Contributor ReportsSony hopes online service will build brand loyalty
Source: Associated Press
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Fri Nov 20 03:05:05 -0800 2009 | business-news
Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday. Executive Vice President Kazuo Hirai said the service highlights an advantage that...
Japan slides into deflation
Source: Times Online
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Fri Nov 20 07:40:45 -0800 2009 | business-news
Today’s report suggests that the Japanese government is preparing itself for the horrors of a “double-dip” recession – a calamity which most economists currently believe can be avoided, but only if China and Asia retain their recovery momentum. The government’s...
Japanese deflation fuels calls for action
Source: Financial Times
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Fri Nov 20 12:31:06 -0800 2009 | business-news
The Bank of Japan, which has been resisting public calls by politicians for a more aggressive approach, moved towards a neutral stance on the risk of inflation on Friday. “We want the BoJ to extend support on the monetary policy...
Politics › Hatoyama finalizing plan to break deadlock over Futenma ...
Source: Japan Today
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Fri Nov 20 14:13:49 -0800 2009 | political-news
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday he is talking with concerned ministers to work out Japan’s position on the issue of relocating a U.S. military airfield in Okinawa and suggested that he would basically abide by discussions held by a...
Japan wants US military base out of Okinawa
Source: Press TV
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Fri Nov 20 13:04:50 -0800 2009 | political-news
Hatoyama made the remarks after a meeting with his foreign and defense ministers. His government has called for the US to move its troops off the island, and even Japan altogether. The new administration in Tokyo has also ordered an...
Politics › Cabinet Secretariat received Y1.2 bil annually in secret ...
Source: Japan Today
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Fri Nov 20 14:13:52 -0800 2009 | political-news
The Cabinet Secretariat received around 1.2 billion yen in so-called secret funds each year from fiscal 2004 through fiscal 2008—roughly 100 million yen each month from April 2004 through last month, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano disclosed Friday, while declining...
National › Weekly report shows upturn in flu patients
Source: Japan Today
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Fri Nov 20 10:30:59 -0800 2009 | health-news
The total number of people with influenza who visited doctors during the week through last Sunday marked an upturn on a weekly basis, estimated at 1.64 million people across the country, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Friday. The...
National › UNHCR chief expresses hope for Japan's success in ...
Source: Japan Today
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Fri Nov 20 14:38:23 -0800 2009 | business-news
High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said Friday he hopes Japan will successfully resettle 90 refugees from Myanmar and other countries through its planned pilot program and become a ‘‘resettlement country.’’ While the number of the refugees Japan is set...
John Mayer: Battle Studies | CD review
Source: The Guardian
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Thu Nov 19 21:39:38 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news
His name might not register much over here, but John Mayer is a real, live big deal in the States. This Grammy-winning, Jennifer Aniston-dating, sneaker-designing (no, really) AOR pin-up has sold 13m fearlessly commercial albums, veering stylistically between glossy modern...
Court blow for anti-whaling campaigners
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Thu Nov 19 10:03:46 -0800 2009 | political-news
Two Japanese Greenpeace activists charged with stealing whale meat will attend a pre-trial hearing today, knowing that their chances of acquittal have been drastically reduced by a high court ruling. Junichi Sato, a policy adviser, and Toru Suzuki, an actions...
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