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The hot commodity of Japan. It’s water. Hokkaido, the Northern most island featuring tons of green forest and underground water! Japan is in the top ten in the world for water and some folks are buying in. The land is cheap. One water plant near Mt Fuji is exporting most of it’s water to China. “Near Mount Fuji, Osaka-based Seven Yellow pumps 500,000 liters of water a month from a well and exports as much as 80 percent of it to China, where it sells for 150 yen ($1.89) or more a bottle.” (Businessweek – Japan Water)
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674,879 is how many Chinese are in Japan. Many come as students and then end up working in service industries and even in factories. It’s still a tiny fragment of the overall work force, but they’re becoming more visible. Amidst the islands dispute, the Chinese work force in Japan, is still going on. (NY Times – China)
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Wrongly accused Nepalese man gets an apology from Japan. “Justice Minister Makoto Taki told a press conference he was sorry that Govinda Prasad Mainali had spent so long in prison for the 1997 murder of a businesswoman-turned prostitute in Tokyo. “I deeply apologise for his long detention period of 15 years,” said Taki, according to Kyodo News.” (Google – Wrongly imprisoned) Also read the Reddit Ask Me Anything with two wrongly convicted and recently released Americans. It’s direct answers and scary. (Reddit – AMA)
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Isn’t she cute? Grandmother Miyoko Sumida Arrested on a Series of Murder Charges… serial killer? It appears that the more investigators look, the more they find from this 64 year old Japanese woman. She entombed some in concrete, some were just placed under a house, and one possibly pushed off a cliff. (TelegraphUK – Miyoko Sumida)
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What else can go wrong for 3.11 in Japan? Lying politicians and company chairpersons, lack of safety, false information and now this. (LATimes – Billions Elsewhere)
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