Daily Japan Headlines: Thursday, Sept 1, 2011
Photo Source: Sony.
ABC News: With New Tablets, Sony Takes Aim at iPad in Japan
Sony Corp. says it wants to become the biggest player in Japan’s growing Android tablet market by changing the way the devices are used.
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Telegraph Video: Japan holds annual earthquake drill, first since March disaster
More than a thousand people participated in exercises in central Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park, where military helicopters buzzed overhead, police bikes sped past and medical personnel tended to people trapped under a damaged car in a mock emergency situation.
See also: BBC – Tokyo roads blocked in earthquake drill
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The Atlantic: China Wary of Japan’s New, Pro-U.S. Prime Minister
While Premier Wen Jiabao and the Chinese Foreign Ministry have offered up short congratulatory statements to the new prime minister, most Chinese commentary has ranged from bleak to belligerent. Chinese analysts point out that the prime minister has not renounced his comments to the effect that Class-A Japanese wartime leaders should no longer be considered criminals nor has he committed not to visit the Yasukuni Shrine. He also has made reference to China’s rising nationalism and naval activities as posing a risk to regional stability. To top it all off, the new prime minister has been a strong supporter of the U.S.-Japan defense alliance.
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AFP: Japan’s PM to be sworn in, name cabinet
Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was due to be sworn in on Friday and name a cabinet with which he hopes to drive a fragile post-quake recovery forward and build party unity.
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Sydney Morning Herald Video: Activists protest Japanese dolphin hunting
Animal rights activists in Australia and the Philippines demand a stop to dolphin hunting in Japan.
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Washington Post: Japan whistle-blower wins damages in high court reversal of lower court decision
The still fledgling protection for whistle-blowers in Japan received a boost Wednesday by a high court that reversed an earlier decision and awarded damages to a worker who suffered retaliation through a transfer.
The Tokyo High Court ordered Japanese camera and precision-equipment maker Olympus Corp. to pay 2.2 million yen ($29,000) to Masaharu Hamada for transferring him from a sales division where he had a strong work record to a more solitary assignment.
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BBC Video: Japanese cash in on high gold price
Gold prices are continuing to soar around the world and people in Japan are hoping to cash in their precious metal.
Some are selling gold teeth and religious artefacts, taking advantage of the high prices.
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Home Media Magazine: Hulu Bows Subscription Service in Japan
Hulu Sept. 1 formally launched its subscription-based video-on-demand service in Japan (www.hulu.jp) — the first international footprint for the online repurposed TV show and movie platform co-owned by The Walt Disney Co., News Corp. and NBC Universal.
Programming, which includes feature films like Pirates of the Caribbean, Armageddon, Men in Black, Troy and As Good As It Gets; and episodes from previous seasons of “24,” “Bones,” “Criminal Minds,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Fringe,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Gossip Girl,” “Heroes,” “Lost,” “NCIS,” “Private Practice” “Prison Break” and “Ugly Betty,” among others, will cost 1,480 yen monthly ($19.20).
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Wall Street Journal: JET Calls in Favors in Tohoku
[JET is] inviting selected alumni to visit schools where they once taught in areas struck by the March 11 disasters to get the word out via blogs and social media that reconstruction is afoot and Tohoku is open for business.
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