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PHOTOS: The 10 Coolest Subways Around the World

Off Track Planet | Posted 02.05.2012 | Travel

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Off Track Planet

Subways aren't just a means of getting from point A to point B. The dark nether regions that swallow millions of people daily are often bright and creative spaces to be explored.

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Japanese Entrepreneurs Aim For Silicon Valley

AP | By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 02.03.2012 | Small Business

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TOKYO -- For an emerging generation of Japanese innovators, the dream isn't a job for life at a big company. They have new ambitions, and they're dete...

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Experts: Chances Of Big Earthquake Hitting Tokyo In Next 4 Years As High As 70 Percent

GlobalPost | Posted 01.26.2012 | World

Read More: Tokyo, Natural Disasters, Japan, Earthquakes, World News

TOKYO, Japan — It is the seismic shift that Tokyoites dread most of all: a powerful earthquake that kills thousands and plunges Japan's political an...

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Fearing Panic, Japanese Officials Reportedly Kept Nuclear Crisis Report Secret

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI and YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 01.25.2012 | World

Read More: Tokyo, Video, Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima, Japan Nuclear Crisis, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Japan Nuclear Plant, Naoto Kan, Japan, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, World News

TOKYO — The Japanese government's worst-case scenario at the height of the nuclear crisis last year warned that tens of millions of people, incl...

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You've Never Seen Silhouettes Like These Before!

Posted 01.20.2012 | Arts

Read More: Photography, Tokyo, Optical Illusion, Shenzhen, Video, Illusion, Jasper James, Illusion Art, Contemporary Art, Asia, Shanghai, Cityscapes, Arts News

In 2008, people living in urban areas outweighed the amount of people living in rural areas for the first time in history. This monumental shift towar...

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PHOTOS: Exhibitions Worth Traveling To In 2012

Black Tomato | Posted 01.19.2012 | Travel

Read More: Tokyo, Art, New York, Museums, Slidepollajax, Black Tomato, Bespoke Travel, Exhibitions, London, Travel News
Black Tomato

There will be plenty of reasons to hit the road in 2012 for those eager to see the awe-inspiring, the innovative, and the unforgettable.

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Making Celestial Waves: Artist Mariko Mori

Kisa Lala | Posted 02.08.2012 | Arts

Read More: Tokyo, Kisa Lala, Stone Circles, Spread ArtCulture, Mariko Mori, David Art Wales, Adobe Museum of Digital Media, Times Sq, Faou foundationMinistryOfCulture.Com, Lady GaGa, Jomon, Japan, Primal Rhythm, Interview, New York, Video, Arts News
Kisa Lala

The art world often sidelines humanist works for their accessibility and for their campaigns of universal mantras, but Mori has a history of meshing modern technology with ancient practices in a way that engenders contemplation for our place in the natural world.

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PHOTOS: Great Film Locations To Visit Around The World

BootsnAll | Posted 01.16.2012 | Travel

Read More: Movie Locations, Tokyo, Austria, Thailand, Bootsnall, New Zealand, Tunisia, Greece, Salzburg, Patagonia, Argentina, Travel, Japan, Film, Movies, Slidepollajax, Travel News
BootsnAll

While movies can instantly transport us to mythical lands to far off islands and from futuristic cities to places yet to be discovered, the journey doesn't have to end when the credits roll.

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Member Of Cult Behind Tokyo Subway Attack Nabbed After 17 Years

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 01.01.2012 | World

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TOKYO — A member of the doomsday cult behind a deadly Tokyo subway gas attack and other crimes turned himself in to police after 17 years on the...

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Shiro Kuro -- A Tokyo-style Gastro-pub on the Sunset Strip

Jay Weston | Posted 12.14.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Entourage, Sunset Strip, Tokyo, The Whiskey, Shiro Kuro, LA Restaurants, La Around Town, Japanese Restaurant, Best of La, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

This startling sophisticated, fun young people's hangout, translated from Tokyo to the Sunset Strip, is a real find.

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PHOTOS: Green Cars Of The Future

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 01.30.2012 | Green

Read More: Tokyo, Video, Green Cars, Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota, Fuel Cells, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Fuel-Efficiency, Electric Cars, Cars, Green Living, Japan, Green-Technology, Green News

TOKYO — Green cars rolled into the spotlight at the Tokyo auto show as Japan's automakers look to fuel efficient technology to reinvigorate grow...

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An All-Night Bath Experience In Tokyo (PHOTOS)

Karin Badt | Posted 01.01.2012 | Travel

Read More: Onsen, Japan Travel, Bathhouses, Tokyo, Ryokan, Tsukiji, Hakone, International Destinations, Japan, Destinations, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Karin Badt

So at four in the morning, I went into the "massage room" and fell asleep while receiving a very decorous shiatsu massage by a man who kept reminding me to make sure my kimono was tightly shut.

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Boeing Dreamliner Already An ANA Nightmare?

Christine Negroni | Posted 12.24.2011 | Travel

Read More: Trent Engines, Ana, All-Nippon-Airways, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Tokyo, 787, Boeing 787, Dreamliner, Japan, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Christine Negroni

After a three-year delay in actually receiving the Dreamliner from Boeing, the first airline to take delivery of the airplane of the future should be flying sky high. Instead ANA is reassuring passengers that everything is A-OK for the second time in six weeks.

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Tokyo Radiation Hotspot Linked To Old Bottles

AP | Posted 12.13.2011 | Green

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TOKYO -- Japanese officials investigating a small radiation hotspot in Tokyo say it was caused by old bottles stored in the basement of an empty house...

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Officials Find Small Radiation Hotspot In Tokyo

AP | Posted 12.12.2011 | Green

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TOKYO — Japanese officials have found a small area in Tokyo with higher levels of radiation than evacuation zones around the Fukushima nuclear p...

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Japan's 10,000 Airplane Ticket Giveaway

Posted 12.10.2011 | Travel

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Japan’s national tourism agency has announced plans to give away 10,000 free flights to the country to international travelers as part of an initiat...

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Is This The World's Best Airport?

Christine Negroni | Posted 12.03.2011 | Travel

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Christine Negroni

This is an airport that gets it. As in, it understands what air travelers need and accommodates those needs without crowding them, herding them or nickel-and-diming them.

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Japan To Earthquake Evacuees: Welcome Home

AP | By ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 11.30.2011 | Green

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TOKYO -- Japan lifted some evacuation advisories around the tsunami-devastated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant Friday to reassure tens of thousands o...

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WATCH: Tokyo In Sweet Slow Motion

Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 01.06.2012 | Travel

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Filmmaker Alex Lee takes (@badassmusketeer) viewers for a slo-mo spin through Tokyo with a creative short set to Flying Lotus featuring Thom Yorke. ...

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Strong Earthquake Hits Northeast Japan

AP | Posted 11.15.2011 | World

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TOKYO -- A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck off Japan's battered northeastern coast Thursday, but there was no risk of a tsunami and there were no imme...

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Photos: Why To Visit Post-Quake Tokyo Now

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 11.15.2011 | Travel

Read More: Tokyo, Post-Disaster Travel, Post-Quake Japan, Slideadbigshot, International Destinations, Asia Travel, Tokyo Travel Slideadbigshot, Travel Blogs, Japan Travel, Travel News
Melissa Biggs Bradley

On my first trip to Japan, I loved its capital so much and so instantly that I want to keep it as my favorite city for a while longer. London, Rome, Cairo -- forgive me!

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A Chef's-Eye View Of Tokyo

David Myers | Posted 10.30.2011 | Travel

Read More: Culinary Tours, Tokyo, Chefs, Foodie Travel, Tokyo Travel, International Destinations, Restaurants, Asia Travel, Travel, Travel Blogs, Destinations, Japan Travel, Travel News
David Myers

It's easy to over-indulge in Tokyo, but everything from the sushi to the cocktails are moments not to be missed. Every time I visit, I see, taste and experience something new, which increases the emotional tie I have with this truly unique city.

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Japan's Economy Shrinks For Third Straight Quarter

AP | By MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 10.15.2011 | Business

Read More: Tokyo, Video, Natural Disasters, Yen, Japan Earthquake, Dollar, Economic Crisis, Business News, Manufacturing, Financial Crisis, Japan, Consumer Spending, Recession, Business News

TOKYO -- Japan's economy contracted for a third straight quarter as consumer spending and factory production continued to suffer in the aftermath of t...

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Another Earthquake Jolts Northeastern Japan

AP | Posted 09.29.2011 | World

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NEW YORK -- The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that another strong earthquake has jolted northeastern Japan, the same region struck by March's ma...

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Tokyo Art Fair Returns: A Sign Of Japan's Recovery?

Posted 09.28.2011 | Arts

Read More: Tokyo, Art, Japan Arts, Japan Earthquake, Art Fair, Arts, Artists, Art Fairs, Asian Art, Japan, Mutual Art, Arts News

(Via Mutual Art) Better late than never, they say, and this couldn’t be more true with regards to Tokyo’s premier art fair, triumphantly openin...

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