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Snoopy museum to open in Tokyo in 2016
Published on 01/08/2015
» TOKYO — The world's second museum dedicated to Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang will open in Tokyo's Roppongi shopping and entertainment district in March 2016 for two and a half years only, Sony Creative Products Inc, the iconic comic strip's exclusive agent in Japan, said.
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Spending by tourists to Japan hits record
Published on 30/04/2015
» TOKYO — Spending by foreign travellers in Japan in the January-March period hit a record 706.6 billion yen (196 billion baht), up 64.4% from a year earlier, the government said Thursday.
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Volcanic quakes continue at Mount Hakone
Published on 07/05/2015
» TOKYO - Volcanic earthquakes continued at Mount Hakone on Thursday after authorities the previous day raised the alert level for a possible eruption in the hot spring district southwest of Tokyo.
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Cambodia imports Africa rats for demining work
Published on 18/06/2015
» PHNOM PENH — Cambodia has imported 15 rats from Africa for the purpose of locating landmines and unexploded ordnance in the country, a senior landmine official told Kyodo News on Thursday.
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Japan smartphone app to keep tourists safe
Kyodo News, Published on 12/07/2015
» TOKYO — A new smartphone application produced by a Japanese insurance company will help guide people to safety in three foreign languages during natural disasters in Japan, company officials.
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Japanese humanoid robots start work
Published on 19/07/2015
» TOKYO — Humanoid robots have started work in a bank in Tokyo and a hotel in the southwestern island of Kyushu on the back of a growing demand for them amid concerns over a labour shortage in Japan's aging society.
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Foreign tourists visiting Japan top 10m
Published on 31/07/2015
» TOKYO — The number of foreign tourists visiting Japan this year has already passed 10 million, marking the third straight year the milestone has been reached, the Japan Tourism Agency said Thursday.
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Nepal to reopen damaged heritage sites
Published on 28/05/2015
» KATHMANDU — Nepal has decided to reopen next month three world heritage sites that have been off-limits to tourists since last month's devastating earthquake, officials said.
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Japan, China agree to push infrastructure development
Published on 06/06/2015
» BEIJING - Japan and China agreed Saturday that the two countries will work together where they can to facilitate infrastructure development in Asia, as they held a meeting of their finance ministers for the first time in more than three years amid a broader thaw in bilateral relations.
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Nepal to seek funds from AIIB to rebuild
Published on 04/05/2015
» BAKU, AZERBAIJAN — Nepal will seek financial help from the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to rebuild the nation's infrastructure that was badly damaged by last month's earthquake, Nepal's Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat has said.
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