Last year, competitors represented countries ranging from Japan and Russia to Portugal, the United States and the Philippines.
In addition to this, we will play close attention to sales results from Japan.
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The macro news from Japan has been bad lately, and it is certain to get worse.
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European markets also benefited from Japan's strength, with the Stoxx Europe 600 advancing 0.4%.
Without imports of such goods from Japan, the Koreans would not have much to export.
With direct flights from Japan, Seoul, Hong Kong and Singapore, it's also highly accessible.
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Our last word comes from Japan, which has just come up with a new mix.
So where does this put us regarding overall economic and energy policy fallouts from Japan?
Police believe the final death toll from Japan's twin disaster may be more than 18, 000.
Licensed from Japan Tobacco in 2004, JTT-705 is trailing torcetrapib by at least two years.
Shipments from Japan to China have dropped in 10 out of the past 11 months.
But they still report a rapid increase in the number of foreign students, especially from Japan.
And let me ask Mr. Imaichi of TBS, from Japan, to ask a question.
There is no denying that leisure travel to and from Japan will take a plunge.
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Take apart a Palm handheld organizer, and you'll find parts from Japan, Korea and Mexico.
Retired 8 years ago from Japan's No. 3 consumer lender, Promise, to grow mangoes, bananas.
Away from Japan, China's monthly slew of economic data was in focus on Friday.
To compound the offence, imports of Chinese steel were sharply up, whereas those from Japan fell.
Long before Activia came Yakult, a bioactive yogurt-like drink from Japan that is now available worldwide.
Tatsuto Ishizuka, of Hitachi, confirmed some skilled workers from Japan would be employed there as well.
U.S.-based venture capitalists are generally disengaged from Japan and see the Japanese market as too small.
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Nissan also manufactures the Teana premium sedan at the factory with parts imported from Japan and Thailand.
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The garments are all produced in Italy, with the exception of the denim, which comes from Japan.
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The proposal for an AMF came from Japan in September 1997, before the Crisis had fully unfolded.
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More accurately, the intervention was done to help American consumers buy more cars and electronics from Japan.
In its desire to learn from Japan's mistakes, the Fed risks making a different sort of mistake.
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The snag is that a falling yen is likely to meet with complaints from Japan's trade partners.
The 27-year-old was arrested on Sunday morning at Heathrow Airport after arriving on a flight from Japan.
That would further squeeze exports from Japan and Europe, already depressed by slowing growth in American demand.
Yet apart from Japan, official aid levels to Myanmar are pitiful compared even with other poor countries.
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