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Will Obama Help Change Asia's Racism?

David A. Love | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: India, Hu Jintao, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, President Obama, Obama, Media, Tibet, China, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics, Hip Hop, Indonesia, Yukio Hatoyama, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Buddhism, Asia, African Americans, Colonialism, Asian Americans, China Human Rights, Japan, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Foreign Policy, Tokyo, Human Rights, Advertising, South Korea, Genocide, Hawaii, World War II, North Korea, World News
David A. Love

President Obama's visit to Asia showed how long a journey it's been since the 1955 Bandung Conference, the historic meeting of African and Asian states striving for self-determination.

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Tokyo Crowned World's Top Michelin Three-Star City

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Sushi Saito, Tokyo Restaurants, Tokyo, Jean-Luc Naret, Tokyo Cuisine, Michelin Guide, Tokyo Three-Star Restaurants, Toshiya Kadowaki, Yukimura, Esaki, Tokyo 2010 Michelin Guide, World News

Move over, Paris. Tokyo snatched the coveted title as the city with the most three-star restaurants in the 2010 edition of Michelin's Tokyo guide, ove...

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Obama Bows In Japan To Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Posted 11.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Slideshow, Obama Bows to Abdullah, Clinton, Michiko, Saudi King Abdullah, President Obama, Obama Bows to Japanese Emperor, Saudi King, Dick Cheney, Emperor Akihito, Tokyo, Obama Bows in Japan Video, Bill Clinton, Bow, Japan, Asia, Obama Bows Japan, Empress Michiko, Obama Bows to Japan, Obama Bow Japan, Obama Bows, Style News

In a scene that will likely be replayed on Sunday's political talk shows, President Obama bowed deeply to the Emperor and Empress of Japan on Saturday...

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Tadamasa Goto's Liver Transplant Profiled: How Yakuza Boss Got New Liver At UCLA (VIDEO)

Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Tadamasa, Lara Logan, Ucla Ethics, UCLA Medical Center, Crime, Organ Donation, Ucla, Organ Transplants, Ucla Medical Center Ethics, Fbi, Goto, Tokyo, 60 Minutes, Yakuza Liver Transplants, John Gotti, Mob, Yakuza, Japan, Health Care, Tadamasa Goto, World News

On Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a report by Lara Logan on the puzzling liver transplants received by Japan's top crime bosses at UCLA Medical Center. Betw...

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Autistic Artist Stephen Wiltshire Draws NYC From Memory

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact

Read More: Dubai, Stephen Wiltshire, Jerusalem, Rome, Hong Kong, Art Therapy, Photographic Memory, Painting, New York City, Frankfurt, London, Art, Madrid, Drawing, Autism, Tokyo, Impact News

Stephen Wiltshire was mute when he was diagnosed with severe autism at the age of three. He began communicating through his drawings after being sent ...

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SAI PHOTOS: Toyota Unveils Bigger, More Expensive Hybrid Car

AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Sai Prius Photos, Sai Pictures, New Car, Gasoline, Toyota, Prius, Sai Pics, Green, Sai Photos, New Toyota Hybrid, Miles Per Gallon, Carmakers, Cars, Kyushu Plant, Mph, Kyushu, Sai Prius, Cost, Tokyo, Sai Assembly, Toyota Sai, New Toyota, Detroit, Sai Miles Per Gallon, Sai Cost, Sai, Japan, Slideshow, Business News

ASSOCIATED PRESS, BY YURI KAGEYAMA: TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underl...

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Why Obama Doesn't Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, Or the Olympics Rap

William Bradley | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Palestine, Afghanistan, Woodrow Wilson, Iran, Tony Blair, London, Teddy Roosevelt, Tokyo, Madrid, Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Rio De Janeiro, Chicago, Al Gore, Olympic Games, Iraq, Israel, China, Cairo, Copenhagen, World News
William Bradley

Just as I never thought that Obama would win the Olympics for Chicago, it never occurred to me that he would win the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

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Soichi Nakagawa Dead: Japanese Finance Minister Who Resigned After Appearing Drunk Is Found Dead

The Associated Press | Posted 10.03.2009 | World

Read More: Soichi Nakagawa, Drunk Japanese Finance Minister, Japanese Finance Minister, Politics, Soichi Nakagawa Dead, Nakagawa Dies, Tokyo, Nakagawa Dead, Japan, World News

TOKYO (AP)- Police say a former Japanese finance minister who stepped down after appearing drunk at an overseas news conference has been found dead in...

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Rio Olympics: World Reactions

The Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

Read More: Madrid, Tokyo Olympics, Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro-Brazil, Chicago Olympics, Obama Chicago Olympics, Obama, Tokyo, Madrid Olympics, Brazil, Barack Obama, Olympics, Olympics Brazil, World News

Today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, celebrations were held, as the city granted the right to host the 2016 Olympics - the first city in South America to host the games.

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Afrika Bambaataa, Tommy Boy Records, Rapper's Delight, Spray Paint, Urban Culture, South Bronx, Salt -N- Pepa, Female Rappers, Music, Mc's, 1970's, Spinderella, Angie Stone, Planet Rock, Aerosol Paint, Africa, Graffiti, Soul Music, Martial Arts, African-American, Women, Sugar Hill Gang, Rap, Brazil, Sugar Hill Records, Hip-Hop, Mc Lyte, Jazzy Joyce, Dancing, 1981, Microphone, Breakdancing, Soul Sonic Force, Capoiera, Dj, The Sequence, 1979, Monica Lynch, Sylvia Robinson, Turntables, Costumes, Black Women, Clothing, Harris Publications, Whitney Museum of Art, Business, Vh1, Stylist, Hip Hop Records, The Oscars, Photographers, Spotlight, Image Makers, Editors, DJ Beverly Bond, Publicist, Behind the Scenes, Magazines, Music Careers, Queen Latifah, Bet, Hip-Hop Films, Fox Network, Denise Dee Barnes, Wendy Williams, Female Graffiti Artists, Fetish, Art, Mtv, Choreographers, Subways, Living Single, Pump It Up!, Hot 97, Multi-Tasking, The Source Magazine, The Wendy Williams Show, Photography, Guidence, Murals, Mentoring, 1990's, Cover Girl, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Flip Mode Squad, Images, Apparel, Wild Style, Lady Pink, Sarah A. Friedman, Eve, New York City, Music Videos, Dancers, Black Girls Rock Inc!, XXL Magazine, Costume Design, Entrepreneurers, Vibe Magazine, Art Museums, Viacom, June Ambrose, Leadership, Alumni, Jennifer Lopez, Elements, Michelle Spaise, Minneapolis, TV Shows, Curator, J-Lo, Exhibitions, Rosie Perez, Making the Band, Future, Past, B-Girl Be, Living Color, Festivals, B-Girl, Painting, Tv, Fly Girls, Unleash, Theresa Sweetland, Politics, Video, Political Activism, Female Artists, Art Festival, Laurie Ann Gibson, Education, Tv Sitcoms, Spike Lee, Midwest, Deanna Cummings, Minnesota, Expression, Mama, Television, Activism, Mama Said Knock U Out, Brewing, Do the Right Thing, Concerts, Lauri Lyons, Social Activism, Visual Art, Women in Hip-Hop, Mother, Communication, Intermedia Arts, Sculpture, Commissions, faith47, Sound, Cinema, Music Downloads, Arts Education, Installations, Mixed Media, Art Commistions, Roxanne Shante, Martha Cooper, Marketplace, Fashion, Museums, Art World, Block Parties, Albums, Textiles, October, Youth, Film, Streets, Records, September, Girls, Youth Programs, Cd's, Recording Technology, History, Technology, College, Balls, Music History, Belle, Music School, Universities, Money, Comeback, Scholarship, Undergraduate, School, Diploma, Language, Hip-Hop Studies, Fellowship, Mcnally Smith School of Music, Recording, Music Business, Author, Fab Five Freddie, Flag International, Video Music Box, Yo! Mtv Raps, Flag an American Story, The Bridge, Ralph Mcdaniels, Vinyl Records, Prince, Juxtaposition Arts, Stefskills, Sarah White, Jennifer Rasinski, Corinne Santiago, C-Rocka, Keegan Xavi, Jessica Kitzman, Janelle Olson, Toofly, Tiffany Smith, Niz, Lichiban, Katrina Knutson, Jamel Shabbaz, Tamiko Mitchel, Erotica 67, Motel 7, Ladykfever, Monica Kelly, Amanda Lopez, Abeni Garrett, Desdamona, Catiesha Pierson, B-Fresh, Wendy Williams Show, Alice Mizrachi, Niz Graphics, Kanye West, Chanel Kennebrew, Shannon Joyce, Manifesto Festival, VH-1 Hip-Hop Honors, MTV VMA, Michaela Angela Davis, Essence Magazine, Dream Hampton, Amsterdam, London, South Africa, Charlie Ahearn, Henry Chalfant, Japan, Jamaica, Walker Art Center, Toronto, France, Cuba, In the Frame, Harvard, Rhode Island School of Design, Zimbabwe, Barcelona, Argentina, San Francisco, Represent Inc., International Center of Photography, Berlin, Germany, Belgium, Spraycan Art, James Prigoff, Puerto Rico, Powerhouse, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mexico, Sao Paulo, Norway, Paris, Star Tribune, Kulture Klub, Tokyo, Mexico City, Bronx, Zulu Nation, Hip-Hop Degree, Kimora Lee Simmon, Baby Phat, U.K., Russell Simmons, Phat Farm, Getty Images, Icp, Somalia, Somalis, Bling a Planet Rock, Raquel Cepeda, Entertainment News
Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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The Cove To Be Shown At Tokyo International Film Festival

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Tokyo, Tokyo International Film Festival, Tokyo Film Festival the Cove, Animals, Movies, The Cove, Green News

TOKYO — The Tokyo International Film Festival will show "The Cove," a documentary that depicts the slaughter of dolphins in Japan. But the decis...

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Lost in Syndication: The Case of the Hatoyama Essay

Nathan Gardels | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Nicholas Sarkozy, France, Brazil, Prime Minister of Jpana, Great Britain, Japan-Us Relations, Global Viewpoint, Angela Merkely, G-20, Tokyo, Gordon Brown, Madrid, Yukio Hatoyama, Barack Obama, Germany, Essay, Japanese, Japan, Political Philosophy, Sao Paulo, Pittsburgh, World News
Nathan Gardels

An essay published by Yukio Hatoyama, the soon-to-be prime minister of Japan, has caused a big stir abroad, which in turn caused a bigger stir back in Japan.

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Does Your Toilet Really Need to Chirp Like a Bird? Japan's Un-green Lifestyle Expectations

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Tokyo, Green, Japan, Energy Consumption, Green Living, Consumption, High-Tech-Toilets, Toilets, Green News
Mairi Beautyman

After a 20-day trip, four Japanese social norms made me wonder if pledges for extremely ambitious greenhouse gas emission cuts are realistic.

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Who Works The Least? The French, According To UBS Study

Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Dublin, Ipod, UBS Study, Helsinki, Zurich, Study, Paris, New York City, New York, Most Expensive Cities, Tokyo, Ubs, World's Most Expensive Cities, Geneva, Cairo, Copenhagen, Vienna, Business News

Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva and Tokyo are more expensive than New York, according to a new study released Wednesday by UBS. The study analyzes...

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Japanese Elections Could Reconfigure Japan-U.S. Alliance: Analysis

Global Post | Justin McCurry | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Japan, Democratic Party of Japan, Tokyo, Japan-Us Relations, Japanese Elections, Japan Elections, World News

TOKYO -- If the polls are correct and Japanese voters put an opposition party in power on Aug. 30, the consequences will be felt well beyond the cou...

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Parenting Pyongyang

Jennifer Lind | Posted 08.30.2009 | World

Read More: Tokyo, Nuclear Weapons, Seoul, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, China, Uighurs, Foreign Policy, North Korea, World News
Jennifer Lind

Hey! I cannot believe what I just saw, young man! What are you thinking? We've talked about this. You are not allowed to get nuclear weapons. Not while you live under my roof.

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Polar Bear Beats The Heat With An Icy Treat (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Knut Und Seine Freunde, Slidepoll, German Films, Bear, Polar Bear, Summer Heat, Animals, Tokyo, Zoo, Polar Bears, Cute Animal Pictures, Cute Animals, Bears, Animal, Cute, Slideshow, Green News

A male polar bear Yukio tries to eat vegetables inside a block of ice presented to promote the German polar bear film 'Knut und seine Freunde' and to ...

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Tokyo Crime: Teen Vandals Deterred By High-Pitch Whine Machine

Washington Post | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Tokyo, Tokyo Crime, Tokyo/Japan, Foreign Affairs, Vandalism, Japan Crime, Tokyo-Japan, Japan, Advocacy, World News

Although it is the world's biggest metropolis, Tokyo is not an Action News kind of town. If television news here played by the rules of big American ...

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Taro Aso To Dissolve Parliament, Hold National Elections Next Month

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Japan National Elections, Tokyo, Tokyo Election, Aso, Japan, Taro Aso, Japan Municipal Election, World News

TOKYO — The political party that has governed Japan for the last 50 years could be ousted from power in national elections next month _ with the...

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Tokyo: 'Most Expensive Expat City'

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Japan, Tokyo, Osaka, Moscow, Russia, Europe, Most Expensive Cities, Expats, Poll, Mercer, Most Expensive Expat Cities, Most Expensive Expat City, Mercer Tokyo, Mercer Expensive Expat Cities, Most Expensive Expat Cities Mercer, Tokyo 'Most Expensive Expat City', Most Expensive Expat Cities Mercer 2009, World News

According to the data/surveying firm Mercer, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan surpassed Moscow in 2009 as the most expensive city in the world for expats, due t...

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Hurricane Michael

Jim Impoco | Posted 07.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tokyo, Rolling Stone, Michael Jackson, Japan, Entertainment News
Jim Impoco

In September 1987, I thought I had landed the big one, a career-making exclusive with a reclusive superstar.

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Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Europe, Lome, United Nations Department of Public Information, Hong Kong, Guatemala City, Sri Lanka, Galle, Air France, South America, Asia, Ngo, Guyana, Chennai, Dallas, Paris, Singapore, Peru, Indonesia, Port-Au-Prince, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Miami, Dominican Republic, Aceh, Dubai, Swine Flu, Mexico City, Journalist, Africa, Ghana, San Salvador, Central America, International Development, Santo Domingo, Mexico, Colombia, New York, Haiti, Refugee Camps, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Tamil, Tsunami, Hurricane Jeanne, Togo, Post 9/11, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Huffington Post, JFK Airport, Bangalore, Gonaives, Bucharest, Media News
Jim Luce

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

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Japan's War Shrine Offering Angers China

Nytimes.com | By EDWARD WONG | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Taro Aso China Visit, Japanese Shrine Offering, Japanese Prime Minister, Yasukuni Shrine, Nanjing Massacre, Taro Aso, Tokyo, World War II, China-Japan Relations, Japan, Tree Offering, World News

The Chinese government denounced Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday for making an offering earlier this week to a Japanese war shrine in Tok...

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Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Japanese Pop Star, Arrested After Found Naked In Park

cbc.ca | the Associated Press | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

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A Japanese pop star was arrested Thursday for alleged public indecency after being found drunk and naked at a Tokyo park, police said....

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Japan Pledges $1B To Pakistan At Donors Conference

The Mainichi Daily News | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Terrorism, President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Economy, Pakistan, World Bank, Prime Minister Taro Aso, Taliban, Imf, Afghanistan, United States, Tokyo, Japan, Pakistan Donors Conference, Islamic Insurgency, Tokyo-Japan, World News

Countries supporting Pakistan are set to pledge a total of about 4 billion dollars (about 400 billion yen) in aid to the country over the next two yea...

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