Japan News This Week 12 December 2010

今週の日本

Japan's Graying Prison Population

New Zealand Herald

Japanese prisons face swelling elderly population

Washington Post

Japan targeted on Kyoto climate stance at Cancun Summit

BBC

Bated breath as Norwegian Wood film opens in Japan

Guardian

Ebizo's alleged assailant arrested

Japan Times

Bombardement de Yonpyong : Washington met Pékin face à ses responsabilités

Le Monde

Japón se planta y eleva el tono de la negociación a solo 24 horas del final de la cumbre del clima

El Pais

Japanese Atrocities on Nauru during the Pacific War: The murder of Australians, the massacre of lepers and the ethnocide of Nauruans

Japan Focus

Athletics fail to reach deal with Japan’s Iwakuma

Yahoo Sports

Last Week's News

Statistics

In 2009, the percentage of Japanese women whose first child was conceived prior to wedlock was 25.3%. Broken down by age group:

Teenage mothers: 81.5%
Mothers in 20s: 63.6%
Mothers in 30s: 12.1%

Source: Asahi Shinbun

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Japan News This Week 5 December 2010

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Okinawa Re-elects Opponent of U.S. Base

New York Times

Japan, U.S. begin joint military exercises

CNN

Japan: Debt, demographics and deflation

BBC

Cancún climate change summit: Japan Kyoto shocker might be good news

Guardian

Nissan rolls out Leaf electric car in Japan

Washington Post

美国武力施压能否迫使中国就范

Caijing

Kan seen at critical turning point

Japan Times

Japan fear China the biggest obstacle to World Cup

Yahoo Sports

Last week's Japan news

Japan Statistics

Children born to unmarried women:

Japan: 2.1%
Greece: 5%
Italy: 20.7%
Sweden: 54.7%

Source: Time

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Japan News This Week 28 November 2010

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M.B.A.’s in Japan Struggle for Respect

New York Times

China's support of North Korea grounded in centuries of conflict

CNN

What makes good teaching?

BBC

North Korea’s ‘military first’ politics are behind recent attacks

Christian Science Monitor

Japan's justice minister resigns after gaffe

Guardian

Japan election sure to show opposition to US base

Washington Post

日本出口年增幅连续八个月放缓

Caijing

Cabinet can't stray during drills: Kan

Japan Times

Les conséquences du déplacement de l'activité manufacturière vers la Chine et les pays émergents

Le Monde

Japan’s World Cup bid for 2022 faces obstacles

Yahoo Sports

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Japan Statistics

The number of Chinese tourists to Japan declined for the first time in nine months. The number of visitors in October was 106,400, a 1.8% decline from the previous year.

Source: Kyodo News

"Have you ever been bullied?"

Yes: 44%
No: 56%

Of those who replied yes, the top types of bullying were:

1) ignored
2) said mean things to
3) physical

Source: Asahi Shinbun Poll

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Japan News This Week 21 November 2010

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Japan Pushing the Mob Out of Businesses

New York Times

How to boost corporate Japan: Stop speaking Japanese

CNN

China 'to resume rare earth exports to Japan'

BBC

Japan abandons bid to make China a key pillar of its foreign policy

Christian Science Monitor

Ady Gil and Japanese whaler both blamed for collision

Guardian

Ipads Ensure Tourists in Japan Not Lost in Translation: Video

Washington Post

日本大学毕业生就业内定率创新低

Caijing

Niigata halts plan to sell plot for consulate amid outcry

Japan Times

Hatsune Miku, la chanteuse à succès... qui n'existe pas

Liberation

Ultra-small is beautiful for Japanese homeowner

CNN

Japan’s Nishioka cleared to move to MLB

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Japan Statistics

Women who eat three bowls of rice or more daily have a 50% higher risk of becoming diabetic than those who eat just one bowl. That data comes from a study by the National Cancer Institute.

Source: Yomiuri Shinbun

"Do you want to live abroad?"

Yes: 56%
No: 44%

Of those who replied yes, the top choices were:

1) Canada
2) Australia
3) USA
4) New Zealand
5) UK
6) Italy
7) Northern Europe (Sweden, Norway, etc.)
8) Western Europe (Holland, Switzerland, etc.
9) France
10) Spain

Source: Asahi Shinbun Poll

The number of Japanese students in the US declined 15% in the 2009-2010 academic year.

Japan ranked sixth in number of foreign students in the US, but its total dropped to 24,800.

With 128,000 students, China was the number one country.

Source: Kyodo News

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Japan News this Week 14 November 2010

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Return of the Samurai

New York Times

Japanese Runner Looks to Make Mark in New York

New York Times

Japanese Whirlwind Kagawa Propelling Borussia Dortmund in Bundesliga

New York Times

Must Japan be eclipsed by China?

BBC

Japanese bra that talks and promotes sightseeing

CNN

Can a pop opera bring Japanese animation to life?
CNN

Japanese coast guard member admits to leaking collision video

CNN

The yakuza

Guardian

Peace Prize winners meet in Japan to abolish nukes

Washington Post

日本内阁会议通过“经济合作基本方针”

Caijing

Uniting APEC too tall an order for Kan?

Japan Times

Le Japon tétanisé par ses disputes avec la Chine et la Russie

Le Monde

Japanese draw Argentina in Copa America

Yahoo Sports

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Japan Statistics

Beer consumption fell to a record low in October. Domestic shipments of beer-like budgets dropped 6.2% from the previous year, down to 35.63 million cases.

Source: Kyodo News

"Are you satisfied with your salary?"

Yes: 27%
No: 55%
Neither: 18%

Source: Asahi Shinbun Poll

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Japan News this Week 7 November 2010

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Japan’s Auto Parts Makers Try to Anticipate Shift to Electric Cars

New York Times

Japanese Runner Looks to Make Mark in New York

New York Times

Is the Japanese gaming industry in crisis?

BBC

More turf wars for Japan after Russia's Medvedev visits disputed Kuril Islands

Christian Science Monitor

Miffy biffs Cathy in Kitty copycat case

Guardian

Tokyo investigates video behind China-Japan clash

Washington Post

啊，北方四岛，日本永远的痛

Caijing

Lawyer fatally stabbed while cops mistakenly tried to subdue him

Japan Times

Island disputes reveal Asia's evolving powers

BBC

La visite de Medvedev dans les îles Kouriles provoque la colère du Japon

Le Monde

Japan pitcher Darvish plans on playing in US in 2012

Yahoo Sports

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Japan Statistics

Percentage of Japanese polled who would "welcome the arrival of a US military base in your neighborhood."

Yes: 26%
No: 74%

Source: Asahi Shinbun Poll

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Japan News this Week 31 October 2010

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Japan Calls on China to Resume Rare Earth Exports

New York Times

Beijing now worried anti-Japan protests could backfire

Christian Science Monitor

Goodwill and compromise: Nagoya biodiversity deal restores faith in UN

Guardian

China, Japan spat dims possibility of talks

Washington Post

日本处置在华遗留化学武器全揭秘

Caijing

Dolphin hunters, activists set to hold parley in Taiji

Japan Times

Japan and China island row flares at Asean summit

BBC

Avec l'initiative Satoyama, le Japon se lance dans la protection des terroirs

Le Monde

Nishioka beats Munroe to defend WBC title

Yahoo Sports

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Japan Statistics

The Japanese Giant Salamander, which can grow to up to 1.5 meters, may be disappearing. It is not however environmental and or human pressure that is causing the decline.

Rather, it is an invasive species - the Chinese Giant Salamander - that is the problem.

The Chinese Giants are mating with its Japanese cousin, creating bastard salamanders.

According to a research team from Kyoto University, of the 79 salamanders living in the area in the northern reaches of the Kamo River, just four percent were pure Japanese Giants. 11 percent were pure Chinese Giants, and the rest (85%) were half breeds.

Though the total number of Giants has increased slightly, only three years ago, 47% were pure Japanese Giant Salamanders.

Source: Asahi Shinbun

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Japan News This Week 24 October 2010

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Bodies, Mass Graves Found on Iwo Jima

New York Times

Car and Anime Cultures Collide in Japanese Trend Called Itasha

New York Times

Tokyo Story No. 4

Guardian

Aussie golfer Wayne Perske arrested in Japan on cocaine charge

Washington Post

Shanghai Residents favor Japan

Caijing

More anti-Japan protests in China

Japan Times

Toyota to recall over a million cars in US and Japan

BBC

Biodiversité : le Japon, un hôte à double face

Libération

Japan to send best possible team to Asian Cup

Yahoo Sports

Last week's Japan news

Japan Statistics

There have been 84 incidents of bears injuring people between April 1-September 30, 2010, two of them fatal. 2,366 bears have been caught and shot this year.

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Japan News this Week 17 October 2010

今週の日本

As Japan Ages, Pop 'Idols' Aren't as Spry as They Used to Be

New York Times

Japan, Once Dynamic, Is Disheartened by Decline

New York Times

Japanese village kills dolphins but frees young

Guardian

US pulls bid to host 2018 WCup to focus on 2022

Washington Post

日本政要密集示警日元升值

Caijing

Yawara-chan to retire from judo

Japan Times

In pictures: 30 years of Japanese fashion

BBC

Le premier ministre japonais demande la libération du prix Nobel de la paix

Libération

South Korea and Japan play out stalemate in Seoul

Yahoo Sports

Ethnic Identity, Culture, and Race: Japanese and Nikkei at Home and Abroad1

Japan Focus

Last week's Japan news

Japan Statistics

90% of groping incidents are never reported. Nine out 10 women do not report incidents in which they have been groped on trains, according to a survey of 2,221 women in Tokyo, Osaka, Aichi, and Hyogo.

Source: Kyodo News

According to the World Economic Forum, Japan ranks 94th in gender equality out of a total of 134 countries.

The US ranked 19th.

Source: Asahi Shinbun 

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Japan News this Week 10 October 2010

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Japan Uses Electronics for Minerals

New York Times

Japanese yen for smoking tested by 33% cigarette price rise

Guardian

Japan minister apologizes for modeling inside Diet

Washington Post

日本出台大规模追加经济对策

Caijing

Dolphins from Taiji sold to Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Japan Times

Japan stimulus to inject $60bn into flagging economy

BBC

BD Manga, en route pour l’aventure

Libération

Japan beat full-strength Argentina football team

Yahoo Sports

Rekindling China-Japan Conflict: The Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands Clash

Japan Focus

Last week's Japan news

Japan Statistics

Place of death:

1960: Home (70.7%), Hospital (18.2%), Other (11.1%)
2009: Home (12.4%), Hospital (78.4%), Other (9.2%)

Source: Asahi Shinbun

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Japan News this Week 3 October 2010

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Chinese Developers Tap Into Japanese Insecurity

New York Times

Friday night lights: American football in Japan a high school hit

CNN

China frees three Japanese detained for entering military zone

Guardian

Missing Japanese centenarians found

Washington Post

日本“密使”拒透访华内容 否认为首相传亲笔信

Caijing

Ichiro nowhere near the player Rose was

Japan Times

Japanese PM Naoto Kan warns of China's military rise

BBC

Block on Minerals Called Threat to Japan’s Economy

New York Times

Papa Prius

Libération

Anime and manga cars on Tokyo's roads

CNN

Japan’s Zaccheroni names squad for Argentina match

Yahoo Sports

"The World is beginning to know Okinawa": Ota Masahide Reflects on his Life from the Battle of Okinawa to the Struggle for Okinawa

Japan Focus

Last week's Japan news

Japan Statistics

Distribution of family income - Gini index (the higher the number the greater the inequality)

Japan - 38.1 (2002)
USA - 45 (2007
UK - 34 (2005)
Denmark - 29 (2007)
China - 45 (2007)
Mexico - 48.2 (2008)
France - 32.7 (2008)
New Zealand - 36.2 (1998)

Source: CIA

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Japan News this Week 26 September 2010

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Japanese Playing a New Video Game: Catch-Up

New York Times

Japan Retreats With Release of Chinese Boat Captain

New York Times

China-Japan relations sour as fishing boat dispute escalates

Guardian

Relations between China and Japan worsen over filming of military targets

Washington Post

被扣中国船长搭乘包机返回国内

Caijing

Ohata may take rare earths halt to WTO

Japan Times

China demands Japan apology as boat captain returns

BBC

Paris Hilton denied entry to Japan over drug record

BBC

La Chine suspend les contacts de haut niveau avec le Japon

Le Monde

Ichiro reaches 200 hits for 10th straight year

Yahoo Sports

The Failure of Imagination: From Pearl Harbor to 9-11, Afghanistan and Iraq

Japan Focus

Last week's Japan news

Japan Statistics

Percent of prefectural land mass used by US military facilities:

1. Okinawa 10.41%
2. Fukuoka 1.15%

National Average: 0.27%

Source: Asahi Shinbun

Unemployment by prefecture:

1. Okinawa 7.5%
2. Aomori 6.8%
3. Osaka 6.6%

Japan: 5.1%

Source: Asahi Shinbun

The estimated number of elderly in Japan aged 80 or older now is more than 8 million. This is the first time in Japanese history.

The total number of elderly - 65 and older - is 29.44 million

Source: Kyodo News

There were 71 days with temperatures over 30 degrees Centigrade in Tokyo this year, a record since readings began in 1876.

Source: Kyodo News

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Japan News This Week 19 September 2010

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Strong Yen Fuels Rise in Japanese Takeovers

New York Times

Did Japan apologize to US POWs in exchange for Hiroshima visit?

Christian Science Monitor

Japan's new foreign minister gets tough on China

Washington Post

前国土交通大臣前原诚司将担任日本外相

Caijing

Prime minister makes bold move in shutting out Ozawa's influence

Japan Times

Q&A: China-Japan islands row

BBC

Tokyo-Séoul : une occasion manquée ?

Le Monde

Kamikawa defeats Riner at judo worlds

Yahoo Sports

India-Japan Ties Poised for Advance as Both Nations Eye China

Japan Focus

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Japan Statistics

54,386 people were taken to Japanese hospitals by ambulance this summer due to heatstroke. 170 have been confirmed dead.

Source: Kyodo News

The number of Japanese centenarians is expected to reach 44,449 people this year. That eclipses the current record, set last year, by 4,050.

Source: Kyodo News

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Japan News This Week 12 September 2010

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Depression Costs Japan's Economy $32 Billion

New York Times

Baby twin pandas debuted in Japan

Christian Science Monitor

Japan convicts Greenpeace's 'Tokyo Two' for whaling investigation

Christian Science Monitor

Divorce ceremonies give Japanese couples a new way to untie the knot

CNN

Japan fattens textbooks to reverse sliding rank

Washington Post

Barcelona gana puntos en Nissan para fabricar su vehículo eléctrico

El Pais

234,000 centenarians listed in registries missing

Japan Times

Boat collisions spark Japan-China diplomatic row

BBC

Le Japon injecte 8,5 milliards d'euros pour relancer son économie

Libération

Rugby-Kirwan targets two World Cup pool victories for Japan

Yahoo Sports

India-Japan Ties Poised for Advance as Both Nations Eye China

Japan Focus

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Japan Statistics

Number of foreign students enrolled in US universities, by country (2008-2009):

1. India: 103,260
2. China: 98,235
3. South Korea: 75,065
4. Canada: 29,697
5. Japan: 29,264

Source: Asahi Shinbun


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Japan This Week 5 September 2010

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New Dissent in Japan Is Loudly Anti-Foreign

New York Times

Signature Blends at Tokyo Bars

New York Times

日报:中国GDP超越日本是“统计假象”

Caijing

Cove star stages protest over Japanese dolphin hunt

Guardian

Japan endures hottest summer on record

Washington Post

Zapatero, Moratinos y Sebastián visitan la fábrica de GS-Yuasa en Japón.

El Pais

Japan conspicuously absent from Forbes' top small, midsize Asia firms

Japan Times

Ichiro Ozawa confirms Japan leadership bid

BBC

Venise, le sens du vide

Libération

NHK to resume live broadcasts of sumo

Yahoo Sports

Hiroshima: Breaking the Silence

Japan Focus

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Japan Statistics

The Asahi Shinbun recently conducted a poll on competition. To the question, "Do you like competition?" 43% replied yes, 57% said no.

For a second question - "What is necessary to win a competition" - the top four answers given were:

Effort
Luck
Talent
Strong Will

Source: Asahi Shinbun

The heat has killed 158 since May in what is the hottest summer since records began being kept, in 1898.

Another 46,728 people were treated for heatstroke.

Source: Daily Yomiuri


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Japan This Week 29 August 2010

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Japan and the Ancient Art of Shrugging

New York Times

日本可能干预汇率导致日元走软

Caijing

Satoshi Kon obituary

Guardian

Toyota recalls 1.33 million Corollas, Matrixes

Washington Post

Japan opens up its secret death chamber to the world

The Independent

Soñar el amor edénico de Mishima

El Pais

Foreigners can vote for DPJ leader

Japan Times

China ascendant - what now for Japan?

BBC

Nara la paisible se souvient dans le tapage qu'elle fut la capitale du Japon

Le Monde

Alex Ramirez sets Japan baseball record for RBIs

Yahoo Sports

Japan Shifting Views on Managers

New York Times

Digital age threatens Japanese translation service in District

Washington Post

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Japan Statistics

As of August 24, the city of Osaka has experienced 16 "extremely hot days" (35 degrees or warmer). Nagoya has recorded 14.

Source: Yomiuri Shinbun


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Japan This Week 22 August 2010

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Japan’s Cabinet Shuns Shrine on Anniversary of War’s End

New York Times

“辩论会”对日本外交官的影响

Caijing

China's rich tourists bring a shopping revolution to Japan

Guardian

The unmaking of the atomic bomb

Washington Post

Demasiados centenarios para no ser un fraude

El Pais

Nobel laureates invite Obama to Hiroshima

Japan Times

Move over Japan - make way for China

BBC

Deuxième puissance économique mondiale, le Japon devance toujours la Chine

Le Monde

Miyazato has 1-stroke lead in Safeway Classic

Yahoo Sports

Japan and the Ancient Art of Shrugging

New York Times

Last week's Japan news

Japan Statistics

The market for foreign language education shrank by 5.8% to 502 billion yen (586 million USD) in 2009.

One result was that Geos, one of the largest language schools in Japan, filed for bankruptcy.

Source: Yomiuri Shinbun

4.3 billion yen (50 million USD) is still left in some 19 million postal savings accounts opened in former Japanese colonies, such as South Korea and Taiwan.

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Japan News This Week August 8

今週の日本

Non-existent old folks

Japan Times

Toyota back in the black - big time

New York Times

Japanese oil tanker hit by Al-Qaida

Guardian


EE UU asiste por primera vez a la conmemoración de Hiroshima

El Pais

LDP disbursed last-minute secret millions on its way out of power

Japan Times


Les Etats-Unis à Hiroshima pour commémorer les 65 ans

Le Monde

Police say child abuse in Japan at record high

BBC

Matsui eyes move to big French club

Yahoo Sports

Bridgestone back in the black

LA Times

Last week's Japan news


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