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The ‘‘rather rosy’’ start for Japan in 2008, as a senior Foreign Ministry official described it recently, with the handshakes and applause over commitments to climate change and African development in key summits hosted here had soon lost momentum with Japan’s domestic political chaos and the global economic crisis.
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In 1967, the late Kohei Miyazaki published a book called ‘‘Maboroshi no Yamataikoku’’ (phantom state) about an ancient realm in Japan during the Yayoi period (around 400 BC-300 AD), which set off a national controversy over whether Yamataikoku was located in Kyushu.
Tokyo Tower stood for a dream of the future, but that dream is gone. Tokyo Tower offers no more dreams, just as Japan has no more dreams.
India’s epic history on TV, Japan’s thriving game arcades, and a game of charades that you can play by yourself.
Koma Stadium Co, a Tokyo-based operator of entertainment facilities, closed its Shinjuku Koma Stadium theater, putting an end to its 52-year-old history with a performance by pop singers on Wednesday.
The Japanese stock market has ended 2008 nursing the biggest loss in its 58-year history.
The U.S. government expanded its bailout of the auto industry, while Japan reportedly considered a $110 billion scheme to buy bad loans from banks, the latest in a string of government moves aimed at reducing the damage from the worst downturn since the 1930s.
Global growth will be very weak next year, a senior European banker warned on Tuesday, while Japan reportedly considered a $110 billion scheme to buy bad loans from banks, the latest in a series of government moves aimed at fighting the worst downturn since the 1930s.
Today in History (Washington Post)
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– Today is Wednesday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2009. There are 358 days left in the year.