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Japan's Women on Top of the World
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COVER STORY Japan's Women on Top of the World ( HTML : English / Japanese ) |
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Japan's World Cup winning soccer team kicks off this month's special feature on Japanese women achieving big things overseas.
Nakanishi Runs and Jumps into Record Books ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(200KB) |
Amputee athlete Maya Nakanishi is targeting world records in three events in addition to winning medals at the 2012 London Paralympics.
The Mother Theresa of Haiti ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(120KB) |
Eighty-four-year-old Akiko Sudo has been providing medical assistance in Haiti for over thirty years.
Building the Foundations of the World's Newest Country ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(155KB) |
Azusa Chiba, a development worker with UNOPS, is playing a part in the remarkable changes taking place in the newly established Republic of South Sudan.
Open Architecture for All ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(237KB) |
Osamu Sawaji speaks with one the partners in leading architect group SANAA, Kazuyo Sejima, about the firm's work.
Women in Charge ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(132KB) |
A Q&A with Sakie T. Fukushima, president of recruitment consultants G&S Global Advisors and vice chair of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives.
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS A Week on Yakushima ( HTML : English / Japanese ) |
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The Japanese-Australian Environmental Conservation Program was held on the UN World Heritage Site of Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture in September.
H2O Studies 101 ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(205KB) |
Dr. Masaru Tanaka, chief research fellow at the International Institute for Advanced Studies, explain his vision for the new field of H2O Studies.
Preserving and Utilizing the Bounties of Forests ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(173KB) |
Forestry Agency Director General Yoshitsugu Minagawa talks with Osamu Sawaji about the current state of the forests in Japan and around the world.
PRIME MINISTER'S DIARY Addresses at UN Headquarters ( HTML : English / Japanese ) |
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Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda visited the United Nations headquarters in New York in September and delivered two speeches to world leaders.
TOPICS Yokohama Triennale 2011 ( HTML : English / Japanese ) |
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Yokohama Triennale 2011 offers visitors a "magical" experience of the arts through November 6 at two main venues in Yokohama.
SCIENCE New Diagnostic Method for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ( HTML : English / Japanese ) |
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A team of scientists led by Professor Noriyuki Nishida of the Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences has developed a new way to diagnose CJD.
JAPAN BRAND The Farsighted Vision of Masunaga Optical ( HTML : English / Japanese ) |
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Gavin Blair examines the foresight of high-end spectacles manufacturer Masunaga Optical in Fukui Prefecture.
THE NATION'S MUSEUMS Itchiku Kubota Art Museum ( HTML : English / Japanese ) |
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Julian Ryall visits the Itchiku Kubota Art Museum in Fuji-Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, to view the extraordinary kimonos designed by world famous textile-dyeing artist the late Itchiku Kubota-and his family and appprentices.
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