Four firms from Japan make list of top 25 innovators

Four firms from Japan make list of top 25 innovators

Toyota, Sony, Honda and Nintendo make BusinessWeek magazine's list of the world's 25 most innovative companies.
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Citing Tibet, temple spurns Olympic torch

Citing Tibet, temple spurns Olympic torch

Zenkoji, the city of Nagano's main temple, declines to serve as the starting point of the Japan leg of the torch relay for the Beijing Olympics, citing safety concerns and the crackdown on Buddhists in Tibet.
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High court: ASDF mission to Iraq illegal

High court: ASDF mission to Iraq illegal

The Nagoya High Court rules that the Air Self-Defense Force's airlifting of multinational combat troops into the war zone of Baghdad is unconstitutional because it is an act integral to other countries' use of force.
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