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Japan is an island country located in the Pacific Ocean, east of China and Korea, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. It is composed of over 3,000 islands, the largest of which are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Most of Japan's islands are mountainous, and many are volcanic; the highest peak is Mount Fuji.
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Auto supplier Yorozu to cut 70 jobs
Auto supplier Yorozu to cut 70 jobsBattle Creek plant to slash half of work forceAndy Fitzparick • The Enquirer• June 12, 2009 Print this pageE-mail this articleShareDel.icio.usFacebookDiggRedditNewsvineTwitter [Read more]
23 days ago
on Battle Creek Enquirer
(Japan)
Shares flat ahead of G8 as data digested
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23 days ago
on Boston Globe
(Japan)
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23 days ago
on PharmiWeb.com (press release)
(Japan)
IndyCar Series And Firestone Indy Lights Add New Sponsors
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23 days ago
on PaddockTalk
(Japan)
HP targets the cloud with new hardware
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23 days ago
on CIO
(Japan)
Fire disaster planning trip for tips from
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23 days ago
on Edinburgh Evening News
(Japan)
Industrialised Countries Sabotaging Talks Through Inertia
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23 days ago
on Common Dreams (press release)
(Japan)
Carbon Market Prepares for Ukraine Deal
its intention to sell US$3.5 billion worth of carbon credits, known as Assigned Amount Units (AAUs), to buyers in Japan, Switzerland, and New Zealand. [Read more]
23 days ago
on Bridges Trade BioRes News Digest
(Japan)
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23 days ago
on The State
(Japan)
BlackRock, BGI to merge
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23 days ago
on Reuters
(Japan)
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23 days ago
on Inter Press Service
(Japan)
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23 days ago
on Bridges Trade BioRes News Digest
(Japan)
World Health Organization Declares Swine Flu Pandemic
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23 days ago
on WGRZ-TV
(Japan)
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23 days ago
on guardian.co.uk
(Japan)
UN Votes to Punish North Korea for Nuclear Test
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23 days ago
on Bloomberg
(Japan)
FM spokesman: UN resolution demonstrates int'l opposition to
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23 days ago
on Xinhua
(Japan)
Macao Logs over 470000 Visitor Arrivals in Package Tours in April
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23 days ago
on CRIENGLISH.com
(Japan)
Harrington and Cabrera paired with Woods in US Open
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23 days ago
on European Tour
(Japan)
Canadian under-20 rugby ready for world junior qualifying tilt
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23 days ago
on The Canadian Press
(Japan)
Sony launches new mercury-free button battery
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23 days ago
on Cleantech Group
(Japan)
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