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Japan This Week: 14 September 2008

今週の日本Japan Seeks to Withdraw Its Military From Iraq by Year’s End.NY TimesPolice to target 2 firms in probe of tainted rice.AsahiJapan's Koizumi backs female PM candidate Koike.Washington PostEconomy shrank 3% last quarter.Japan TimesJapan... ...full story at Japan Visitor

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30 Sep 08 visit Japan Fashion Week 2008 - New Designer Fashion Grand Prix  »  YouTube videoThis is the 25th award ceremony of the New Designer Fashion Grand Prix at the Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo on September 5, 2008. This 5 piece collection was shown after the main presentation. I assume it's from last years winner, unfortunately I didn't get...
21 Sep 08 visit Japan This Week: 21 September 2008  »  Japan Visitor 今週の日本Japan Banking Stocks Suffer Biggest Drop Since 1987.NY TimesTainted rice used in 100,000 rice balls.AsahiLehman in talks to sell off Japan equity, assets.Japan TimesJapan's PM hopeful fails to acknowledge family use of slave labour.Guard...
22 Jun 08 visit Japan This Week: 22 June 2008  »  Japan Visitor 今週の日本Japan makes robot girlfriend for lonely men.NY TimesJapan hangs three convicted killers.NY TimesJapan, China seal deal on gas fields.AsahiPills and porridge: prisons in crisis as struggling pensioners turn to crime.GuardianOperators idle s...
24 Aug 08 visit Japan News This Week: 24 August 2008  »  Japan Visitor 今週の日本Japan seeks arrest of three Sea Shepherd campaigners.NY TimesJapan's trade surplus shrinks 87% in July.Washington Post79-year-old woman knifes two people at Shibuya Station.Japan TimesHSBC accused over "cultural insensitivity" after ...
12 Sep 08 visit Factionless Koizumi gives vote to reform-minded Koike  »  Japan Times Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Friday he will support former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike in the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election, according to another LDP lawmaker who supports her. Koizumi does not belong to an...
11 May 08 visit Japan This Week: 11/05/08  »  Japan Visitor 今週の日本Chinese leader Hu visits Japan.NY TimesJapan battles urban crow menace.NY TimesPoison free fugu specially bred challenges industry authorities.NY TimesJapanese rice remains expensive and difficult to sell as domestic tastes change....

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