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But most of the compensation suits have been rejected by the Japanese courts.

We're hoping we can convince the Japanese consumer that our product is safe. We know it's safe, but we have to convince them it's safe.

We selected Calypso because we felt that it was a strategic technology solution that would allow us to decrease the time taken to develop new products and release them to clients. We have worked in partnership with Calypso, along with Mitsui Knowledge Industry, to develop a solution that meets our needs in the Japanese market and can be implemented to fully meet the requirements of customers' platforms.

We see very strong interest to buy Japanese equities on increased confidence that this recovery is very different that one we saw in the 90s. It's being driven by domestic demand.

The government bowed to U.S. pressure and put President Bush's wishes ahead of the safety of Japanese consumers. I consider that a huge error of judgment.

While the Japanese government was not particularly optimistic about the results of these meetings, the fact that no forward-looking attitude was shown by the North Korean side is regrettable.

We all know how dependent Japanese manufacturers are on the U.S. market. The jobs data is a blow to already-weak sentiment,

The reason Martin studied Japanese is because orchestra members teased him that he was illiterate in seven languages. He knew a little bit of French; he knew a little bit of Russian; he knew a little bit of Italian, but none well at all. They teased him, so he studied Japanese, because it was the hardest language.

There is no such thing as Chiyoda shock because we've somewhat expected a rise in company failures as a result of Japanese banks' bad-loan write-offs.

To a degree, the Japanese market has been marching to its own drummer for a number of years due to its economic difficulties.

We have 280,000 employees at the group, and less than 70,000 of those at the Japanese parent.

Together with farsighted Japanese political figures and personages from various walks of life, we normalized relations between our two countries,

We went for a late night walk around the grounds and lake; it was so tranquil and silent, ... The inn itself is a privilege to stay in. Each room is uniquely decorated and named after a person of great inspiration to George. There is a great stone fireplace were you can sit up late and drink and talk. But my favorite part of the whole Ranch has to be the atmosphere. Everyone you meet is happy to be there, and the views are amazing. The Ranch is possibly one of the most serene, beautiful places I've ever been to. Thousands of acres of rolling grass hills, forest, lakes and wildlife. Then you have these amazing state-of-the-art buildings. Big Rock Ranch is also a stunning building like an enormous Japanese ski lodge. What a place to work; the toy-licensing department is where I can see my self one day!

What's going to change after the BOJ ends the quantitative policy? Unless Japan's bank deposits start to pay interest rates of like 1.5 percent, Japanese investors will keep buying foreign currencies.

The public isn't told; all they know is Hiroshima. They don't know anything about the Japanese brutality; they don't know that 40 percent of Filipino people were murdered during 2-1/2 years of occupation. It amounted to over three million. They don't know they murdered 17 million South Asians.

When I read Katana's run in 'Birds of Prey,' I was curious about her restraint. She didn't laugh, didn't loosen up, didn't seem to have a light side. I thought, well, that demure nature is what we believe of women of Old Japan, so she seemed not like a modern Japanese but from an earlier time.

With exports to China, demand -- which had slowed late last year -- is now seeing a solid rebound, and with firm demand in the US continuing, Japanese exports are most likely to maintain brisk gains in the near term.

We see improvement in the Japanese economy, led by domestic demand, and it is likely to continue. But deflation still moderately remains. We haven't fully overcome deflation.

Vodafone has been struggling with its Japanese unit for some time and attempts to turn it around have so far met with limited, if any, success. This has frustrated Vodafone's management and investors alike.

We do see a lot of earnings acceleration in Japan in a couple of sectors in particular. We've got good exposure to Japanese retailers, good exposure to Japanese real estate companies.

To be honest, whatever the viewer figures are I'd suggest they are inflated because of the habit among Japanese housewives of just turning the TV on in the morning and leaving it on all day.

We think long-term the Japanese market is going to be just fine.

We have enormous respect for the Japanese consumer. Usually she is very quality-oriented and has enormous expectations for service and attention.

Bonds will probably rise. Concern that the U.S. and Japanese economies will slow is spreading among investors. Ten-year yields will stay lower in September.

Even the Japanese are not that happy with the yen constantly weakening. Apart from anything else, it makes the management look rather silly if they've invested a great deal of time and money in overseas production. Suddenly, they don't need it two or three years later.

Besides passengers and cargo, we transfer Japanese culture, including 'haiku,' traditional Japanese short poetry. We hold a haiku contest for children around the world, and invite some of them on a one-week haiku journey.

Every large Japanese display company is involved in OLED.

As the economy shows solid growth, Japanese bonds will stay one of the worst performing markets.

As the definition of luxury evolved over the last 20 years, so did consumer tastes for luxury vehicles. As a result, from 1986 to 1996, we saw two major shifts. First, the domestic luxury share fell dramatically, and second, Japanese luxury vehicles accounted for nearly one of every four new luxury vehicles sold.

As the semiconductor cycle goes through a rough spot, then clearly Japanese manufacturers will be affected. Their desire to build new capacity and plant will be affected -- and so it's clearly not a good thing for the Japanese economy.

As the numbers of Japanese in California increased, there were increasing calls for Japanese to be excluded, as the Chinese had been excluded in 1882 with the Chinese Exclusion Act.

As the Nikkei moves up in price, it signifies growth in the Japanese economy. That will signal higher yields in Japan, which will make them at the margin less net buyers of U.S. Treasuries.

As the Nikkei moves up in price, it signifies growth in the Japanese economy, ... That will signal higher yields in Japan, which will make them at the margin less net buyers of U.S. Treasuries.

As today's data confirmed a solid upturn in Chinese demand, which had slowed late last year and early this year, as well as firm demand in the United States, Japanese exports are most likely to maintain brisk gains in the near term.

Assuming the spark does not happen, it can go on much longer, ... Nobody wants it to stop. We don't want to contemplate sharply higher rates and prices. The Japanese and Chinese don't want to contemplate it either.

Aside from the effects of high oil prices, growth in imports in general can be interpreted as a sign that domestic demand is robust, another reason to say the Japanese economy is on the right track.

At this point, if the yen rises further, it's going to undermine the Japanese economy, and, as a result of that, both Japan and the U.S., for different reason, would like to see the yen stable at these levels or a little bit higher.

At the start of the year, I pray for the happiness of the Japanese people and peace in the world.

Comments from various Japanese authorities suggest that the zero interest rate policy may remain in place longer than the market anticipates.

Crusoe-based systems have gained great acceptance and penetration into the Japanese and Asia/Pacific markets in less than a year, and many of these units are also coming to the United States and Europe.

As I grew up, I was continually to suffer hardships in different realms of life - in my family, in my relationship to Japanese society and in my way of living at large in the latter half of the twentieth century.

Another dynamic of this last year was our increased penetration into the Japanese market.

Emerging markets have become expensive and we have reduced our exposure. One reason is that Japanese interest rates will eventually go. This will have implications because carry trades are likely to be unwound.

Due to lingering reconstruction demand in areas that were hit by hurricanes last year and brisk demand for Japanese cars that have better fuel efficiency, exports to the US are likely to be solid until around mid-2006.

Due to fresh concerns over interest rate hikes, Japanese institutional investors, who normally start buying the dollar from around the beginning of the new fiscal year are not so active right now.

Dr. Perry will travel to Pyongyang along with ambassador Wendy Sherman and a small delegation during the period from May 25 to May 28, ... While there, he will explore and assess in person the views of the senior North Korean officials. He will also consult with South Korean and Japanese leaders, both en route to and returning from the North Korean capital.

Five years ago, people were crying and feeling the Japanese were about to take over the Earth. I don't hear that kind of talk anymore.

The result was more than I expected, ... The Japanese people said they wanted to keep reform, not stop reform. That was the voice of the people.

There's still grave concerns about the Japanese economy, which should prove negative for the yen.

There's greater concern now about further U.S. interest rate increases and that will dampen the overall Japanese market. Natural resources-related shares may rise, but hi-tech and autos may fall on concern about reduced overseas demand.

There's no doubt in my mind that the day that the CEO from Bridgestone/Firestone was put on the air to apologize for this, it would be the very last day that that person would be working there, ... For a Japanese executive to go that far and assume the responsibility really is tantamount to saying, 'I've caused all these problems with my bad management style,' and that's why I think you'll see somebody go into Bridgestone and I'll bet he'll make huge changes.

There's no comparison between foreign and Japanese banks. Local lenders have too little earning capacity.

The trend will be a stronger yen through to the end of this month. Strong stocks are drawing flows of overseas money into Japanese assets.

I spent some months on active duty in the Army, but was released after the Japanese surrender, to continue my studies. It was a wonderful atmosphere.

I've been studying the cultures of Asia for many years, and I'm very attracted to the culture of Japan, in particular to the impact Zen has had on the Japanese mind and spirit.

Thinking ahead, in 2013, the Japanese government, together with pharmaceutical companies and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established a fund for promoting research and development of medical products for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The importance of planning for disease outbreaks was made clear with the Ebola virus.

They also have to be grafted and pruned. That makes them more expensive. If you want to save money on Japanese maples, get whips (seedlings) and grow them out.

The scale of victory was a surprise and that had a positive impact on Japanese stocks. There will be a bigger pull to buy Japanese assets over foreign bonds and stocks.

I've pledged to all of my Japanese interlocutors over the last two days that we would work with them over the next several months to see if it's possible to fashion a plan that would receive General Assembly support in New York, so that Japan could enter the Security Council as a permanent member,

It would be very unfortunate if we ended up in a situation where they had gone through their process but then further delayed allowing U.S. beef based on our delay. We're talking about a huge quantity of American beef potentially entering their market and a very small amount of Japanese beef coming here.

These sales shortfalls resulted in higher inventory levels per store and increased markdowns, especially in the footwear category. In addition to the issues resulting from the decline in sales productivity, results in our Japanese operations continue to be negatively impacted by the Asian crisis.

The stars are aligned right now for Japanese investors.

The situation with the yen is a very strong economic story which hasn't translated into a stronger currency. The one missing piece of the puzzle was the fact that Japanese investors were investing more abroad. Any sign that they're investing less overseas is good for the yen.

These monuments are playing a role of textbooks that helps Japanese people learn about the wartime history and Japanese aggressors' atrocities over the Chinese people,

The story still is Japanese monetary policy and unwinding of yen carry trade. We have to look from the yen aspect and move away from a dollar-centric view.

The Sogo bankruptcy marked a major turning point in Japanese economic history.

The survey ships are Japanese government ships, not private ships, and Japan has jurisdiction over them.

The survey paints an image of Japanese high school students being pleasure-seeking, average-seeking and little motivated.

The surplus will continue shrinking as oil prices push up imports. The biggest concern is that rising oil prices could derail growth in the U.S. and other countries, which would be a blow to Japanese exports.

The surplus will begin to moderate at some point relatively soon, partly because of some slowing in U.S. growth and partly because Japanese imports will begin to catch up a bit to the export surge.

The sort of people you meet in a Japanese company will be the best English speakers with a couple of degrees and possibly a greater knowledge of the English language than yourself.

The thing about the Japanese diet is, you don't have to do it every meal. Just incorporate it little by little and see how you feel. By eating more modest portions, more vegetables, less bad fat and drinking green tea instead of soda and eating brown rice, all these little things add up to a very healthy way to eat.

Sometimes several (of us) were shooting the same Japanese fighter.Who knows which one took it down, and we just shared the result,

Some people say this may have saved thousands of lives and many American soldiers. If the Japanese were going to defend their homeland like they did the outlining islands like Okinawa, it would have really been a bloody invasion. No one was looking forward to that.

Pressure on China to revalue against the dollar leads other Asian currencies, including the Japanese yen, to strengthen against the U.S. currency.

Pressured by Japanese politicians and officials, the BOJ will be unable to end its easing of the money supply any time soon. That's pretty much yen negative.

Sakura has a rich online history and tradition in Japan and we are tremendously excited to be in partnership with them. We see the Japanese market as an exciting opportunity for the title.

Our customers 18-year-old Japanese girls to 65-year-old ladies like the idea of covering their arms.

People see there's a chance that the Japanese currency will become more competitive. Whenever there's news from China of this kind, they jump in to buy the yen.

On Tuesday, August 14th, when the news arrived of the final surrender of the Japanese we had a little thanksgiving meeting in the Casino after dinner.

Northeast China was occupied by the Japanese invaders for 14 years and my hometown Taiwan was even under the control of the Japanese for 50 years. These are the great shame of our nationality,

After the big losses in the U.S., Japanese stocks look likely to fall ... High-techs in particular have a good chance of being dragged down.

'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' is one of the most famous books of all Japanese literature, written by the great poet Basho in 1689.

The museum teaches an entirely different history. Its purpose from beginning to end is to tell the Japanese people that Japan did nothing wrong.

A deterioration in overseas demand may gradually affect the Japanese economy, like a body blow.

A fall in U.S. stocks will likely pour cold water on Japanese shares.

The most important thing is when Japanese interest rates actually start to rise, and that's still a long way off.

A crucial aspect is going to be the Nikkei. The Nikkei has been driving the yen higher, trying to latch on to the strength of the Japanese stock market before it actually gets going is what's drawing money back home to some extent and also from overseas investors.

A crucial aspect is going to be the Nikkei, ... The Nikkei has been driving the yen higher, trying to latch on to the strength of the Japanese stock market before it actually gets going is what's drawing money back home to some extent and also from overseas investors.

something the Japanese side should seriously reflect on.

So we had like five screens and people loved it and sent their friends and then the Japanese called and said: ""We want the long version, please.

One has to be aware that you have structural factors in Japan such as the LDP trying to exploit nationalist feelings, the Japanese yearning to be treated as a normal state and Japan in general would like to secure a higher status in the international community.

Now is a good yen-selling opportunity for Japanese importers.

During the early years of the J-League, there were a lot of foreign stars, ... But this lasted only two or three years. Now it is the Japanese players who are the stars.

During the 1980s, when Japan's economy was roaring and people were writing books with titles like 'Japan is Number One,' most Japanese college students didn't make the effort to become fluent in English.

Demand for the dollar will likely remain strong through December, particularly with the bonus season bolstering Japanese retail buying.

Demand for Japanese cars is increasing and automakers are constantly looking to improve efficiencies at their factories.

Compared with U.S. cities, Japanese cities bend over backward to help foreigners. The countryside is another matter.

Deposits stopped growing and household money is heading increasingly to risk assets and will continue to do so as long as Japanese interest rates are zero.

A number of people are concerned about the Japanese politics. In order to meet people's expectations, we will do our best to realize a change of government.