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Which companies accept bitcoin? (list)
Bitcoins are taking over the crypto-currency marketplace. They’re the largest and most well-known digital currency. Many large companies are accepting bitcoins as a legitimate source of funds. They allow their online products to be bought with bitcoins. With the extreme facilitation of transfer and earning of bitcoins, it would be a mistake not to accept these new-found online coins as cash.
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N. Korea test-fires missile, challenging new leader in South
North Korea on Sunday test-launched a ballistic missile that flew for half an hour and reached an unusually high altitude before landing in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean, Japanese and U.S. militaries said.
Do stressed-out Japanese really stage elaborate disappearances? (VIDEO)
Some years ago, low on cash, I took an unusual job in Tokyo’s entertainment district Shibuya. Every morning I dressed in a swallow-tailed jacket stained with the sweat of a previous shift worker, assumed a fake name, and pretended to be an English butler for the women, and occasionally men, who visited a mock castle interior on the fifth floor of a beige high rise.
Japan Flexing Muscle In Asia-Pacific
Amid threats from North Korea that it would attack American aircraft carrier 'Carl Vinson', Japan recently sent its biggest warship to escort a US supply vessel that was in the waters off Boso Peninsula.
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In search of a rebound in Turkey's tourism
The year 2016 was a year of loss for tourism, a key sector in bringing in robust income for Turkey. Nothing will recover the sector overnight, but we could see a gradual recovery if the sector takes some crucial steps in several areas.
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North Korea: 'War will see Japan under radioactive clouds before any country'
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If the Korean Peninsula standoff evolved into an armed conflict, Japan would be the first to suffer from the fallout - both political and nuclear - North Korean state media said, warning Tokyo against any hostile actions.
Japan instructs citizens on potential North Korea strike
It would take 10 minutes for a North Korean missile to hit Japan, Tokyo estimates, as tensions between the countries grow. Guidelines on what to do if a strike actually happens have been published online and have recently seen a huge surge in interest.
Amazing blind pianist breaks out in tears on stage! (video)
Nobuyuki Tsujii was born blind (due to Microphthalmia) but with an amazing talent for music. He began his formal study of piano at the age of four. In 1995, at the age of seven, Tsujii won the first prize at the All Japan Music of Blind Students by the Tokyo Helen Keller Association. In 1998, at age ten, he debuted with the Century Orchestra, Osaka.
The Maestro on the margins: Allan Holdsworth, 1946-2017 (VIDEO)
Hunter S. Thompson had it right when he said “The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.” To which I’d add, the mediocre and banal are celebrated and remunerated, while the sublimely gifted and ever-searching are routinely marginalized.
Sri Lanka Emerges As Japan's 'Strategic' Friend
The tug of war between China and Japan over their roles in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has prompted Tokyo to strengthen ties with Sri Lanka. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that Tokyo is ready to help the island nation become a regional hub of the Indian Ocean once again.
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