By Steve Herman Japan has taken another step towards freeing itself from military restrictions in place since the end of World War II. The changes are a significant retreat from the pacifist policies

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--新闻盘点

As North Korea and the United States increase rhetoric on Pyongyangs nuclear weapons program, long-held taboos are being broken in neighboring Japan the only country to have suffered nuclear bombardment, at the end of World War II. Analysts say the d

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(156) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(9月)

BANGKOK, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Thailand and Japan agreed here on Thursday to further strengthen economic and business ties, as the two sides both expressed intention to cooperate in Thailand's key infrastructure mega-projects. In a press briefing after

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at two forty-six p.m. local time on March eleventh. Japans Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami warnings just three minutes la

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(三)月

Hi! I've lived in Spain and Japan and so I'm just going to talk about a few differences between the two countries that I've found. In, Spain, when you meet somebody you give them two kisses. First on the left and then on the right cheek, and in Japan

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Hi! I've lived in Spain and Japan and so I'm just going to talk about a few differences between the two countries that I've found. In, Spain, when you meet somebody you give them two kisses. First on the left and then on the right cheek, and in Japan

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Japan's stock market retreated again Thursday, and officials from the world's leading economies agreed to meet about the effect the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis is having on the fragile global economic recovery. Investors(投资者) sen

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Mil Arcega March 11, 2011 - The worst quake to strike Japan in 140 years sent shock waves through financial(金融) markets around the world. The 8.9 magnitude earthquake(地震) struck toward the end of the Asian trading session, sending Japan's

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TOKYO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan and the United States on Monday held their first meeting of the Comprehensive Dialogue on Space and agreed to cooperate in monitoring ships from space, local media report. In a joint statement after the meeting, the

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TOKYO, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The 46th Japan's House of Representatives election began at 7:00 a.m. local time Sunday. A total of 1,504 candidates will run for the 480 seats in lower house election. The ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) registered

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

NEW YORK, March 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday on high oil prices and possible earning lost from airline companies because of Japan disaster. With no economic news released on Tuesday, investors(投资者) paid attention to the co

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TOKYO, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Friday to work harder toward achieving a bilateral peace treaty, Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported. Abe told Putin through a telephone conve

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Genetically-Modified Papaya Hits Shelves in Japan Rainbow papayas recently went on sale in Japan. They are the only gene-altered fruit on the market today in Japan, a country with strict laws regarding genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). Those law

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(143) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(二月)

Japan nuclear fears spread to China BEIJING, China By mid-afternoon Thursday, Fang Zhiming had already rummaged through three supermarkets in the Chinese capital searching for salt. She found none, but was on her way to a fourth shop, where her frien

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Japan and the EU have urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile program, despite its willingness to return to the six-party talks. Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera says his country would never tolerate North Korea's nuclear progr

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 世界各地新闻集锦

Negotiation best resolution for China-Japan islands row BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- More than a month after Japan started a bitter territorial row with China over the Diaoyu Islands, Japan has let out signals that it is willing to sit down and talk

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BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry is contacting the Japanese side to lodge representations over the detention of five Chinese nationals on the Diaoyu Islands, according to an announcement from the ministry on Wednesday. Japan

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NEW YORK, March 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks dropped on Tuesday amid concern over Japan's nuclear disaster(灾难), even though Fed said the economy recovery was on a firmer footing.The major indices on Tuesday were lost more than 1 percent. The Do

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BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Vice President Xi Jinping on Friday pledged to boost the long-term, healthy and stable development of China-Japan relations. Xi made the remark while meeting with a delegation of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) heade

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his Cabinet resigned early Tuesday, making way for Yoshihiko Noda to be confirmed by parliament as the nation's new prime minister. Outgoing finance minister Noda emerged as the surprise winner in Monday's vote fo

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