For example, lots of international companies coughed up for a Tokyo listing in the late 1980s, hoping to share in the euphoric multiples then applied to Japanese firms.

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SoftBank Mobile has applied and successfully received approval from the Japanese regulator to provide Thuraya's satellite network services in Japan.

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Perhaps even more important than the scale of Japanese aid is how it has been applied.

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This book explains how the Japanese continuous-improvement philosophy of Kaizen can be applied to personal and business matters.

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The Japanese slang term "Unibare" is meant derisively, applied to someone caught, embarrassingly, clad in one of Uniqlo's ubiquitous core items.

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Yet how can the term rookie be applied to a 32-year-old superstar who is the greatest relief pitcher in Japanese history?

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