TT-786 (Tourism Edition) -- Hurdles of Halal

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on December 22, 2014

The Japanese government and tourist industry has been wrestling recently with how to look after its growing number of Muslim travelers -- especially for food, cosmetics, and toiletries.

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TT-785 -- Anime-Manga Boom in SE Asia, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on December 15, 2014

The exhibition hall in Singapore where AFA was held was packed to the gills. For a city/state of just 5.4MM it's amazing how they can produce such large crowds of excited fans.

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TT-784 (Tourism Edition) -- Cash and Regional Tourism

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on December 8, 2014

In April, for the first time since records were kept in 1996, inbound tourists outspent Japanese ones. That's no small feat, given that there are about 25% more Japanese going abroad versus foreigners coming in.

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TT-783 -- Bane of Our Business Lives -- Documents and Bureaucracy, e-Biz News From Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on December 1, 2014

The average Japanese company stores (and pays for) about five times the number of documents that the average U.S. or South Korean company does. However, that is set to change in favor of digitally stored company records.

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