TT-736 -- Raw Food Smoothies Change Wellness Sector, e-biz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on November 25, 2013

People are going "raw" and moving away from heavy fat and preservative-laden diets. A good measure of just how many people are doing this can be found from the sales of juicers and blenders in the market.

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TT-735 -- Vested Interests and Abenomics, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on November 18, 2013

Rakuten CEO Mikitani is voicing what many other Japanese businesspeople think, that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Abenomics could be doomed by his government's inability to deal with vested interest groups.

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TT-734 -- Japan Times Pay Wall, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on November 11, 2013

Unfortunately, this could be the last time in November that we view the Japan Times website, because we were greeted with a notice that the newspaper now has a pay wall with two rather unhappy requirements.

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TT-733 -- Anatomy of Manga Project on Kickstarter. E-biz news in Japan.

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on November 4, 2013

When we researched the Kickstarter site we ran across Jed Henry and his Ukiyo-e Heroes project launched in August 2012, which was 3,013% funded. What was Jed promoting to be so successful?

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