...

Local governments struggle with self-styled pet 'sanctuaries'

It sends out a woeful message: "Please take care of my puppies." Problems stemming from pet owners keeping large numbers of dogs and cats have become a social headache in many parts of Japan. According to a survey conducted by...

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