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NEW! Kodansha's Encyclopedia of Japanese Martial Arts released...

4/3/2013 4:30 AM EST  -   Kodansha Europe Ltd.
The world's first A to Z reference source covering ALL the Japanese martial arts will be welcomed by students and practitioners, as well as by anyone interested in Japanese history and philosophy.
Encyclopedia of Japanese Martial Arts  by Dr. David A. Hall; hardcover with dust-jacket; published by Kodansha USA Inc. / April 2013.   rrp £40.

Kodansha Europe is happy to announce the release of this amazing new...
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Tropical Japan:  The Islands of Wellness Open for International Visitors

2/26/2013 2:00 PM EST  -   Japan National Tourism Organization
January 18, 2013, New York, NY: Okinawa, Japan’s tropical archipelago, has more cultural attractions and natural beauty than you can possibly imagine. Once its own kingdom, the Ryukyu Kingdom which ruled over these remote tropical islands until the 19th century, Okinawa today occupies the most southwest end of Japan and offers its own unique blend of a traditional wellness culture and elegant...
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Okinawa’s remote Yaeyama Islands promote sustainable tourism with new airport an...

2/26/2013 11:10 AM EST  -   Japan National Tourism Organization
People flock to Okinawa’s remote Yaeyama Islands for rich nature and unique Okinawa culture remained to this day.  The islands show the latest sustainable tourism, balancing between tourism development and their amazingly rich nature.
February 26, 2013, New York, NY: Okinawa, the southernmost Japanese archipelago, will become even more of a cultural draw to global travelers in March 2013. Renovated Ishigaki...

PINK® brand for women enters new market in Asia as Empowered Products fills its ...

1/14/2013 12:19 PM EST  -   Empowered Products, Inc
LAS VEGAS - Empowered Products, Inc. (OTCQB: EMPO), an emerging leader in the high-growth sexual wellness sector through its trademark PINK® and GunOil® brands, proudly announces its first order filled in Japan. Through its subsidiary based in Hong Kong, the company has fulfilled the initial order from Love Piece Club of Tokyo that included PINK Silicone, PINK Water and Hot PINK...
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MEDIA ALERT: SONY EXPANDS VAIO® ULTRABOOK™ LINE

1/6/2013 5:00 PM EST  -   Sony Canada
Touch Display Comes to New VAIO® T series 15
Toronto, Jan. 7, 2013 (CES booth #14200) – Sony Canada today updated its top-selling VAIO® T Series Ultrabook™ line with a new Full HD, touch-enabled T Series 15, allowing consumers to experience Windows 8 in a clamshell form factor. The T Series incorporates Sony’s innovative digital imaging and audio technologies, and packs high performance and mobility into a...

Report Released from Conference on the Future of U.S.-Korea Relations

12/13/2012 1:56 PM EST  -   The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
December 13, 2012 - The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, in partnership with Korea’s Asan Institute for Policy Studies and the Korea Economic Institute, today released a report on U.S.-Korea Relations. The report comes at a pivotal moment following the North Korean rocket launch and prior to mid-December elections in both Japan and South Korea.

The report on the U.S.-ROK...
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Americans Question Gains of War in Afghanistan

7/17/2012 1:27 PM EST  -   The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
JULY 17 - The United States granted Afghanistan special status as an official non-NATO ally this past weekend, adding Afghanistan to a select group that includes Israel, Japan, and Pakistan.  Presumably, this move in part attempts to assuage Afghan government concerns over the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from their country in 2014. According to American public opinion, however, there are no regrets about...
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Mott MacDonald appointed on Mumbai monorail project by LTSE

6/25/2012 7:40 AM EST  -   Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by LTSE – a consortium comprising Larsen & Toubro and Scomi Engineering Bhd, Malaysia – as independent assessor for the testing and commissioning of Phase 1 of the Jacob Circle to Chembur corridor of India’s first monorail. This section is one of eight lines proposed for the city of Mumbai and once complete, the INR24.6 billion scheme will be the world’s second longest monorail...

Enea signs 8.3 MSEK license deal with a communications company in Japan

6/1/2012 8:03 AM EST  -   Enea AB
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, 1 June, 2012 – Enea (NASDAQ OMX Nordic:ENEA) today announced an agreement with a global communications company, based in Japan. The agreement is worth 8.3 MSEK (96 MYEN) and includes licenses for the real time operating system Enea OSE Multicore edition, the development tool Enea Optima, and some 3rd party software components.

The customer will use Enea’s products to develop a new software...

Gothia Cup to collaborate with the Japanese Football Association

5/25/2012 4:05 AM EST  -   Gothia Cup
Gothia Cup has signed a three year cooperation agreement with the Japanese Football Association and their highest league J. League. The agreement means that the association receiving the award for best youth club in Japan – Best Academy Club Award – sends its team for boys 16 years to participate in the Gothia Cup. – It feels good that after years of negotiations we have reached this agreement because it is part of...