Japan This Week: 28 June 2009

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Guardian

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Times on Line

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Japan Times

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Le Monde

Toyoda takes reins at Toyota Motor Corp

UPI

Japan Airlines to receive bailout

BBC

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During the recent influenza scare, the Yamaguchi Gumi - Japan's largest organized crime group - distributed 1,000 masks for free to three Kobe day care centers.

Local police however confiscated the masks when word got out about their origins.

Source: Asahi Shinbun

According to estimates, Japan's public pensions will provide recipients with the second lowest payout as a percentage of their salary of any of the OECD member states.

According to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, 22 percent of Japanese over 65 had incomes below the OECD poverty level. This is much higher than the 13% average.

Pensions in Japan will provide just 33.9% of salaries. Only Britain is lower.

Source: Yomiuri Shinbun

The number of foreign visitors to Japan declined 34% in May compared with the previous May.

486,100 foreign visitors entered Japan last month, which was the 10th month of decline in a row.

Source: Kyodo News

80% of children either bully or are bullied, according to the National Institute for Policy Research.

Bullying was defined as "being shunned by friends, ignored, or talked about behind one's back."

Source: Kyodo News


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