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Japan stories: 377 news summaries

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OPINION

Ambassadors: Rich People in Useless Jobs

If posts are just plums for political donors,
why have them?

May 29, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama opted for politics as usual in his ambassador appointments yesterday, writes David Rothkopf for ForeignPolicy. Like recent predecessors, Obama turned to deep-pocketed campaign donors; hence Japan, the world’s second-largest economy, will deal with a tech lawyer whose sole qualification seems to have been his ability to raise... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Japan • France • State Department • ambassador • political appointee • President Obama

OPINION

Only Trade Can Rescue World Economy: Brown

'A banking crisis has become a trade crisis,' writes British PM

May 28, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The banking crisis has stabilized, according to Gordon Brown, but a new calamity has replaced it: "a trade crisis" that is killing jobs in industrialized nations and exacerbating poverty in developing ones. Globalization has compounded the downturn, but it can also accelerate the pickup, the British PM writes in... More »

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Germany • Japan • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • trade • global economy • protectionism • protectionist trade measures • trade barriers • Doha Round • financial crisis

(AP) - The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea's nuclear test as a clear violation of its resolutions. The council said in a statement today that it will begin work immediately on a new legally binding resolution addressing North Korea's violations. More »

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North Korea • United Nations • Japan • UN Security Council • nuclear test

 Japan Tops 
 Life-Expectancy List 

Sierra Leone, Afghanistan fall at bottom

May 21, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health initiatives and wars have flipped some of the world's life expectancies since 1990, the World Heath Organization said today. Some findings, via AP:
  • Japanese women, at 86, and San Marino men, 81, enjoy the longest life expectancies.
  • Sierra Leone men, 39, at Afghan women, 42, have the
... More »

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Afghanistan • health • Japan • Sierra Leone • life expectancy • World Health Organization • San Marino

US Trading Partners See Huge GDP Falls

Mexico contracts
21.5% as American demand dries up

May 21, 09 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday Mexico became the latest country to disclose a sharp economic contraction as a result of the slowdown in US consumption of imported goods. Mexican GDP fell at an annualized rate of 21.5% in the first quarter, following Germany, down 14.4%, and Japan, 15.2%—its worst performance... More »

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Germany • Japan • Mexico • globalization • recession • global economy • US economy • GDP • NAFTA • Japanese economy • financial crisis

 Cheaper 'Fast Fashion' 
 Booms in Japan 

Recessionistas head to cheaper chain stores in once-superstylish district

May 18, 09 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In Tokyo’s Harajuku district, designer brands are making way for cheaper “fast fashion” stores, where $100 buys an outfit, bag, shoes, and accessories. The most recent chain to debut, Forever 21, drew massive crowds—in a scene reminiscent of November, when 2,500 did the same thing next... More »

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fashion • Japan • Tokyo • fashion designer • H&M • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • Harajuku • Forever 21

 Dealer Cuts Mean Deals 
 on Chrysler, GM Cars 

Closing dealership networks have just weeks to move massive inventory

May 18, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(AP) - At 789 Chrysler lots across America sit 44,000 potential bargains, cars and trucks that are stuck between shellshocked dealers and a troubled company that no longer wants their services. The dealers have just a few weeks to sell the Chryslers, Dodges, and Jeeps or risk losing thousands of dollars... More »

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Chrysler • Japan • General Motors • United States • auto industry • inventory

 UN: Sri Lanka 
 Conflict a 
 'Bloodbath' 

Aid groups urge Japan to push for Security Council action

May 11, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - After intense weekend fighting, the UN says the battle between rebels and the government in Sri Lanka has become a “bloodbath,” the New York Times reports. A government doctor estimates 1,000 civilians died in the heavy shelling of the small coastal area occupied by a few hundred... More »

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United Nations • Japan • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • Amnesty International • Human Rights Watch • rebels • UN Security Council • Sri Lankan Army • Tamils

 Flu Spreads, Kills US Man 

Australia, Japan see cases

May 10, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health officials have confimed that a 30-year-old Washington state man died last week of the H1N1 flu strain, raising its US death toll to  three, Reuters reports. He had suffered from heart problems. The disease has now been found in some 2,200 Americans and has spread to Japan and... More »

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Australia • Japan • Washington state • influenza • flu • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Toyota Forecasts 
 First-Ever Annual Loss 

$8.6B loss is far worse than anticipated

May 8, 09 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Toyota forecast a 2009 loss of $8.6 billion, its first annual loss ever and one far deeper than anticipated, Reuters reports. Only last year Toyota posted record profits and climbed past GM to become the world's largest car maker, but the global downturn in the auto industry and a... More »

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Japan • Toyota • automaker • auto industry • Japanese auto industry

 Communists Rise in Japan 

Young Japanese see red over lack of workers' rights

May 5, 09 3:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recession has reversed a long slide in the fortunes of the Japanese Communist Party, the BBC reports. The party had been shrinking for decades, but membership is now growing at the rate of a thousand people a month. Young people—introduced to Communist ideology through efforts like a manga... More »

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communism • Japan • Communist Party • recession • Das Kapital

Japanese Say
'I Do' Stateside
to Save Money

Couples like marrying
in NY, Hawaii to duck $100K nuptials

May 3, 09 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of Japanese couples have chosen to marry in the US over the past decade to avoid pricey weddings back home, NPR reports. Favored destinations like Hawaii and New York City may not be cheap, but they're easier on the pocketbook than ceremonies that include hundreds of family, friends, and... More »

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New York City • Japan • church • wedding • Hawaii • Destination DC

(Newser) - Countries are tightening borders and stepping up containment methods as the swine flu body count continues to rise, the New York Times reports. The disease is suspected in 152 deaths, all in Mexico; 50 US cases are now confirmed from California to New York City. Health officials in Japan and... More »

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China • Russia • Indonesia • Japan • Mexico • France • Taiwan • Hong Kong • United States • public health • Britain • borders • pork • pandemic • swine flu

(Newser) - Japanese scientists are racing to keep bluefin tuna from dying out by inducing another fish to give birth to them, GlobalPost reports. Overfishing has already decimated bluefin and convinced many diners, supermarket and sushi chains to avoid the fish. Now Japan is paying a Tokyo University team to replenish bluefin... More »

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endangered species • Japan • sushi • bluefin tuna

 Parents Push 
 Toddlers Into 
 Japan's 'Exam Hell' 

Parents move back starting line for race to secure best schools

Apr 26, 09 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - While most 3-year-olds romp and fingerpaint, a growing group of Japanese toddlers are working through stacks of worksheets taller than they are. Enrolled in courses called ojuken, they're studying for entrance exams to enter top-tier elementary schools. Despite Japan's declining birth rate and schools clamoring to fill seats, well-heeled parents... More »

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education • Japan • elementary school • preschool • entrance exam

Japanese Boy Band Star Found Drunk, Naked, Screaming

Incident in public park cost singer ad deals

Apr 23, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A member of SMAP, Japan’s most famous boy band, was arrested today after he was found naked, drunk and screaming in a public park at 3am, Asahi Shimbun reports. Tsuoyoshi Kusanagi, 34, reportedly screamed “What’s wrong with being naked?” at an officer while being removed. He had... More »

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alcohol • Japan • alcohol abuse • boy bands • drunk • drunkenness • Tsuoyoshi Kusanagi

Japan Pays Latin American Workers to Go, Stay Home

Plan hatched to ease recession burdens

Apr 22, 09 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Faced with rising unemployment, Japan is paying foreign workers to leave the nation for good, the New York Times reports. The offer targets some 366,000 Latin Americans of Japanese descent who perform undesirable manufacturing jobs. With industrial production at a 25-year low, many of them are out of work,... More »

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immigration • Latin America • Japan • Brazil • Peru • recession • unemployment • labor market

 Sun Rises on 
 Japanese Whiskey 

After claiming numerous awards, Nikka and Suntory plan global marketing push

Apr 21, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Japanese whiskey is becoming a contender on the world stage, set to steal market share worldwide from the likes of Johnnie Walker and Chivas Regal, the Guardian reports. Japan’s Nikka and Suntory distilleries took the single-malt and blended whiskey awards, respectively, at last year’s world whiskey awards, and... More »

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alcohol • Japan • whiskey • whisky • distillery • Yoichi distillery • Yamazaki distillery • Nikka • Suntory • Chivas Regal • Johnny Walker

 Jobless Japanese 
 Work the Land 

$10M government program trains new agricultural force

Apr 15, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - As their country struggles with its worst recession since World War II, many Japanese city slickers stymied by the job market are trying out the farming life, the Wall Street Journal reports. Aiming to rejuvenate an industry in which two-thirds of full-time workers are 65 and older, the government has... More »

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agriculture • farming • Japan • recession • unemployment • financial crisis • job training

(Newser) - The Japanese public witnessed the heart-wrenching results of the country’s harsh immigration laws, as one girl’s tearful goodbye to her parents was televised nationwide, CNN reports. Forced to choose between her parents—who are being deported to their native Philippines—and the home she was born in, 13-year... More »

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Japan • deportation • Philippines • illegal immigration • Noriko Calderon

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