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...aired nonstop storm coverage, including riveting shots of gushing waters and daring rescues. In the western port city of Maizuru, 36 elderly tourists and their driver were stranded on the roof of their bus overnight as the overflowing Yura River swirled around them. The passengers later told Japan's Kyodo News service that they broke the windows of the bus with a hammer and then sang the 1961 hit Ue o Muite Arukou (known abroad as the Sukiyaki song) to muster courage. At one point, the water rose to stomach level. (All were safely rescued by helicopter and boat...
...viewers until it finally decided to release the song as a single. It debuted last week at No. 22 on the Oricon weekly top-30 singles list. "We didn't want to handle so many phone calls and Internet inquiries anymore," a spokesman for the 16-employee company told Kyodo News...
...land that once guaranteed employment for life, no job is secure. In a recent Kyodo News survey, 70 of 100 Japanese business leaders said they plan to cut wages this year. Wide-eyed, unshaven men walk the subways begging for money. HELP ME, the signs around their necks read, RESTRUCTURED. That's Japan's euphemism for "fired." "We hope this is the bottom, but really, who knows?" sighs Masayuki Watanabe, 48, a meat wholesaler who closed his business three months ago when rumors of mad-cow disease chased away so many customers that it wasn't worth battling the steady...
Zhou will research the prospects of China's peaceful transition to Democracy, according to Kyodo, a Tokyo newspaper...
...Finnish dairy company. Kiss your $250,000 endorsement contract from us goodbye. We are Kyodo Oil Co. of Japan. Forget about our advertising contract. We don't want you touting our products. Besides, Ben, what do you know about...