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Suggests shorter working hours, more time spent at home with family, promotes boost in declining birth rate, seeks remedies for sex "boredom".
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Jean Snow alerts us to a wonderful public service announcement about the growing food crisis in Japan. If you've ever played Civilization or Sims you may get an itch to boot them up again (can you spot when the entertainers were purchased lol?)
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By definition, the Japanese economy, the world's second largest, is now in recession. I often wonder if such things actually hurt the pockets of your average person?
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An interesting animated video about how Japan's current food production and consumption trends are impacting the economy, and the country at large.
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Major supermarkets are engaging in price cuts to keep customers as a sagging stock market and worsening corporate earnings pressure consumers to tighten their purse strings.
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While the prices of just about everything is on the up (due to the price of oil), prices of vegetables in Japan is on the down - many vegetables up to 80% off their normal prices.
This is due to the rather hot weather we are having meaning that vegetables are growing faster and more abundantly. read more »
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This is due to the rather hot weather we are having meaning that vegetables are growing faster and more abundantly. read more »
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For many years, the Tokyo Metro has been waging a cross little campaign to improve the manners of an already well-mannered travelling public. Unswervingly critical of the young, intrusive posters have appeared begging ladies not to adjust their mascara on the trains (they actually deserve an award
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On Tuesday of last week, the Japanese government nominated Koji Tanami for the post of governor at the Bank of Japan. The initial market reaction was one of surprise, considering the recent impasse within the Parliament. So it was no surprise when the Upper House rejected the nomination.
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Apparently Japanese people must make radical changes to their diet and business practices to avoid "a food crisis that could send Asia's biggest economy back to the 1950s”. It seems Japan won't be getting the best tuna, eels and crabs anymore because we (Japan) are losing the bidding war to Shan
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"Urban mining" could be a boon to Japan's economy. With all the technology that gets thrown away every year, the junk in Japan contains thousands to millions of tons of rare metals and other natural resources.
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"Prime Minister Fukuda said the spring has come in our relations and, after two-and-a-half hours of talks, I truly feel that the spring of China-Japan relations has arrived," Mr Wen told a joint news conference.
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A look forward at what some of the biggest issues facing the Japanese economy might be in 2008.
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Education is the problem. These Japanese children suffer from a lack of education...The Dems,under Bill Clinton or any other Dem' president, have never treated Japan...But I want an interesting looking face mask. Not one of those plain white things....The Vampire Cafe looks interesting....Agreed. I have not been to a bad one yet....I do not think the education standards are the problem. I think the problem goes...That survey is clearly flawed. If they're lonely, it's because they are stuck in a...X-san: Where are you from?
Nick: Aichi-ken.
X-san: I mean...Well, I have no clue how Obama will treat Japan. He really was not said much about...LOL funny but true....
Nick: Aichi-ken.
X-san: I mean...Well, I have no clue how Obama will treat Japan. He really was not said much about...LOL funny but true....
