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Japan News and Discussion

• Features

• Japan: A paradise for entrepreneurs (3)
• Enterprising moms cash in on micro-scooters (4)
• Bandai releases pro baseball game cards (2)
• Universal Studios Japan opens new attraction
• Hugh Grant on relationships, cheating and the art of lazy acting (16)

• National

• 62% of single female workers want future husband to share values (17)
• Stem cells used to treat gum disease patients
• Restaurants to raise funds to help kids facing water crisis
• Prince Mikasa discharged from hospital after cataract surgery
• Gov't to reform tax breaks for donations for NPOs

• Crime

• Off-duty cop arrests student for stealing bag to buy White Day present (4)
• Man arrested after 2-year-old boy kidnapped from supermarket (3)
• No wrongdoing by detention officers and jailers in Miura's death (1)
• L&G founder given 18 years for investment fraud
• Court to examine DNA from bloodstain in 1971 murder

• Entertainment

• Actress Yada speaks out for 1st time about ex-husband Oshio (5)
• Johnny Depp to spend 15 hours in Japan for 'Alice in Wonderland' premiere (31)
• Actress Misaki Ito confirms she is 6 months pregnant (27)
• Sawajiri makes tumultuous comeback (48)
• Kumiko Goto becomes Kirin beer goddess (22)

• Politics

• DPJ lawmaker given warning over views on 9/11 terror attacks (9)
• China rejects Japan's sovereignty claim over Senkaku Islands (14)
• DPJ to discharge vice secretary general over criticism of Ozawa (2)
• Gov't to accept court-proposed settlement for Minamata disease suit
• Papers on secret nuclear arms pact may have been intentionally destroyed

• Business

• Gov't eyes making brake override system's installment mandatory (1)
• Nissan to make electric vehicle in UK
• Land prices down at 99.6% of survey locations in Japan (1)
• Shinkin Central Bank to provide Y40 bil to 5 credit associations
• Domestic auto sales to drop nearly 5% to 33-year low in FY 2010

• Technology

• Docomo to release Android-based smartphone Xperia on April 1 (4)
• Int'l trademark filings drop 16.4% in 2009
• Sony, Google, Intel envision easy Internet access for TV viewers
• Gov't to offer loans for shinkansen projects in developed nations (9)
• Sanyo eyes new business with solar bike parking lots (4)

• Sports

• Tight race expected in Pacific League
• Icho to miss world championships
• Murofushi to compete at Osaka Grand Prix
• Hashimoto leads BayStars to rout of Tigers
• Japan to switch to international judo standard

• World

• Obama postpones Asia trip to focus on health care (5)
• Chaos marks Iraq election vote tally
• U.S., Russia clash over startup of Iran nuclear plant
• Sudan gov't, Darfur rebel group sign cease-fire
• Fess Parker, TV's 'Davy Crockett,' dies at 85 (5)

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