Japan (help·info) (Japanese: 日本/日本国 (Nihon or Nippon, officially Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku, (Japanese: 日本/日本国?) is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea, and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name literally mean "sun-origin," thus Japan is sometimes identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun," derived from the country's eastward position relative to China. Its capital and largest city is Tokyo.
Source: Workers World Online
The Hunger Project reports that out of a global population of 6.8 billion, 925 million people do not have sufficient food for members of their households. Moreover, 98 percent of undernourished people live in the so-called developing countries — tho ...
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Source: China Daily
TOKYO - Japan's Yuki Ota has promised to slash and lunge his way to Olympic fencing gold in London and banish the lingering demons after taking the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. The 26-year-old, beaten in the final of the individual ...
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Source: Workers World Online
The recent G8 summit did nothing to relieve the worldwide capitalist crisis that has cost up to 80 million jobs worldwide since 2008. Nor did it help feed the hungry, stop global warming or prevent wars. This should be no surpris ...
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Source: LongIsland.com
Our client, one of the major banks of Japan, is seeking a VP- Enterprise Content Manager. Location: Jersey City, NJ Position: Full Time Position Summary: Ideal candidate must have a verifiable track record of success in leading and manag ...
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Electronic boards displaying stock information are seen as an investor walks past at the ADX Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange stock market May 16, 2012. SINGAPORE (Reuters) - After a three-week selloff in financ ...
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Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
An original steam generator is removed from the southern, Unit 3 reactor at the San Onofre nuclear plant in November 2010. — John Gastaldo As they set out in 2004 to redesign some generators at San Onofre, engineers foc ...
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Source: Los Angeles Times
For months, West Coast residents have been bracing for an onslaught of items drifting toward us since last spring's tsunami in northeastern Japan, which swept apartment buildings, cars, even entire villages, into ...
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Source: RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia beat host Japan on Saturday to snatch one of the last four London Olympic berths with its sixth-successive victory at the women's Olympic volleyball qualification to ...
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Source: Biloxi Sun Herald
Analysis doesn't roll as smoothly off the tongue of Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie as it does for his cornerback running mate, Nnamdi Asomugha. But Rodgers-Cromartie had no trouble on Thursday pinning down ...
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