Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
Two days after the Aug. 30 Lower House election ended decades of power by the Liberal Democratic Party, the LDP-led government withdrew ¥250 million from a controversial Cabinet secret fund, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano claims.
The Epicurean king who oversees the Michelin Guide fears he may be banished from France after Tokyo is awarded more three-star restaurant ratings than Paris.
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Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
Japan is in a state of deflation for the first time in about three years, the government declares, warning that falling prices and a further worsening of employment conditions may hurt the nascent economic recovery.
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