TOKYO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's core machinery(机械) orders rose 4.2 percent in January from the previous month, marking the second rise in five months, the Cabinet Office said in a report on Wednesday. According to the government data, orders i...
TOKYO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Japan's economy shrank(缩小) an annualized real 1.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, marking the first contraction in five quarters, the Cabinet Office said Monday. The October-December period figure, measured by gr...
TOKYO, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Japan's current account surplus（顺差） fell 15.7 percent in November from a year earlier, the Ministry of Finance said Wednesday. The nation's current account surplus in the recording period stood at 926.2 billion yen...
OK, I'd like to talk about consumerism in capitalist and communist countries. I don't know if anyone has actually noticed but Japan is very, what's the word, consumerized. Everything is built for the consumer. You've got huge adverts, you've got talk...
Todd: Hello, what is your name? Hitoshi: My name is Hitoshi Fukuda Todd: Hitoshi Hitoshi: Mm-hm. Todd: I'm sorry. What's your last name? Hitoshi: Fukuda. Todd: Fukuda. Hitoshi: Mm-hm. Todd: And where are you from? Hitoshi: Well, I'm originally from a...
Sony said that 8000 job cuts are necessary in order to save the company around a billion dollars 十亿美元 (大约 6.85 billion yuan) per year. Its already warned that its profits 利润 will be less than half of those a year ago despite 尽管 he...
Todd: OK, Sarah, how long have you been in Japan? Sarah: I've been in Japan for two months. I came in April. Todd: Again, when did you come to Japan? Sarah: Two months ago. Todd: OK, and what do you think about Japan? Sarah: It's a very interesting c...
Hi! I've lived in Spain and Japan and so I'm just going to talk about a few differences between the two countries that I've found. In, Spain, when you meet somebody you give them two kisses. First on the left and then on the right cheek, and in Japan...
Todd: Hello! What is your name? Kentaro: My name is Kentaro. Todd: Kentaro. And what is your full name? Kentaro: My full name is Kentaro Sugimori. Todd: Sugimori. Kentaro: Mm-hm. Todd: OK. And where are you from? Kentaro: I'm originally from Hamamats...
Television cartoons are big business in Japan, where around 40 new animated TV series are produced every week. One of the countrys most popular animators, Hayao Miyazaki, has produced some of the great classics of Japanese TV animation. Nevertheless,...
