When the sun goes down

Japan and South Korea are set to map out concrete plans for Afghan reconstruction in a step forward to realizing a “mature partnership,” and coordinate policies on North Korea as their foreign ministers meet in Seoul on Wednesday ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Asia tour next week. (Kyodo)

The government plans to allow Chinese tourists to visit Japan individually if they meet certain standards of affluence, government and other sources said Tuesday. Chinese tourists are currently allowed to enter Japan only in groups escorted by tour conductors so as to prevent their illegal overstaying of visas. (Kyodo)

In recent weeks, the news from Japan Inc. has been a steady drumbeat of layoffs, plant shutdowns, and gloomy earnings forecasts. Yet few CEOs have been shown the door. And there are scant signs that the public and political outcry against CEOs’ fat pay packages in the U.S. will be echoed in Japan. That’s because most Japanese chief executives don’t earn anywhere near the big paychecks of their Western counterparts. CEOs at Japan’s top 100 companies by market capitalization earned an average of around $1.5 million, compared with $13.3 million for American CEOs and $6.6 million for European chief execs at companies with revenues of higher than $10 billion. (BusinessWeek)

Otaku couples in London looking for something to do this Valentine’s Day (on Saturday February 14th 2009), might want to head over to Orbital Manga. From 2pm th…

Original novel Satoshi Kon based anime film Paprika upon will be released in the UK…

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Aso has so far not scored any success in his diplomatic agenda since he took over the reigns of government last fall. A solution to the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese is nowhere in sigh…

Nishikori came back from 5-4 down in the first set and converted both of his two break chances in the second on the opening day of the ATP event at HP Pavilion.

The number of students in arrears totaled 24,490 as of the end of last year, accounting for 2.7 percent of 913,830 students at 1,218 schools surveyed.

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