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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...shopkeepers are pioneers in an increasingly important retailing speciality: selling to seniors. Five years ago, the local McDonald's menu listed french fries as simply "potato" and Filet-O-Fish as "fish hamburgers." Customers today are more familiar with the fare. Big Macs are on offer. So are 100-yen (92?) cheeseburgers and sandwiches with steamed buns, popular because they are cheap and soft. "Toasted buns are too hard for them," explains manager Hayato Akasako. "They like the Filet-O-Fish and the shrimp burger." Akasako says the elderly don't necessarily bridle at the new and unfamiliar. Some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Tokyo | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...Five years ago, the local McDonald's menu listed french fries as simply "potato" or Filet-o-Fish as "fish hamburgers"; most are items now ordered by more familiar names and some, like the 100-yen cheese burger and sandwiches with steamed buns, are popular because they are cheap or soft. "Toasted buns are too hard for them," says manager Hayato Akasako. "They like the Filet-o-Fish and the shrimp burger." Akasako also says the elderly don't shy from trying new things. Upon ordering, some of them now present downloaded electronic coupons on the screens of their mobile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Gray Is the New Black | 2/4/2008 | See Source »

...when oil prices first shot toward $100 per bbl. That same week, the loonie posted record values for the year against every other major currency as well. One Canadian dollar was buying 14% more euros than it had at the beginning of January, 16% more pounds, and 21% more yen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Loonie Takes Off in Canada | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...Kekre, Alyssa Elizabeth Stimson King, Ajay Ganesh Kumar, Benjamin Jiawei Lee, Luke Xiru Li, Yin Li, Paul Peter Linden-Retek, Karan Lodha, Matthew Ryan McFarlane, Taylor Mayly Owings, Aadhithi Padmanabhan, Allen James Pope, Tony Dahao Qian, Adam Emanuel Adatto Sandel, Meike Katharina Schallert, Samuel Conrad Scott, Mark Abraham Shepard, Yen-whei Shih, Melissa Yuwono Tjota, Catherine Lin Vaughan, Amanda Lee Willis, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Crystal Yang, Andy Han Yuan, Elena Yudovina, Rocksheng Zhong

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Phi Beta Kappa Elects 48 Seniors | 11/27/2007 | See Source »

Kitcho is more like a private club than a restaurant. For three generations, the Yuki family has been serving exquisite food to the social and literary élite. It doesn't open its doors to just anyone with a fistful of yen and a taste for adventure. Naturally, our request for a table at the main restaurant was declined. A Kitcho meal is a limited edition not to be squandered on walk-ins. We were politely directed instead to one of Kitcho's licensed branches. These Kitcho-brand outposts, located in posh hotels in major cities, are practical for novices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ultimate Meal | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

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