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New data show weaker recovery in Japan (AFP)

Japan's economy is recovering more slowly than previously thought from its worst recession on record, hobbled by stubborn deflation and weak domestic demand, government data showed Thursday.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Japan's economy is recovering more slowly than previously thought from its worst recession on record, hobbled by stubborn deflation and weak domestic demand, government data showed Thursday.

Sushi chef charged with serving illegal whale
Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat. Typhoon Restaurant Inc., which owns The Hump restaurant, and sushi chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, were charged with illegally selling an endangered species product, a misdemeanor. According to a search warrant, marine mammal activists were served whale during three separate visits to the restaurant. Federal labs confirmed the meat came from a Sei whale, an endangered species protected by international treaties, documents said. (AP)
Japanese gaming to profit from child subsidies
Japan's gambling industry is expected to be an unlikely beneficiary of a national child subsidy scheme, which aims to shower parents with cash and encourage young couples to start families. Pachinko parlours - the cacophonous pinball arcades that claim about 23 trillion yen in illegal gambling revenues every year - are expected to perform especially well. The monthly family benefit payments are perfectly suited to fuel a couple of hours' play. (Times Online)
65 years after the war, Japan needs convincing of the need for US bases
On a humid March evening in Okinawa young American men with crewcuts and thick necks sprawl out from the bars and lap-dancing clubs that cluster near US military bases across the island. "Marijuana - it's like alcohol, but . . ." reads one T-shirt. A young white man weaves his Honda Saloon at speed through cars heading for a junction. "We all pull clear," one Japanese driver says. "There are so many accidents." The US has slapped tough rules on the 22,000 Marines and 24,000 other personnel on its vast bases on Okinawa, the southernmost island of Japan, after the rape of a 12-year-old girl b...
Ibaraki Airport opens with only 1 regular daily flight to Seoul
Ibaraki Airport opened Thursday as the third airport in the Tokyo metropolitan area, with a daily flight to and from Seoul by South Korea's Asiana Airlines serving as the only regular flight at the initial stage. Although domestic budget carrier Skymark Airlines is scheduled to start a daily roundtrip flight between Ibaraki and Kobe from April 16, the need for the 22-billion-yen airport has been called into question as it serves only 600 people a day for the time being, even if both the Asiana and Skymark flights are operated at full capacity. (AP)
Cherry blossoms come out in Kochi, earliest on Japan's main islands
Signs of the full-blown spring season were observed in Japan when cherry blossoms bloomed Wednesday in the western city of Kochi, coming out the earliest in any location other than Okinawa and nearby southern islands, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The "someiyoshino" cherry blossoms in Kochi came out six days earlier than the previous year and tied the record for the earliest blooming on Japan's main islands, which was registered three times in the past -- in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1955 and 1973 and in Wakayama Prefecture in 1959. (AP)
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'Dr. Yellow' train keeps line safe, elates spotters
A seven-car shinkansen line inspection train runs about once every 10 days between Tokyo and Hakata in Fukuoka Prefecture, and rail buffs who spot it claim it brings good luck. The train has been nicknamed "Dr. Yellow" because of its color but it is officially called a comprehensive shinkansen test train. The test train that travels the 1,174-km distance between Tokyo and Hakata is popular with rail fans. An urban legend has it happiness comes to those who spot it. Its timetable is not published. Nevertheless, a Web site details the places and times it passes so those interested may figure ...

  B U S I N E S S   N E W S
  • Mar 11 61 airports fall short on passengers - Asahi
  • Mar 11 Digital billboard that watches you shop hits Japan - postchronicle.com
  • Mar 11 Yakuza gets bailout for its four-finger economy - BusinessWeek
  • Mar 11 Call me KIX, not Kanku, Kansai Airport says - Yomiuri
  • Mar 10 Kansai Int'l Airport to seek gov't support for steep debt cut - AP
  • Mar 10 Citigroup sells Japan ski resort to Malaysia's YTL - Reuters
  • Mar 10 Japan licks lips over donut duel - independent.co.uk
  • Mar 9 Japan's pet food sector: Growing sales volume despite waning ad spend - media.asia
  • Mar 9 Community businesses could revitalize society - Asahi
  • Mar 8 Firms in lather over skin-friendly suds - Yomiuri
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  • (AFP/File) - Japan's economy is recovering more slowly than previously thought from its worst recession on record, hobbled by stubborn deflation and weak domestic demand, government data showed Thursday.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
      E C O N O M Y
  • Mar 11 Japan's economic recovery slower than thought - AFP
  • Mar 11 Metals, Oil Fall on Surge in China Inflation; Asia Stocks Rise - BusinessWeek
  • Mar 11 Yen gains vs. euro and dollar after China data - MarketWatch
  • Mar 11 Chinese Exports Increase 46% as Demand From West Rebounds - New York Times
  • Mar 11 Japan Revises Down GDP - Wall Street Journal
  • Mar 10 Japan's finance minister battles for licence to print money - The Australian
  • Mar 10 Japan public pension fund to keep asset model - Reuters
  • Mar 10 Ensuring Japan's food security through free trade not tariffs - East Asia Forum
  • Mar 10 Asian markets mixed ahead of China data - eTaiwan News
  • Mar 10 Emerging-Market Stocks Gain, Erasing 2010 Loss; Yen Weakens - BusinessWeek
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  •   S T O C K   M A R K E T
  • Mar 11 European Stocks, US Index Futures Drop; BHP Billiton Slips - Bloomberg
  • Mar 11 Bakrieland launches $150 million convertible bond
  • Mar 11 Nikkei climbs to seven-week high
  • Mar 11 Asian Stocks Rise on Outlook for Japanese Economy; BHP Declines - Bloomberg
  • Mar 11 Japan stocks flat; Toyota falls on mounting woes - BusinessWeek
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  •   D E V E L O P M E N T
  • Mar 10 US to expose trade barriers in new report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
  • Mar 9 Eton Properties, MTR, SAIC Motor: Asia Ex-Japan Equity Preview (Bloomberg)
  • Mar 7 National supports whaling (No Right Turn)
  • Mar 4 Besides its rural poor, China has its hands full trying to not scare its neighbors (Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog)
  • Mar 3 New Report on ' Global apparel markets: business update 3rd quarter 2009' added in Visionshopsters.com
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  •   P O L I T I C S
  • Mar 11 Bunkyo Ward mayor to take paternity leave to encourage other men to do likewise
  • Mar 11 Hatoyama shows willingness to amend child allowance bill
  • Mar 11 Japan’s Fourth-Quarter GDP Expands at Revised Annual 3.8% Pace (Bloomberg)
  • Mar 10 Hirano says unused secret funds to be returned to treasury - AP
  • Mar 10 U.S. subs unlikely to visit Japanese ports with Tomahawk: Okada - AP
  • Mar 10 Admitting worst-kept secrets all about timing? - The Japan Times
  • Mar 10 Chrysanthemum or Samurai? - foreignpolicy.com
  • Mar 9 Korea, Japan to sign e-government deal - Korea Times
  • Mar 9 Japan Tilts Closer to China? - The American (blog)
  • Mar 9 Chrysanthemum or Samurai? - Foreign Policy
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  •   S O C I E T Y
  • Mar 11 The Cove will segue into a new TV series - chron.com
  • Mar 11 Kitano Takeshi Receives Top French Honor
  • Mar 11 Little buzz on Google Buzz in Japan
  • Mar 10 Man hired by divorce-seeking husband to seduce wife gets 15 years for her murder - Mainichi
  • Mar 10 Many Japanese have a complex about their stomachs
  • Mar 10 Movie director Kitano awarded France's top cultural honor - AP
  • Mar 10 Monk arrested for setting fire to temple for insurance - Mainichi
  • Mar 10 Pet shop manager caught stealing penguin from Japanese zoo - telegraph.co.uk
  • Mar 10 6.5% went to tsunami shelters - Yomiuri
  • Mar 10 'Cove' Oscar won't end Taiji dolphin kill - Japan Times
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  •   S P O R T S
  • Mar 10 Casey-KOD Takes Angels Trivia Contest After Like 48 Hours - Halo's Heaven (blog)
  • Mar 10 Sports: Mori to step down as JASA head next year - AP
  • Mar 9 Sumo: Schoolboy tipped to crush opponents - ABC News
  • Mar 8 Golf: Ishikawa graduates from high school - AP
  • Mar 8 Soccer: Is J-League about to become one of the world's biggest? - goal.com
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  •   E D U C A T I O N
  • Mar 10 Japanese Students Petition to Abolish Worldwide Nuclear Arms - Xinhua
  • Mar 10 Japan's first film university to be launched next year - AP
  • Mar 10 Non-English schools hope for aid - Japan Times
  • Mar 10 Kids at pro-North high schools fret tuition waiver snub - Japan Times
  • Mar 8 Princess Aiko attends school after being mostly absent last week - AP
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  •   S C I E N C E   &   T E C H N O L O G Y
  • Mar 11 Govt finalizes allocation of 100 bil. yen research fund - Yomiuri
  • Mar 10 8 crested ibises in Sado killed, 2 critically hurt - AP
  • Mar 10 Researchers cultivate mouse intestines from stem cells - AP
  • Mar 10 ex-Livedoor CEO Takafumi Horie Got Compulsory Seizure Of 3,600 USD
  • Mar 10 Shipment of nuclear waste arrives from U.K. - Japan Times
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  •   E L E C T R O N I C S
  • Mar 11 Sony 3D glasses to cost $133 in Japan - afterdawn.com
  • Mar 11 Japanese 'mosquito' reveals your date's real age - weirdasianews.com
  • Mar 11 Refurb Sony BDP-S360 Blu-ray Disc Player w/ BD-Live for $90 + free shipping (I4U)
  • Mar 11 Toyoda Gosei Shows Glass-packaged White LED
  • Mar 11 Sony's 3D LCD TV Saves Energy, Warns Off Kids
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