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Siti Rahil
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BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2008
Fusionopolis R&D hub drawing Japanese to Singapore
SINGAPORE — Singapore's latest push to become an Asian center for research and development by pumping millions of dollars into state-of-the-art infrastructure and opening its doors to foreign talent is already attracting Japanese firms.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2008
Singapore Tamils see worrying sign
Singapore's use of Japanese on signboards in a bid to lure more Japanese tourists has raised concern among some ethnic Indians who feel snubbed at the exclusion of their native Tamil language. The city-state has four official languages — English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil — to accommodate its multiethnic population, which is mostly Chinese with many Malay and Indian minorities.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2008
Singapore to hold Japanese pop culture festival
The first Japanese pop culture festival in Southeast Asia will be held in Singapore in November, showcasing some of the hottest Japanese "anime" (animation) blockbusters, "manga" (comics), toys and games, according to festival organizers. Anime Festival Asia 2008 is expected to attract about 100 participating companies and some 80,000 visitors, the organizers said, adding they hope to make it an annual event.
BUSINESS
May 12, 2007
Indonesia sand ban slows builders in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Japanese construction companies in Singapore have been hit hard by skyrocketing concrete and granite prices due to supply disruptions caused by Indonesia's ban on sand exports.
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JAPAN
Jan 12, 2007
Singapore sushi king dreams of opening shop in Pyongyang
Singapore's sushi king dreams of opening a shop in an unlikely place as he looks to expand his huge chain of conveyor-belt sushi restaurants: Pyongyang.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2006
Japanese food gets an Islamic makeover
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Singapore, home of curry sushi and Hainanese chicken rice sushi, is now seeing a new trend emerge, created by Islamic rules on food preparation.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2006
Firm hopes to start carbon credit exchange in Japan
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Japan's first carbon dioxide credit exchange is being planned to start in the middle of the year to help achieve the greenhouse gas emission cuts promised under the Kyoto Protocol.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2004
Singapore's 'koi hotels' feel chill wind from Japan carp virus
An obsession with the beauty and grace of Japanese ornamental carp, or "koi," and a land shortage has spawned a phenomenon in Singapore known as "Koi hotels," but the operators fear their business may be wiped out.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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