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GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time. None was linked to that nation’s tsunami warning system, which underestimated...
Tags: Japan, Indonesia, Bodies of Water, Earthquakes, Natural Disasters
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FACTBOX-U.S. Treasury's tools to delay hitting debt limit
ReutersMay 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Friday announced a series of steps the Obama administration is prepared to take so it can keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary suspension of the cap on the U.S. government's debt expires...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Government Debt, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Securities, Fannie Mae
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Brazil, Japan, sumo and food, deliciously intertwined
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Fernando Kuroda didn't like eating chankonabe at first, because he was forced to eat so much of the thick stew that he would get sick and could barely walk. "They would just fill me up and fill me up with food, or I wasn't...
Tags: Limes, Dining and Drinking, Customs and Tradition, Foods and Beverages, Sushi and Sashimi
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Japan sees results from 'Abenomics' growth strategy, as GDP jumps 3.5 pct, beating forecasts
AP Business WriterTOKYO (AP) — Japan's economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 3.5 percent in annual terms last quarter, giving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a boost as his government tackles reforms needed to ensure a sustained recovery from two decades of malaise....Tags: Japan, Credit and Debt, Government Debt, Earnings Forecasts, Consumer Confidence
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Japan govt takes aim at electricity monopolies
Reuters* Japan power costs among highest in world * Electricity mkt overhaul is key part of PM's reform agenda * But regional monopolies will be hard to overcome By Aaron Sheldrick and Risa Maeda TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - Japan is embarking on its most...Tags: Japan, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Renewable Energy, Restraint of Trade, Environmental Issues
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Japan takes first step to a permanent reactor shutdown after Fukushima
Reuters* Ruling of active fault line may lead to reactor's permanent closure * Reactors at five other plants also under review * New atomic regulator to examine findings as early as next week By Risa Maeda TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - Experts judged on...Tags: Japan, Tokyo (Japan), Nuclear Power, National Rifle Association of America, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan)
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Reuters World News Highlights 1400 GMT, May 15
ReutersUNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly is set to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution that condemns Syrian authorities and accepts the opposition Syrian National Coalition as party to a potential political transition. - - - - BRUSSELS/BERLIN -...Tags: Japan, Goodluck Jonathan, United Nations, Pyongyang (North Korea), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Nonagricultural firms helping farms rebound
The Japan TimesClose to Narita International Airport, on a 6.7-hectare patch of ground where spinach, radishes, "komatsuna" and carrots are grown, stands a white sign with the words "Lawson Farm" in blue lettering. The farm, in the city of Katori, is indeed run by...Tags: Japan, New Products, Farms, Chemical Industry, Tokyo (Japan)
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Bad news can be bad for your health
The terrorist bombings and subsequent manhunt in Boston last month left four innocent people dead and many more injured. But the stress caused by these tragic events could adversely affect the health of a much wider population. The citywide shutdown, the...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Asthma, Disasters and Accidents, Heart Disease
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Factbox: Treasury's tools to delay hitting debt limit
Reuters(Reuters) - The budget deficit is shrinking more quickly than previously estimated, the Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday, which will likely help postpone the effective deadline for raising the debt limit. The revised estimate from the non-...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Government Debt, Securities, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Fannie Mae
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Carmakers seen heading for big year
The Japan TimesJapanese automakers are expected to reap further profits, possibly at record levels, in the current business year to next March thanks to the yen's decline and the positive U.S. economic outlook, experts said. The carmakers have already benefited from...Tags: Japan, Foreign Exchange Market, Bank of America Corp., Earnings Forecasts, Money and Monetary Policy
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How signs of a 'lost continent' came into JAMSTEC's underwater view
The Japan TimesThe Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and the Brazilian government recently announced the discovery of a large mass of granite on the seafloor off Rio de Janeiro -- a landmark finding that suggests a continent may have once existed...Tags: Japan, Tokyo (Japan), Science, Bodies of Water, Caribbean Sea
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