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Imports of young eels plummet as wholesale prices double

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Imports of young Japanese eels plunged by almost half from January to February while their price more than doubled to over ¥2.1 million per kilogram, according to Finance Ministry data. This indicates that not only Japan, but other Asian countries are suffering from poor catches compared with a year ago. (Japan Times)

Lawson looks to open outlets in Myanmar

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Convenience store chain Lawson Inc. plans to open outlets in Myanmar, company sources said Thursday. Lawson officials in charge of overseas operations will visit the country next week to hold talks with several key local retailers to choose a business partner, the sources said. Lawson hopes to open the first store, which would be the first Japanese convenience store in the country, by the end of this year, according to the sources. (Yomiuri)

Swimming: Terakawa books ticket to London

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Aya Terakawa booked a trip to the London Olympics by winning the women's 100-meter backstroke in a Japan record of 59.10 seconds at the national championships on Thursday. Terakawa, who won a silver at last year's world championships in the 50 which is a non-Olympic event, chipped 0.03 off her own mark to return to the Summer Games after missing out on Beijing four years ago. (Japan Times)

'World's first' chocolate kimono planned for Japan

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A US chocolatier will unveil what is being billed as the world's first chocolate kimono at its new outlet in Japan later this month -- but the unusual garment is not for sweet-toothed customers. About a third of the dye for the silk kimono, a traditional flowing outfit that is now mostly worn on special occasions, is from chocolate made by New York's MarieBelle for its cafe in the country's ancient capital Kyoto. (AFP)

Can Japan, South Korea connect?

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On April 1, two Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (MSDF) escort destroyers,Kurama and Yamagiri, anchored at a South Korean navybase in Pyeongtaek as part of a training voyage. The move sent a strongsignal to North Korea that Japan and South Korea are stepping up their security cooperation. However, the fact that the naval exchange barely got a mention in the South Korean mediareflects just how carefully Seoul and Tokyo treat the question of "security cooperation." (The Diplomat)

Strong yen forcing auto firms out of Japan: Ghosn

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Even after some softening against the US dollar, the strong yen remains a "real headwind" for the growth of Japan-based automakers, Renault-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn said on Wednesday. With the "yen [at] 82 from 76 ... I don't call it a retreat; it is still a huge headwind for all the Japanese exporters," Renault-Nissan Alliance chief executive Ghosn told a press briefing at this year's New York International Auto Show. (Taipei Times)

U.S Coast Guard sinks Japanese fishing trawler near Alaska

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The U.S. Coast Guard sank a Japanese fishing trawler off the coast of Alaska on Thursday, more than a year after it was swept away by a tsunami off the east coast of Japan, authorities said. The trawler capsized hours after the Coast Guard set fire to it, causing it to begin taking on water, said Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley, a Coast Guard spokesman. The sinking of the Ryou-Un Maru brought about the end of a journey for the rust-stained ship that drifted across the Pacific Ocean as part of a giant debris field generated by a tsunami that struck Japan following a 9.0 earthquake on March 11, 2011. (CNN)

Radiation worries spur 'quackery' cures

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In the year-plus since the world's worst nuclear accident in a quarter century, Japan has seen a run of dubious products aimed at detecting or alleviating radiation's effects. In January, Japan's nursery-school association issued a fraud alert on a company, Japan QRS Health Management Association, that claims it could measure a person's internal radiation accumulation with a machine reading an electromagnetic aura from snips of the person's hair. (Wall Street Journal)

Police crackdown targets 'legal' drugs

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The National Police Agency said Thursday it will cooperate with the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry to strengthen surveillance of the sale and use of "legal" hallucinogenic drugs. "Legal" products containing hallucinogens, such as herbs or incense, sometimes contain the same ingredients as those found in illegal drugs such as marijuana and other stimulants because of their chemical structures. (Yomiuri)

Prius tops sales list for 3rd year

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Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius hybrid vehicle was the best-selling car in the nation for the third straight year in fiscal 2011, industry data showed Thursday. In the year that ended Saturday, Prius sales totaled 310,484 units. Honda Motor Co.'s Fit subcompact car ranked second with 234,432 units sold. (Yomiuri)

Fiscal 2012 budget enacted at record-high 96 trillion yen

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The fiscal 2012 budget was enacted Thursday, in line with a constitutional provision that gives priority to the House of Representatives, which is controlled by the ruling coalition. With general-account spending totaling 90.33 trillion yen, the budget for the year represents a fall of 2.2 percent from last year's initial budget, the first decline in six years. (Yomiuri)

Online profiles to be allowed from next election

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The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry said Thursday it has decided to display candidate profiles on the websites of prefectural election administration commissions from the next state-level election. The profiles, which will compile candidates' career histories and policy pledges, will thereby be available to the entire nation simultaneously. (Yomiuri)

Tokyo cops seize 6,600 uncensored porn DVDs in Kabukicho raid

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Tokyo Metropolitan Police announced on Friday the arrest in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward of one suspect for the possession of large quantities of uncensored adult video DVDs, reports the Asahi Shimbun (Apr. 6). According to the TMD's Shinjuku Station, officers took manager Takeshi Komatsubara, 54, into custody for selling uncensored discs copied electromagnetically at the store Dragon@V in the Kabukicho entertainment district. Investigators on Wednesday raided Komatsubara's establishment and seized 6,600 discs. (Tokyo Reporter)

Japan throws off year of crisis as cherries bloom

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Spring has begun in Japan with the blooming of the country's beloved cherry trees, with revelers eager to use the occasion as a way to break from a year marked by crisis and disaster. This year, thousands are kicking back under the blossoming trees and raising a glass to the future - the often raucous get-togethers involve plentiful beer and sake.

"During last year's cherry blossom season we were in a mood of self restraint after the earthquake," said Yui Nakayama, 24, who with her party of 15 colleagues was waiting for another 50 people to join them on Thursday night. (Reuters)

Baseball: Japan's reputation at stake in 'Yu-phoria'

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When Yu Darvish, Japan's latest high-priced baseball export, makes his debut in the regular US major league season, it is not just the reputation of his blazing right hand that will be at stake. Darvish has taken it upon himself to rescue the pride and bragging rights of reigning world champions Japan, after a run of failures by his countrymen in Major League Baseball. (AFP)

Emperor recuperating in Hayama

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Emperor Akihito is currently recuperating at the imperial villa in Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, the Imperial Household Agency said Thursday. The 78-year-old emperor, who underwent a four-hour heart bypass operation in February, and Empress Michiko arrived on Thursday after attending a concert in Tokyo. (Japan Today)

Rejected BOJ nominee says Japan's policies aren't realistic

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BNP Paribas SA (BNP) economist Ryutaro Kono, rejected by lawmakers as a nominee for the Bank of Japan (8301)'s board, said politicians are proposing monetary policies that are "divorced from reality." Politicians are spreading "sweet words" that such policies will reduce the public's burden, he said in an e-mailed note today. Kono is surprised that even conservatives are promoting such views, he said. (Bloomberg)

JETRO leaves Japan's largest business organization to cut costs

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The semigovernmental Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) has quit the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), Japan's largest business organization, in order to reduce its costs. JETRO has deemed that it can no long pay membership fees to the Nippon Keidanren as it is required to drastically reduce its expenses as the government reforms independent administrative agencies. (Mainichi)

Japanese shares close down 0.81 per cent

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Japanese shares fell 0.81 per cent on Friday after a sluggish session on Wall Street and continuing fears over Europe's fiscal woes, with investors eyeing US jobs data later in the day. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 79.16 points to 9,688.45, while the Topix of all first-section shares shed 0.82 per cent, or 6.86 points, to 825.71. (ninemsn.com.au)

Tibet picked for Asia observatory

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Astronomers from Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan have picked a highland area in the Tibetan Autonomous Region as the most likely candidate for their joint astronomical observation site, academic sources said Friday. The East Asia Core Observatories Association, formed by the four nations' major astronomical observatories, reached an agreement at a recent meeting in Beijing to research the possibility of locating Asia's first premier international astronomical observation site in Tibet's Ali district, some 5,100 meters above sea level, the sources said. (Japan Times)
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