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I'm worried that the overweight will be shunned in the workplace and these new rules will make no one want to hire them.
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Death rate high for Mainichi employees
China boom helps Tokyo homeless
Is a China-free diet possible in Japan?
Fuji TV panics over announcer's future
Ministry squabbles overshadow collision
Love hotels target women
Softbank discount for Koreans backfires
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| MLB popularity at all-time high |
| A life in the day of a clown |  |
| Once upon a Times Square | |
| All in a night's work for Eiko Koike | |
| Nicole Kidman having a big year |
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| Karaoke mic for MP3 players LAT-PKARA01, Logitec | |
| Wireless access point for gaming devices CG-WLGAP01, Corega |
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| A world of culinary delights Kozo Hasegawa, Global-Dining, Inc | |
| Redefining the hotel business Lothar R Pehl, Starwood Hotels Japan Co |
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Yoon Son-ha surprises fans with anti-Japan sentiments
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“I was a fan because I liked how she worked hard, but I was shocked when I learned what she thought of Japan,” said one fan. “I even started taking Korean lessons because of her. I feel betrayed.” Another fan said: “Her remarks in South Korea completely differed from what she said on Japanese TV and magazine interviews.”These fans are talking about popular South Korean TV personality Yoon Son-ha. Yoon, 30, first came to Japan in 2000 and debuted on ...
How Kyoko Kano accumulated her weatlth
It has been just over a month since Kyoko Kano, 45, reported to police that her real sister Harue went missing with 400 million yen worth of items, including a 300-million yen diamond. The sisters’ feud is most likely to be settled in court, but the case has got many people wondering how Kyoko earned the “gorgeous life” that she lives.In an interview in the April 5-12 edition of the weekly magazine “Josei Seven,” Kyoko says that she has had ...
What you should know about Pasmo
The Pasmo new rechargeable integrated-circuit fare card debuted Sunday for use on most train, subway and bus lines in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Pasmo can be used interchangeably with the Suica card of East Japan Railway Co, enabling passengers to ride the trains and buses of about 75 different transport companies in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures if they have either a Pasmo or Suica card.The name Pasmo comes from a combination of Passnet, bus card and Suica. Before, ...
Hikaru Utada deep in divorce battle
“I used to change her diapers, and take her to and from kindergarden when she was little. I took care of her a lot,” said Sumiko Takeyama, grandmother of singer Hikaru Utada, 24. “But ever since she left for New York when she was seven, I lost contact with her. I wasn’t even aware of her recent divorce. Maybe if they had a baby, things would have turned out differently. She has witnessed her parents getting divorced. Maybe she couldn’t fight the family ...
Will Nakamura, with his new nice-guy image,survive as a Dragon?
Norihiro Nakamura, 33, was finally able to settle on a baseball team after spending about a month and a half searching for one. Nakamura’s cocky days are long gone as he deeply bowed his head at the press conference upon joining his new team, the Chunichi Dragons. He has transformed himself from a bad boy into a well-mannered boy.He chose not to renew the contract when he disputed a 60% salary cut, down to 80 million yen from his previous 200 million, and said bye-bye to his ...
Princess Masako book battle far from over
The Japanese translation of the book “Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne,” written by Australian journalist Ben Hills, was to hit bookstores in Japan in mid-March, but publisher Kodansha suddenly decided to pull the plug on it.“Readers should be able to judge what’s written in the book on their own,” said Hills in an interview with Shukan Post. “But the Japanese government took away that basic right from the people. That's the ...
What makes Kim Jong-nam tick?
While the six-party talks on North Korea were taking place in Beijing earlier this month, Kim Jong-nam, 35, the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, was seen wandering around in Macau and Beijing in brand-name-clothing. What was he doing there?Kim Jong-nam turned up in Macau and Beijing at the end of January. Reporters who recognized him were surprised at the change in his fashion style from the previous cheap hoodlum look to cutting edge ...
Ayumi Hamasaki vs Kumi Koda
This coming April will mark the 10th anniversary since the debut of 28-year-old J-Pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki. “A Best 2,” her second “best of” album in six years, will be released on Feb 28 and numbers for the CD have been getting a lot of attention lately.“Her previous ‘A Best’ album sold 4.5 million copies,” said a spokesperson for Avex, the label she is under. “Unless her new ‘best of’ album sells equally ...
Political parties search for celebrity candidates
“This is what I mean by second chance,” said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when TV personality Sonomanma Higashi was elected governor of Miyazaki last month. And right about now, both the LDP and opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) are busy searching for more potential TV personality candidates to run in the upcoming elections this year.The DPJ was the first to make a move. The day after Higashi was elected, they contacted Tetsuya Tsukushi, the news anchorman for ...
Mother beats up daughter's classmate
These days there are many news reports of teenagers assaulting adults, but it was the opposite one night last September. The mother of a female high school student, who showed herself to be quite adept at wrestling, was the main event for that night and her daughter's classmate was the unfortunate victim.The violent incident that took place at a park in the residential neighborhood of Itabashi Ward in Tokyo happened last September but only surfaced just recently. Local residents ...
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