Nobumi Matsuda, who runs an eye clinic in Tokyo and is studying the eye health of airline pilots in Japan, downed three bottles of water during the Feb. 3 flight and said the 787 humidity improvement just wasn't enough.

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Thursday marks the deadline for a clutch of candidate cities to host the 2016 games, but with London's bill to host the 2012 Olympics growing to eye-watering heights, one wonders if the enthusiasm from Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid will be tempered by the economic downturn.

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The eye of Melor is forecast to track across the Japanese island of Honshu, passing north of Tokyo.

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