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TOKYO -- At 84, micro-lending guru Prof. Muhammad Yunus has accumulated international tributes and media accolades galore, from the Nobel Peace Prize for his work promoting grassroots community development to U.S. [1]

TOKYO Atsushi Murakami, a 52-year-old researcher with Kirin Brewery has been recognized by a German trade association as one of the world's top experts on hops. [2]

AFP Russia has detained a suspect in the killing of the head of the army’s chemical weapons division, investigators said Wednesday, a day after the general and his aide were killed by a blast in Moscow. [3]

Dr Sanchita Basu Das is an Associate Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, and an Economist with the Economic Research Department of the Asian Development Bank. [4]

In early 2010, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa who died on Sunday aged 90, gave an exclusive interview to The Irrawaddy. [5]

TOKYO -- Kirin Holdings will begin brewing and selling its flagship Ichiban Shibori beer in Myanmar as early as this month. [6]

Masaaki Shirakawa is a former governor of the Bank of Japan. G-7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs at Petersberg near Bonn, Germany, on May 19: All advanced economies were faced with the zero lower bound interest rates after the global financ... [7]

TOKYO -- Japanese beverage company Kirin Holdings has recently pinned a prominent gold "star" to its chest. According to a management method developed in the U.S. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-07 · 32% match

Bangladesh's Yunus walks reform tightrope in eye of trade, domestic storms

TOKYO -- At 84, micro-lending guru Prof. Muhammad Yunus has accumulated international tributes and media accolades galore, from the Nobel Peace Prize for his work promoting grassroots community development to U.S.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-03-17 · 44% match

Kirin's heroic hop specialist helps brewer craft success

TOKYO Atsushi Murakami, a 52-year-old researcher with Kirin Brewery has been recognized by a German trade association as one of the world's top experts on hops.

[3] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-12-19 · 40% match

Russia detains suspect in general’s killing: investigators

AFP Russia has detained a suspect in the killing of the head of the army’s chemical weapons division, investigators said Wednesday, a day after the general and his aide were killed by a blast in Moscow.

[4] TH fulcrum.sg · 2020-09-21 · 36% match

Sanchita Basu Das

Dr Sanchita Basu Das is an Associate Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, and an Economist with the Economic Research Department of the Asian Development Bank.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-12-27 · 36% match

Desmond Tutu’s Thoughts on Myanmar’s Democracy Struggle From 2010

In early 2010, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa who died on Sunday aged 90, gave an exclusive interview to The Irrawaddy.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-03-19 · 35% match

Kirin to make, sell Ichiban Shibori beer in Myanmar

TOKYO -- Kirin Holdings will begin brewing and selling its flagship Ichiban Shibori beer in Myanmar as early as this month.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-07-07 · 35% match

My wish list for monetary policymakers to reflect on

Masaaki Shirakawa is a former governor of the Bank of Japan. G-7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs at Petersberg near Bonn, Germany, on May 19: All advanced economies were faced with the zero lower bound interest rates after the global financ

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-09-07 · 34% match

Kirin looking to head in right direction with Myanmar beer deal

TOKYO -- Japanese beverage company Kirin Holdings has recently pinned a prominent gold "star" to its chest. According to a management method developed in the U.S.

[9] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2013-07-25 · 33% match

Swede found dead of apparent suicide in Naklua

A Swedish man who called his country’s embassy with a suicide threat appears to have followed through after Banglamung police found him dead with a plastic bag tied over his head in Naklua.

[10] FI yle.fi · 2017-08-29 · 33% match

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The article is more than 8 years old Tuesday's papers: When Donald met Sauli The timing was tricky for print journalists, but online there is only one story in the Finnish media on Tuesday morning: President Sauli Niinistö's visit to the White House

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