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Emperor Akihito commemorates 20th anniversary of his reign
Emperor Akihito commemorates the 20th anniversary of his reign Wednesday, having created with his wife Empress Michiko a new image for the Imperial Household in the Heisei era in which they have more openly shared in the joys and sorrows of the people. The Imperial couple will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their marriage on April 10 this year, and continue to express their hopes for peace and support for the vulnerable -- such as the handicapped, the elderly and disaster victims -- both in Japan and abroad. (Kyodo)
Police officer, teacher arrested for having sex with 16-yr-old girl
A police officer and a high school teacher were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of both having had sex with a 16-year-old high school girl in Saitama Prefecture whom they got to know through the Internet, police officials said. Hideo Futaesaku, a 27-year-old officer with the Saitama prefectural police, and Kenji Goto, a 54-year-old teacher at a public high school in the same prefecture, have admitted to allegations of violating the law that bans child prostitution, the police said. (Kyodo)
Mocha bean shortage a headache for coffee shops
Coffee shops across the nation are rapidly running out of mocha coffee beans after regulations were tightened on imports of the beans more than six months ago, forcing many establishments to develop new coffee blends in an attempt to satisfy their customers. The popular coffee bean's presence in the country has plummeted following the discovery of pesticide residue on imported raw beans last year. (Yomiuri)
Panel believes cloned cattle safe to eat
A Food Safety Commission working group likely will acknowledge the safety of meat from cloned cattle and swine in a report to the commission's higher panel, potentially paving the way for cloned meat to enter the market, government sources said Tuesday. (Yomiuri)
Tokyo luxury inns brace for slide
Bruised by the fallout from the global financial turmoil and signs the tourism industry is shrinking, international luxury hotels in Tokyo are trying to diversify their slim guest portfolios to weather the current crisis. The fortunes of the top-notch foreign hotels that have piled into the Japanese market in recent years are in tatters, with the boom shattered by the subprime mortgage meltdown that drove away their key corporate clients from the United States and Europe. (Japan Times)
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Retired Japanese policeman on mission to prevent suicides
Retired policeman Yukio Shige is still on patrol, walking daily along the Tojinbo cliff, one of the best-known suicide spots in Japan where he pursues a private mission to prevent people leaping. Shige's method of persuading someone to stay alive is quite simple, he said. When he spots a person standing on the edge of the cliff, he talks to them gently and brings them back to his cafe, where he serves them warm rice cake. (AFP)

  B U S I N E S S   N E W S
  • Jan 7 Firms hope bath time can soak away economy blues - Yomiuri
  • Jan 7 Japan CEOs Criticize U.S. On Financial Crisis - manufacturing.net
  • Jan 7 Foreign investors' M&A activity in Japan plunged 82% in '08 - Japan Times
  • Jan 6 BNP’s Kawabata May Leave as Japan Capital Market Unit Closes (Bloomberg)
  • Jan 6 Japanese Firms, Flush With Cash, Step Up Deals - Wall Street Journal
  • Jan 6 Sanyo to cut up to 1,000 jobs - AFP
  • Jan 6 JAL to launch carbon offset program - NHK
  • Jan 6 Subaru reports increase in U.S. sales in 2008, overcoming brutal auto market - Mainichi
  • Jan 6 JAL: Passengers to Hawaii down 6.1% during New Year - Pacific Business News
  • Jan 6 This Year Will Be Crazier Than 2008: William Pesek - Bloomberg
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  • (ASEAN) - Thailand on Wednesday named new dates for a delayed summit of Southeast Asian nations, but said arrangements for meetings with heavyweight partners including China and Japan would be made separately.(ASEAN)
      E C O N O M Y USD to JPY: 93.51  
  • Jan 6 Australia Dollar at 3-Month High, NZ Gains on Risk Appetite - Bloomberg
  • Jan 6 The Day Ahead Australia and Japan: Aussie Retail Sales, NZ Trade Balance
  • Jan 6 Japan backs away from fiscal target as recession bites - guardian.co.uk
  • Jan 6 Falling Behind in Northeast Asian Trade - 동아일보
  • Jan 6 New auto sales plunge 23.3% in December, 6.5% for 2008
  • Jan 6 Tokyo Bloggers New Years Meetup
  • Jan 6 Japan's Dec. monetary base up 1.8% as BOJ provides liquidity - Kyodo
  • Jan 6 Tech Stocks Seize Day Across Asia - Forbes
  • Jan 6 Take Advantage of the Yen's Fall - moneynews
  • Jan 6 Japanese Monetary Base Rises Again
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  • Jan 6 Japanese Bonds May Rise on Speculation 2-Day Loss Was Excessive - Bloomberg
  • Jan 6 Australia Stocks, Japan Futures Rise on US Stimulus Optimism - Bloomberg
  • Jan 6 Asian Debt Markets' Coming Challenge - Wall Street Journal
  • Jan 6 Tokyo stocks rise for 6th straight day on U.S. economic stimulus hopes - AP
  • Jan 6 A and H shares near parity
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  •   A S I A   D E V E L O P M E N T
  • Jan 6 Spanish investment in India increases by 500% (The Economic Times)
  • Jan 6 Thailand names new ASEAN summit dates -- again (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
  • Jan 6 Japan's Sanyo to cut up to 1000 jobs: report - AFP
  • Jan 6 Japan set to admit caregivers - yehey.com
  • Jan 5 Dollar Rally Fizzling as Fed Triggers Risk Appetite - Bloomberg
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    (ASEAN) - Thailand on Wednesday named new dates for a delayed summit of Southeast Asian nations, but said arrangements for meetings with heavyweight partners including China and Japan would be made separately.(ASEAN)
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  •   P O L I T I C S
  • Jan 7 Japan wants anti-whaling ship barred from ports - International Herald Tribune
  • Jan 7 Lawmakers should receive cash payouts just like others: LDP members
  • Jan 7 Aso rejects opposition calls to cancel cash benefit program
  • Jan 7 Domestic priorities giving Aso headache in scheduling trips abroad
  • Jan 7 Gov't to compile Japanese version of Obama's Green New Deal
  • Jan 6 Budgetary tug-of-war kicks off in Diet - The Daily Yomiuri
  • Jan 6 DPJ's Kan sets sights on historic budget battle to set new course ... - Mainichi Daily News
  • Jan 6 Editorial: Recession and election - Asahi
  • Jan 6 Senior official retracts remarks over jobless people - Kyodo
  • Jan 6 Japan government under fire over gaffe on homeless - AFP
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  • (AFP/File) - Former police officer Yukio Shige stands on the sheer cliffs of Tojinbo, one of the most known suicide spots in Japan(AFP/File/Harumi Ozawa)
      S O C I E T Y
  • Jan 7 2 cab drivers assaulted in Osaka, suspects arrested - Kyodo
  • Jan 7 Police officer, teacher arrested for having sex with 16-yr-old girl - Kyodo
  • Jan 7 DNA links suspect to killing / Blood on jeans found to be that of homeless man murdered last week - Yomiuri
  • Jan 7 Rehab centers for parolees planned in mountain villages - Yomiuri
  • Jan 7 Hansen's disease 'prison' to be restored - Yomiuri
  • Jan 6 Touch panel interests about half of all Japanese
  • Jan 6 Kyoto celebrates a 1,000-year love affair - New York Times
  • Jan 6 Japanese mafia takes a hit from financial crisis - ABC.net.au
  • Jan 6 Editorial: Elderly alcoholics - Asahi
  • Jan 6 Business woes draw big crowds to shrine - Asahi
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  •   S P O R T S
  • Jan 7 Japan learns Aussie rules - The Australian
  • Jan 7 Amateur sports teams losing ground - Yomiuri
  • Jan 6 Amateur sports teams losing ground - The Daily Yomiuri
  • Jan 6 It's only a game...isn't it? / Tough times bring gloom to ... - The Daily Yomiuri
  • Jan 6 Tennis: Former Asian number one Date loses comeback match - Reuters
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  •   E D U C A T I O N
  • Jan 7 Women's dream of becoming airline pilots getting less elusive - Japan Times
  • Jan 7 Modern childhood holds many a lesson for adults - Japan Times
  • Jan 6 Chemical Education - Chemistry International
  • Jan 6 Torrance woman lives to teach - Daily Breeze
  • Jan 6 Tech memo to Team Obama - CNNMoney.com
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  •   S C I E N C E   &   T E C H N O L O G Y
  • Jan 7 Japanese researchers clone ox known as 'father of Hidagyu' beef - Kyodo
  • Jan 7 Coffee may protect against oral cancers - Reuters
  • Jan 6 iPhone TV (finally) comes to Japan
  • Jan 6 Richardson's Withdrawal a Mixed Blessing for Some Activists (HispanicBusiness.com)
  • Jan 6 Mild quake hits offshore northern Japan - Inquirer.net
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  • (AFP/File) - Researchers at a flu research laboratory. A US-Japanese research team announced Monday it had isolated three genes that explain why the 1918 Spanish flu, believed to be the deadliest infectious disease in history, was so lethal(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)
      E L E C T R O N I C S
  • Jan 7 Japan gets special Yakuza PS3 - play.tm
  • Jan 6 [CES Preview] JVC to Show 7mm-thick LCD Display
  • Jan 6 Semiconductor Nanoparticles Used to Produce Various Colors
  • Jan 6 A silver lining for Blu-ray (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
  • Jan 6 NEC language interpreter for phones includes better Wiener Filter - editors@digitalworldtokyo.com
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