Asia Pacific News – Marshall islanders move to US as living costs soar (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Marshall islanders move to US as living costs soar (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The migration of Marshall islanders from the tiny nation in the Pacific to the United States has risen to an eight-year high due to the impact of soaring living costs, officials said.
Nuclear watchdog IAEA elects Japanese diplomat as its leader (Los Angeles Times)
Japan’s Yukiya Amano is the winner in a months-long competition against a South African to head the International Atomic Energy Agency. He is believed to agree with the U.S. stance on Iran. After a months-long deadlock and half a dozen inconclusive votes, the world’s atomic energy watchdog on Thursday elected as its leader a Japanese diplomat described as colorless by foes and competent by allies.
Japan welcomes appointment of Japanese as international nuclear watchdog leader (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TOKYO – Japan, the only nation to suffer atomic bombings, welcomed the appointment of one of its own to lead the world’s top nuclear watchdog.
Japan Chief Delegate To N Korean Nuclear Talks To Visit Seoul (Nasdaq)
TOKYO (AFP)–Japan’s chief delegate to the six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament will visit Seoul on Monday to meet South Korean government officials, the Japanese foreign ministry said Friday.
Japan Stocks: CSK, Eisai, Fast Retailing, Miyachi, Seven & I (Bloomberg)
July 3 (Bloomberg) — Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell 101.32, or 1 percent, to 9,774.83 as of the morning close in Tokyo. The following are among the most active shares in the Japanese market today. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names.
Japanese film festival opens on July 18 (Sun Star)
IN CELEBRATION of the Philippines-Japan Friendship Month 2009, the Consular Office of Japan in Davao and The Japan Foundation, Manila is all set to give the people of Davao a glimpse of Japanese life read more
Islanders Migrating To Arkansas (NPR)
The Marshall Islands are located thousands of miles from the United States, in the Pacific Ocean. Faced with a high cost of living and rising unemployment, thousands of Marshallese have been moving to the U.S., many of them to the small community of Springdale, Ark.
Japan’s royal couple head to Canada, Hawaii (AP via Yahoo! News)
Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hope to reach out to Americans and Canadians of Japanese ancestry during a two-week tour that began Friday, but they won’t be going to Pearl Harbor.
Japan welcomes appointment of Japanese as international nuclear watchdog leader (Brandon Sun)
TOKYO – Japan, the only nation to suffer atomic bombings, welcomed the appointment of one of its own to lead the world’s top nuclear watchdog. The mayor of Hiroshima, the southwestern city that suffered the first nuclear attack in 1945, was among those offering congratulatory messages Friday.
National Day of the Marshall Islands (Manila Bulletin)
On Friday is the National Day of The Marshall Islands. The Marshall Islands are a Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the United States territory of Wake Island, to which it lays claim.
XClinical To Exhibit With ASKLEP And Present At The CDISC Interchange To Be Held In Tokyo, Japan (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MUNICH, Germany—-XClinical, a European vendor of innovative software products for eClinical trials, known for its innovative and user-friendly CDISC ODM certified EDC software suite MARVIN, today announced its comprehensive participation at the CDISC Interchange in Tokyo, Japan.
U.S. waxy barley catches the spotlight in Japan (SeedQuest)
Rich in nutrients and loaded with fiber, U.S. waxy barley has made its debut in the Japanese market through focused campaigns. In April 2009, 1,100 metric tons (50.5 million bushels) of U.S. food barley was exported to Japan and was purchased by several Japanese barley processors.
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