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Industrial production output in Latvia grew by 5.7% in January y-o-y
Mar 8, 2010 Baltics, Europe Comments Off
In January 2010 industrial production output1 (at current prices) in Latvia comprised LVL 288.9 mln, according to the data of Central Statistical Bureau. Compared to December 2009 industrial production volume in January 2009 has reduced by 1.6%, but compared to January of previous year industrial production output in January 2010 has grown by 5.7%.
Annual deflation in Latvia made 4.2% in February
Mar 8, 2010 Baltics, Europe Comments Off
Compared to January 2010 the average consumer price level in February 2010 remained unchanged in Latvia. Prices of goods rose by 0.1%, but of services – decreased by 0.4%. Compared to February of previous year, consumer prices have decreased by 4.2%.
Russians react with scepticism to President Medvedev’s initiatives to reform the Interior Ministry and modernise Russia
Mar 8, 2010 Europe, Russia, Russia: In English Comments Off
March 5, 2010
only 26% believe the former will bring results - while the modernisation programme …
Hyundai domā par jauno Sonata
Mar 7, 2010 Europe, Latvia, Latvia: In Latvian Comments Off
Korejiešu Hyundai Ženēvas autoizstādē ar jauno konceptauto i-flow (HED-7) ir atklājis vīziju, kāds varētu nākotnē izskatīties vidējās klases sedans Sonata.
Kamēr lielākais vairums autoražotāju sūkstās par tirdzniecības apjomu kritumu, Hyundai un alianses partneris KIA var lepoties ar izciliem komerciālajiem panākumiem pasaulē, tostarp arī Eiropā. Lai remdinātu pieaugošo apetīti…
Burgess Chris - The ‘Illusion’ of Homogeneous Japan and National Character: Discourse as a Tool to Transcend the ‘Myth’ vs. ‘Reality’ Binary
Mar 6, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English Comments Off
The ‘Illusion’ of Homogeneous Japan and National Character: Discourse as a Tool to Transcend the ‘Myth’ vs. ‘Reality’ Binary1
Chris Burgess
One feature of contemporary writings on Japan is the framing of a ‘false’ homogeneous Japan ‘myth’ against the ‘reality’ of a mixed or multicultural Japan. One problem with this approach is that it ignores the fact that these positions represent (largely) indigenous discourses which, at different points in Japan’s history, have had – and, in the case of the former in particular, continue to have – a key role in structuring both national identity and social reality for many Japanese. This …
McNeill David - Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Toyota and the consequences of the drive to be the world’s No.1 虹の彼方に−−トヨタ及び世界一を目指した駆動の結果
Mar 6, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English Comments Off
Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Toyota and the consequences of the drive to be the world’s No.1
David McNeill in Toyota City
An unexpected note of poignancy greets visitors to the museum of the world’s largest car company. In the cavernous lobby, a lone trumpet plays the mournful opening bars to Over the Rainbow, a plea for escape from the dreary, difficult realities of the present. The song is performed by Partner Robot, Toyota’s showcase humanoid robot, on a giant screen that hangs over a showroom full of the company’s world-beating products, cars that have become household names: Prius, Lexus, Corolla.
Toyota Museum
It’s unlikely …
Breen John - Popes, Bishops and War Criminals: reflections on Catholics and Yasukuni in post-war Japan 法皇、司教、戦犯−−戦後日本のカトリックと靖国
Mar 6, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English Comments Off
Popes, Bishops and War Criminals: reflections on Catholics and Yasukuni in post-war Japan1
John Breen
In November 1945, General McArthur invited two Catholic priests to GHQ to sound them out on a proposal he was poised to implement, namely the razing of Yasukuni, the Tokyo shrine dedicated to the Japanese war dead. The priests were Bruno Bitter, SJ, head of Sophia University, and Patrick Byrne, Maryknoll. Both men quickly declared their opposition. It was, they insisted, the right and duty of citizens everywhere to honour their war dead; Yasukuni was, moreover, a national monument to the war dead, which honoured men and …
Dong-choon Kim,Selden Mark - South Korea’s Embattled Truth and Reconciliation Commission 困難に直面する韓国真実和解委員会
Mar 6, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English Comments Off
South Korea’s Embattled Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Kim Dong-choon and Mark Selden
An interview with Kim Dong-choon, recently retired Standing Commissioner of South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Since the formation of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to come to terms with the legacy of apartheid and colonialism, Commissions have sprung up in many countries that have sought to come to terms with painful legacies of colonialism, war, and internal strife. Nations with international and domestic traumas as diverse as Chile and Argentina, East Timor, and Sierra Leone have established TRCs.1
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa, 1996
Few have dared …
Dong-choon Kim - The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Korea: Uncovering the Hidden Korean War 韓国の真実和解委員会−−隠された朝鮮戦争の解明
Mar 6, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English Comments Off
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Korea: Uncovering the Hidden Korean War
Kim Dong choon
The Other War: Korean War Massacres
More than 2 million people were killed during the Korean War. The casualties included not only military personnel but also innocent civilians. Few are aware that the Korean authorities as well as US and allied forces massacred hundreds of thousands of South Korean civilians at the dawn of the Korean War on June 25, 1950. The official records of government, military and police, as well as survivor testimonies, reveal that mass killings committed by South Korean and U.N forces occurred before and …
Venezuela, Spain boost anti-terror ties after row
Mar 6, 2010 Europe, Spain, Spain: In English Comments Off
CARACAS (AFP) - Spain and Venezuela vowed Saturday to deepen their anti-terror ties as they sought to dampen a row over Caracas's alleged involvement in plots with guerillas to assassinate the Col…
