October 2011
19 posts
Recent survey says Japan population sluggish and... →
The total population of Japan stood at 128,057,352 as of October 1, 2010, results of the recent survey showed on Wednesday. The number was up by 0.2% from the previous census done five years…
Nintendo suffers the biggest net loss in three... →
Nintendo, the world’s largest maker of video games and the creator of the Wii console has projected its net loss for the year ending March 2012 to reach ¥20bn, a sales report by the company…
Recent study finds active faults under a nuclear... →
Active faults exist under the Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s Higashidori nuclear power complex in Aomori Prefecture, a new study released on Monday said. Finding the presence of active faults,…
Japanese lawmakers’ e-mails, eyed by hackers →
Hackers may have been spying on the e-mails of lawmakers in Japan’s lower house of parliament for a month, according to reports by the Japanese press. The computer network of the lawmakers was…
A more depressed Japan needs mental health reform →
Japan experiencing an increased rate of mental health problems after the natural disasters which triggered a nuclear crisis this year, but the country could take advantage of the situation in…
Japan’s forests to be used as storage sites... →
State-owned forests will be used as temporary storage for contaminated soil and rice straw containing radioactive materials from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The Forest…
Japan considers new nuclear evacuation measures →
A committee of the Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) is considering extending the area around nuclear plants where the authorities should be prepared to offer shelter in case of emergency….
New food services for the elderly →
The aging population of Japan has come to the attention of major food operators who are thinking about better ways to reach this specific demographic. How are elderly clients different in the…
Japanese team wins solar car race →
Japanese crew from Tokai University won the 3000km World Solar Challenge car race from Darwin to Adelaide, Australia. The win secured Japan a back-to-back victory, the previous one was in…
TEPCO will need 1 trillion yen from the govt for... →
Tokyo Electric Power Co. intends to ask the government a sum of 1 trillion yen to help in the immediate compensation of victims of the nuclear disaster in the Fukushima Daiichi power plant….
March 11 quake caused Japan to sink by 2.4 cm →
The Great East Japan Earthquake which triggered an enormous tsunami caused Japan to sink by 2.4 centimeters, scientists confirmed on October 18. According to Japan’s Geo-spatial Information…
Biased boards, a key weakness in Japan Inc. →
The recent scandal at Olympus revealed that twelve of the companies’ fifteen board members are inside executives. It is a common structure in corporate Japan, but a sensitive weakness in a…
PlayStation Vita hits stores Feb. 22 in US, Europe →
TOKYO (AP) — Sony says its PlayStation Vita portable game machine is going on sale in North America and Europe on Feb. 22, about two months after it makes its debut in Japan. The…
Michelin awards more Japanese restaurants the most... →
West Japan may now be the world’s center for gourmet dining as the most coveted Michelin Guide three-star ratings were recently awarded to fifteen restaurants in the country’s Kansai area…
Radioactive ash piles up in Japanese cities →
Radioactive ash from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is growing in volume and posing even greater trouble for a number of cities and municipalities in the northern part of…
Japanese recycle used bras into industrial fuel →
A number of big underwear retail sellers are collecting used bras and recycle them into a solid fuel for industrial use. Triumph International provided its customers with plastic bags at some…
Noda worried by China and N. Korea military... →
China’s military expansion and North Korea’s repeated military exercises pose an increasing risk for Japan’s security, according to a statement by prime minister Yoshihiko Noda. In a speech…
IAEA team praises Japan after Fukushima visit →
TOKYO (AP) — A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency praised Japan on Friday for steps it has taken to reduce radiation exposure for the public, particularly children,…
Big businesses expect Japan to stagnate →
About 75 percent of the Japanese companies think the economy will stagnate during the next months, while 12 percent expect it to fall back to recession, according to a Reuters survey among 250…
