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...shock. After the Lehman bankruptcy, when the worst of the financial crisis bit and the U.S. car market collapsed, Toyota reduced production and shed temporary workers, sending a damaging ripple through the region. The scars are clearly visible on the town's streets, riddled with closed shops and restaurants. Ryuichi Watanabe, an agent at the local branch of the Able property brokerage, says rents are down some 20% from two years ago, with many apartments lying empty. He worries the worst may be yet to come. "The myth of Japanese quality has crumbled," he says. "That means less markets...
...Ryuichi Kadowaki, director of Ruby Inc., which specializes in mature-women titles, says that when the company started offering the genre a few years ago, the term referred to actresses in their late 20s, and that last year it was expanded to those in their 70s. The company believes the advantage of mature titles is their enduring appeal. "Adult videos with young actresses sell well only in the first three months after the release," Kadowaki explains. "On the other hand, mature-women films enjoy a steady, long-term popularity, which after 10 years or so might lead to a best...
...cigars yet. Demographers say many of these new mothers are the thirtysomething daughters of Japan's postwar baby boomers, belatedly settling down to marry and have kids now that the economy has finally revived. Their late start means they're unlikely to produce the large broods Japan needs. Ryuichi Kaneko, a researcher at the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, says there's no escaping this demographic dearth: "We have a small number of young people now, so even if each woman has a slightly greater number of children than before, there wouldn't be much change...
...music gear in Tokyo, says half of the guitar amplifiers in his inventory fall under the PSE. "We don't know what we're going to do. It's ludicrous. I have never heard anyone having safety problems with these machines, but the whole music culture could be affected." Ryuichi Sakamoto, one of Japan's most famous musicians, has moved to the forefront of a group lobbying for the law to be revised. But he and the otaku had better move fast?or, come April, it could be Game Over...
...also resulted in harm. I'm not in favor of human cloning, but we must be prepared for the risks of advances in this technology. I'm afraid that we will never be able to get the benefits of human embryos without having cloned humans walking down the street. Ryuichi Sato Nagano, Japan...