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New “rolling” Umbrella With Wheels Lets You Take it For a Stroll On Rainy Days

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ROCKET NEWS
 
It’s the perfect way to stand out while staying dry during the rainy season.
It’s been quiet on the Bibi Lab front lately, with the company known for its unusual sailor uniform-style oufits and life-sized human-shaped body cushions hunkering down in the ideas lab ahead of their late...

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AKB Theater celebrates 4,000 performances, 1 million visitors

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The AKB48 Theater in Tokyo’s Akihabara district this week celebrated 4,000 performances by the megapopular all-girl idol group. The theater also welcomed its 1 millionth visitor since it opened on Dec 8, 2005, NTV reported Thursday.
 
The theater, which has 250 seats, has held perfo...

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Japan’s jobless rate rises

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BUSINESS REPORT
 
Japan's unemployment rate climbed to 3.6 percent in January for the first rise in four months, the government said on Friday.
 
Service and entertainment industries saw a decrease of 60 000 jobs from a year earlier to 2.27 million, and transport and mailing industries eliminated...

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Giant robotic teddy bear: Japan's nurse of the future

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CNET
 
The population of Japan is ageing, and fewer children being born. This creates a variety of problems -- not the least of which is a shortage of caregivers for the elderly, as the elderly population grows while the younger population shrinks. To help compensate, the country has been explori...

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Forget Greece, Japan is the world's real economic time bomb

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FORTUNE
 
How Japan handles its government debt will have a bigger impact on the U.S. economy.
 
The eyes of the financial world are on the high drama playing out in Greece right now, and for good reason. Greece’s attempts to renegotiate its debt will redefine how the member nations of the world’...

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Prince William arrives in Japan for four-day visit

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BBC
 
The Duke of Cambridge has taken part in a traditional tea ceremony in Tokyo at the start of a four-day visit to Japan.
 
He spent about 40 minutes taking part in the ritual at Hama Rikyu Gardens.
 
Prince William is on a week-long trip to China and Japan where he will undertake engagements ...

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Filipino, Indonesian trainee nurses to get more time to pass Japan exams

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The government decided Tuesday to allow nursing and care trainees from Indonesia and the Philippines to stay an additional year for further training and to give failed candidates another chance to sit their qualification exams to work in Japan under bilateral free trade agreements.
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Clocking off: Japan calls time on long-hours work culture

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THE GUARDIAN
 
The regulation eight hours in the office is over. The most important work of the day is done; whatever is left can wait until the morning. This is the point many workers would think about heading for the door.
 
Yet for millions of Japanese employees, the thought of clearing away t...

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Japan Agriculture Minister Nishikawa Resigns

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WALL STREET JOURNAL
 
Japanese Agriculture Minister Koya Nishikawa abruptly resigned over a fundraising scandal Monday, depriving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of his point person on widely anticipated agriculture changes only months after he was chosen for the job.
 
Mr. Nishikawa’s resignation come...

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Magnitude 4.5 quake shakes eastern Japan, no tsunami warning

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REUTERS
 
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 shook eastern Japan on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
 
The epicenter of the earthquake was in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, the agency said, adding that a tsunami warning had not been issued.
 
There were no were immed...

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