tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309497912008-11-21T23:26:07.712-08:00Travel Japan: Your source for Japan Travel Agencies and Japan Travel Guides.2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.comBlogger1884125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-7747523094430526072008-11-21T23:26:00.001-08:002008-11-21T23:26:07.772-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>The U.S. Embassy is aware that NOVA filed for court protection on October 26, 2007and has temporarily shut all of its schools in Japan. We are closely monitoring the situation. NOVA's Foreign Personnel Section contact telephone number for East Japan ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-81812667430350021992008-11-21T19:26:00.001-08:002008-11-21T19:26:48.773-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>THE husband of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has suffered a heart attack on a flight from Manila to Los Angeles, forcing a diversion to Japan. Eduardo Ermita, executive secretary to the president, told local Philippine radio: "The ...</p><br /><p>today welcomed the multi-facility economic zone created by the Zambia Development Agency for Indian companies to set up manufacturing and services industries... billion dollar up to 2008. The major Indian companies, which have invested in Zambia ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-61352092679414510732008-11-21T03:27:00.001-08:002008-11-21T03:27:14.865-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>IF you ever head off for a meal at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant, you can be sure it will be with mixed feelings. Excitement, of course, as Ramsay is recognised as a master of French cuisine and one of the world's best chefs. Apprehension, too. After ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-90656632721088445582008-11-19T15:27:00.001-08:002008-11-19T15:27:01.887-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>least until Wednesday, said the nation's weather bureau. Wind chill will become especially strong in Guanacaste and in the Central Valley, after a cold front enters Central America from the Gulf of Mexico. Northerly winds in Guanacaste may blow as ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-85553313730597917602008-11-18T23:27:00.001-08:002008-11-18T23:27:01.375-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>Naoko Yamazaki was selected to become the first mother and the second Japanese woman to travel into space, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Tuesday. Yamazaki, 37, was chosen to board the US space shuttle Atlantis on a planned two-week ...</p><br /><p>A Taiwanese fishing boat that was detained by the Japanese coast guard for allegedly trespassing into waters near Japan's Miyako Islands was released and heading home yesterday, the Fisheries Agency said. The Yungsheng No. 106 (@) from Suao ( ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-199240894126193192008-11-18T07:26:00.001-08:002008-11-18T07:26:27.390-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>SEOUL, South Korea -- Asia will take a substantial hit from slowing demand for its exports as the global downturn unfolds but will remain the world's most economically-dynamic region, an Asian Development Bank economist said Tuesday. "The growth rate ...</p><br /><p>18 people died after a bus overturned in Tibet US supply trucks resume travel in Pakistan pass Meeting of Tibetan exiles to discuss future opens Japan latest to fall victim to recession SKorea's Lee says he welcomes US-NKorea summit KHYBER PASS ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-9992103740475042772008-11-17T15:27:00.003-08:002008-11-17T15:27:26.423-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>Bank of America Launches New Global Capabilities for Purchasing and Travel Expenses New capabilities to facilitate efficient international payments, provide enhanced global ... Wendel Rosen Welcomes Veteran Bankruptcy Attorney Penn Ayers Butler as ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-73609432176610400552008-11-17T15:27:00.001-08:002008-11-17T15:27:22.437-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>ST. LOUIS, Mo. - When Yuting Wang first walked into an agent's office in Chongqing, a bustling city in central China, she had never heard of St. Louis University. But she knew she wanted to go to college in the United States. Like many young people ...</p><br /><p>A recent group of visitors from Korea showed their aloha in front of the Westin Moana Surfrider hotel in Waikiki. Tourism officials hope the number of Korean visitors to Hawaii will double to at least 80,000 a year. Visa-free travel for Koreans to ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-62813328231940277632008-11-17T03:27:00.001-08:002008-11-17T03:27:04.148-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE -- Interest in travel deals is up, according to LowFares.com(TM), the travel comparison search site for airline tickets, hotels, car rentals and vacation packages. The ability to search online for discounted flights, cheap ...</p><br /><p>I n the 1995 film Apollo 13, an unnamed senator asks astronaut Jim Lovell, played by actor Tom Hanks, why the United States should continue funding the space program after having beat the Russians to the moon. Lovells response was to ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-44145820201994897332008-11-16T15:27:00.001-08:002008-11-16T15:27:22.158-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>London, Oct 30 (IANS) If you believe drinking wine is healthy, think again. A new study by British scientists shows most table wines have high levels of metal contaminants. Researchers at Kingston University, London, tested European Carmit Bachar ...</p><br /><p>Bank of America Launches New Global Capabilities for Purchasing and Travel Expenses New capabilities to facilitate efficient international payments, provide enhanced global ... Wendel Rosen Welcomes Veteran Bankruptcy Attorney Penn Ayers Butler as ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-78996262907563510782008-11-14T23:26:00.001-08:002008-11-14T23:26:25.251-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>By Jun Ebias HONG KONG, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares rose 3.4 percent on Monday, as resources and building material stocks cheered China's $586 billion stimulus package, but shares pared early gains as euphoria over the measures gave way to ...</p><br /><p>Germany has fallen into recession and China industry output growth dropped to its lowest in seven years, data showed on Thursday, reinforcing fears the financial crisis is plunging the world into a painful downturn. Seeking to limit the fallout from ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-37939031906745762262008-11-14T07:27:00.001-08:002008-11-14T07:27:00.935-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States wants to increase the number of countries enjoying visa-free entry after opening the door to citizens from six new European Union countries and South Korea, U.S. officials said Friday. From Monday, travelers ...</p><br /><p>New visa waiver regulations for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands still are under development, according to the Department of Homeland Security's public affairs office, and more information will be available once the ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-50571855939586798712008-11-12T19:26:00.001-08:002008-11-12T19:26:43.939-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>So how much of the US economy, the home of free enterprise, will end up being nationalised or bailed out by the state during the current economic crisis? So far we've seen banks, mortgage companies, and a mighty insurer all being propped up and ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-14110712174214657992008-11-11T23:27:00.001-08:002008-11-11T23:27:39.892-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>WHEN heading to Alaska in the winter, you generally cross your fingers for a warm spell at least if you're going to Fairbanks. Deep in the state's vast and rather unforgiving interior, Fairbanks is the sort of place where people put on shorts ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-41964471722194425092008-11-11T19:28:00.001-08:002008-11-11T19:28:33.793-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>FCm Travel Solutions has established a new partnership agreement with one of the top 10 travel companies in Thailand, Siam Express Travel Services Co Ltd . FCms general manager Asia Pacific, Suyin Lee , said she welcomed the company to FCms ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-57563583772094968552008-11-10T11:27:00.001-08:002008-11-10T11:27:38.181-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>The widespread indictment of Parisians as discourteous, aloof and patronizing hasn't been true for years. But now the Big News. Following New York's lead (New York has been offering this for several years now), Paris has created a 'greeters' program ...</p><br /><p>Its lunchtime at El Rincn que no Conoces, one of Limas best criollo restaurants, and the restaurant floor is packed. Diners, eyes glinting with anticipation, sip on chicha morada , a juice made from purple corn, quince, cinnamon and cloves ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-51797902318850430402008-11-10T07:27:00.001-08:002008-11-10T07:27:13.037-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>LOS ANGELES - California voters are green-lighting the nation's most ambitious high-speed rail system, approving a nearly $10 billion bond to put speeding bullet trains capable of topping 200 mph between the state's major metropolitan areas. The ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-91589807030736855622008-11-10T03:30:00.001-08:002008-11-10T03:30:52.456-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesia today executed the three men convicted for the 2002 bombings in Bali that killed 202 people in the Southeast Asian nation's worst terrorist attack. The three terrorists, Amrozi, Imam Samudra and Ali Ghufron, on death ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-40425915186512031442008-11-09T15:27:00.001-08:002008-11-09T15:27:20.895-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>MOLOKAI, Hawaii - It's 10 miles and 100 years from Maui to Molokai, the fifth-largest of the 132 islands, exposed reefs and shoals that make up Hawaii. Nearly everyone boarding the 20-minute Island Air flight in Maui is heading home after a day of ...</p><br /><p>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ Barack Obama's election heralds a new era for the two Koreas, a pro-North Korean newspaper said Friday as analysts began gauging how the Obama administration will affect the divided peninsula. A North Korean diplomat said ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-46356233574822285142008-11-08T23:29:00.001-08:002008-11-08T23:29:57.341-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>Tokyo, Oct 15, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Japan Airlines 9205&gt; plans to abolish 5 pct travel agent commissions on sales of international air tickets in April 2009 due to intense competition with foreign airlines, company officials said Wednesday. The major ...</p><br /><p>'You've checked in, and printed your boarding card with your seat assignment online; fantastic. You then need to check your bag with an agent, go through passport control, join the queue at security, then present the boarding card and an ID when you ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-56336475719112054482008-11-08T11:26:00.001-08:002008-11-08T11:26:34.674-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>Want to escape the economic gloom? the (sydney) magazine comes up with 100 things to do that won't cost a fortune -but will make you feel like a billionaire . Welcome to Sydney in 2008. Wall Street's in tatters, motorists are on bowser watch, a ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-31544039746138072892008-11-08T03:30:00.001-08:002008-11-08T03:30:52.638-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>A baby girl born to an Indian surrogate mother under contract to a Japanese man arrived in Japan after the Japanese government issued her with a one-year visa on humanitarian grounds. The baby had been unable to leave India for three months because ... </p><br /><p>NEW DELHI: A baby girl born of an Indian surrogate mother has left to join her Japanese biological father after spending the first months of her life caught up in bureaucratic delays, a family friend said Sunday. The 3-month-old Manji and her ... </p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-8513501949389008862008-11-07T11:26:00.001-08:002008-11-07T11:26:57.139-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>Music : J. Freedom du Lac, 2 Got a travel-related question, comment, suspicion, warning, gripe, sad tale or happy ending? The Post Travel Section Flight Crew is at your service. On the itinerary this week: a train trip from Montreal to Halifax, a ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-33692668403219029532008-11-05T15:26:00.001-08:002008-11-05T15:26:35.562-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>Celebrating 21 years in 2005, Agents Support Systems is a multi-faceted company that assists the Travel Industry in advancements in the technology. Our diverse company has various divisions as follows: e-Travel Blackboard - Australia's number one ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30949791.post-26939282470625438912008-11-04T11:26:00.003-08:002008-11-04T11:26:42.703-08:00<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> <p>A baseball stadium, a birding center and a couple of skyscrapers are on Travel + Leisure magazine's list of 10 American green landmarks that deserve recognition for modern, sustainable design. The magazine said the landmarks were chosen because they ...</p><br /> </div><br /> 2HipInvestmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08012033852751978566noreply@blogger.com0