j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Dec 6, 2009, 1:21 am
"A record high 42.8 percent of Japanese people do not feel the need to have children after marriage, with more than 60 percent of women in their 20s and 30s saying so, a government survey showed... ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Dec 5, 2009, 12:35 pm
"According to the survey, husbands in Hokkaido spend the most time doing housekeeping, at 54.0 minutes daily, ahead of those in Osaka at 49.7 minutes and Tokyo at 48.4... (This is a content summa...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Dec 3, 2009, 2:21 am
"Are there ways to make cash cleaner? One approach: ATMs that sterilize your money. Some years back, just such a machine was marketed in Japan, where cleanliness can be something of a cultural... ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Dec 3, 2009, 1:29 am
Book Review – A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Sentence Patterns Reviewed by Peter Hanami, CEO, JapaneseCustomer.com Author: Naoko Chino Publisher: Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan. Published...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 28, 2009, 12:22 pm
"The agency (National Police Agency) said that 1.8 million crimes took place last year - down 4.7 percent from a year earlier " Source: Murder rate rises in Japan but total crimes fall Jan 15t...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 23, 2009, 8:52 pm
"Japan does manage to produce 1m(million) babies a year" Source:Cash in kids clothes?, Ebiz news from Japan T E R R I E 'S T A K E A weekly roundup of news & information from Terrie... ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 22, 2009, 8:28 pm
"Japan produces only 21 tons of such uncured ham each year." Source:Unused school to become ham factory The Yomiuri Shimbun Nov. 23,... (This is a content summary only.Visit our site for t...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 22, 2009, 5:28 am
"Croatia was visited by 121,600 Japanese tourists in the first nine months of this year - up eight per cent on the same period last year." Source:Japanese tourist chiefs make visit 20. 11......
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 21, 2009, 10:15 am
Bon dances - "A large circle of people dance around a yagura in the center" Source: Japanese Family and Culture JTB, 4th Edition, 2000, ISBN: 4533020208, Page 91 Learn more a...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 21, 2009, 12:37 am
"By 2050, three of the world’s largest economies will be Asian: China, India, and Japan." Source:The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East Product... ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 16, 2009, 2:02 am
"Japan, .... it consumes up to 80 percent of the bluefin tuna landed worldwide." Source:Japan: no ban needed on bluefin tuna trade 2009/11/16... (This is a content summary only.Visit our si...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 14, 2009, 10:49 am
kingyo - sukui - "In a shallow tank are goldfish. Your job is to fish them out into a bag of water" Source: Japanese Family and Culture JTB, 4th Edition, 2000, ISBN: 4533020208, Page....
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 9, 2009, 8:01 am
"The Hokuriku region, which faces the Sea of Japan, led in eight categories, including housing affordability, crime, ease of making friends with neighbors, and freshness of air and water." Survey b...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 8, 2009, 1:01 am
"The 17 per cent surge in the yen against the dollar in the past year, which has made Japanese goods more expensive abroad and hurt foreign earnings and stock prices" Source: Erasing the...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 7, 2009, 12:11 pm
"In Japan, every person has a family register that is kept in local town halls and that, with some extrapolation, reveals ancestral birthplaces." Source:Japan's outsiders waiting to break i...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 6, 2009, 12:01 am
Japanese Customer - Newsletter - November 6th 2009 Japanese consumers associate the colour blue with the sea and the sky “We associate the color with the sky and the sea,” said Mizuki Takah...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 3, 2009, 7:59 am
Book Review – A Diplomat in Japan Author: Sir Ernest Satow Publisher: ICG MUSE, Tokyo, JAPAN. First published 1921 ISBN: 4-925080-28-8 Pages: 424. Rating: 5/5　 An armcha...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Nov 1, 2009, 5:15 am
"Japanese consumers who now account for just 55% of Japan's GDP, compared to 70% in the US" Source: Japan: the world's next mega-consumer? Oct 29, 2009, 11:59 by Jody... (This is ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 31, 2009, 11:16 am
Hina Dolls - "Hina are dolls representing the Emperor, Empress and members of the ancient Japanese court" Source: Japanese Family and Culture JTB, 4th Edition, 2000, ISBN: 4533020208, P...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 29, 2009, 10:45 am
"They now sit on $14 trillion. So when you add that to the $670 billion or so of US debt that the Japanese bought last year, it surpasses the $802 billion the Chinese bought." Source:Lawrence... ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 24, 2009, 12:16 pm
"According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, 36,138 applications for April admission have been submitted to licensed nursery schools in Tokyo's 23 wards, a 13 percent increase over las...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 19, 2009, 12:18 am
Source:Tokyo's top dog skateboards Jun 8, 2009 Bazooka, the Japanese skateboarding bulldog, is hounded by his passion. Puja Bharwani... (This is a content summary only.Visit our site for t...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 18, 2009, 7:12 am
Finding a soul mate is a full time job and as this video shows, Japanese customers are very creative, pro-active and open minded in trying to find that perfect person. Single people try cooking... ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 17, 2009, 11:30 am
Chugen - "Twice a year one is expected to send gifts to social superiors and to people from whom one has obtained favours...these summer gifts are called chugen" Source: Japanese Family and.....
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 17, 2009, 3:10 am
"The (Tokyo) prefecture is the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, the world's most populous metropolitan area with 35 million people and the world's largest metropolitan economy with a GDP of U...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 15, 2009, 12:00 am
Picture: Japanese Customer.com - Fresh food ingredients at Kyoto's Nishiki market "Michelin gave the top rating to six Kyoto restaurants, all specializing in Japanese cuisine. In total, 85... ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 13, 2009, 6:35 am
"An airline must pay a total of 862,955 yen in landing, parking, security and navigation-assistance facility use fees to an airport whenever a Boeing 777-300 jet, with 70 percent of its 525 seats... ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 13, 2009, 1:59 am
According to CNBC.com Japan has gold reserves to the value of US$28.07 billion (at current market rate) or 841.7 tons, which makes up about 2.3 percent of total foreign reserves. Source:The...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 10, 2009, 12:04 pm
"Spending too much time absorbed in one-way communication through a machine hampers the development of fine-tuned sensitivity and the ability to empathize with other people's anguish or... (T...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 9, 2009, 8:57 am
"There were roughly 5.28 million condo buildings in Japan as of the end of 2007, according to the Land Ministry." Source:Developers See Gold In Old Urban Condos Thursday, October 8,... (T...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 9, 2009, 8:51 am
CEATEC JAPAN is a yearly cutting-edge IT & Electronics Comprehensive Exhibition that previews what Japanese consumers will soon be using at home. CEATAC Innovation Award Winners - as judged... ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 8, 2009, 1:34 am
"Japan in particular has suffered, and exports in August were down 36 percent from their level a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said Friday" Source: Erasing the memories of Lehman Friday....
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 8, 2009, 1:27 am
Anti- Spam Laws A bulletin about the new laws Source: Moerson & Foerster http://www.mofo.com/news/updates/bulletins/14219.html Specified Commercial Transactions Law. The Act ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 7, 2009, 11:42 pm
"The market for health foods is said to exceed 1 trillion yen" Source: Police target unscrupulous health food sellers, Monday September 28th, 2009, Asahi Shimbun, page 24 by Seiichi... (Th...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 3, 2009, 6:14 pm
Tachigui - "standing noodle shop" Source: Book: Living Japanese Style JTB, 18th edition,2000, ISBN: 4533013503 page 53 Buy the book Learn more about study in Japan at St...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 3, 2009, 11:46 am
"Japan's apparel market is the second largest in the world,and young women's clothing represents about 60% of that ..... Overall annual sales are around US$28bn, and most (93%) of what is sold...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Oct 3, 2009, 6:49 am
Book Review – Illustrated - Who’s who of Japan Publisher: JTB, 1999, 8th Edition.Translated by Dick Belcher ISBN: 4-533-00798-8 Pages: 191.　 A pocket guide to 100 historic...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Sep 27, 2009, 2:54 am
"the number of visitors from Japan has fallen by about 40 per cent, from 751,000 in 1998 to 457,000 last year." Source:Chinese and Indian tourist numbers to soar in Australia, By Angela... ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Sep 26, 2009, 11:13 pm
"16 million Japanese people work for companies with less than 30 employees, the largest segment of the labor market" Source:Starting Up Start-Ups In Japan Chana R. Schoenberger, 06.23.09, 1...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Sep 26, 2009, 11:47 am
"Global sales of the Nintendo DS hand-held topped 100 million in four years and three months — a milestone reached at the quickest pace for any video game console" Source:DS sales top 100 mil...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Sep 19, 2009, 11:36 am
"Food export sales have increased sharply in recent years. In 2007, such sales amounted to ¥434 billion, up 50 percent from 2003." Source:High food hygiene costs choking export growth, By MAR...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Sep 15, 2009, 8:02 pm
"Japanese consumers are very brand-conscious, quality-conscious and price sensitive," he said, adding that presentation, packaging and wrapping are also very important to customers. Source:Fo...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Sep 13, 2009, 10:05 am
Book Review – Complete Japanese Verb Guide - reviewed by Peter Hanami Publisher: Hiroo Japanese Centre, Tokyo.Japan. Published by: Charles Tuttle, 1999 (13 edition) ISBN: 0-8048-1...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Sep 12, 2009, 6:18 pm
Year end osoji - "just before the New Year the entire nation goes through a cleaning ritual, getting rid of the years dirt and grime" Source: Japanese Family and Culture JTB, 4th Edition,......
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Sep 5, 2009, 11:02 am
"Digital video cameras, currently a cash cow for Sony's electronics sector, claim 50% of worldwide sales, with the products' operating margin running above 20%" Source: Will Sony...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Aug 29, 2009, 11:29 am
Okaeshi - "giving something in return. The value of okaeshi is generally about half of what was received" Source: Japanese Family and Culture JTB, 4th Edition, 2000, ISBN: 4533020208, ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Aug 22, 2009, 11:23 am
"the Japanese, who were voted by hoteliers as the world's best tourists in a global travel survey released this month. ..he survey, by online travel company Expedia.com, asked more than 4,000... ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Aug 20, 2009, 7:12 am
"There has to be a much more focused approach specific to the interests of Japanese tourists. They're very much looking to get their hands dirty," found the research. Source:Japanese desertin...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Aug 20, 2009, 4:12 am
"Japanese consumers have several unique qualities that differ from others" Source:"Home Sweet Home" - A Controversial Thought? - A Case Study of IKEA in Japan, University essay from Lunds... ...
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j c. posted an article on Japanese Customer.com - Aug 19, 2009, 5:53 am
"January to June, the number of Japanese traveling abroad was down by 37.1 percent compared with the same period last year, with the number of Japanese tourists to Taiwan dropping 4 percent in that......
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