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Compact luxury car "Renault Lutecia Initial Paris" to be introduced in Japan
Kyoto Geisha to Entertain Even First-Timer
Tadashi Okamura, Chairman of Toshiba CorporationThe Man Who Broke Away From The Past
Management & the Zaikai Community Overview
Mazda to take part in Norway's national project. 30 hydrogen cars to be delivered
Caution: files put on DVD, USB memory chips break after a few years of use?
Ferraris selling like hotcakes despite the once-in-one-hundred-year depression
Pantsuits worn frequently by Hillary Clinton, getting popular among Japanese women in 20’s who want to look “able woman”
World's only-one-of-the-kind Fairlady Z to mark 25th anniversary of G-SHOCK
Central Tokyo Land Prices Rebound, Prompting Bubble Fears

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1.Adorable "Moe" Girls in Book Attract Military Fans

2.Manabu Oshio Rearrested, Suspicion of Giving Woman Illegal MDMA

3.Toyota to Leave F1, High-Cost Business Structure Behind

4.False Statement of Noriko Sakai’s Husband by Attorney’s Advice?

5.Japan Boost to Study for Chinese as Too-Blessed Financial Support

6.“No Return to Showbiz,” Voiced to Noriko Sakai

7.As Club DJ at Rave Party, Noriko Sakai Showed Eccentric Behavior

8.Episode about M. Jackson: Adored Morita by calling him “sensei.”

9.Assist function for Super Mario. “The game is boring”

10.The rich also prefer Prius to Lexus. Praise “technology advance”

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

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

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

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

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

16.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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

42.3rd generation Toyota Prius is of “conventional type”. Will not use plug-in hybrid system

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

74.Objection to full Hi-Vision video cameras

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

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

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

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

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

83.280,000-yen Indian car sends shock waves.
Competition spreads over the world for low-priced cars.