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Closures, resignations and cancelled celebrations batter Japan's whaling industryYushin, Tokyo's official whale meat shop, is closing down © Dave Walsh Probably better to whisper it at this point, at least if you're a bit superstitious like me, but it has to be said that our much criticised plan to focus all our anti-whaling efforts in Japan, rather than out... |
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Japanese governor says Tokyo earthquake would be good for his regionA Japanese politician today risked angering millions of Tokyo residents after he said a powerful earthquake in the capital would boost the economy of the country's western region.Toshizo Ido, the governor of Hyogo prefecture, told a meeting of local leaders that businesses opportunities would flo... |
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Greenpeace calls off anti-whaling mission in JapanGreenpeace said today it had decided not to harass Japanese whalers in the Antarctic this year so it can focus on clearing two activists being held for allegedly stealing whale meat it says was bound for the black market.The group said it would plough its resources into building an anti-whaling c... |
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Bluebird red-carded from Antarctic watersOriental Bluebird, left, refuels the whaling factory ship Nisshin-Maru in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, 2007 The Japanese whaling fleet's key supply vessel, Oriental Bluebird, has been de-flagged and fined following a legal ruling by Panamanian authorities, where the ship is r... |
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Katamari Creator's New Game Gets Drastic 2-D MakeoverTOKYO -- Noby Noby Boyis looking a lot different these days. The last time anyone saw Katamari Damacycreator Keita Takahashi's new game, it looked like this-- a bizarre 3-D colorful world with stretchy main characters. But at To... |
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Niger delta militant launch new attack against pipelineAbuja - Militant rebels carried out new attacks against oil installations in the Niger Delta, destroying a major oil pipeline near Asari Toru in Rivers State, late on Friday. Spokesman Jomo Gbomo of the rebel Movement for the Emancipation of the Nige... ... |
