The last thing that aging Japan can afford to lose is young people. Yet as the global economic crisis flattens demand for Japanese cars and electronic goods, thousands of youthful, foreign-born factory workers are getting fired, pulling their children out of school and flying back to where they came from. Alarmed, new programs are in place to help.
The Army has decided to cut off retirement pay for veterans of a largely Native militia formed to guard the territory of Alaska from the threat of Japanese attack during World War II. The change means 26 surviving members of the Alaska Territorial Guard — most in their 80s and long retired — will lose as much as 7 in monthly retirement pay,
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Stringer yet to unite factions at Sony
Reuters – 37 minutes ago By Mayumi Negishi TOKYO (Reuters) – When a Welsh-born former TV journalist was appointed chairman and CEO of Sony in 2005, he set out to destroy the factions dividing the electronics giant and uncover the synergies needed to grow. Sony predicts first annual loss in 14 years Times Online Sony warns of first loss in 14 years CNET News The Associated Press – guardian.co.uk – Electronista – AFP all 709 news articles |
Human male fertility may be impacted by long-term exposure to marijuana, researchers in the United States and Japan suggest.
Crunching the sales data from game publication Famitsu, we have a breakdown by platform of the 100 biggest selling games of last year in Japan.
Japanese schoolboy golfing sensation Ryo Ishikawa will be aided in his bid to break through on the world stage by a new million-dollar driver.
“I couldn’t help this cat. Because a cat entered since a railroad crossing began to move.” – oowarai30000 (Japan)
A documentary on proper etiquette when eating at an authentic sushi restaurant. In Japan, there are no waiters. So how do you order?
23,000 Dolphins per year. That’s how many are being slaughtered each year in a hidden cove in Taiji, Japan, and a new documentary at the Sundance Film Festival has the footage to prove it. Barred access to the site, the film crew was forced to buy now utilize covert military tactics and equipment, and they were threatened by local authorities.
They’re not all made in Japan, you know. The west may not mass produce RPGs, but the ones that do make it out tend to be refreshingly different. Here’s ten of the best, from the 1980s to the present day.
