From crisis to crisis

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Submitted by Tobias Harris on June 23, 2009

For a government that has at various times tried to distinguish itself as putting policy before politics, the Asō government now closely resembles an immunocompromised patient desperately trying to fend off opportunistic infections, with the infections being political disorder within the LDP...

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Thanks, you wasted my time.

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Submitted by Jason de Luca on June 22, 2009

No moment in sales is more powerful than meeting a new potential client for the first time, it’s like being superman, you get to create an image that you are the best sales-hero in Metropolis.

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TT-522 -- English schools have a bad year, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on June 22, 2009

As Nova's Sahashi resurfaces for trial, we look at the mess he left.

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A reply to Randy Waterhouse on balancing

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Submitted by Tobias Harris on June 22, 2009

Randy Waterhouse graciously addressed some points I raised in response to his discussion of Japanese balancing behavior, and I would like to respond in turn.

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Koike versus the "soft liners"

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Submitted by Tobias Harris on June 22, 2009

On Tuesday, Yuriko Koike, former defense minister and aspirant to the LDP presidency, announced her resignation as chair of the LDP's special committee on base countermeasures...

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Protesting too much?

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Submitted by Tobias Harris on June 22, 2009

In a short span of time, Prime Minister Tarō Asō, Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura, and LDP Secretary-General Hiroyuki Hosoda rejected the attempt by Asō's opponents to link the LDP's performance in the July 12 Tokyo assembly election to Asō's future as LDP leader.

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Green IT, Reality, Myths and Dreams by Flavio Souza

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Submitted by Flavio Souza on June 17, 2009

Suddenly, Green seems to be the solution for every trouble in the world (from layoffs to global warming). Therefore, technology could not be away from that reality.

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TT-521 -- Medical investment is good business, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on June 16, 2009

There's plenty to be positive about in the medical industry.

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JIN-510 -- When the fantasy is over

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Submitted by Michael Condon on June 16, 2009

Trent Reznor has had enough of Twitter

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Business from the ground up

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Submitted by Michael Condon on June 16, 2009

During the numbing hangover of the post-bubble days of the early 1990s, a real estate man found himself wandering the streets of Tokyo looking for direction. In the mid-1980s, land in Ginza was said to be priceless while real estate in the remainder of Tokyo, wasn’t far off. But when the party was over at the end of the bubble era, the prices of overvalued properties came crashing down.

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