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Daily Japan Headlines: Thursday, Jul 14, 2011

Written By: guyjin on July 14, 2011 No Comment

Photo Source: LA Times.

LA Times: Japan dominates in 3-1 victory over Sweden in Women’s World Cup

“Everyone could see that Japan was the better side,” Sweden Coach Thomas Dennerby said. “They put in an outstanding tactical display and I think they pose a real threat to the USA.”

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BBC: Japan PM Naoto Kan urges [...]

Daily Japan Headlines: Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011

Written By: guyjin on July 12, 2011 No Comment

Photo Source: NY Times.

NY Times: Quick Action Helps Google Win Friends in Japan

An oddly equipped car made its way last week through the rubble in this tsunami-stricken port city. On the roof: an assembly of nine cameras creating 360-degree panoramic digital images of the disaster zone to archive damage.
It is one of the [...]

Analysis: Hatoyama Speech to 173rd Session of the Diet: Part 3

Written By: guyjin on October 30, 2009 No Comment

While the first two parts of Prime Minister Hatoyama’s speech (see Part 1 & Part 2) were mostly uplifting and aspirational, I found much of the more meaty areas of economics and foreign policy in his speech to be full of plattitudes and naive rhetoric. This article will focus on economics, and while Hatoyama named [...]

Tags: [Diet, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Hatoyama Yukio, Prime Minister, SMEs, Speech]

15.7% of Japanese Living in Poverty?

Written By: guyjin on October 21, 2009 No Comment

A Kyodo news report yesterday proclaimed that 1 in 7 Japanese people were living in poverty, according to a Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare release. This was the first time that the ministry has released such figures, which were calculated in accordance with the calculation methods used [...]

Tags: [Aged, Economic Growth, Hatoyama Administration, OECD, Poverty, Temporary Workers]