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JAL to discontinue popular calendar due to economic slump |
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The annual International Ice Sculpture Competition, held in Asahikawa City, Japan is again under way, with 29 teams and 38 individuals showing off their talents in one of the most eye catching contests on the winter calendar. |
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| NARITA, Japan, Jan. 31 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japan Airlines plans to discontinue its 20-year-long production of popular calendars featuring photographs of cabin attendants, company sources said Saturday. // FULL ARTICLE |
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JAL, ANA eye sizable reduction of int'l, domestic flights |
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Turning slabs of ice into something that will be photographed a few thousand times a day is no easy feat. Chainsaws, picks, shovels, chisels, irons, handsaws, drills, and polishers are employed over the course of 40 hours to produce works of ice art that have to be seen to be truly appreciated, both in terms of their size but particularly in their incredibly intricate detail. |
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| Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways will significantly scale down their international and domestic flights in the year that begins in April, due to a sharp fall in demand amid the global economic crisis, officials at the two airlines said. (Kyodo) // FULL ARTICLE |
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 Foreign tourists down 24.1% in DecJAPANiCAN to discount Sunrise Tours
Tram tours back streets of SetagayaPark Hotel Group opens office in Tokyo
ANA doubles in-flight entertainment
Ski operators in Niigata faring well in trying to attract foreignersmore... |
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3-D system at Tokyo museum takes audiences on ride through galaxy |
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50th Asahikawa Winter Festival & International Ice Sculpture Competition. |
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| One of the most famous festivals in winter in Japan, the Asahikawa Winter Festival is certainly worth experiencing if you happen to be in Asahikawa at the start of February. Visitors will be able to see fireworks, laser shows, ice sculptures, and a massive snow stage featuring music and dance acts. (Asahikawa Tourism) // FULL ARTICLE |
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| Japan's first system for projecting three-dimensional images of stars and planets has debuted at a museum in the Odaiba district of Tokyo, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei's use of the telescope to look into space. // FULL ARTICLE |
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