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Daily Mail: Yummy! iPhone food covers that will make you go mmmmmmm

iPhone users bored with regular phone cases are switching to the iMeshi covers in droves, just for how realistic and wacky they look.
The covers are themed around Japanese-style cuisine and the plastic food samples that local restaurants keep in [...]

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The Independent: Japanese pop stars go global with cafe

Three members of AKB48 were on hand Saturday to open the cafe that bears their name on Singapore’s famous Orchard Road, with Maria Abe, Haruka Shimazaki and Miyu Takeuchi meeting with fans and handing out gifts to diners.

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Bloomberg: Kan Says [...]

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Wall Street Journal: Move Over Kate, Princess Masako Is Back

At a school gymnasium now used as a shelter, Princess Masako knelt on the floor and spoke to evacuees there. Media reports said a 67-year-old woman tearfully explained to the royal couple that she fled with little more than the [...]

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Daily Mail: Why happiest drivers are at the wheel of a Japanese car

Japanese cars dominate a survey of driver satisfaction with Lexus topping the poll for the 11th year running.
Cars from Japan took seven of the top ten places for most satisfying models while Vauxhall and Ford languish [...]

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Daily Mail: How the Japanese plan to turn the moon into a mirrorball: All of Earth’s energy ‘to be supplied by lunar ring of solar panels’

The plans call for astronauts to return to the moon and begin work with the help of robots that will be required to level the [...]

Daily Tech: Fukushima Could Have Avoided Nuclear Meltdown, Lost Chance By Inaction

On the morning after the quake TEPCO finally decided to vent steam from the reactors in an effort to reduce them from heating. One thing the Japanese government is upset about is that TEPCO didn’t vent them sooner. It was instructed [...]

Every year, New York based consultants Interbrand release a list of the world’s 100 best brands based on such elements as financial strength, influence on purchasing decisions, and earnings potential. This year, while Coca Cola was the ‘best global brand’, Toyota remained Japan’s top brand around the world, in spite of a drop compared to [...]

In its annual list of the 100 Best Global Brands, Business Week has placed two Japanese brands in the top 20, with Toyota the highest ranked at 8 (down 2 places from last year). The second placed Japanese company is Honda, up two spots to 18th. While Japan has two [...]