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Buddhists Remember Japan's Tsunami Victims

SOMA, Japan -- Buddhist priests in black and gold robes chanted and rang bells Thursday to mark the 49th day since Japan's massive tsunami when the dead are believed to end their restless wandering through the devastated coastline. About 1,200 mourners filled a hall to overflowing, with many standing outside a gate, for a...

With 12,000 Still Missing, Japan Keeps Searching

SHICHIGAHAMAMACHI, Japan -- A line of somber soldiers walked methodically through a drained swamp Monday, with each step sinking their slender poles into the muck beneath. If one hit a body, he would know. "Bodies feel very distinctive," said Michihiro Ose, a spokesman for the Japanese army's 22nd infantry regiment. The...

Careful Search for Mementos Slows Japan Rebuilding

KESENNUMA, Japan -- Sakuji Funayama watched intently as a giant steel claw tore chunks off the remains of his two-story home, ripped open like a dollhouse by last month's tsunami and washed up onto a pile of debris. Suddenly, he spied something, waved his arms and pointed. The claw froze and a half dozen construction...

Japan Plans Disaster Budget, Building 100K Homes

TOKYO -- Japan's government proposed a special $50 billion (4 trillion yen) budget to help finance reconstruction efforts Friday and plans to build 100,000 temporary homes for survivors of last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami. The twin disasters destroyed roads, ports, farms and homes and crippled a nuclear...

Students Return to School in Japan's Disaster Zone

KESENNUMA, Japan -- In the gray of early morning, plastic curtains are pulled back from the school gym's windows and 260 evacuees sleeping on blankets stir to life under basketball hoops. For 13-year-old Yuka Chiba, it's the first day of eighth grade. Yuka hasn't been at school since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami...

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Report: Toyota Prius now third-most-popular car in the world... sort of

Think you're seeing more Toyota Prius models on the road these days?

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This Sassy Little Robot Lets Your Friends Follow You Around With Telepresence

Although one could argue that Facetime and Skype are already nearly perfect telepresence systems, there's definitely some value in having a jolly little robot sit on your shoulder and transmit, in real time, everything you see and hear to a friend far away.

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05/29/12 Senate Committee Again Blocks Funding for Marines'... Source: Antiwar.com Despite a new deal recently struck by the U.S. and Japan, the Senate is poised to block any funding for the realignment of Marines in Japan and the Pacific for the second year in a row as it attempts to force the military into offering up better planning and cost estimates, according to the office of Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. A Senate Armed Services Committee draft of the National Defense Authorization Act released last week denies any money next fiscal year for shifting thousands of Marines from Okinawa to Guam and Hawaii because the Department of Defense has not provided a schedule of construction projects and costs as well as an explanation how the move fits into overall strategic goals in the region.
05/29/12 XBL Gold is free this weekend, more apps added for... Source: VG247 In addition to Amazon Prime, Microsoft has also added other apps to the XBL Dashboard today, and announced a free Gold weekend is coming up.
05/29/12 Three Prime Market Opportunities for Consumer... Source: TMCnet If we had to identify three of the most promising market opportunities for selling consumer electronics products and services based on these findings, what would they be?
05/29/12 Alcatel-Lucent Enhances Speed and Capacity of NTT... Source: TMCnet NTT DOCOMO , INC has looked to Alcatel-Lucent to build NTT DOCOMO's Internet protocol (IP) network.
05/29/12 âEmerging Sri Lanka: Prospects for Development &... Source: Asian Tribune Approximately 80 guests and participants attended the said Conference and a number of academics and experts addressed the said International Conference on Emerging Sri Lanka: There were a number of Sri Lankan experts and academics as well as from Japan and other South Asian countries who addressed the Conference.