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...men’s side, junior Sean Gil and sophomore Tyler Funk placed second in the pole vault and high jump, respectively, and rookie Kenneth Wan Kan posted a pair of solid showings, finishing third in the long jump and triple jump...
...Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is also the national strategy chief, and Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii, stressed the importance of quantitative easing to the Bank of Japan. In turn, the Bank agreed to cooperate by lending 10 trillion yen, in the form of short-term loans, to commercial banks at the rate of 0.1%, and to accept government bonds and corporate debt as collateral...
...biggest drop since 1958. Consumer prices have dropped for seven straight months. "The recent price falls are not right and worrisome," Japan's Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii said at a Nov. 20 press conference. "This is one of the major policy issues right now." Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan was even more blunt. He stated flatly this week that the country is "in a deflationary state." (See pictures of Japan in 1989 and Japan...
...campaign period. Opposition pols and campaign advisers argue that the 1950 Public Offices Election Law should be updated to allow for internet-friendly campaigning. "People can't ask questions when they most want to ask them, and we can't communicate when we most want to do so," says Kan Suzuki, a DPJ member of the upper house who, off campaigning season, has a weekly Internet program. "The law should be changed." The opposition has tried to fight the bill unsuccessfully four times, and the DPJ has included the law's revision in its latest party manifesto...
...Perhaps best of all, Snapdragon-based smartbooks - think of them as a smartphone on steriods - are expected to sell for around $200 when they start hitting the market later this year. "Netbooks are going to have a totally different look and feel a year or two from now," says Kan. "But they won't replace the smartphone. Eventually, in your bag you're going to have your mobile phone and your netbook." That's what manufacturers are hoping for, at least...