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ADSL providers compete harder in shrinking market

20 hours 43 min ago
(Asahi)
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PCI considers liquidation after latest arrests

20 hours 43 min ago
(Asahi)
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Women - and their gadgets - get charge out of Japanese wonder-bra

May 14, 2008 - 23:57
A Japanese city has been forced to destroy thousands of flowers grown for a local festival after a police officer noticed they were illegal opium poppies, an official said Wednesday. (Daily News)
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Toyota mulling building new low-cost car plant

May 14, 2008 - 01:40
(Reuters)
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Japan may sell domestic rice to Phillipines

May 13, 2008 - 23:05
(Straits Times)
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NTT profits jumps 32 pct on booming long distance

May 13, 2008 - 12:48
(AP)
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Pair of Yubari melons sell for record high 2.5 mil. yen

May 13, 2008 - 05:22
A pair of Yubari melons, a premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe variety from Hokkaido, sold for 2.5 million yen in this harvest season's first auction held Tuesday at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets. (Kyodo)
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Japanese firms say operations stopped by China quake

May 13, 2008 - 05:22
(AFP)
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ATM trouble mars BTMU system launch

May 12, 2008 - 22:54
(Yomiuri)
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Qantas May Replace Japan Services With Jetstar

May 12, 2008 - 22:45
(Bloomberg)
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Japan Considers Variable Aircraft Landing Fees

May 12, 2008 - 22:45
(Bloomberg)
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Toyota Introduces New Minivans to Stem Japan Slump

May 12, 2008 - 22:45
(Bloomberg)
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Wrinkles could be key to buying cigarettes in Japan

May 12, 2008 - 14:00
(Reuters)
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Yamada Denki to expand in China

May 11, 2008 - 23:00
(AFP)
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Companies order 'fat' employees to lose weight

May 11, 2008 - 00:43
"My waistline is none of my company's business!" fumes an employee in his 40s — who of course is wrong; his waistline is his company's business, and chances are, says Shukan Post, the company has a plan, program or regimen to drive the point sharply home. Last month company medical tests for metabo became mandatory, and "shape up or else" is the implicit message. (Japan Times)
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Disneyland in Japan still popular

May 10, 2008 - 01:03
(Asian Pacific Post)
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Japan Petroleum to expand Canadian oil sands project

May 8, 2008 - 23:27
(Reuters)
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Softbank posts 13 pct fall in Q4 profit

May 8, 2008 - 12:08
(guardian.co.uk)
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Nintendo Wii makes Yamauchi Japan's richest: Forbes

May 8, 2008 - 12:08
(Reuters)
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