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Moving LA: There's a Train a Comin'

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Traffic, Move LA, Measure R, Mass Transit, Gm, Economy, Jobs, Subway to the Sea, Harvard Business School, Mayor Villaraigosa, Tokyo, Toyota, Business, Facebook, Los Angeles, Metro, Detroit, John Updike, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

Now we actually have to build the dozen train lines and other transit improvements that Measure R transit funds are earmarked for. And perhaps most importantly, we have to accelerate the process.

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Toyota - Why It's all Happening Now

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Osaka, Andy Borowitz, Akio Toyoda, The Samurai, Mercedes-Benz, Torrance California, American Honda, Toyota Recall, W. Edwards Deming, Unintended Acceleration, Kiichiro Toyoda, Tokyo, General Motors, Drive-by-Wire, Daihatsu, Japan, Huffington Post, Kabuki, Brake-by-Wire, Business News
Steve Parker

Toyota pioneered the "Q circle" system, which involved workers at all levels tackling problems in small groups. The "Toyota Way" became almost a religion within the car business.

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Dead Man On Plane: Frostbitten Body Found On New York To Tokyo Delta Flight

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Tokyo, Delta Airlines, New York City, Narita Tokyo, Landing Gear, Tokyo Stowaway, Travel, Delta, Stowaway, Japan, Narita, Flight B772, Narita Airport, World News

TOKYO — A body was found inside a wheel well of a Delta Air Lines plane after it landed in Tokyo from New York, and Japanese authorities Monday ...

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Japan's PIKADON Project & Hiroshima Yes! Campaign in New York City

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Rotary International, Nuclear Proliferation, Hpgrp Gallery, United Nations, Nuclear Explosion, Seitaro Kuroda, Nobuyoshi Araki, Hiroshima, Yumi Tanaka, Nagasaki, Webster Hall, Manhattan, Global Citizen, Jim Luce, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Mayors for Peace, Count Down to Peace, Tadatoshi Akiba, Tokyo, Japanese Art, Atomic Energy, White Light/ Black Rain, East Village, Live Painting, Alliance for Peacebuilding, September 11, New York Peace Film Festival, Hiroshima?Nagasaki Protocol, Hiroshima Yes! Campaign, Japan, New York City, Thought Leader, Tadao Ando, Keiko Tsuyama, Atomic Bomb, Steven Okazaki, Buckminster Fuller, PIKADON Project, World Peace Gala Chicago, Taku Nishimae, Toshinori Kondo, Nuclear Weapons, World Trade Center, Global Citizenship Award, World War II, Orphans International Worldwide, New York News
Jim Luce

Manhattan said "Yes!" to a non-nuclear world last week as famed Japanese artist Seitaro Kuroda (video) and the Hiroshima Yes! Campaign kicked off "The...

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Top 3 Travel Spots: Tim Ferriss And Kevin Rose's Picks

Tim Ferriss | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Tim Ferriss, China, Kevin Rose, Dublin, Tokyo, Thailand, Buenos Aires, Mexico, Travel, Berlin, Video, Healthy Living News
Tim Ferriss

In this episode, we discuss our top 3 favorite travel spots. Details include favorite areas, seasons, things to look for and, occasionally, things to look out for...

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

Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Tokyo Grabs Title Of World's Top Michelin Three-Star City, Pushing Paris Out Of Top Spot

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Why Obama Doesn't Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, Or the Olympics Rap

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Biodiversity Remakes Tokyo

Jared Braiterman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Soil, Air Quality, River, Bicycling, Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Satoyama, Walking, National Security, Urban Forest, Falcon, Biodiversity, Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference, Tokyo, Crime Reduction, Transit, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Elderly, Wall, Yamada Yoriyuki, Forest, Iimura Kazuki, Wilderness, Blur, Sustainable, Places, Plants, Rice, Kobayashi Kenji, Farmer, Energy Independence, Remake, Reforestation, Wildlife, Population, Ginza Bee Project, Street, Cultural, Food Safety, Passion, Pollution, Urban, Culture, Climate Change, Bee, Suzuki Makoto, Post-Industrial, Lot, Roof, Miniaturization, Public Health, City, Habitat, Growth, Public, Ginza Farm, Gardener, Nature, Paddy, Pet, Environment, Firefly, Ginza, Edo, Kajima, Green News
Jared Braiterman

The Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference addresses unparalleled environmental crisis and the need to transform our relationship with nature. Many p...

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Autistic Artist Stephen Wiltshire Draws NYC From Memory

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Wendy's Leaving Japan: Burger Chain Closing All 71 Shops

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Ginza District, Tokyo, Daiei, Burger King, McDonald's, Fast Food, Arby's, Food, Beef Bowl, Japan, Fast Food in Japan, Mos Burger, Wendy's, Mcdonalds, World News

TOKYO — Wendy's burger chain severed its agreement with its sole franchise owner in Japan, temporarily leaving a market long dominated by McDona...

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

Posted 05.25.2011 | 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, Video, 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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Will Obama Help Change Asia's Racism?

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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SAI PHOTOS: Toyota Unveils Bigger, More Expensive Hybrid Car

AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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, Black History Month, African American Photographers, Black Female Photographers, Female Photographers, Black Photographers, Carribean Photographers, Carribean Artists, Black Journalists, African American Journalists, 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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Soichi Nakagawa Dead: Japanese Finance Minister Who Resigned After Appearing Drunk Is Found Dead

The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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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The Cove To Be Shown At Film Festival In Japan

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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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Survey: Oslo Is Most Expensive City; New York Is Sixth

Posted 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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 Summer Heat (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.08.2011 | Green
Read More: Knut Und Seine Freunde, Slideshow, Slidepoll, German Films, Bear, Polar Bear, Summer Heat, Animals, Tokyo, Zoo, Polar Bears, Cute Animal Pictures, Cute Animals, Bears, Animal, Cute, Video, 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 05.25.2011 | 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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