Hokkaido Prefecture

Office in Sapporo

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Taiwan: Movie used to mend Taiwan-Japan relations

“Hatta Yoichi” (八田與一) is a Japanese animated film about a Japanese engineer who was responsible for the development of irrigation systems in southern Taiwan. Sponge Bear comments on an article discussing how Taiwan's President...

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Australian Peacekeepers in East Timor

Notes from Abroad observes that Australian peacekeepers armed with automatic rifles are a common sight in East Timor Recent Articles also in East Asia Recent Links also in East Asia Angry Chinese blogger writes on an...

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Improved Thermal Stability of Ag Thin Films by Organic Subnanolayer at Interface with Silicon...

Authors: Midori Kawamura, Terumasa Fudei, Yoshio Abe, Katsutaka Sasaki A subnanometer thick organic molecule layer was prepared on a SiO_{2}/Si substrate using 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS) possessing a thiol moiety...

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Simultaneous Release Not Possible for Final Fantasy XIII

Recently, Square Enix confirmed the release date for Final Fantasy XIII, its upcoming Japanese role playing game blockbuster, for the markets in North America and Europe. The title is set to arrive on March 9, 2010 for those...

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Hokkaido food for thought has a surrealistic side dish

Take a quaint European-looking restaurant in a quiet Hokkaido town in the dead of winter. Add quirky regulars who are treated to nightly disquisitions, philosophical and otherwise, by the avuncular... Read more . . .

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Square-Enix laments the lack of young devs in Japan, says Nintendo is the main console...

“What I’m most concerned about is that the game creator foundation is starting to become exhausted in a sense, because there aren’t as many younger creators that are aspiring to become developers. But now Nintendo is...

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Tsakos Energy Navigation Announces Delivery to New Owners of 2002-Built Pentathlon and Sale of...

ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 18, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. ("TEN" or "the Company") (NYSE:TNP) today announced the delivery of the Pentathlon to its new owners and the sale of the 2002-built 164,274 dwt...

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When Taiwan-Japan relations run afoul, there's always Hatta Yoichi

TAIPEI — The Japanese animated movie "Hatta Yoichi" was given wide theatrical release Friday in Taiwan, but few moviegoers here are likely to grasp its political significance. Purely as "anime" entertainment, the film has much...

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U.S. Presidential visit brings no solutions

Barack Obama made an historic visit to Japan, meeting with the Emperor and senior government and political leaders, but offering no solutions or answers to contentious issues. The U.S. President spent considerable time...

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