Last Dance Looms for Filipino Entertainers in Japan
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The pervasive smell of cigarette smoke and hair spray couldn't disguise the whiff of crisis when bigwigs from the Japanese and Philippine nightlife industries gathered in the ballroom of a Manila hotel.
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Middle East News, MANILA, Filipinos queued for hours on Wednesday to pay their last respects to movie legend and would-be president Fernando Poe Jr, but the brief national unity that followed his death the previous day was already starting to fray.
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A choreographer who inspired her company and a dancer who inspired audiences is retiring from the stage after a pioneering career.
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Filipinos mourned movie legend Fernando Poe Jr, who died on Tuesday after the actor who nearly unseated Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in May&#39;s presidential election suffered a stroke.
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CHIBA, Japan  - Thousands of Japanese rocked to the rhythm of a virtual techno beat act on Saturday in the second of nine concerts worldwide aimed at persuading the globe to go green.
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Supporters said Monday they were praying for the safety of a Japanese balloonist who lost contact three days ago over the Pacific Ocean on a bid to break his own record for the longest journey.
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The traditional party of the year will  be a somber affair across the globe.
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New Year celebrations across Southeast Asia will be turned into remembrance services for those killed or affected by the quake and tsunamis, with some events canceled outright.
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CEBU, Philippines  - The Philippines hastily shelved a high-profile gathering of Asian leaders until early January on Friday due to concerns an incoming tropical storm could wreck havoc at the venue this weekend.
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In Japan, where one fifth of the population is now over 65, a preview of a global future.
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Australia&#39;s domination of the export beef trade in Japan is likely to end after weekend moves in Tokyo to allow renewed access to United States producers.
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An island community is to gather to say goodbye to backpacker Karen Aim who was murdered in New Zealand.
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TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Learn to move like a shadow and hurl deadly metal stars at your enemies from a Japanese ninja master -- the latest offering for holiday thrill-seekers.
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Tuesdayâs tribute to dancer Masazumi Chaya was filled with a vibrant sense of family.
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TOKYO - Jake Shimabukuro is perched on the verge of stardom. He still does the little clubs, but he can also fill arenas, pulling in thousands of raptured admirers...
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With their number quickly dwindling, survivors of Pearl Harbor will gather Thursday one last time to honor those killed by the Japanese 65 years ago, and to mark a day that lives in infamy.
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Fernando Poe Jr., a movie actor who almost defeated Philippine President Gloria Arroyo in this year&#39;s elections, was brought to his final resting place by hundreds of thousands of fans and supporters.