TOKYO : Flawless skin without dark spots, blemishes and freckles - that's the aspiration of most Japanese women. So, it's almost a must for cosmetics brands sold in Japan to produce products that provide a whitening or brightening effect.
ARUNDEL †More than 400 visitors hung their Wishes for the World on the Mildred L. Day School Japanese-inspired tree at last week's Family Japan Night.
April 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's five-year notes headed for the biggest slump in almost nine years after inflation rose at the fastest pace in a decade in March, adding to speculation the Bank of Japan will increase interest rates this year.
April 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's five-year notes headed for the biggest slump in more than four years after inflation rose at the fastest pace in a decade in March, adding to speculation the Bank of Japan will increase interest rates this year.
April 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's five-year bonds declined by the most in two years as stocks advanced and consumer prices increased at the fastest pace in a decade in March, damping demand for the security of government debt.
April 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's five-year bonds headed for the biggest slump in more than four years after inflation rose at the fastest pace in a decade in March, adding to speculation the Bank of Japan will increase interest rates this year.
When the Japan Indy 300 was postponed a day due to rain, I left my son Larry Foyt in charge. I think he did a great job with the team. They played it a little conservative, probably because I wasn't there and they didn't want to have to listen to me if they screwed up.
Japanese government bonds suffered their biggest one-day drop in nearly five years on Friday as investors shifted their view of the outlook for interest rates in Japan and the United States.
Japan warned on Friday that US allegations that North Korea helped Syria develop a secret nuclear reactor, if proven, would be a blow to a stalled deal on ending the communist state's nuclear drive.
Japan's financial services minister warns that the U.S. credit crisis is like a bathtub with a big hole in it and urged Washington to inject public money to fix the problem.