Chiba Prefecture

The power of advertising

wordpress.com     23 hrs ago          

Recently on the JR Chuo line I've been quite taken with this series of Shimajiro billboards showing the calendar for August with a...                    

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Noda to run for Minshuto president

thejapannews.net     12 hrs ago          

BY NORIKO AKIYAMA, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Yoshihiko Noda, a senior official of Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan), decided Tuesday to challenge incumbent Ichiro Ozawa for the presidency of the largest opposition party, sources...                    

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Asia.view: This is Japan

economist.com     Jul 23, 2008          

What a 50-year-old periodical tells about how the country has changed--and how it has notTHE cover is a cliche: a frothy crested wave with Mount Fuji in the background. Emblazoned on the image of Hokusai's woodblock print from...                    

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Ministry urges labor policy shift

thejapannews.net     Jul 23, 2008   2 related          

BY DAISUKE IKUTA, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Corporate efforts to cut labor costs by reducing the number of regular employees and hiring more part-time and dispatch workers are actually stifling productivity and hampering economic...                    

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Japanese editorial excerpts -4-+

thejapannews.net     Jul 23, 2008          

TOKYO, July 23 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press: MORE LAWYERS NEEDED (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese- language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published July 22) Given the size of its...                    

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Is Japan entering the dark age Environmentalists certainly hope so

thejapannews.net     Jul 23, 2008          

BY YOSHIKAZU HIRAI, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN In this age of uncertainty over the environment, many want a darker future for this country. "Compared with Europe and the United States, towns in Japan are more brightly lit at night,"...                    

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OKI Delivers IP and Mobile Key Telephone System to Asahi Sosetsu

tmcnet.com     Jul 22, 2008          

By Anuradha Shukla TMCnet Contributing Editor Asahi Sosetsu Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of food processing equipment in Japan, is using an SIP-based IP telephone system with its IP and mobile key telephone systems “IPstage MX”...                    

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Asahi Breweries to revise interim profit forecast at 0630 GMT

reuters.com     Jul 22, 2008          

TOKYO, July 22 (Reuters) - Japan's biggest beer maker Asahi Breweries Ltd (2502.T: ) said on Tuesday it will announce a revision of its half-year business forecasts at 3:30 p.m. (0630 GMT). Asahi's shares were up 1.1 percent at...                    

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Net (2-channel) people corner national newspaper to near death in Japan

newsvine.com     Jul 22, 2008   8 related          

Mainichi newspaper is considered as one of the major national newspaperｓ in Japan, along with Nikkei, Asahi, Yomiuri and Sankei. Yet, it is now at the verge of breakdown by people on the Net, particularly on notorious "2...                    

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Adventurer aims to trace ancient sea route

thejapannews.net     Jul 22, 2008          

BY TSUYOSHI TAKEDA ASAHI SHIMBUN SENIOR STAFF WRITER Yoshiharu Sekino, second from right, shows his students in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward a model of the canoe he plans to paddle from Indonesia to Okinawa Prefecture. (TSUYOSHI...                    

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