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Oct30
Japan Unemployment and Household Spending UP

Japan's unemployment rose to 4.0%, up from 3.8% in August, the highest rate in 6 months.

However, household spending was 3.2% higher than it was a year ago in September, its highest rise in more than 3.5 years.

More people out of work have more time to go shopping?

Hardly.

Three months ago, Japan's jobless rate was at its lowest, 3.6%,

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Oct30
Japan will End Afghan Mission
Hiromi Oshima and Mike Tyson at the Hugh Heffner Playboy Halloween Party
Japanese Housewife's Submissive Attitude Theory Debunked in Youtube Video
Oct29
Top 15 Countries by Suicide Rate
Tokyo Halloween
Japanese Carmaker See Rise in Production in September
Oct28
EU Japan Challenges Japan on Death Penalty
Blue Man Group's 3 Secrets to Success in Tokyo
Memory Stick with Automatic Encryption For Sale in Japan
Miki Ando, Mai Asada Prepare for Skate America
Candy Girl 'Dutch Wife' Photo Contest
Oct26
Where's the Beef? Seriously, where's the beef!?
2016 Tokyo Olympic Logo Unveiled
Oct25
Honda Group Profits Surge 48%
Sony's Profits 40 Times Higher Than Last Year
Tokyo Wants to Waste More Money on Global Warming
Top 10 Models (Girl) at 2007 Tokyo Motor Show
39 Years Worth of Miss Nippon/Japan - 2000, 1990, 1980, 1970, 1950
Oct24
Yahoo Japan's Operating Profits Surge 22% in First Half
Japan Looks for Better Way to Kill
Nissan Wants to Mass Market Electric Cars in 2012
Nissan's Ghosn Interested in Partnership with Ford, Chrysler
Anti-Groping Appli - Only in Japan
Miss Nippon/Japan 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
California Wildfires Shut Down Sony, Kyocera in San Diego County
Oct23
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
Sharp Develops Thinnest LCD Display to Date
Yokohama Rubber's Profits Nearly Double
Japan Introduces Portable Toilets for Cars
How NOT to Drive a Bus in Japan
Hitachi Pulls Out of Household PC Business
New Car Assembly Plant for Toyota
Discovery Space Launch, Russia's Soyuz, China's Chang'e 1 and Japan's Kaguya
Oct22
Bridgestone will Increase Tire Production Capacity
When the Marines CanNOT Help Their Own
General Motors 7.06 - Toyota 7.05
Toyota Creates One Seater - i-Real (pix)
Oct21
China Says, Japan Says, China Says..
1300 Miles without refueling - Honda SUV needs simulator
Japanese Execs Say Economy is Still Expanding
WWII Battlefront Postcard Delivered After 64 Years
Oct19
Japan's Power Consumption Hits New Peak This Year
Bridgestone Creates World's Thinnest Bendable Full-Color E-Paper
Sony Knocks Off $100 from PS3 Price in the US
4 Marines Spread Ill Will, Rape Japanese Woman
Japan, China Far Apart On Gas Fields in East China Sea
Oct18
Japanese Willing to Pay More for Safer Food
Japan's Top 30 Performing Stocks Over the Past 20 Years
$258,000 for a Gold Calendar
Honda Outsources Parts to Keep Remodeld Fit's Price Down
Country Singer, Danielle Peck and the 125 mph Pitching Machine
Sony Will Sell Advanced Chip Operations to Toshiba
Oct17
US Sudoku Championships in PA - World Champ Thomas Snyder Competes
Less Japanese are Smoking
Toyota Quality Takes a Hit - 470,000 Vehicles Recalled
PETA Gets a "No" to Wearing Fur from Miss Universe Japan, Riyo Mori
How to Totally Embarrass Your Dog - better than Ellen DeGeneres
How NOT to Drive a Train in Japan
Oct16
Japan Has most Millionaires in Asia
Bridgestone Tires Have Safety Sensors
Japanese Scientists Patent a Radiator for the Brain for use by Epileptics
Kyoko Sugiyama Crowned Miss Japan 2008 (pix)
4 Terabyte Hard Drives in 3 Years Says Hitachi
Oct15
Mazda CX-9 is Motor Trend 2008 SUV of the Year
Cute Little Japanese Teenage Girls - 1 in 17 Have STDs
Market Share - Movies in Japan
Market Share - Machining Centers in Japan
Market Share - Kitchen Detergents in Japan
Market Share - Car Navigation Systems in Japan
Oct14
Market Share - Lingerie in Japan
Market Share - Top Five Bearing Makers in Japan
Market Share - Top Five Prescription Drug Makers in Japan
Nike T-shirt and German Sex Slaves
Oct13
Wearable Keyboard for Faster Japanese Typing
Uh Oh! Crane Tips Over in Japan
3 Reasons Why Japan's Robotic Industry Will Grow
Global Corolla Output Upped - Toyota
Living in Space Not Far Off - Astronaut Mukai
Oct12
Japan has 60 Brain-Dead Children on Life Support
Former Bond Girl - Mayako Murata - Swindles Matchmade Men
Nissan's Aerial View Technology
Ford, Chrysler Steal One Executive Each from Toyota
Ford Motors Steals Toyota Marketing Executive - Jim Farley
Japan is # 2 in Top Ten Economies in Terms of Share of GDP
Japan's Miss Universe, Riyo Mori,Told to Take it Off
Oct11
Honda Plans to Sell Hybrid Civic in India
China, Japan Far Apart on Exploration Rights in East China Sea
Mitsubishi Electric Car's iMiEV Gives 20-30% Boost
Convenience Stores Get Mixed Results in 1st Half
Sanyo to Sell Mobile Unit to Kyocera
"Cute" Takes Tokyo Auto Show = Puyo, Rin and Pivo 2
Suicide Site Creator Faces Charges When User is Murdered
Oct10
Amakudai - Japanese Education Ministry Bureaucrats Land in National Universities
Pessimism Grows for 6th Straight Month about Japan's Economy
WAO-1 Robot Gives Facial Massages
UAW - Chrysler Strike - Toyota, Honda, Nissan Keep Rolling Out Cars
Oct 9
Shopping Replaces Culture as Japan's Top Draw for Tourists
Toyota Expects to Hit 2007 Global Sales Target
Nissan to Introduce Altima, Rogue and Murano in South Korea
Mitsubishi Chooses Pratt & Whitney Engine for Carbon Fiber Regional Jet
Sony Cuts Prices on PS3, Introduces 40GB Model in Japan, Europe
Miller, Coors vs. Japanese Beer Makers - Suntory, Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo
Oct 8
North Korean Sanctions Extended by Japan
Toray Plans to Mass-Produce Carbon Fiber Autoparts
Schoolgirl Sailor Uniforms Create Controversy
Japanese Hot on Global Warming
Sushi Union Promises to Display Prices
Japanese Firms Look to Inland China for IT Talent
Drivetrain Part for Low-cost Cars Developed by NTN
Oct 7
Rubik's Cube Champ, Yu Nakajima Averages 12.46 Secs!
Ginren Card Welcomed by Japanese Retailers
Wild Refrigerators and Stereos Kill 28
Oct 6
NTT DoCoMo Phone Gives Users a Fitness Check
Japan's Oldest Geisha Turns 99 - Kokin Nee
Tax Payments Made at 40,000 Convenience Stores
Oct 5
Single Japanese Woman Gets Pregnant in Her 60s
Vanilla from Cow Dung Garners Ig Nobel Prize for Japanese Woman
Japanese Bureaucrat Reprimanded for Keeping Wikipedia Up to Date on Toy Robots
Yahoo Japan will Launch Internet Portal Service for TVs
Japan's Lunar Probe Satellite Successfully Put into Orbit
Nissan Motor's Concept Car - "Pivo 2"
Oct 4
Toyota Shows Off Muscular Lexus
4,000,000 Page Views for Bill Belew Blogs - KnowMoreMedia Network Reaches 20,000,000
50 years behind Sputnik, JAXA Prepares to Send Lunar Probe into Orbit
Japanese Worker Goes Beserk Because Gift is Unappreciated
Robots Cater to Japan's Aging Population
Sony Sells 250,000 PSps in 4 days
Japan Wants to be Invited to Sputnik Anniversary Celebration
Oct 3
Recycling Mona Lisa in Osaka
Gasoline Hits $4.76/gallon
Maruchan Instant Noodles Get First Price Hike in 17 Years
Honda Used-Car Dealers Tops in Buyer Satisfaction
World's Largest LCD TV - Sharp's 108" Unveiled
Mazda's Hydrogen Hybrid and Flowing Wind Concept Car - Taiki - Coolest Car Pic in a LOOONG Time
Verizon's LG Voyager & Samsung Juke, Apple iPhone - All Chasing Japanese Technology
Oct 2
Japanese Women Losing Weight, Men Finding It
Toshiba Unveils "SpursEngine" Processor - Users Hand Acts as Remote -
TEPCO opens cover of nuclear reactor damaged in earthquake
Gulliver Coming to United States
Sony, Qimonda form JV to Challenge DRAM Maker Samsung
Ford, Mazda Will Announce Thai Investment
Wii Remote Gets a Jacket
Oct 1
Toyota to Unify Distribution in China
Nikkei, Asahi, Yomiuri Forge Online News Alliance
Divorce Loan Helps or Hinders
One in Three Feel Social Security Won't be There for Them
Sony Displays New Organic Light Emitting Display - XEL-1
Japan Post Privatized Today
Why Japan's Birthrate is Really Declining

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