Interest: : Japan

( Nihon or Nippon,and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun".

• Homepage: http://kantei.go.jp
• Japan article on Wikipedia

LiveJournal communities

• 80sprettystuff
• Adopt a friend
• Adventawards
• All asian icons
• Allthingskawaii
• Animeiowa
• Animerpg promo
• Boyslovemovie
• Boysnextdoor
• Buy sell trade
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Google groups

• Ads Japan
• Anti-Japan Workforce at SFU
• Dreams of Japan
• Japan Life
• Japan Travel Experience
• Language Exchange in Japan
• Morioka City, Iwate, Japan
• Nihon - Japan
• Quick of Japan EP8 Group
• TAIZENDO (budo,martial arts,self-defense,samurai from Japan)
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MySpace groups

• Japan
• X-Japan
• X Japan

Usenet groups

• Soc.culture.japan
• Soc.culture.japan.moderated

• Japan's scariest suspension bridge - Boing Boing (9 January 2009)
  This rickety old suspension bridge in Japan is the stuff of nightmares. The sound of the wind adds to the dreadfulness. (via Japundit). Favorite this! ( 1 ). Send. Older CES Video with Boing Boing Gadgets: Asus Netbookstravaganza with ...
• Japan gets another cool CD/SD/record player combo system (9 January 2009)
  Japanese vinyl fans don't have a reason to complain in the last few months. Following powerhouses Sony and Denon, it's now Tokyo-based Exemode's ...
• Angry Bear: Japan Watch (9 January 2009)
  I apologize for just the link, but this note on Japan is worth a look on production and deflation figures. Posted by rdan at 5:00 AM. |. Comments | Trackback. Subscribe to:. Contributors:. Posts are contributed by cactus, divorced one ...
• Global Voices Online » Japan: “What are you up to now?” has become ... (9 January 2009)
  The world recession has hit Japan just as it has hit other parts of the world, and many are worried about their future. In an entry that attracted a great deal of sympathy from readers, blogger koheko reflects on the impact of the ...
• Robots: Japan Has Double the Robots of Everyone Else, Density-Wise (8 January 2009)
  Unsurprisingly, Japan has the densest robot population, with 295 industrial automatons per every 10000 workers. Perhaps a little more eyebrow-raising is Singapore's place on the list, which beat out South Korea by five robots per 10K ...

Boston Globe

Panasonic to Cut Spending on TV Business Wall Street Journal - 10 hours ago In addition to recession in key markets including Japan, these big exporters have been hurt badly by the stubbornly strong yen, which crimps the value of ... Panasonic cuts flat TV investment by 23 pct Reuters Panasonic to cut TV factory investment The Associated Press Panasonic to cut flat TV investment by 22% - media Forbes Bloomberg - Reuters all 215 news articles

TopNews

Japan Stocks Slump as Strong Yen Clouds Outlook for Carmakers Bloomberg - 14 hours ago 9 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s stocks slumped, capping the first weekly loss in a month, as a stronger yen dimmed the earnings prospects for automakers and Fanuc ... Japan Hot Stocks-Mitsui Mining, Sumitomo Metal, Inpex Forbes Tokyo stocks turn lower on worries about fresh signs of grim US ... TMCnet Sumitomo Mitsui, Barclays May Start Japan Wealth Unit Bloomberg Forbes - Forbes all 69 news articles

Washington Post

Japanese shares down ahead of US jobs data The Associated Press - 15 hours ago TOKYO (AP) — Japanese shares edged down Friday in lackluster trade as investors turned cautious ahead of US jobs data that's likely to point to a deepening ... Japan Stocks Drop on US Job Losses, Snap Seven-Day Rally Bloomberg Japanese market pares initial gains, trades lower RTT News Japanese 10-Year Bonds Fall as Dealers Prepare for Debt Auction Bloomberg The Associated Press - Bloomberg all 613 news articles

MSN Money UK

Barclays Hires 10 People for Japan Investment Banking Bloomberg - 20 hours ago 9 (Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc hired 10 people in Japan, including former bankers at Nomura Holdings Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., boosting its ... Barclays Japanese recruiting drive TMCnet Barclays hires ex-Lehman bankers in Japan expansion Reuters UK MOVES-Barclays Capital, ANZ, New York Life Reuters BloggingStocks - Bloomberg all 46 news articles

AFP

Japan Hot Stocks-TDK slides after news of record loss, job cuts Forbes, NY - 22 hours ago TDK Corp (nyse: TDK - news - people ) dropped 2.0 percent to 3430 yen after the Japanese electronic components maker said it expects to post a record loss ... Japan's TDK expects biggest-ever net loss in 08/09 Reuters Japan's TDK to cut 8000 jobs, BoJ fights credit crunch AFP Japan's TDK to cut 8000 jobs, forecasts loss The Associated Press CNN - Reuters all 167 news articles