The world's first commercial container ship partially powered by a large kite, the Beluga SkySails of Germany, called at Yokohama port Friday and was opened… ...full story at Japan Today
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| 21 Feb 08 |
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Mr.Arai in Taiwan Kite Fastival 2004 »
YouTube video A beautiful Bird kite was lost in Sheman National Kite Festival 2004,it is a Glider kite made and fly by Bird Kite Association
of JKA -the Team Japan- |
| 21 Sep 08 |
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A nuclear-powered presence » Japan Times The George Washington, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy, will arrive at Yokosuka on Thursday to replace the oil-powered Kitty Hawk. This will be the first time that a Japanese port serves as a home port for a nuclear-powered carrier. As... |
| 15 Aug 08 |
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National › U.S. nuclear submarine makes another port call after radiation leak » Japan Today The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine La Jolla made a port call Friday at the U.S. naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, making it the second visit… |
| 07 Oct 07 |
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Yokohama - Minato Mirai » TokyoNights Yokohama is a good city.Went to the Yokohama International Ship Terminal. The Architecture is very interesting. Or what do you think about a ship terminal that has a grassfield on the roof where you can have a picnic, looking at the magnificent view of... |
| 11 Feb 08 |
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U.S. warship Nimitz visits Sasebo » Japan Today The U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz made its first port call at Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Monday. The 91,487-ton Nimitz is the ninth nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to stop at Sasebo port. The last such port call came in... |
| 03 Mar 08 |
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MSDF ship, freighter clip sterns in Vietnam port »
Japan Times ![]() A Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer collided with a Cambodian cargo ship in the port of Ho Chi Minh City around 12:20 p.m. Monday Japan time, less than two weeks after another MSDF warship collided with and sank a small trawler off Chiba Prefecture,... |