GW-140

Submitted by Japan Inc on April 16, 2004

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Issue No. 140

Friday, April 16, 2004
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Name: Pioneer SE-CS25
Category: AV
Price: 2,300 yen
Release date in Japan: May 10, 2004

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April 2004 Issue

On the cover: Japanese animators (and their characters) are raring to fight.
©1999 Akiyoshi Hongo, Toei Animation

"Now America and Japan are like Siamese twins, joined together at the purse: If one gets sick, the other hemorrhages" True Lies

April 2004
No. 54


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April 2004 Issue

Features

  Anime Attacks
As Disney dithers, Toei takes on the world.		  
 
  Color Blinded
Racial profiling is par for the course in contemporary Japan -- and right now, there's not much you can do about it.		  
 
  True Lies
Was Japan's postwar economy funded by plundered billions? Japan, the US and the M-fund.		  
 

Reports

  Advertisement: The Brand is Dead, Long Live the Brand
With so much of what we buy now made in the same developing countries by workers on the same wages, do brands really matter anymore?		  
 

Shorts

  Editor
Change is usually difficult ... or disastrous. But we're stoked about this one.		  
 
  Contributors
Inside		  
 
  Buzz: The latest talk.
Shinsei Soars, Microsoft Under the Scope ...		  
 
  G-Spot: The latest tech.
OGG Vorbis, The Shinkansen Mouse ...		  
 
  Upfront: Who Killed Koki Ishii?
The murder of a top corruption-buster is business as usual.		  
 
  Upfront: Letting Creative Lead -- Advertising After the Bubble
Alejandro Lopez spices up Beacon's bacon.		  
 
  Voice: Honda President Takeo Fukui
A JI exclusive.		  
 
  In Depth: Will the Slum Remain the Same?
San'ya heads for the auction block.		  
 
  Investor insight: Signs of a Real Recovery?
Our money master provides an overview of likely booms.		  
 
  Kansai: Refusing to Wake
Our columnist is the token "internationalist" in Kansai. Uh-oh.		  
 
  Look: Spring's School Daze
A Japan you only thought you knew.		  
 

Blowfish

  I Want my Thin TV!
This month's consumer surverys.		  
 

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WW-125 -- KDDI vs. DOCOMO -- The Battle Heats Up

Submitted by Japan Inc on April 14, 2004

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Wednesday, April 14, 2004
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JIN-270 -- Hostage Who? Right Wing Silence Amid Crisis

Submitted by Japan Inc on April 14, 2004

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Wednesday, April 14, 2004
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@@ VIEWPOINT: Hostage Who? Right Wing Silence Amid Crisis

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MW-72 -- The Hair of the Dog that Bit You

Submitted by Japan Inc on April 13, 2004

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Tuesday, April 13, 2004
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JIN-269 -- Currency Reserves Balloon + Intel Gets Raided

Submitted by Japan Inc on April 9, 2004

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GW-139

Submitted by Japan Inc on April 8, 2004

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Issue No. 139

Thursday, April 8, 2004
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Name: Seagrand X-Bar
Category: Portable audio
Price: 16,800 (128MB model), 22,800 (256MB)
Release date in Japan: April 9, 2004

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MW-71 -- The Fed Fixates on Jobs while the BOJ Focuses on Prices

Submitted by Japan Inc on April 6, 2004

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Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Tokyo

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@@ VIEWPOINT: The Fed Fixates on Jobs while the BOJ Focuses on Prices

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FW-04

Submitted by Japan Inc on April 4, 2004

* * * * * * * * * F R U G A L W A T C H * * * * * * * *
A weekly roundup of how to be frugal in the world's most
expensive country to live (unless you read this!), written
and compiled by Wendy J. Imura.

Regular edition, Sunday 4 April, 2004 Issue No. 004

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