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Headlines – Tuesday November 24, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Okada will acknowledge 50 year old nuclear pact between US and Japan.

- Japan to give US$5 billion in aid to Afghanistan.

- Govt. cuts lack long-term perspective.

- Govt. has no integrated database for nationwide correctional facilities – currently in development.
 - JAL wants 30% cut in pensions to stay afloat.

- Nissan’s Ghosn: Electric Cars will take time to take hold.

- Sony looks to build web services business.

- 340,000 cheer on Giants Victory Parade.



Headlines – Thursday November 19, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Japan seeks help from US over hit and run incident in Okinawa.

- OECD wants DPJ to reconsider monthly child allowances.

- 17,210 educational institutions closed due to H1N1.
 - Toyota mark first increase in global sales in 15 months.

- Popular actress Ito Misaki marries.

- Japan hits all time best 13th place in IRB World Rugby Rankings.



Headlines – Friday November 13, 2009

20th Aniversary of the Emperor:

- Mainichi: Emperor opened new era for Imperial Family.

- Asahi: Emperor celebrates 20 years on throne.

- Japan Times: Emperor marks 20th year of reign.

- Yomiuri: Japanese cheer emperor’s 20th year on throne.
 Other Headlines:

- Case against Savoie dropped.

- DPJ undecided on disclosing use of billion yen vote buying slush fund.

- American Airlines and TPG plan investment in JAL.

- Primary school students check out more library books than ever.



Headlines – Thursday November 12, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Hatoyama & Obama to discuss Afghanistan, Global Warming, Nuclear Issues; Will avoid Futenma issue.

- Hatoyama admits to sloppy management of funds.

- Japan to give US$5 billion in aid to Afghanistan.

- Fujii eyes 3 billion yen reduction in 2010 budget.

- DBJ likely to provide 180 billion yen bridging loan to JAL.
 - Ozawa attacks Christianity, calls it “self-righteous”.

- Murder suspect Ichihashi caught by police after tip.

- Flat screen TV sales at year end tipped to rise 40-50% over last year.

- Ichiro wins 9th straight AL Golden Glove.



Headlines – Tuesday November 10, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Farm Ministry wants 345 billion yen for rice farmers in 2010.

- Yomiuri Poll: Cabinet support at 63%.

- Aomori city gave 80 million yen to officials for vacations.

- Ishihara: Tokyo plans for 2020 Olympics.

- Japan looks to collaborate on US high speed rail projects.
 - JAL execs will take on pay in December.

- iPhone leads Softbank to top mobile subscriptions.

- Sakai Norko gets suspended sentence.

- Miyata Dai wins international Cello competition in Paris.

- 36.8% of Japanese men are smokers.



Headlines – Monday November 9, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- 21,000 protest US base relocation in Futenma.

- Okada: No base deals during Obama visit.

- Hatoyama meets ministers on JAL rescue plan.

- Budget cuts could reduce GDP by 0.2%.

- Japan Space Agency wants to collect solar power in space.
 - Sumitomo Trust & Chuo Mitsui Trust set for $2 trillion merger.

- Death sentences upheld for two Aum Shinrikyo members.

- “Black Widow” linked to 6 deaths.

- Giants take 21st Japan Series title.

- Godzilla stops the nation.



Headlines – Thursday November 5, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Hatoyama & Obama set to meet in Tokyo on Nov 13.

- Govt. claims new bureaucrat appointment not ‘amakudari’.

- Hatoyama: “US has failed in Iraq”.

- Hatoyama authorized aide to use additional funds from private account.

- Tokyo train stations look to reduce suicides with soothing lights.
 - JVC Kenwood looks to purchase Pentax.

- ANA announces alliance with Continental Airlines.

- McDonalds & Uniqlo sales up 3.3% and 35.7% respectively year on year.

- Japanese internet book search system to counter Google.

- Fighters level Japan Series at 2-2.



Headlines – Tuesday November 3, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Mainichi Poll: 70% of Okinawans want Futenma Air Base to leave Okinawa.

- Corporate Tax Revenue worst in 50 years.

- Hatoyama pledges to keep bond issues to 44 trillion yen for 2010.

- Job Openings to Job Seeker ratio up slightly to 0.43.

- ‘Fired for not being male or Japanese’?: Two UK bankers sue Nomura.
 - Hatoyama: Afghanistan refueling mission will not be extended.

- Hatoyama failed to declare 72 million yen in stock income in 2008.

- Broadcast Committee: TV coverage of Sakai Noriko scandal aroused more interest in drugs.

- From the ‘Govt. will Regulate Anything’ file: Ministry group advocates how many times to chew your food…



Headlines – Monday November 2, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Hatoyama tells Dutch PM: “I hate whale meat”.

- Health Minister Nagatsuma says tobacco tax may rise to European levels.

- Plan to buy back surplus solar power accelerated.

- Governors from 36 Prefectures want more road construction.

- Japan wants admission from China over 2007 ‘gyoza’ poisoning.
 - Panasonic to make bid for Sanyo.

- Manga Library opens at Tokyo University.

- Yokozuna spends 1 million yen in Ginza in one night.

- Tokyo and Toyota want to hold 2018 or 2022 World Cup.

- Matsui homers in Yankee win: Lead World Series 2-1.



Headlines – Thursday October 29, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Hatoyama calls for ‘Comprehensive review’ of Japan-US alliance.

- High degree of disagreement on US policy in Hatoyama cabinet.

- Japan vehicle production at 34-year low for April-Sept period.

- Former wartime sex slaves urge PM to resolve issues.
 - 28 year old Iwate woman arrested for taking indecent photos of 6yr old daughter.

- 13,964 educational facilities closed in part due to influenza.

- Ibaraki Prefecture gets into the matchmaking game.

- Proposal to lower age of adulthood to 18.



Headlines – Wednesday October 28, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Hatoyama will take political responsibility if manifesto unfulfilled in 4 years.

- Okada favors ’solidarity’ tax on international currency trade and air travel.

- US concerned over Japan’s foreign policy.

- Self Defence Force Ship collides with South Korean freighter.
 - JAL problems not all of its own making: Government ties also to blame.

- McDonalds worker apparently dies of ‘overwork’.

- Giants & Fighters to play for Japan Series title.

- Jojima signs with Hanshin in $21 million 4-year deal.



Headlines – Tuesday October 27, 2009

Coverage of Hatoyama’s Speach to the Diet:

- Japan Today: Hatoyama’s ‘fraternity’ policy lacks substance.

- Japan Times: Rhetorical Hatoyama opens Diet.

- Yomiuri: PM pledges new-style govt.

- Tobias Harris: Hatoyama restates his government’s mission.

- Asahi: Hatoyama vows to help the weak.

- BBC: Economy priority for Japan’s PM.
 - AP & Kyodo: Hatoyama pledges to deepen ties with US.

Other Headlines:

- First Lady says times are changing in Japan.

- Japan may weaken CO2 cuts if global pact not reached.

- Hatotyama wants more effort on Japanese abductee issue.



Headlines – Monday October 26, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- DPJ win two weekend by-elections.

- Kamei failed to report 50 million yen loan.

- DPJ and LDP expected to leave major Diet battles until next year.

- Budgetary Balancing Act.

- Internet set to allow non-Latin scripts for domains.
 - Hydrogen cars within a decade.

- Daiwa Securities will set up internet based bank in 2011.

- Sony launches EyePet – a virtual pet for PlayStation 3.

- Did Kikuchi Yusei get the right advice in choosing to ignore MLB advances.

- Ando Miki wins figure skating Grand Prix in Moscow.



Headlines – Friday October 23, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Greenhouse gas emissions rose for 7th year in row, in spite of 10 years of falling temperatures.

- Takenaka crictical of ex-bureaucrat to head Japan Post.

- Hatoyama considers giving local voting rights to foreigners in near future.

- Okada looks to create FTA with European Union.

- JAL expect 500 billion yen in losses for 2009.
 - Bill planned to inspect North Korea-related vessels.

- Windows 7 goes on sale in Japan.

- Social welfare benefits for 2007 hit record 91.43 trillion yen.

- Govt. hope to provide funding for low income private high school students.

- Double Olympic gold medalist Kitajima Kosuke heads back to the pool.



Headlines – Thursday October 22, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Gates warns Japan not to let probe into secret nuclear pact affect ties.

- Hatoyama promises full restoration of benefits for single-parent families.

- 445 people hospitalized in past week with H1N1 flu – 394 aged 19 or younger.

- Man confessed to crime he didn’t do, served 17 years – DNA evidence clears him.

- Man arrested for calling emergency services more than 13,000 times; calls case against him ‘ridiculous’.
 - 2 15 year olds charged with assault on 8 year old – group attack also included three others aged 11-12.

- Yomiuri: Don’t Reverse Postal Privatization Move.

- Sakai Noriko’s husband pleads guilty to stimulant use and possession.

- Comedian and Presenter Shimada Shinsuke snaps at ‘rude’ young comedians during live broadcast.

- Jojima walks away from $15.8 million at Seattle; Oh wants him back at Fukuoka.



Headlines – Wednesday October 21, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Maehara and Fujii confirm possible JAL bailout.

- Govt. set to add to public debt with “significant” deficit.

- Japan Post Chief set to resign after govt. policy change.

- Kagawa govt. to pay 8.2 mill. for wrongly fertilized egg implant.

- Japan still determined to be Number One.
 - Tim Kelly: Is debt-hobbled Japan a recession junkie?.

- Hatoyama focused on foreign stage, still missing domestically.

- Astro Boy manga to hit US iPhones.

- World’s first blue roses set to go on sale for 2,000-3,000 yen each.

- Hanamaki teen Kikuchi Yusei has 20 interviews with Japanese and Major League clubs in 4 days.



Headlines – Tuesday October 20, 2009

Handpicked Headlines from Around the Web:

- Ozawa wants to ban business donations to lawmakers – LDP doesn’t.

- Swine flu vaccinations begin in 23 prefectures.

- Kanto Governors in show of unity in favor of Yamba Dam.

- Aichi may be violating Worker Dispatch Law with hiring of English teachers.

- Ultra-Honda! Car Maker taps superhero for ad campaign.
 - Actor Hiroyuki Sanada breaks pivotal role in final season of Lost.

- New Maglev train could zip from Tokyo to Osaka in just 67 minutes! For about 9 trillion yen…

- Its Official. Baking Cakes with mum makes you smarter: Japanese study.

- Japanese dept. stores see record drop in Sept sales.

- Who is the Jeaniest of them all…? Hatoyama Miyuki claims inevitable “Jeanist” Award.




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