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Global Beer Brawl
Top Motorcycle Makers Take Aim at India
Series, Japan's Hottest Girls - # 4 Anzai Hiroko
Japan/US Deceive North Korea...maybe
Which country has the loneliest teenagers in the world?
5 things Japanese women want in a man from "Sexual Practices of the Japanese"
U.S. Fund Attempts Takeover of Japanese Brewer
Department Store Chain Plans Major Renovation
Mob Boss Found Dead
Japanese Adult Video Star - Itao Mizaki - SFW
New Compact Digital Camera with 18X Optical Loom Unveiled
Japan's Economy Grows at Annual 4.8% in 3rd Quarter
Smart Cards Help Low-wage Earners Find Jobs
Drugmaker Sets Up Shop in India
Happy Valentine's Day - If you love me, give me a raise
3 Youtube Concessions to the Japanese Media
Japan's Hottest Supermodels - Yaginuma Junko
New Japanese Satellite Warns of Tsunamis and Eruptions
Sony and Matsushita Grab Top Market Share in Global TV sales
Toyota Announces No Plans for New Factory in India
5 Facts about Japan's Management Strategy of Chinese Companies
Japanese Schoolgirl Business Plan - 5 ways to tell fortunes
Japanese Adult Video Star - Hashimoto Ai
Blonde Haired, Blue Eyed English School Condemned
Japan's "Yellow Handkerchief" Gets Hollywood Nod
Life Saving Policeman Dies
Drunken Fire Chief Hits Ambulance After Hit and Run Accident He Caused
Honda Will Premier Fuel-cell Car in March
Hot Valentine's Day Gift - 5 Ways to Eat Chocolate AND Lose Weight
Japan's Hottest Girls - Fujiwara Norika
Christmas Tree Hotel to be Dismantled, Moved
Japan Offers to Participate in Mission to Study North Korea's Energy Requirements
Sega, Capcom go after Microsoft Xbox Fans
Toyota Announces Plans for Low-priced Car Indian Plant
F-22 Raptor Delays Landing in Okinawa
Japan's Hottest Girls - Kumada Yoko
Japan's Hottest Supermodels - Oda Akane
Japansas - Valentine's Day in Japan
Honda to Build Jets in Greensboro, NC
Groping - 12 things you can do to NOT get caught
Japansas
Groping - 7 Things You Can Do IF Accused
Cameron Diaz Paid $8000/minute to shoot Japanese Mobile Phone CM
Series - Japan's Hottest Girls - # 3 Koda Kumi
576,000 Cases of Over or Undercharged Car Insurance Uncovered
New EU Regulations Present Severe Challenge To Japanese Carmakers
Honda Recalls Civic Hybrids
One Voluntary Bankruptcy Every 20 Minutes
Profits are Up, Up, Up...
Chocolate Baths
Japan's Hottest Supermodels - Oshikiri Moe
Sumo Association Grapples with Publisher
Toyota introduces Map on Demand
U.S. Moves to Lift Financial Sanctions on North Korea
Grand strategy to be More Competitive Wanted
Earthquake Predicting Plants
Series - Japan's Hottest Girls - # 4 Shirata Hisako
Money Laundering Cases Up 15%
Gun Shy Japanese PetroChemical Forges Tie with Saudi Arabia
Japan to Show America How to Build Houses, too?
Japan's Hottest Supermodels - Ebihara Yuri
Policeman Hit by Express Train Trying to Rescue Woman
Japan Taps China and India to fill Engineer Shortage
Birth-Giving Machine
68-year old comes up with Skateboarding Robot idea
Mitsubishi Motors Crawls into the Black
Series - Japan's Hottest Girls - # 3 Morishita Yuri
Good News for Toyota - Ho Hum
No Refund Offered For Medical Overpayments
Fuji Xerox finds competitor in Konica Minolta
$8,000/bottle Brandy Offered
How to work yourself to death
Lenders Becoming More Stingy
Flat TVs, Fax Machines, Music Players, Dominated by Two Companies Each
Bubble-Era Cops Big Problem
3 Sony Flicks in Top 10 on Super Bowl Weekend
Chopstick Fight! - Japan vs. China
Series Japan's Hottest Girls - # 2 Hoshino Aki
They yelled fire when they went into the strip joint
TV Announcer Leaps to Her Death
Japan's Hottest Girl - # 1 Asuka Shibuya
Super-Slim Digital Camera to be Released
Sony Buys Out JV Partner
E-cash Taking Place of Real Money
Fujitsu Attacked in Chinese Chat Rooms
Nissan's Profits Down - Waaaa!!
Flashing Woman uses Rock, Paper, Scissors to Go after Pervert's Manhood
Universities Shed Timid Investor Role
More Jobs for Texas
World's Number One and Two Silicon Wafer Makers Duke it Out
New Low-Cost Method to Make Acrylic Material Being Used
Shootings Hit Record Low
Bare Bottom Comedian Censored
Nikon Bests Canon
Joint Venture formed for Next-Generation Fuel
New Plastic Deforms Like Rubber upon Impact
7 Million Baby Boomers - $400-500 million in payouts - Ready to Retire
12 Reasons why Toyota Dealerships' $3 Billion Bet is Enough for the Tundra to Succeed
Japanese Domestic Films Outearn Foreign Films For the First Time in 20 Years
Japan Ranks Itself as the 12th Most Competitive Nation
New Wave of Japanese Supercars Arrive
Japanese Women Use Trains to Get Dressed
Sumitomo to Help Toshiba Carry Westinghouse
GM Doesn't Get It
PC Fans Camp Out for Windows Vista Debut
Bridgestone Tire Races Off with Formula One Checkered Flag
Oldest Living Person - 114 years old
NEC Corp. becomes more ECO-friendly
Making a Killing on Death
Birth-Giving Machines
Wal-Mart Seeks Buyouts, Hostile Takeovers in Japan
Hitachi Pays $4 million for rights to Hawaiian MonkeyPod Tree
6 Reasons to build two of the Largest Warehouses in Shanghai
Honda Passes Nissan in Japan
Japanese Urban Legends
Sumo Match-fixing Accusations Fly Against Japan's Top Wrestler
$3,300 to have dinner with Michael Jackson in Japan
Toyota Poised to Overtake Honda in China
485 Rats Captured in Chocolate Factory
Mega Mac Huge Hit In Japan
Tokyo Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange Plan International Marriage
Sponge Bob Soaks Up Japanese Fans
5 Reasons why Nintendo Beat '06 Profit Target 3 Months Ahead of Schedule
12 reasons why Latinos have hard time blending in in Japan
Top Five Flat TV Makers
March of the Penis
Japan's "Blockbuster" Launches Manga Rental
Yahoo Japan Rolling in Yen
Mistsubishi Electric fined for Fixing Prices in Europe
No-sex Rent-a-fling Service Grows in Popularity
Cell Phones Will Replace ID Cards
Toyota plans ultra cheap $6000 car
Sunglasses Create Movie Viewing Experience
Japan and China Want Nuclear Power Cooperation
Population Decline Temporarily Halted
Volvo wants in on Nissan, Dongfeng Joint Venture
Japanese Cars Do Flex-fuel
American Pervert Gets Ad Placed in Japanese Newspaper
TV Personality Wins Gubernatorial Election
Corporate Bankrupticies climb for third month in a row
How to lose weight ...Japanese style
Rubber found in bottle of Coca-cola soft drink - 134,000 bottles recalled
6 Biggest Problems in Japanese marriages
Two out of three report online security issues
Hokkaido Gas leaks kill three
Japan, China agree to Naval Port Exchanges
Hitachi Cuts Sensor Size-cost by 90%
Japanese Waitresses Strip Down to Prevent Workplace Sexual Harassment
China destroys weather satellite with ballistic missile - Japan up in arms
Toyota Recalling Half a Million Sequoias, Tundras in the U.S.
One in four people in Japan Smoke
Japanese Drug Dealer Gets Death Sentence in China
Nissan wants to sell 50% more cars to China, 80 % more to Thailand
China agrees to import Japanese Rice
Fujiya Gets Blasted by Government
Liberal Democratic Party Publicizes Stupidity
Japanese Drank 83 Bottles of Beer Per Person in 2006
Frustrated worker Drops 3 year old boy from 20 ft overpass
Free Manga Magazine Launched
DoCoMo, KDDI offer Cellphones for TV watching
NTT offers pay-per-view online video streams
Toyota Considers Tie-up With Ford
Sony's PS3 outpaces PS2
Nissan and Dongfeng Establish Auto Finance Co.
Japanese Domestic Violence Cases Soar in San Francisco
4 Reasons why Windows Vista will make no difference in Japan
Fujiya Candies getting hit harder and harder
Sanyo and Haier Launch Joint Venture
Warm Winter Cools Off Department Store Sales
Online Life Insurance Sales Growing in Popularity Among the Under-30 Bunch
Fujiya Sweets Prez Resorts to 'Hara-kiri'
70% of workers welcome hostile takeovers
New Reward System for viewing online ads offered
Honda Will Build 2nd Indian Plant
3,800 Chickens - well done - inedible
Japanese Very Fat Middle Class
Fujiya Sweets Uses Expired Milk - arm cut off
First Case of Prosecution for Child Pornography in Japan
Udon Maker Sees Market in China
Japanese Big Three Account for 33% of Overseas Profits for Listed Companies
9 reasons why one-third of Japanese have video-taped themselves having sex
Top Ten Profitable Companies in the World
Honda plans 10 billion yen investment in US R & D operations
What a Friend We Have in J......apan
Top Ten Selling Vehicles of '06
New Disney Cartoons Available on Cell-Phones First - then TV
12 Reasons Why Japanese think Apple's iPhone missed the revolution
Washer-Dryer plant to become solar panel factory
Japanese population down...Tokyo and Nagoya see increase
Top 10 Countries Generating Wind Power
Wife dismembers murdered husband's because...
Nude Restaurant Takes Off in Japan
Japan's Number One Shopping Web Site Eyes the U.S.
Visit Japan Now - Live Cameras
Video Game Market reaches $5.5 billion in '06
Cell Phone GPS Child-tracking Service
Japanese Elderly Make Up Greatest portion of the population
Beer Breweries Brawl in Japan
GM Exec Praises Toyota Tundra
Blogging Japanese Politicians
Matsushita Plans World Largest Plasma Display factory
Search-related Ads Aimed at PC Users Jump 54%
Hitachi Develops Mind Reader - Couch Potatoes Don't Budge
Top Five Foreign Countries Supplying Husbands to Japan - South Korea tops the list
Sony announces 72 inch LCD TV/Internet Monitor
Toyota Ups Ante - Plans 50% increase in Hybrid sales
Sharp Unveil's 108 inch LCD TV
Coming-of-age day in Japan
Average Japanese Household has more than $100,000 in savings
Undersea Tunnel Linking Japan and South Korea Proposed
Camry vs Malibu vs Accord
Toyota Tops in the US - Consumer Reports
To Regular Readers of RisingSunOfNihon
Breakdown of Japan's household expenditures
PM Abe's 'Strategic Ambiguity' Policy Implemented with New Year's Shrine Visit
Japan exports 'Christian' weddings to East Asia
Couple Swapping, Gangbanging, Threesomes - growing in Japan
Subcompacts too Large for Japanese
McDonald's Boasts Most Shareholders in Japan
U.S. wants Japan's help on laser-missle defense
Domestic Auto Sales Drop in Dec.
5 keys to future growth at Toyota
CO2 Emissions to find home underground and save the planet
Finanical Services Agency increased disciplinary action by 50% in '06
Toyota passes Chrysler, Ford next.
Power-Assist Robotic Suits on Factory Floors
Kodak and Sony Decide to Share Patents
Japan's Oldest Person Turns 114 - her recipe
Toyota target of hostile takeover among 8 surprise predictions for 2007
Nissan Plans 400% Growth in Commercial Vehicle Store
DoCoMo will launch ultrafast mobile service in 2010
7 predictions for the Japanese economy in 2007
Foreign Interns Exploited
Retail sales off to strong start in Japan
Top Ten Changes to Japan's Red-light District
Calling Angelina Jolie - Tomb Raiders needed in Japan
Top Ten Desired Work Places in Japan
Tokyo Considers Lowering Legal Definition of Adult to 18-years-old
Japanese Political Bigwigs want White-Collar Workers to be able to Work Themselves to Death
NHK Apologizes for Topless Broadcast
Japanese Traffic Deaths at 51 year low
Happy, Cough, Cough, .....uh, New Year
4 Signs of Improvement in Japan's Declining Population Woes
Japan Business Federation Predicts Consumption Tax Hike
Ability NOT Seniority is the New Japan Promotion criteria
Nissan Plans Indian Factory for 2009
Fuji Xerox Offers Fastest Toner-Based Printer
Top Ten Expensive Places to Give up buying land in Japan
Nintendo Sells Most Games in '06
Honda Will have Fuel-cell cars for general public in 12 years
Japan Pledges Continued Support for Iraq After Saddam Hussein's Execution
Japan's Housing Prices Second Only to London
Domestic Violence G0es Both Ways in Japan
Toyota Plans to Make Yaris Compact in China from mid-2008
Two Japanese Financial Institutes Rank High as M & A Advisors
FDA Backs Cloned Meat and Milk
8 Leading Carbon Dioxide Emitting Nations
9 New Economic Records Set in Japan in 2006
Japan Grows More Environmentally Friendly
HIV/AIDS Cases Increasing in Japan
Top 7 Kinds of Cancer in Japan
Rise and Fall of Japan's Crime Rate
Merry Christmas from RisingSunOfNihon
Hochiki Develops Super Thin Home Heat Detector
Gist of Japan's New $700 billion budget (82.91 trillion yen)
Japanese Schools - level:teachers:students
Sexless couples at the Root of Japan's Declining population or How much sex is not enough?
5 Reasons why the 6-party talks ended in an impasse
Toyota Prez Gives 5 Challenges as to Why the company will NOT surpass GM, yet
NTT Puts Speed of Light in Slow Motion
Japanese Go to University
NTT Union Wants Some of The Profits
Japanese Government Will Affirm Ongoing Economic Recovery Next Week
Guys & Gals in Japan - Gals Win!
Sakhalin Energy Stakeholders, Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sell Out
Two Days Off each week to become Law in Japan for White Collar Workers
Nissan admits data on 5.38 million Customers may have been compromised
Condom Maker Ranks Top 7 Penis Sizes in Europe/Asia/Americas - Findings Disputed by Experienced Women
Jackie Chan Makes Japan's Most Popular List of Foreign Stars
Nissan-NEC Partner for Eco-Friendly Cars - Great Pic!
Yahoo Japan Launches Wireless Online Access Service Nationwide
Bank Of Japan Has Poor Communication Skills
Youtube Learns to Speak Japanese
7 Unresolved Issues in Sakhalin 2 Talks
Toyota's Union Wants Wage Hike
Honda Predicts Solid Growth for 2006
Wii is top choice in Video game survey
Hitachi Markets Flat-panel TV with Removable Hard Drives + 3 reasons to own one
Japanese Research Group Pinpoints Key Point in Male-female Evolution
Nissan Cars Protect Against Hay Fever
Pesticides Safe For Kitchen Use Developed in Japan
Japanese Business Daily Dumbs Down Name for Foreigners
Japan's Major Festivals
Top 9 languages if you need a translator in Japan
Japan and China Pledge Dialogue on Energy
Japanese Use Mobile Phones to Take Pictures at Funerals
9 Reasons Why Korea Will Not Catch Japan
Sony Pictures Sells $1.57 billion in Tickets
Japanese Beat Americans in a Boat Race
Top 10 Mobile Phone Web Sites Accessed By Japanese
Japan Tobacco Will Buy Gallaher for $19 billion
Japan's Defense Changes Status
Takashimaya's Carat Christmas Cake
Japan Expects Bilateral Talks with DPRK
Mazda Loses 4,700 Autos in Freighter Accident
Japan's Most Beautiful Girls
Blue Dragon Causes Xbox 360 Sales to Zoom in Japan
Japan and India Talk Free Trade
Burger King Heading Back to Japan
Nintendo will replace 3.2 million straps on its New Wii wand
5 Secrets To Japanese Beauty
Winny Ruling Rocks Industry
Japanse Businessman Killed by Pet Bear
Toyota Charged with Dumping Contaminated Water into Japan Sea
Toshiba Opts out of Music Business
14 Reasons Why Toyota will Surpass GM Next Year
New Employment Structure for Toyota
Yahoo Japan Seeks Compensation for Phishing Scheme
Japan's PM Takes 3-month pay cut
6 Ways Japanese Ladies Come On to Male Co-workers - Sex is Last Resort
Year End Bonuses in Japan Hit Record High
Japan's Account Surplus at 5.2%
Yomiuri's Business Show Room 12/12/06
Gazpromm Arm Wrestles Control of Sakhalin Project
8 Reasons why Krispy Kreme will fail in Japan - Great Pic!
Yomiuri Business Update - 12/12/06
FTC Warns Japan's Softbank Mobile
Japan, Australia Agree to free trade talks
Japanese New Year's Cards Declining
1st Step - Nissan Announces Plan for 80 mpg Vehicle
Sony Focuses on its Electronics Business
Japan Gets Friendly With Iraq
Indian Pearl Technique Cuts into Japanese Monopoly
7 Steps for a Men's Makeover in Japan
China Wealthy Have 10 Years to Catch up to Japan
NTT DoCoMo Losing Customers
Japan Will Drop to Third in Advertising Behind China in 2007
Fast Retailing Co. Opens Uniqlo in Shanghai
Lehman Bros Sells Half of its Stake in Daiei Department Store
New Yorker Runs for Mayor in Aichi City
Japanese Software Engineering
Toyota Invests in 1,000 Chinese Students
RoomRender Reads Moods of Inhabitants
Granny is in the Bushes - 70-year old Arrested for Stalking 79-year old
Princess Masako Turns 43
Sony Plans New Company
PM Abe Gets Largest Winter Bonus
Japan's Top 25 Potential Celebrity Girlfriends (#1-5)
No Uniform Wage Hikes In Japan
U.S. Navy Bans Alcohol Consumption in Japan
McDonald's Stock Hits 7-year High
ANA Considering Selling Off Hotels
Bad News For Japan's Economy - Finally
Japan's Top 25 Potential Celebrity Girlfriends (#5-10)
An American Manager Meets A Japanese Engineer
Japanese Snake Eating Star Keeps Show on the Road
Toys R Us Japan Sees Record Inventory Loss
Japan's Elpida and Taiwan's Powerchip Forge Partnership
Sanyo Joins Sony in Producing Overheating Batteries
Japan's Top 25 Potential Celebrity Girlfriends (#11-15)
Dec. 8th - Survivors Remember Pearl Harbor
NEC Announces Waterproof Laptop
Japan Importing Less Vehicles
Toyota Will Produce More Cars Overseas Than in Japan in 2007
BizzBites & RisingSunOfNihon
Japan's Top 25 Potential Celebrity Girlfriends (#16-20)
Never Ending Road Construction in Japan
Indian PM Singh Expresses Displeasure With Japan Trade Level
Sony PS3 Theft Leads to Death
Sony Has Plans for PS4
Japan Talks Free Trade with Australia
Japan's Top 25 Potential Celebrity Girlfriends (#21-25)
Top Ten Robots in Japan
3 Lost Oil Deals in Japan
Yomiuri's Japanese Business Showroom
Yomiuri's Japan Business Update
3 Reasons Why Japanese Use Less Gasoline
Baidu Takes Aim at Japan
Toyota Takes on Nissan Diesel in the Truck Industry
Wii 600,000 - Sony's PS3 Far Behind
What Do You Think?
More Good New For Japan's Economy
15-year-old Gets 16 Years for Dual Murder
Sony's 2 Pledges to Quality
Wii Wands Waving in Japan
Toyota Beats Ford - Again
Top Three Yakuza Groups in Japan - Including Yakuza Baby
Top 9 Causes of Fires in Japan
5 Reasons why Japan's Golf Courses will See Green Again
3 Reasons Why Toyota Chose Texas for its Tundra
Top 9 Causes of Traffic Deaths in Japan
4 Reasons Why Japan's Golf Courses Will Remain in the Rough
Blonde Hair Blue or Green Eyes Teacher Wanted
Businessman's 'Gas' Sounds Like 'Honda'
What Japan Thinks
4 Ways Toyota Does Legacy Costs Better than the Big Three
Japanese Women Bankers Face Discrimination
6 Steps to a Woman's Purse
Nippon Steel Plans to Spend $80 billion on Retrofitting
Nissan's Screw Champion
Toyota Wants Bush to Extend Hybrid Tax Credits
Who is Sony's PS3 New Daddy?
Japan and Russia Look to Intensify Business Dealings
Pink Tentacle
Web Savvy Geisha Wannabe Has Me Eating My Heart Out
10 Steps to Stop Bullying and Prevent Suicides in Japanese Schools
Religion in Japan
Red Sox Near Deal with Matsuzaka Daisuke
Japan and Indonesia Agree to Bilateral Free Trade
All But One of Japan's Top Five Automakers See Rise in Domestic Production in October
4 Great Risks to the World Economy + Top 5 World Economies
Reborg-Q Robot Guard at Japanese Shopping Malls
Steel Partners Bid for Japan's Myojo Foods Co. Fails
France Beats Out Japan for Fusion Power Plant
Wii Sold Out in the US
40% of Japanese Use Vibrators
The Dual-Mode Half Train/Half Bus Tested in Japan
Godzilla Awaits Japan's New World's Tallest Tower
Drunk Driver Rams Japanese Police Station
Sony Plans New Pocket Mini-USB Drives
Make More Money - Work More In Japan
Sanyo's Woes
7 Steps to Prevent 13-Year-Olds From Getting Pregnant in Japan
Honda Recalling 200,000 Cars
United States Vs. Japan - Why Japan Wins
6 Amazing Characteristics of Motion Sensors in the Wii
Japan's Smokers Cutting Back
5 Things that Happen When Children Commit Suicide
Bad News for Sony's PS3
Japanese Population Shrinking - How to get Japanese Couples in Bed
6 Reasons to Invest in Tokyo's Disney Resort Now
3 Reasons Why Japan's Economy May not Continue to Grow and 2 Why it Might
Japan Launches Gay Rag
Thanksgiving Day in Japan
10 Reasons Why Toyota's Camry is Motor Trend's Car of the Year
Top Ten Japanese Athletes
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Wants to Produce First Jet in Japan in 40 Years
Japan Spells Relief - Qatar
Nissan Launches Redesigned Skyline Sports Sedan
Toto Washlettes Still Wiping Up The Rear
Izuzu and Mistsubishi Recall Vehicles
For Your Swimmer's Christmas Stocking
Rock Paper Scissors with Your Shoes On
Sharp Corp.'s New Music Player
AeroMexico to Japan
Triforce Johnson Buys First Nintendo Wii In US...Make That in The World
Aeon Co. Opens Huge Mall in Tokyo
Matsuzaka Daisuke Breaks Ice at APEC Forum for Bush and Abe
Abe and Bush Agree on Ballistic Missile Shield
Hankyu Corp. Sells Golf Businesses in Effort to Reach Par
Toyota Boss Will Not Avoid Trade Squabble
8 Reasons Why Wii is Better than Sony PS3
Finally! Someone Important Agrees with Me
5 Very Good Reasons To Not Even Shop For a Sony PS3
5 Reasons You Should Have Bought a Sony PS3 Yesterday
6 Reasons Why Japan is Losing Its Domination in the Fishing Industry
15 Reasons Why Nintendo's Wii Will Eat Sony's PS3 Share of the Pie
10 Reasons To NOT Buy a Sony PS3
Pork Execs Get Caught Evading Taxes In Japan
Japanese City Says "No Thanks" to Gifts in Time of Disaster
JBIC and Qatar Petro Form Partnership
Japanese Workers Get Higher Bonuses
Japan and China Agree on Historical Study
Japanese Suicide Website Leads to Murder
Toyota's Quality Takes a Hit - 54,000 Cars Recalled
Corporate Bankruptcies Up in Japan
An Englishman in Osaka
Japan Subtracts 24 More Items from North Korea's Wish List
Christmas Dinner with Michael Jackson for $3400
Make That $51 Million Just to Talk to Matsuzaka Daisuke (松坂 大輔)
Japan's Economy Grows 2% - World Bank Sees 2.9%
Japanese Mobile Phone Predicts Menstrual Cycle
Mistubishi Motors Recalls SUVs
Red Sox Win Negotiating Rights to Matsuzaka Daisuke
Toyota Frustrated by Lack of Market Openings
Japan Reports Mad Cow Disease
Japanese Schools Can't Handle Bullying
Chinese Wrestler Tops in Japan's Sumo World
Japan and the US Discuss Free Trade Agreement
Yomiuri's Japan Business Update - 11/14/06
Hitachi and GE Forming Nuke Power Joint Venture
Internal Secret Report Leaks Toyota's Aim For 14% of Global Market - China and India Top Priority
Japanese Automakers Clean Up in Consumer Report Reliability Ratings
The Most Recognizable Japanese Person to Americans
Top 7 Business Competitive Countries in the World
Top 4 Things That "Made in Japan" Mean to Americans and Chinese
Ken Watanabe Reflects on Clint Eastwood
Chinese and Americans Agree on Most Recognizable Japanese Quality
NEC PC Wizard Wins US Award
Drop Box For Unwanted Babies
New Business in Japan - Private Eyes to Spy on Bullies
Nissin and Myojo Foods Form Monopoly to Stave off Hostile Takeover Bid from US
Japan Looking for Bad News and Not Finding it - Sega Sammy Profits Up
4 Reasons Why Sony Plans to Lose Money On Play Station 3
Japan's Oldest Business Having Trouble - Sex Industry
GM Chief Licking His Wounds in Tokyo at Toyota's Expense
Toyota's Celsior Breaks Bones
Nikon Reports Record Profits
Softbank Loses 100,000 Customers and Still Nets a Profit
Shibuya School Girl Announces Intention to Commit Suicide to Japanese Education Ministry
R-rated Movie Star Becomes Miss International Japan
Japan Proposes BRIC Pay More in United Nation's Dues
New Japanese Law Puts JICA in Charge of ODA
KDDI Attracts Most New Customers with Advent Of Number Portability
Baby Boomers Targeted in Classic, High-end Audio Equipment Revival
Ministry Cracks Down on Overseas "Authentic Japanese" Restaurants
JAL Back in the Black
Apple Computer in Fight With Small Japanese Two-man Sex Store
Japanese Horses Run Away With Australia's Biggest Purse
Japan's Pitching Version of Ichiro Announces Decision to Play in US Majors
Noritake Co. and National Institute Develop Power Saving Display
One Answer For Japan's Temples - Starbucks Becomes StarBuddha
Aussie Cows Take Train to Kick Serious American Butt in Japan
Microsoft Steps Up Appeal to Smaller Japanese Businesses
Japan Produces First Waterless Bio-toilet
Tostem Corp. Markets Smaller Electronic Key
Four Finned Dolphin Found by Japanese Fisherman
Yomiuri's Business Update
Sony and Samsung Create a Synergistic Hit - S-LCD
Former Teenage Killer Back on the Streets in Japan
Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death
Seibu Group Plans Sale of Four Hotels
Sony Play Station 3 Kills its Monster and Slam Dunks in Honolulu
North Korea Calls Japanese Officials "Political Imbeciles"
$750,000 Toilet in Akihabara Japan
Nifty Will Go Public on Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 7th.
Japan's Three Megabanks Earn 1 Trillion Yen in 6 Months
European Commission Raids Toshiba and NEC
China and Japan Cooperate on Sun Yat-sen TV Documentary
Chief Policy Maker in Japan Calls for Nuke Debate
Japanese Official Will Head Antipiracy (not the hi-tech kind) Center in Singapore
Sony Receives Subpoena from US Justice Department
Mistubishi Motors Still In Red Ink
Not All Business News in Japan is Good - Mazda Profit Down
More Ill Will Between North Korea and Japan
Japan, EU Submit Draft Denouncing North Korean Abductions
I don't Speak English But My Cell-phone Does
400 Millionth Visitor Celebrated at Tokyo Disneyland
Sanyo Electric Will Sell Solar-powered Battery Charger
Dalian, China Courts Investments from Japan
Softbank Mobile Backpeddles
Japanese Diplomats Have Huge Allowances
Buddhist Temples Get Gimmicky
Toyota Philippines Hires Stripper for Personal Touch
Japanese Auto Production Rises for 11th Consecutive Month
Japanese Electronic Makers Keep Japan's Economy Humming
Japanese and North Korean Trade Hits Bottom
Still More Good News for Japan's Economy - All Nippon Airways Thanks China
Good News For Japan's Economy Pours In - Fujifilm
Love Confession Services a Hit in Japan
Yoshinoya Serves Up Beef Bowl
Financial Services Agency to Scrutinize Break-up of Japan Post
Japanese Government Encourages Investing Over Saving
A Japanese and An Australian
Japanese Speed Eating Champ Gobbles Up Kyrstal Hamburger Record
Japanese Supermodel, Ebihara Yuri, All Shook Up
NTT DocoMo Feels the Heat
Bank of Japan to Raise Employee Bonuses
Matsushita Has More Good News For Japanese Economy
Japan's Sanyo Teams Up With China's Haier
Survey Says! Number Portability Draws Little Interest in Japan
Business Too Good For Softbank Mobile
Tokyo Asks China to Label Exports
Ford Finally Learning Lessons From Japanese Carmakers
Japan and Russia Agree to 2007 Fishing Quota
Beijing To Promote Investment in Japan
World Chainsaw Art Champion is Kinki
Tokyo's Monster Mash Just In Time for Halloween
Italy's Fiat SpA and France's PSA Peugeot Citroen Outperform Toyota's Prius
Sharp Reports Profits are Up
Nissan Making Making Money When Sales are Down
Fujitsu's Profits Almost Triple in Latest Quarter
Sony Sucks Up $180 million Loss
Japan Firms Declared Income Reaches Bubble Economy Level
Yahoo Japan sets Record Profit and Revenue
Toyota Production Up - Nissan Production Down
Honda Sales Racing Off
Cell-phone Price Wars Ahead with Number Mobility
Security-Lock Cell Phone Keeps Track of its Owner
Japan Asks China to Lift Ban on Japanese Rice
Japan's Trade Surplus Up Over Last Year
Japan and the Netherlands Agree to Cooperate on Sakhalin II
Japan and Iraq Call for Collaboration in Oil and Natural Gas Development
Toshiba Corp. Helmet Takes Wearer to Other Places
GE Consumer Finance, Ltd in Japan's Financial Watchdog Hotseat
Japanese Government Lender Japan Bank for International Cooperation Supports China's Energy saving
Saudi Arabia Announces Cut in Oil Supply to Japan
Chinese Soldiers Shoot Tibetan Pilgrims
Japan's Newest Hot Celebrity - First Lady Abe Akie - A Real Party Animal
Treehuggers Battle Treehuggers in Japan
China Wins Over Japan for Sakhalin Natural Gas Supplies Says Exxon Mobil Corp.
AIU Insurance Offers Discounts for Non-Smokers
Nissan Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp Investigating Joint Production in Russia, Brazil and India
Where's the Beef? - In Japan
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Develops Robot That Investigates Terroist Attack Sites
Itochu Corp. and Hyundai Motor Co. Form LPG Tie-up
Japan To Introduce Cigarette Vending Machines That Require ID
Sony Shares Drop
Add Philippines to the List of Countries That Hate Japan for War Atrocities
YouTube Deletes 29,549 Videos at Request of Japanese Broadcasters
Virus Found in Apple iPods
Canada's Sleeman Breweries Bought By Sapporo Holdings Ltd
Toshiba Corp Plans to Issue Bonds to Pay for Westinghouse
Japanese Government Has 2.4 Trillion Yen ($20 billion) in Surplus Funds
International Trade Commission Investigates Chinese Firm for Patent Violation of Honda Motor Corp. Small Engines
Arms Race Peters Out With Rice's Pledge
Blue's Clues Courts Hello Kitty - Paris Hilton, Mariah Carey, Briteny Spears to tag along?
China Rules Japan is Dumping!
Poor Little Sony Corp.
Top Ten Car Gas Savers - Honda and Toyota Cars are Best says US Government
Honda Launches Small Fuel Efficient Jet Sales
Japan Labor Ministry Keeps Watchful Eye on Foreign Trainee Programs
Dream Chair From South Korea Booming in Japan
Japanese Foreign Minister Discusses Nuclear Weapons Option
Japan Adds Luxury Items to List of No-sends to North Korea
Toshiba Corp. Seeks Alliance After Buying Westinghouse
Top Ten World Leaders in Foreign Investment - Toyota #8
The Best Car Commercial Ever - By Honda Accord
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Japanese Imperial Guard Commits Suicide
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Nomura Research Institute Reports Jump in Trust and Use of Internet by Japanese
Japan's New PM, Abe Shinzo Heads For China
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Top 6 Crimes Japanese Commit When Abroad
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Toshiba Picks Poland for Flat Screen TV Production
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Japanese Sex Tourists Arrested - Cyber-Pimps
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Japan and China Add Environmental Protection & Energy Conservation to Cooperation Goals
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MAIT Signs MOU with JAITA
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Tiffany Co. Gives update on Business in Japan
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