Japanese high-flyers turn to farming for change of pace
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SANMU, Japan  - A veteran cinematographer of   dozens of "Godzilla" movies, Kenichi Eguchi traded his camera   for a tractor two years ago to begin farming a couple of hours   away from Tokyo, his long time home.
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By Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post Staff Writer  Every spring, thousands of birds, some weighing a pound or less, set off on a journey of herculean proportions. They fly thousands of miles north, to breeding grounds in Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada and to U.S.
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Japan tunes in to witness creature's birth.
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Japan's third major international airport has opened near the central city of Nagoya, aimed at better connecting the country's industrial heartland and base of industry titan Toyota to the outside world.
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Driven by voracious Asian demand, Brazilian and Argentine farmers are scrambling to plant as much soy as they can while Chilean mine workers rack up overtime burrowing into the earth for copper.
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Wheat is steadily being replaced by corn as the crop of choice for American farmers.
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Newspapers and TV are giving a daily count-down, and Japanese from salarymen to politicians are holding their breath as Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki challenges
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Some small farms, faced with stagnant income and mounting expenses, are opening up their operations to nonagricultural activities just to survive.
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The agricultural firm's sales soar, but costs catapult.
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By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 7--The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has singled out two programs in the central San Joaquin Valley for their innovative approaches to farming in a more environmentally friendly way.
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Dice-K arrived at spring training. And so did crowds of reporters, photographers and television crews who flocked to Florida to chronicle the $100 million Japanese ace's landing. That didn't count the handful of puzzled passers-by who wondered what all the fuss was about Monday at Tampa International Airport. It's all about Daisuke Matsuzaka.
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Japanese breweries are increasingly relying on alternative drinks rather than highly-taxed beer to build profits.
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Abhishek is currently flying high. In more ways than  one. Having completed a  chunk of  the shooting  ...
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CHIRAN, Japan -- These are the dusky days of old age that kamikaze pilots like Shigeyoshi Hamazono were not supposed to see.
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Sifting through the best that Japan has to offer.
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Hard-hit Thailand plans a campaign to change poultry farming methods as it seeks to stamp out the deadly bird flu virus before migrating wildfowl return during the northern winter, a senior minister said on Thursday.
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Japan is preparing to mobilise troops to deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys.