Sentence examples for Tokyo from inspiring English sources

After studying and documenting closely the work of local artisans of construction in Dharavi, Bhandup, Ghatkopar, Sakinaka, Shivaji Nagar and other homegrown neighbourhoods in Mumbai (but also in Sao Paulo, Rio, Shenzhen and Tokyo), we decided to join forces with artisans whom we thought were particularly diligent and innovative.

Anti-whaling activists and countries, including Australia and New Zealand, had hoped Tokyo would use the cover afforded by the ICJ ruling to extricate itself from a hardened position that hunting whales is an integral part of Japanese culture and must be defended.

Some legal experts have suggested Japan might simply redesign its whaling program to skirt the ICJ ruling, but Australia and New Zealand are expected to keep up the diplomatic pressure to ensure Tokyo abides by the spirit of the pronouncement.

"The blatant violations of international humanitarian and human rights law have been pointed out very clearly by the UN's commissioner for human rights," Amos told the Guardian during a visit to Tokyo, where she was attending a conference on improving responses to humanitarian crises in the Asia-Pacific.

Tokyo has consistently defended the practice of eating whalemeat as a culinary tradition.

Tokyo scores a buzz of just 2, again due partly to Japan using its own social media engines – yet Seoul does remarkably well on the same criteria.

Such a good Australia Day. #hottest100 Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.31pm AEST07:31 It's Birds of Tokyo now with Lanterns, a song seemingly designed to soundtrack tearful montages on the X Factor.

Tyson has always maintained that, while Douglas boxed manfully in Tokyo, his victory was essentially a fluke.

A "deeply disappointed" Tokyo said earlier this week it would honour Monday's judgement by the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague, but did not exclude the possibility of future whaling programs.

Tokyo has used a legal loophole in the 1986 ban on commercial whaling that allowed it to continue slaughtering the mammals, ostensibly so it could gather scientific data.

He won back the WBC and WBA titles in 1996, but on that February day at the start of the decade, he had to be content with lying on a Tokyo hotel bed and challenging his maker.