The first combined heart and lung transplant in Japan began Saturday evening at Osaka University Hospital, the Tokyo-based Japan Organ Transplant Network said. The organs were provided by a man in his 30s declared brain dead Friday at Hyogo Emergency Medical Center in Kobe, where he was being treated for head injuries. They will be transplanted into a man, also in his 30s, at Osaka University …
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TOKYO: Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings have high hopes for US president-elect Barack Obama, believing he is the leader who could usher in a nuclear-free era.
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… game, rather than, say, a rhythm game,” he said. “For me, as a musician, it brings the fun of creating music to those who aren’t able to experience … I’ve heard it said that Nintendo looked at the population of Japan and saw it was aging, and …
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Today, the House will likely call on the government of Japan to “apologize and … Israel, which of all nations knows the pain of having had her people experience … The point of all this is not to argue that the Nazis were a sweet, fun-loving …
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Sapporo Hokuyo Holdings Inc. is considering asking the Financial Services Agency for an injection of public funds amid deteriorating economic conditions, sources said Sunday. If the deal is realized, Sapporo Hokuyo would be the first financial institution to receive taxpayers’ money since Howa Bank, based in Oita Prefecture, in December 2006.
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Hamas says another of its senior commanders has been killed in more airstrikes on Gaza overnight.
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25: People and events to watch in the San Diego sports scene in 2009
San Diego Union Tribune, CA - The favorites to advance here: defending champion Japan, South Korea, Cuba and Mexico, with Padres slugger Adrian Gonzalez sure to fill some seats. … |
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A three-metre high sculpture of internationally renowned concert pianist David Helfgott is to be unveiled in Bellingen, on the NSW mid-coast.
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Brumbies rugby union players will be used to market Canberra in a new campaign to attract overseas workers.
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Fujikawa falls short in Sony Open
Examiner.com - Finishing ahead of Fujikawa were fellow Asians KJ Choi of South Korea, whose -7 overall put him in a tie for 12th place, tied with Japan's Shigeki Maruyma, … Despite odds, Fujikawa stands tall Golf is becoming a big man's game, but not at Sony Open in Honolulu Nathan Green edgy as first US trophy beckons |
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