Japan News for July 30, 2007
Japan-related news links for today:
LDP Battered: Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has accepted his ruling Liberal Democratic Party has suffered “utter defeat” in polls for the upper house of parliament. [Link]
Low Turnout: Voter turnout in Sunday’s House of Councillors election is down over the last election across the country, according to the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry. [Link]
Global Brands: Toyota moved up by one notch to sixth place and Nintendo advanced markedly to 44th from 51st in BusinessWeek’s annual ranking of the Best Global Brands for 2007. [Link]
New Design: East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) intends to develop a new bullet train with a top speed of 320 kilometers per hour for its Tohoku Shinkansen Line. [Link]
Dropping Paper: All Nippon Airways will stop issuing paper tickets for domestic flights by the end of the year, becoming the first domestic airline to shift to an all electronic ticketing system. [Link]
Coming Storm: A tropical storm was approaching the remote Japanese island chain of Ogasawara, about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) southeast of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Sunday. [Link]
Smashing: A vandal has smashed a window of a local government building in one of the towns worst hit by the Niigata Prefecture earthquake. [Link]
Fly Panda: Japan’s second largest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA) unveiled its “Fly Panda” plane at Narita International Airport on July 24th, 2007. [Link]
Know Your Doraemon: A Chinese legal newspaper on Wednesday carried an article and pictures showing how to differentiate between fake and genuine cuddly toys of popular Japanese cartoon character Doraemon. [Link]
