Extending fresh funds to bankrupt borrowers poses another problem for Japan's big banks, which are already burdened with bad debts.
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The anterior cruciate ligament problem halted his progress after he won silver at the 2007 world championships -- another first for Japan.
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Another plus for Japan shares: record yen-bond prices make stocks look cheap.
The police fear Japan is in for another frightening spate of copycat poisonings.
The good news for Hitachi is that it typifies Japan in another respect: it is extremely rich.
They had giant-jellyfish invasions in 2005 and 2007, and because they've recently been spotted in the Sea of Japan, they're bracing for another, potentially harmful wave this summer.
Japan is another track that isn't for the faint hearted.
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Their relationship illustrates another truth about Japan's aging society - the people who care for the very elderly are, by and large, old themselves.
But away from the usual images of the World Cup, another hidden life was taking place for those who followed the roadshow thousands of miles around Japan.
"Smoke was initially discovered by maintenance staff in the rear end of the cabin, and confirmed by another maintenance staff who also detected smoke outside the aircraft, " Carol Anderson a spokeswoman for Japan Airlines said.
The action-packed fantasy RPG sold 302, 040 copies on PS3 in its first week in Japan, plus another 29, 024 on Xbox 360, making it the best week for a new IP in a decade.
Just as Sakamoto helped bring about a social revolution that set Japan on the road to modernization, Son, Sawada and Nambu are calling for another revolution - one that will replace what they believe is an inefficient, outdated business culture with a new paradigm that will prepare Japan for the next century.
Another pair had been heading to Japan, but one of them has suffered damage and has been diverted to Hawaii for repair.
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