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JAPAN New Year 2012 Celebration, Dec 31, 2011

Sydney kicks off global New Year celebrations
NEWS.com.au
New Zealand was among the first places to see in the New Year but heavy rain over most of the country put a damper on parties, with two major celebrations in the North Island cancelled due to the weather. In Japan, still suffering the effects of the ...
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New Year Cheer Starts Early in Samoa
TIME
31, 2011 (APIA, Samoa) — The New Year's Eve parties started a whole day early on the South Pacific island nation of Samoa, after a hop across the international date line transported the country 24 hours into the future — making it the first in the ...
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New Zealand New Year's Fireworks Doused by Rain as 2012 Nears
BusinessWeek
Lady Gaga, whose “We Pray for Japan” bracelet raised more than $250000 for disaster-relief in 48 hours, will appear by satellite on Japanese public broadcaster NHK's Red vs White, a New Year's Eve sing-off between teams of the nation's most popular ...
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'DREAM: New Year! 2011' results: Emelianenko victorious; champs Aoki, Takeya ...
MMAjunkie.com
which took place early Saturday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama,Japan. The entire nine-hour event, which ushered in the new year inJapan, aired live on HDNet. Early on, Emelianenko looked far lighter on his feet than in recent appearances. ...
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MMAjunkie.com
New Year countdown: World celebrates arrival of 2012
RT
Still suffering the after-effects of the March earthquake, tsunami, and massive radiation leak from Fukushima nuclear plant, Japanese families spent New Year 's Eve offering prayers at shrines and temples. Russia's Far Eastern regions of Chukotka, ...
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RT
Early Times Square arrivals ready to welcome 2012 long before the New Year's ...
New York Daily News
BY Trevor Kapp & Larry Mcshane Revelers showed up early to get a spot on the barricades in Times Square for the New Year's Eve celebration. The countdown to the arrival of 2012 was at 1020 minutes until midnight when Peter Lin settled into his Times ...
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New York Daily News
New Year's Eve TV: 5 Traditions From Around the World
Hollywood Reporter
“I sure hope I do wear something,” laughed Sherawat when asked about her wardrobe plans this year. The annual New Year's Eve Red and White Song Battle (Kohaku Uta Gassen) on public broadcaster NHK is more than an institution in Japan, where it has been ...
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Hollywood Reporter
New Year's traditions from around the world
Mother Nature Network (blog)
The day after New Year's is First Writing Day, when the Japanese write out their hopes and dreams for the new year. Scotland: I was fortunate enough to be living in Scotland a few years ago where I experienced first-hand the event that is Hogmanay. ...
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Mother Nature Network (blog)
Lady Gaga TV For New Year's Eve
antiMUSIC.com
On Wednesday Lady Gaga TV For New Year's Eve was a top story. Here is the recap: (popmusiclife) Lady Gaga will be very busy on New Year's Eve with TV appearances in the US and Japan. Billboard reports Gaga has announced that she will appear onJapanese ...
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What a wacky weather year
Cincinnati.com
“New Year's Rockin' Eve,” 8-11 pm and 11:30 pm to 2:13 am, ABC, of course.- 6:47 pm by Beefy MuchachoKasmira asked me to put together a list of my favorite photos I took of her for her blog this year. I love taking her blog photos. It's.. ...
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Have colorful and festive new year in photos
Houston Chronicle (blog)
A monk strikes with a hammer a bell, hanging from a crane, to celebrateupcoming New Year at a Buddhist temple in the March 11 tsunami-hit area Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, northernJapan. The bell was found in the debris, ...
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Houston Chronicle (blog)
Happy New Year Google doodle ends 2011 on a low with simple Doodle of letters ...
Daily Mail
The L may be wearing a top-hat and the E shooting a party-streamer - but the image, which points browsers to results for 'Happy New Year', has been labelled a disappointment. Critics say it lacks the originality of 2011's finest works, ...
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Daily Mail
For many, tweets will be New Year midnight moment
Danbury News Times
The trend broke records on New Year's Eve in 2010. Japan set an all-time record for tweets per second just after midnight on Jan. 1, 2011, according to Twitter's blog. "Japan wasn't alone," according to the blog. "On New Year's Eve, we saw epic Tweet...
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Revelers around the world hope for a better year
NECN
UNDATED (AP) — As the world welcomes the new year, some say it won't take much to make 2012 a better year than 2011. That includes people in Australia, hit by floods and an earthquake in the past year, and Japan, where an earthquake and tsunami left ...
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Hot parties bring in New Year
Adelaide Now
As the clock struck midnight, a 15-minute fireworks display - orchestrated by the company behind the Sydney Harbour New Year's Eve fireworks - lit up the sky, with rockets booming from barges on the River Torrens. Swing dancers Steve and Ruth Day said ...
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JAPAN LITE Year of the dragon — it'll be a hot one
The Japan Times
By AMY CHAVEZ The year of the dragon, (tatsu, ryu or ryo in Japanese) is upon us — and now just hours before the New Year, I can see the dragon peeking out of his lair, counting down the seconds until he is allowed to take over the world for a year. ...
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Celebrations to mark the New Year
RTE.ie
"Every year we make sure our celebrations are bigger and better than the one before," Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said. Heavy rain over most of New Zealand led to the cancellation of two major celebrations in the North Island. A New Year's Eve ...
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New Year's Eve Festivities Kick Off Around the Globe
BlackBook Magazine
Meanwhile, giant hanging bells have been ringing in Japan all day to purify the world of evil and bring good luck. In Tokyo, people released helium balloons with their wishes attached reports the AP. And in New York City, home of The Ball and center of ...
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Another year, another adventure
Calgary Herald
By Joanne Blain, Calgary Herald December 31, 2011 Until a few years ago, I had never been a big fan of New Year's Eve. I can trace the origins of that antipathy back to an out-of-control party at a friend's house when I was 17, during which one ...
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New Year honours: Recognition for unsung heroes in the public sector
The Guardian
After a year beset by international crises from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan to the Libyan uprising, Britons who helped in emergency rescue efforts were recognised in the New Year honours list, boosting the roll call of unsung heroes from the ...
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The Guardian
Kaleidoscope of the Heart: The importance of welcoming the New Yeartogether
Mainichi Daily News
In 2008, many "temporary workers" who had lost their jobs were invited to spend New Year's Eve and the first days of 2009 in the so-called tent camp, "Toshikoshi Hakenmura," or "New Year's Village for Temporary Workers," in the Hibiya area in Tokyo. ...
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Mainichi Daily News
'Year of the Dragon' Theme for Oshogatsu Family Festival
The Rafu Shimpo
Common Grains offers Angelinos artisanal rice and soba workshops, rice exhibition, and soba restaurant events. From 1 to 2 pm, a limited supply of osechi-ryori or Japanese New Year's food will be available. Osechi-ryori often symbolizes the wish for ...
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Fiery, fun traditions mark the new year
Dayton Daily News
Close to midnight, temple bells throughout Japan ring 108 times to welcome the new year, she says, “and to clean the 108 human weaknesses described in the teachings of Buddha.” If you celebrate the New Year in Spain, then don't worry about missing the ...
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Dick Clark Ushers 2011 Exit - Lady Gaga Will Help Ring in New Year2012 Twice
National Ledger
Over one million people are expected to join the celebrations in the 'Big Apple'. The 'Marry the Night' singer will also appear on Japanesebroadcaster Nhk's New Year's Eve TV spectacular 'Kohaku Uta Gassen' as part of a live satellite link-up from New ...
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National Ledger
News Navigator: Why are temple bells tolled on New Year's Eve?
Mainichi Daily News
The Mainichi answers some common questions readers may have about the custom of tolling bells on New Year's Eve in Japan. Question: Bells will be tolling at temples tonight, which is New Year's Eve. I wonder, when did the tradition start? ...
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Japan vs NYC New Year's Celebration - Asian Tube TV Online ...
By Pongi
Features selected TV segments, web videos, news stories, entertainment, music, culture and more from Japan, Korea, India, China and other Asian countries. Also includes a variety of other significant news, photos and videos. ...
Asian Tube TV Online Videos Blog
New Year's Eve TV: 5 Traditions From Around the World - The ...
By THR Staff
From dueling pop groups in Japan to drunken butlers in Germany, international TV audiences have some very unique ways to ring in the new year. While countdowns dominate New Year's Eve television coverage across the globe, many ...
Television
Interesting Facts about New Year Celebrations | Interesting Facts ...
By JW
Tokyo, Japan (Time zone GMT +9) – In JapanNew Years eve is welcomed with the 108 bell tolls from Buddhist temples to free mankind of the 108 sins; Beijing, China (Time zone GMT +8) – The people in China celebrate the Gregorian New ...
Interesting Facts & Current Events...
New Year countdown: World celebrates arrival of 2012 — RT
By RT
The New Year is being welcomed around the globe with tons of fireworks and masscelebrations by billions of people. The dateline ... The celebrations in Japan went on without luxury festivities, as the county went through many trials in 2011. ...
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How to say "Happy New Year" in Japanese | 101language.com
By admin
How to say "Happy New Year" in Japanese. Learn phrases for New Year's celebrationsincluding, “Happy New Year” and “I hope you have a good new year (used at the end of the year)”. There are audio files … Read Full Post ...
101language.com
Our Adventures in Japan: it's a new year
By K and S
It's a New Year, I hope this year will be a very good year for everyone. For New Year's Eve, we had an array of appetizers and this Cono Sur Sparkling Wine. I'd been saving this for Satoshi's staff party, but that never happened, so we had this ...
Our Adventures in Japan
'Year of the Dragon' Theme for Oshogatsu Family Festival – Rafu ...
By yamamotojk
Common Grains offers Angelinos artisanal rice and soba workshops, rice exhibition, and soba restaurant events. From 1 to 2 p.m., a limited supply of osechi-ryori or Japanese New Year's food will be available. Osechi-ryori often symbolizes ...
Rafu Shimpo
Where Will Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga Party On New Year's ...
By admin
New Year's Eve is the last chance you'll have to party in 2011. And as ... Lady Gaga has been booked to perform on two NYE specials: the 40th annual “Dick Clark's New Year'sRockin' Eve” and the Japanese program “Kohaku Uta Gassen.” ...
FCX - System Jobs
New Year's traditions from around the world | MNN - Mother Nature ...
By Jenn Savedge
The day after New Year's is First Writing Day, when the Japanese write out their hopes and dreams for the new year. Scotland: I was fortunate enough to be living in Scotland a few years ago where I experienced first-hand the event that is ...
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New Year Despair for Japan's Nuclear Refugees -- Society's Child ...
As most of Japan prepares to ring in the New Year at the end of a traumatic 2011, refugees from the country's nuclear crisis relocated far from home say they have nothing to celebrate. All over the country families will gather for a midnight trip to ...
Signs of the Times
A Japanese New Year | Current Issue | Montage | Montage
All over the world, ceremonies are held to celebrate the new year. On Saturday, Jan. 7 a fascinating Japanese celebration will take place at the University of ...
www.montage.umich.edu/2011/12/a-japanese-new-year/
DREAM Fight for Japan New Year's Eve Preview and Predictions ...
Mixed martial arts may not be the hot trend anymore in Japan, but that hasn't stoppedJapanese fight promotion DREAM to put together one of the best MMA ...
www.bloodyelbow.com/.../fedor-emelianenko-dream-nye-pre...
Lady Gaga to appear on Japanese New Year's Eve show | The Raw ...
TOKYO — American pop diva Lady Gaga will appear via videolink on a popularJapanese music competition on New Year's Eve, public broadcaster NHK says. ...
www.rawstory.com/.../lady-gaga-to-appear-on-japanese-new-y...
Lady GaGa To Perform In Japanese New Year's Eve Show ...
What an exciting way to ring in the New Year! Lady GaGa has announced that she´ll be appearing on Japan´s super-popular year-end special Kohaku Uta Gassen ("the ...
perezhilton.com/2011-12-28-lady-gaga-to-perform-in-japanes...
TV Asahi in Japan to feature New Year's Eve Sugar Land Cube ...
Sugar Land's state-of-the-art, 3D New Year's Eve light show will be featured on a television program in Japan, a country that has long appreciated cutting-edge ...
www.yourhoustonnews.com/.../article_88c253ee-d59f-599a-9...
Lady Gaga to Join New Year's Eve Show in Japan - The Hollywood ...
Lady Gaga to Join New Year's Eve Show in Japan. 5:22 PM PST 12/27/2011 by Rob Schwartz, Billboard. share. Comments. Lady Gaga MTV EMAs ...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/.../lady-gaga-new-years-eve-jap...
Murderous Musings: Japanese New Year's Celebration Season
Among New Year's celebrations around the world, the Japanese shōgatsu is among the most festive. The New Year is celebrated on January 1, and is one of ...
murderousmusings.blogspot.com/.../japanese-new-years-celebr...
Dream New Year's Eve Predictions
Will Fedor Emelianenko continue his winning ways on New Year's Eve in Japan? Or will Satoshi Ishii take an enormous step forward in his MMA career with a ...
www.mmafighting.com/.../dream-new-years-eve-predictions/
Celebrating Japanese New Year - KCP International
In their superlative enthusiasm for holidays, the Japanese have a very full set of traditions for New Year, their most celebrated holiday: osechi, kadomatsu, ...
www.kcpinternational.net/2011/.../celebrating-japanese-new-y...
Berry family celebrate the Japanese New Year | Stuff.co.nz
Blenheim woman Miwa Berry and her family will be staying up to celebrate theJapanese New Year at 4am on Sunday, but they will still cheer with New ...
www.stuff.co.nz/.../news/.../Family-prepares-for-extra-long-da...

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