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BUSINESS NEWS  Tokyo slips from top 10 list of world's most expensive cities (Bloomberg 2007-11-26)  Apple's fight in Japan (Forbes 2008-01-16)  Japan sees candy scandal as a cultural betrayal (International Herald Tribune 2007-10-31)  Tokyo is Asia's capital, 4th in the world: survey (Kyodo 2008-01-03)  Nova burns out (Japan Times 2007-11-04)  Beaujolais shipments arrive for '07 launch (Japan Times 2007-11-10)  Japan's food safety scandal hits Mister Donut (CBC News 2007-11-01)  Japanese firm's fax nightmare (IOL 2007-11-11)  Japan to open up regional airports (Channel NewsAsia 2007-11-03)  Matsushita to rename itself Panasonic, dropping founder's name (Kyodo 2008-01-10) [ Archives... ] ECONOMY  The Recession Buzz ... in Japan (New York Sun 2008-01-10)  Half of Japan's elderly poor won't get pensions (Bloomberg 2008-01-22)  In Japan, rural economies wane as cities thrive (International Herald Tribune 2007-12-06)  Goldman says Japan in danger of recession (Reuters 2008-01-10)  Japan's property markets (The Economist 2008-01-05)  Impact of rising yen (Asahi 2008-01-18)  A yen for certainty (The Economist 2007-11-16)  Is U.S. heading for Japan-like troubles? (APP.com 2008-01-13)   Japan logs fastest inflation since 1998 (AFP 2007-12-29)  Price surge forces Japan to use emergency funds for its food (Times 2007-11-08) [ Archives... ] STOCK MARKET  Tokyo Ending Up Worst in the World (blackenterprise.com 2007-12-30)  Fearful foreigners turn away (The Australian 2008-01-09)  Japan braced for tough financial year (Guardian Unlimited 2008-01-05)  Takeover bids for Japanese firms hit record in 2007 (Straits Times 2008-01-09)  TSE head raps Japanese 'allergy' over inflow of foreign money (Kyodo 2007-11-16)  Investing in Japan: 10 ETFs to Consider (Seeking Alpha 2007-12-29)  Japan plans to create 'comprehensive' financial market around 2009 (Kyodo 2007-12-22)  Tokyo stocks rebound sharply, Nikkei recovers 13,000 line (Kyodo 2008-01-24)  Investors disillusioned with Japanese equities (FT.com 2007-11-21)  Pity Japan's investors (Business Week 2007-11-14) [ Archives... ] DEVELOPMENT  Japan mines 'flammable ice,' flirts with environmental disaster (Bloomberg 2007-12-26)  New expressway opens in Tokyo (Yomiuri 2007-12-23)  South Africa minister promotes trade in Japan (Reuters 2007-11-02)  Japan Post Bank suspends Iran remittances (TODAYonline 2007-11-15)  Japan said to unveil green initiative at Asia summit (AFP 2007-11-17)  Japan unveils $2 bil. aid to clean up East Asia pollution (Kyodo 2007-11-21)  WTO upholds ruling against Japan over South Korean exports (AFP 2007-11-30)  Japan looks to India for a better way to learn (International Herald Tribune 2008-01-02)  Japan to pitch easier emissions yardstick (Japan Times 2008-01-21)  Special envoy apologises for Japan’s role in bridge disaster (Viet Nam News 2007-11-04) [ Archives... ] POLITICS  Japan's Abe says diarrhoea ruined premiership (AFP 2008-01-12)  SKorean president warns Japan, China (AFP 2007-11-03)  Japan plans maglev train, world's fastest (Kyodo 2007-12-26)  Fukuda says N. Korea will 'disappear' unless nukes are abandoned (Kyodo 2007-11-19)  Japan's ruling party threatens snap election (AFP 2007-11-11)  Fukuda sounds out Ozawa about forming LDP-DPJ grand coalition (Kyodo 2007-11-02)  Japan prime minister debuts on YouTube (AP 2008-01-02)  Fukuda to meet Bono, other celebrities, to lure them to Africa confab (Kyodo 2008-01-14)   Japan to withdraw ships supporting US-led war in Afghanistan (AFP 2007-11-01)  US blasts 'protectionist' Japan (AFP 2007-11-30) [ Archives... ] SOCIETY  Japan stops 5 foreigners after fingerprint checks match people on immigration blacklist (International Herald Tribune 2007-11-21)  Japan begins identifying foreigners (CNN 2007-11-20)  Japan finishes 91st in world gender equality rankings (Kyodo 2007-11-09)  Emperor apologizes for releasing foreign fish into Lake Biwa (Mainichi 2007-11-12)  Child sex network uncovered (Yomiuri 2008-01-22)  Beautiful, educated women date men for cash to survive (Japan Times 2007-11-11)  Gov't to lower the age of majority to 18 from current 20 (Mainichi 2007-11-02)  Japanese in their 30s are losing the plot (Japan Times 2007-11-04)  Did You Just Grope Me? Shall We Tell The Police? (neilduckett.com 2007-11-04)  Pilot of plane that dropped atomic bomb dies (AP 2007-11-02) [ Archives... ] SPORTS  Baseball: Japan Series promises to be one wild ride (kansascity.com 2007-10-27)   Japan to build islands for Winter Olympic (moldova.org 2008-01-13)  Japanese legend Nakata set to buy Perugia (Tribal Football 2008-01-05)  Baseball: Yamai perfect in 8 as Chunichi takes Japan Series crown (Kyodo 2007-11-01)  Soccer: Japan coach Osim showing signs of improvement after stroke (Kyodo 2007-11-18)  Baseball: Chunichi Dragons now one victory away from winning Japan Series (Canadian Press 2007-11-01)  Skating: Japan's Asada wins Skate Canada (Sports Illustrated 2007-11-04)  Sumo: Asashoryu ends suspension, returning to Japan on Friday (Kyodo 2007-11-26)  Taichung police monitor Japan `baseball hooligans' (Taipei Times 2007-12-04)  Sumo: Game over for Kaio and Chiyotaikai? (Japan Times 2007-11-06) [ Archives... ] EDUCATION  Japan may require foreign residents to know Japanese (Bloomberg 2008-01-15)  Firm set to take over NOVA will re-hire all teachers, other staff (Mainichi 2007-11-08)  Students feed foreign teachers as Japan school fails (Reuters 2007-11-01)  Nova union seeks way to hold classes (Japan Times 2007-11-07)  Assistant language teachers in trying times (Japan Times 2008-01-05)  English teachers ditching Japan after firm collapses amid rumours of $600k 'love nest' (hfxnews.ca 2007-11-20)  Exam hell starts for Japan's school applicants (earthtimes.org 2008-01-17)  Nova boss lived in cloud-cuckoo-land (Japan Times 2007-11-18)  Number of bullying cases in Japan rises (AP 2007-11-16)  Former Nova boss oblivious to people's anguish (Asahi 2007-11-03) [ Archives... ] SCI/TECH  Rising seas threaten 21 mega-cities (New Jersey Online 2007-10-21)  Japan mines 'flammable ice,' flirts with environmental disaster (Bloomberg 2007-12-26)  Japan plans maglev train, world's fastest (Kyodo 2007-12-26)   Japan hit by moderate quake, no damage reported (Reuters 2007-11-27)  Waste-disposal problem forces Japan power firm to shut down nuclear reactor (Canadian Press 2007-11-11)  Mercury falls to mid-Dec. levels across Japan (Kyodo 2007-11-19)  Japan confirms world's fastest maglev plan (The Register 2008-01-01)  Flu making its presence felt earlier than usual (Yomiuri 2007-11-18)  Japan looks at everyday use of robots (AFP 2007-11-30)  Magnitude 6.0 quake hits northern Japan (Reuters 2007-12-26) [ Archives... ] INTERNET  We're all pirates . . . according to Sony (neoseeker.com 2007-10-04)  Cyber bullying bedevils Japan (AAP 2007-11-12)  Japan prime minister debuts on YouTube (AP 2008-01-02)  Japan's largest mobile phone carrier to tie-up with Google (detnews.com 2007-12-26)  Disney to Launch the iPhone in Japan (Wireless Watch Japan 2007-11-24)  Aussies racist - Japan's whalers (NEWS.com.au 2008-01-07)  Japan moves to regulate the internet (Inquirer.net 2008-01-01)  New DoCoMo phones can work in 154 nations (Japan Times 2007-11-27)   Casio to launch W-CDMA phones in Japan (Reuters 2007-11-02)  Final Blow to File Sharing? Japan's Gov't to Revise Copyright Law (Tech-On 2007-12-19) [ Archives... ] ELECTRONICS  Electronic paper display firm targets Japan (electronicsweekly.com 2007-10-23)  10 Japanese gadgets you'll never own (tech.co.uk 2007-12-31)  Sony to launch new PlayStation 2 model in Japan (Reuters 2007-11-06)  Overrated Japanese phones: only a mother could love 'em (Digital World Tokyo 2007-11-03)  Who Will Carry the iPhone in Japan (neilduckett.com 2008-01-09)  Apple in talks to launch iPhone in Japan (AP 2007-12-19)  Silent Hill's Yamaoka: 'Japan Is In Trouble' (Wired.com 2007-12-27)  Disney to Launch the iPhone in Japan (Wireless Watch Japan 2007-11-24)  Sony to stop Japan shipments of 20-, 60-GB PS3 (Reuters 2008-01-10)  Does Japan Need the iPhone? (BusinessWeek 2007-12-22) [ Archives... ]

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Jan 22 Child sex network uncovered (Yomiuri) Jan 17 Man given 18-yr prison term for raping women on trains, in station (Kyodo) Jan 16 Doll stuffed in slain mom's stomach (Japan Times) Jan 16 Apple's fight in Japan (Forbes) Jan 15 Japan may require foreign residents to know Japanese (Bloomberg) Jan 13 Japan to build islands for Winter Olympic (moldova.org) Jan 12 Japan's Abe says diarrhoea ruined premiership (AFP) Jan 08 Urinating on Japanese tourist hits Fiji tourism badly (Stuff.co.nz) Jan 06 Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki deaf in left ear (Xinhua) Jan 06 Japan's new rich party like it's 1989 (Reuters) Jan 05 Assistant language teachers in trying times (Japan Times) Jan 03 Tokyo is Asia's capital, 4th in the world: survey (Kyodo) Dec 26 Japan plans maglev train, world's fastest (Kyodo) Dec 26 Japan mines 'flammable ice,' flirts with environmental disaster (Bloomberg) Nov 26 Tokyo slips from top 10 list of world's most expensive cities (Bloomberg) Nov 26 String of sex scandals hits Japan (AHN) Nov 23 Japanese ex-minister found dead in Vietnam hotel room (AFP) Nov 21 Japan stops 5 foreigners after fingerprint checks match people on immigration blacklist (International Herald Tribune) Nov 20 Japan begins identifying foreigners (CNN) Nov 20 English teachers ditching Japan after firm collapses amid rumours of $600k 'love nest' (hfxnews.ca) Nov 19 Fukuda says N. Korea will 'disappear' unless nukes are abandoned (Kyodo) Nov 15 Japan drops rape case against US Marines (AFP) Nov 14 Japan takes first high-definition image of Earth rising (AFP) Nov 12 Cyber bullying bedevils Japan (AAP) Nov 12 Emperor apologizes for releasing foreign fish into Lake Biwa (Mainichi) Nov 11 Japan's ruling party threatens snap election (AFP) Nov 11 Japanese firm's fax nightmare (IOL) Nov 11 Beautiful, educated women date men for cash to survive (Japan Times) Nov 10 Beaujolais shipments arrive for '07 launch (Japan Times) Nov 09 Japan finishes 91st in world gender equality rankings (Kyodo) Nov 08 Firm set to take over NOVA will re-hire all teachers, other staff (Mainichi) Nov 07 Nova union seeks way to hold classes (Japan Times) Nov 04 Japan opposition leader Ozawa offers to resign (Reuters) Nov 04 Whistleblowers lift the lid on Japan's food industry (The Independent) Nov 04 Personal computers being pushed aside in Japan (CNN) Nov 04 Did You Just Grope Me? Shall We Tell The Police? (neilduckett.com) Nov 04 Japanese in their 30s are losing the plot (Japan Times) Nov 04 Nova burns out (Japan Times) Nov 03 SKorean president warns Japan, China (AFP) Nov 03 Japan to open up regional airports (Channel NewsAsia) Nov 02 Fukuda sounds out Ozawa about forming LDP-DPJ grand coalition (Kyodo) Nov 02 Gov't to lower the age of majority to 18 from current 20 (Mainichi) Nov 02 Pilot of plane that dropped atomic bomb dies (AP) Nov 01 Students feed foreign teachers as Japan school fails (Reuters) Nov 01 Japan's food safety scandal hits Mister Donut (CBC News) Oct 31 Japan sees candy scandal as a cultural betrayal (International Herald Tribune) Oct 27 Baseball: Japan Series promises to be one wild ride (kansascity.com) Oct 23 Electronic paper display firm targets Japan (electronicsweekly.com) Oct 21 Rising seas threaten 21 mega-cities (New Jersey Online) Oct 04 We're all pirates . . . according to Sony (neoseeker.com)