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Nation in need of new political framework
Japan Focus › 06 January, 2009 12:15
With the nation facing a worldwide simultaneous economic downturn, political leadership is needed now more than ever.How can the nation form a political framework to promptly and vigorously pursue policy goals?Both political parties and individual politicians now must take to
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Temp workers given shelter, appeal for aid
Japan Focus › 05 January, 2009 09:13
TOKYO - Temporary workers who have lost their jobs and places to live in the current economic slump and other homeless workers began moving Monday to shelters offered by the government after their ''tent village'' in Tokyo's Hibiya Park was ...
Japanese defense issues, mired in scandal, face tests as Obama enters
Japan Focus › 28 December, 2008 10:30
TOKYO - Another year has gone in which the Defense Ministry and the Self-Defense Forces have been dragging their feet amid a series of scandals and misdeeds involving their personnel.But as they enter 2009 -- and the new U.S. administration ...
Japan to stay mired in recession in 2009 amid global slump
Japan Focus › 27 December, 2008 09:17
TOKYO - Japan's economy is projected to stay mired in recession in 2009 following an expected negative growth in 2008, as the export-led economy will be battered by plummeting overseas demand amid the global economic downturn and the yen's relative ...
Department stores offer lucky bags for New Year
Japan Focus › 27 December, 2008 09:06
TOKYO - Major Japanese department stores are vigorously promoting ''lucky bags'' to start the new year with a fresh campaign to get customers to loosen their purse strings amid the nation's economic slowdown.''Practical things will likely gain popularity,'' said an ...
Will consumers will see joy in soy?
Japan Focus › 26 December, 2008 06:14
TOKYO - A variety of new soy-based products including those similar to ice cream and yogurt are rapidly gaining popularity, with people becoming more health-conscious than ever before.The mainstay soybean products have been tofu and soy milk, but Tokyo-based Kracie ...
Japan faces chances, challenges in 2009 with Obama, financial crisis
Japan Focus › 24 December, 2008 04:01
TOKYO - The ''rather rosy'' start for Japan in 2008, as a senior Foreign Ministry official described it recently, with the handshakes and applause over commitments to climate change and African development in key summits hosted here had soon lost ...
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