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7, 03. 2009
“Cosplay” enthusiasts number 100,000. Active exchanges and world events
6, 30. 2009
Digital video camera priced at less than 8,000 yen
6, 26. 2009
Twitter is gaining popularity at fast pace, May surpass 2channel, Mobage
6, 23. 2009
“Canned Bread,” recognized by NASA, good news for natural disaster victims
6, 19. 2009
Stock prices not yet safe levels. Fear of “second bottom” rippling from Europe
6, 17. 2009
Plug-in cars introduced by Fuji and Mitsubishi

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1.“Cosplay” enthusiasts number 100,000. Active exchanges and world events

2.Twitter is gaining popularity at fast pace, May surpass 2channel, Mobage

3.Stock prices not yet safe levels. Fear of “second bottom” rippling from Europe

4.“See auctioning of tuna fish and then eat sushi” – popular spots for foreign tourists

5.Desktop PC prices going down, is “nettop” laptop boom coming?

6.U.S. economic newspaper WSJ to start Japanese-language website. Newspaper sales hitting the wall, can they find way to stay in business by charging a price on the net?

7.Tour packages to visit spots to observe total solar eclipse, as expensive as overseas trips at maximum 1.4 million yen

8.Hitachi group swings axe to light electric appliance division. Pulling down signboard of "integrated electric company"

9.Pantsuits worn frequently by Hillary Clinton, getting popular among Japanese women in 20’s who want to look “able woman”

10.Ferraris selling like hotcakes despite the once-in-one-hundred-year depression

11."Legendary quality" of Japanese-made cars overshadowed. Lexus surpassed by GM, Jaguar

12.Power concentrates on Chairman Stringer in Sony’s new “top-down” personnel structure

13.Auto industry deep in economic quagmire for both light and “luxury” cars

14.Honda Insight selling well, sparking hot sales battle with Toyota over hybrid cars

15.U.S. Google's "Book Search" service may cover out-of-print Japanese books

16.Benefit of strong yen being passed on to customers. Nitori, Seiyu sharply cutting prices

17.Panasonic plans massive personnel retrenchment. Viewed favorably by markets

18.Nomura HD facing bad business results. On rough road to recovery

19.Toyota's personnel reshuffle to return management to founding family, pushed by depression

20.Fall into operating red of Sony, Toshiba marks ripple of financial crisis expanding from auto to electronics industry

21.Individuals’ money shifting to “safe and secure” time deposits with banks

22.New car registrations in Japan certain to dip below 5 million units for first time in 31 years

23.Sony to unveil “revolutionary” VAIO in New Year. May enter low-priced handheld terminal business

24.For Sony, being in business is more important than keeping employment. Matter of course as international company

25.Japanese travelers rushing to S. Korea on weakening won. Weekend trips sold out

26.Orders for private jet planes on rise despite devastating economy

27.Tenants sought for office spaces even in Marunouchi business district. Rent for office rooms in central Tokyo are going down

28.“Chrono Trigger” leaked on internet before marketed. Illegal uploading is source of headache for game industry

29.Toyota hit by straightaway straightway fall in revenues. Expansion strategy has grave repercussions

30.If Toyota fails, its home town also stumbles. Dark signs have been seen in “economic prosperity myth” of Nagoya since Sept.

31.Temporary workers in the auto industry are increasingly losing their jobs. Toyota, Nissan, Matsuda and small companies also are dismissing them.

32.3rd generation Toyota Prius is of “conventional type”. Will not use plug-in hybrid system

33.Konami and Microsoft said to be strengthening their ties. “Metal Gear Solid 4” to be made possible to run on “Xbox”?

34.Which runs faster, GT-R or Porsche? Japanese and German carmakers fight an off course battle.

35.Almost 40% of people in 20’s support simple handheld mobile terminals -- Unexpected finding

36.Google may hit the ceiling. Relying too much on advertising, and not on users

37.How Lehman Brothers did in Japan. Aggressive way of doing things was not well accepted.

38.Competition is intensifying over smartphones. KDDI enters into the race targeted at business firms

39.The auto industry sharply cutting advertising expenditure. A major blow to newspapers and other mass media

40.Need 20-30 years more before fuel-cell cars can be put on the road. Interest heightening in electric cars

41.“Abnormal iPhone Popularity” declines. Sales share at volume-sales home appliance stores drops from 13% to 4.4%

42.TSE hit by series of system troubles. It officials are increasingly distrustful of Fujitsu

43.Toyota faces a turning point on its way of growth. Carmakers in U.S., Europe, Japan all suffer earnings decline

44.Why bonus payments to megabank executives are being resumed at snail’s pace?

45.“Work like mud for the first 10 years after joining a company.” Does this go to all IT companies?

46.“Second ketai” for young people, for chatting between lovers

47.Warning light flashing on Chinese auto market. Demand nose-diving before Olympics

48.iPhone’s popularity overheated. Sold out already? SoftBank shops stop taking advance orders

49.Offering use of electric and hybrid cars “free of charge.” Carmakers’ advertising their eco-friendly vehicles at G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit

50.Waribashi to be replaced with eco-friendly chopsticks at 2,500 Skylark restaurants

51.DVD rapidly turning to BD in both soft and hardware. Pushed by anime fans

52.DoCoMo to auction “i-mode” items. Criticized as loss of “convenience”

53.Cell phones too vulnerable to water leakage. Makers asked for water-proof products at increasing complaints

54.Toyota slides into the red for the first time in 9 years. “Avoid wasting” stance revives

55.Fuji Heavy Industries’ withdrawal from mini car production leaves Daihatsu and Suzuki to vie for No. 1 place

56.Growth of Japanese carmakers all depends on Chinese, Russian, Indian markets

57.Toyota plans to sell 1 million cars in China in 2010

58.Fuji Heavy Industries’ flat engine FR cars. Can they answer worldwide expectations?

59.What happened to Docomo? Market share plummeted under its own weight to below 50%

60.Rush of advance orders for Crown Hybrid cars makes dealers worried

61.Corolla Fielder compatible with bio-ethanol to test-run in Osaka

62.Toyota’s super small car “iQ.” Better mileage than Prius at more than 30km/l

63.New method that failed because too futuristic. Toyota revives "WiLL"

64.Objection to full Hi-Vision video cameras

65."Ji-atama Power," said to bring success in business, is now booming

66."Mini-bubble" rises in Tokyo's land prices burst. Down to the 2005 levels

67.World's only-one-of-the-kind Fairlady Z to mark 25th anniversary of G-SHOCK

68.Who controls the top page, Google or Yahoo? Fierce competition over the mobile terminal search engine

69.Caution: files put on DVD, USB memory chips break after a few years of use?

70.Mileage gets lower with tank full. Drivers getting thriftier

71."World's thinnest" laptop, MacBook, newly put out by Apple. Users' merit also "thin"

72.Run on Second Life banks. Cashing stopped due to closure of virtual banks

73.280,000-yen Indian car sends shock waves.Competition spreads over the world for low-priced cars.

74.BD certain to dominate as format of next-generation DVD. But maybe short-lived

75.Major electronic companies divided into three camps for slim TV manufacturing

76.Nissan GT-R is a customer attraction. Some dealers are reluctant to allow test-driving

77.Mac likes Windows. Truth about popularity of new OS Leopard

78.Toyota, Honda competing in development of human-shaped robot for practical use

79.Toyota struggling to push up sales in Japan. Displaying cars at mall

73.280,000-yen Indian car sends shock waves.
Competition spreads over the world for low-priced cars.