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- Japan's style of corporate governance: shareholders take a back seat
  Posted by SoxFirst
  Investors' gripes in Japan are getting louder. But Japan will never have a system where shareholders are in charge. But we are past the time when one Anglo-American style of corporate governance should fit all. Just ask the people at Toyota which will now overtake General Motors as the world’s biggest and most successful car manufacturer.
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- China, Japan break ice as North Korea casts shadow
  Posted by Billbar from Reuters
  China hailed a visit by new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday as a "turning point" in relations as they agreed to upgrade ties and denounced North Korea's plans for a nuclear test as unacceptable. Beijing had refused summits with Abe's predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi, who stepped down last month, because of his repeated pilgrimages to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine to war dead, seen by critics as glorifying Japan's past militarism. But Chinese leaders struck a conciliatory tone and Abe expressed "deep remorse" for past Japanese actions as he broke with tradition in making his first trip abroad since taking office on September 26 to China, rather than the United States. "Japan and China shared the view that North Korea's nuclear test is unacceptable. And this is a strong message to North Korea," Abe told reporters. A joint statement said the two sides "expressed deep concern" over the threatened nuclear test.
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- Top Japanese fund manager charged
  Posted by Billbar from BBC News
  Prosecutors have indicted Yoshiaki Murakami for insider trading in relation to share deals involving internet business Livedoor, the once high-flying internet business which has become immersed in scandal. Four former Livedoor executives are currently on trial accused of fraud and falsifying corporate accounts, while the firm's founder Takafumi Horie has been charged with breaking securities laws.
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- The return of 'thought crimes' in Japan
  Posted by Billbar from Los Angeles Times
  Japan's government is pushing for the passage of an anti-conspiracy law with potentially far-reaching consequences. Japanese citizens being detained or punished for merely agreeing with one another. Domestic critics of the plan say it evokes comparison with the pre-World War II Peace Preservation Law, which made opposing the war a thought crime.
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- Agreement on US-Japan troop deal
  Posted by Billbar from BBC News
  Some 8,000 US troops will be moved from the Japanese island of Okinawa, with other bases earmarked for closure. Japan's military will take a greater role in maintaining security in the Asia-Pacific region and will receive US anti-ballistic missile technology.
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- Japanese seize control of whaling commission
  Posted by Billbar from The Independent
  While the world has been looking the other way, the Japanese have spent nearly a decade and many millions of dollars building up a voting majority in the IWC, by buying the votes of small member states with substantial foreign aid packages.
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- Fake E-Mail Topples Japan Opposition Party
  Posted by Billbar from Yahoo News!
  Party leader Seiji Maehara and his lieutenants stepped down after the party's credibility was torpedoed by one of its own lawmakers, Hisayasu Nagata. He proffered an e-mail that alleged financial links between the son of the ruling party secretary-general and the Internet firm Livedoor Co., which is under investigation for doctored earnings.
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Jeff comments on:
New Photos Reveal Horror Of Hiroshima (GRAPHIC IMAGES)

Except if they are arguing against the case of Iran’s nuclear capabilities – in that case, the pics are real and it could happen to you!

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6:38 pm 5/04/08
pccannonfodder comments on:
New Photos Reveal Horror Of Hiroshima (GRAPHIC IMAGES)

The neocons know that those photos are fake, because the bodies look burned.
The neocons know that heat rises, and so the nuclear bombs could never have
caused any burns.

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5:57 pm 5/04/08
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Japan to ban resale of used electronics
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