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Report: North Korea to fire rocket April 4–5

March 26, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will likely fire a suspected long-range missile capable of striking the western United States between April 4–5, a news report quoted a South Korean intelligence officer as saying on March 23.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Akitaka Saiki, Beijing, Chinese, Choson Sinbo, Defense Ministry, Monday March, North Korea, SEOUL, Security Council, South Korea Yonhap, South Korean, Tokyo, United States, Wu Dawei, technology

Astronaut reaches for the stars

January 8, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

These were the first words uttered by the crew of the STS-124 shuttle Discovery to members of the International

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2009, Akihiko Hoshide, ISS, Japanese Kibo Laboratory, Jason Cruz, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, NASDA, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Japanese Language School, Tokyo, Vol 28 No 3 | January 10 - January 16

Japan picks woman astronaut for 2010 space flight

November 15, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has chosen a female astronaut to board the space shuttle Atlantis in 2010, the country’s first mother to go on a space mission, officials said Tuesday, Nov. 11.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Canada, Chiaki Mukai, International Space Station, JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Naoko Yamazaki, Russia, TV, Tokyo, vol 27 no 47 | November 15 - 21

Japan’s burgeoning class: working poor

November 2, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — In one of the world’s wealthiest nations, Junpei Murasawa is a poor man.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Communist Takiji Kobayashi, Junpei Murasawa, Louis Vuitton, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Tsutomu Sasaki, Yasuyuki Iida, Yoshio Sasajima, culture, japan, poverty, vol 27 no 45 | November 1 - November 7

Gangster Daddy’s Little Girl

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Shoko Tendo grew up a yakuza’s daughter turned into a juvenile delinquent, then a drug addict, then finally a sturdy writer with a compelling memoir. Being daddy’s girl didn’t shield her from much, and her life bore no resemblance to the Western image of a coddled “mafia princess.” Underneath her walking, talking, I-don’t-care exterior is someone who never knew love, security and stability.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Reviews, On the Shelf Tagged With: 2008, Andrew Hamlin, Kodansha International, London, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Shoko Tendo, Tokyo, Yakuza Moon, japan, turkey, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

Nobel prize goes to 3 Japanese and 3 Americans

October 11, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Two Japanese scientists and a Japanese American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics on Oct. 7 for theoretical advances that help explain the behavior of the smallest particles of matter.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: 2008, American Institute, Associated Press, GFP, Japanese American, Karl Ritter, Mari Yamaguchi, Nobel Prize, Osamu Shimomura, Phil Schewe, Tokyo, Two Japanese, United States, Yoichiro Nambu, vol 27 no 42 | October 11 - October 17

A Japanese astronaut

September 27, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, accompanied by his wife Satomi, visited Seattle to participate in the annual Planetary Congress that took place Sept. 15-19.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Japanese American, Kennedy Space Center, Mitsunori Namba, New Jersey, Planetary Congress, Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, Tokyo, vol 27 no 40 | September 27 - October 3

Japanese aid worker killed in Afghanistan

September 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

ABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Japanese aid worker kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan has been killed, police officials said.

Kazuya Ito, 31, was abducted near the city of Jalalabad early Aug. 26. Japan set up a task force in Kabul to seek his release, according to Japan’s foreign ministry. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Afghanistan, Ghafor Khan, Japanese Embassy, Jay Alabaster, Kabul, Kazuya Ito, Manji Fukumoto, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichita Yamamoto, Tokyo, vol 27 no 37 | September 6 - September 12

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