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Japan Bank Lending Growth Stalls as Bankruptcies Rise (Update1)
Published September 7, 2008, 6:58 pm, Bloomberg.com
Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Lending growth at Japanese banks failed to accelerate for a second month in August as the economy moved closer to a recession and rising bankruptcies among real- estate companies forced banks to cut earnings forecasts.
Japan Supermarkets Boosting Online Shopping Services
Published September 7, 2008, 6:29 pm, Japan Corporate News
Tokyo, Sept 5, 2008 (Jiji Press) - An increasing number of major Japanese supermarket operators are launching online shopping services or strengthening such operations in order to meet growing demand.
Yankees GM Cashman's biggest move will be his own
Published September 7, 2008, 6:40 am, Newsday
For the many baseball geeks (this space included) that love the less heralded, annual hot-stove league - the one involving the merry-go-round of front-office people - Philadelphia sits at the eye of the storm.
Valentine ready to lead Japan's WBC team if asked
Published September 5, 2008, 2:19 pm, The Japan Times
CHIBA — Chiba Lotte Marines manger Bobby Valentine has won a Japan Series and managed in a World Series. So it's little wonder why there are some people thinking a place in the dugout at the World Baseball Classic would be a natural next step for the 58-year-old manager. Read the full story
Movie posters in Japan send info to cell phones
Published September 5, 2008, 7:42 am, Geek.com
As advances in technology expand our ability to work and play; unfortunately so too does the advances in marketing intrude more and more in our daily lives. Once such new marketing advancement could be coming to a cineplex near you. No, the marketers aren’t planning to increase the already way too long trailers before the [...]
Japanese clubs set to lure Aussie talent
Published September 5, 2008, 6:50 am, Midwest Times
A-LEAGUE clubs are about to face a new raid on their best players as cashed-up Japanese clubs prepare to launch an assault on the popularity of the English Premier League in parts of Asia.
MLB: Fall's call-ups herald baseball's hazy days of autumn
Published September 5, 2008, 4:23 am, Guardian Unlimited
MLB's September roster extension is in danger of making the final month of the season a test of team depth rather than team quality, say David Lengel
MY PLAYLIST: James Smith, Hadouken!
Published September 4, 2008, 2:15 pm, The Japan Times
British band Hadouken! are a curious construction. If you left them out in a storm to be struck by lightning and broken into their constituent parts, in among the blood and guts would flow a river of toxic neon goo, melting cyberpunk sartorials and a sprinkling of electrochip innards. In the sprawling technopolis of Japan, Hadouken!'s mangalike sonic marauderings have captured the imaginations ...
Singapore to hold Japanese pop culture festival
Published September 4, 2008, 2:12 pm, The Japan Times
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) The first Japanese pop culture festival in Southeast Asia will be held in Singapore in November, showcasing some of the hottest Japanese "anime" (animation) blockbusters, "manga" (comics), toys and games, according to festival organizers. Anime Festival Asia 2008 is expected to attract about 100 participating companies and some 80,000 visitors, the organizers said, adding they ...
Have bar code — will travel
Published September 4, 2008, 2:10 pm, The Japan Times
Three major international airports in Japan have installed boarding gates that accept the two-dimensional bar code boarding pass containing passenger's information, as part of their efforts to promote paperless systems at airports. All 150 boarding gates at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture began accepting the 2-D bar code boarding pass starting from Wednesday. Central Japan ...
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