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May 17 Japan's silos key to relieving rice shortage (Times Online) May 16 Softbank and Alibaba.com Create $20 Million Joint Venture in Japan (CBS News) May 15 PCI considers liquidation after latest arrests (Asahi) May 15 ADSL providers compete harder in shrinking market (Asahi) May 15 Women - and their gadgets - get charge out of Japanese wonder-bra (Daily News) May 14 Toyota mulling building new low-cost car plant (Reuters) May 14 Japan may sell domestic rice to Phillipines (Straits Times) May 13 NTT profits jumps 32 pct on booming long distance (AP) May 13 Japanese firms say operations stopped by China quake (AFP) May 13 Pair of Yubari melons sell for record high 2.5 mil. yen (Kyodo) May 13 ATM trouble mars BTMU system launch (Yomiuri) May 13 Toyota Introduces New Minivans to Stem Japan Slump (Bloomberg) May 13 Japan Considers Variable Aircraft Landing Fees (Bloomberg) May 13 Qantas May Replace Japan Services With Jetstar (Bloomberg) May 12 Wrinkles could be key to buying cigarettes in Japan (Reuters) May 11 Yamada Denki to expand in China (AFP) May 11 Companies order 'fat' employees to lose weight (Japan Times) May 10 Disneyland in Japan still popular (Asian Pacific Post) May 09 Japan Petroleum to expand Canadian oil sands project (Reuters) May 08 Japanese department stores to sell bags to offset emissions (Kyodo) May 08 Nintendo Wii makes Yamauchi Japan's richest: Forbes (Reuters) May 08 Softbank posts 13 pct fall in Q4 profit (guardian.co.uk) May 08 Japan Air to Pay $110 Million Fine for Price Fixing (Bloomberg) May 07 Nissan, Toyota Focus on Graying Drivers (BusinessWeek) May 06 No slowdown in redevelopment of Roppongi (Asahi) May 06 Asia Coal-Prices rises on expectations of Japanese buying (Reuters) May 05 Seattle fish-egg auctions bring in hundreds of millions (Seattlepi.com) May 03 Robert De Niro all set to open Japanese hotel chain (newkerala.com) May 03 Financial turmoil putting damper on triangular mergers (Yomiuri) May 03 Tainted 'gyoza' knocked stuffing out of Chinese food sales to Japan (Japan Times) May 02 McDonald's Japan Eyeing Price Hikes (JCN Network) May 02 Gas prices to soar on tax hike, rising crude (Yomiuri) May 02 The Challenges Faced by Western Games in Japan (Wired.com) May 02 Filipino software companies eye Japan as market for IT outsourcing (Manila Bulletin) May 01 Japan's Manga Superstore Opens Akihabara Branch (Wired.com) May 01 Cigarette ID cards a boon to stores (Asahi) May 01 6 nabbed over 'Hinaijidori' brand-chicken labeling fraud (Kyodo) Apr 30 Rising costs, stronger yen chip away corporate earnings (Asahi) Apr 30 Softbank to take 40 pct of China's Oak Pacific (Reuters) Apr 29 California Pizza Kitchen Opens Third Location in Japan (Asia Pulse) Apr 29 Tech among the temples as Kyoto business booms (Yomiuri) Apr 29 Japan, China to discuss measures to improve Chinese product safety (Kyodo) Apr 28 Fujitsu to hive off its fibre-optic network arms (Reuters) Apr 28 Mizuho-Shinko merger rescheduled for May next year (AFP) Apr 28 MasterCard launches Enjoy! Japan campaign (ASIATravelTips.com) Apr 27 Japanese staying away from Hawai'i (Times Online) Apr 27 Ochone! Japanese whisky is voted the best in world (Times Online) Apr 27 NTT DoCoMo posts first operating profit growth in 3 years (Forbes) Apr 27 ANA resumes Miyake-Tokyo flights (Japan Times) Apr 26 Ikea Japan instructed to modify product manuals after injury report (Kyodo)