Japan Style

The Chosun llbo reports that a representative a Bae said that he is pursuing project for now. Key East, Bae's production company, had signed an agreement with the japanese publisher kodansha for the Korean drama adaptation right in 2008. However, the drama plans were held up by Korean regulations on product placement for the various real-life wine brands that would have appeared in drama.
Kimi no Shizuku writer Agi's family members are big fan of Bae, and Agi had actually modeled Kimi no Shizuku's young wine critic character, Issei Toumine, in Bae. The manga has been running in Kodansha's Morning magazine since 2004. The manga has been so populer in japan, South Korea, and Taiwan and other Asian Countries.
A separate live-action Japanese drama adaptation of Kimi no Shizuku premired in Japan January 2009.Bae and his winter Sonata co-star Choi Ji Woo are reprising their roles in the Korean /Japanese animated film version of the Winter Sonata drama.

Mybe everyone know about this, about Mesothelioma. But Mesothelioma is rare, striking fewer than 3000 Americans per year. In the Annual of The Pathological Autopsy Cases in Japan, issued by the Japanese Society of Pathology from 1958 to 1996 a total of 1,846 (0.17%) malignant mesothelioma.
For those diagnosed with mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer of the lining of the lung (pleura) or the lining of the abdominal cavity (peritoneum). A mesothelioma diagnosis can be overwhelming, and we are here to answer any questions you might have.
What is Mesothelioma ? What is the difference betwen leural mesothelioma and peritoneal mesothelioma?
malignant mesothelioma is a disease in which a cancerous tumor grows on the mesothelioma -the saclining the internal body cavities. The specific type of mesothelioma is named for the tissue where the cancer started. Pleural mesothelioma starts in the chest, in pleura that surround the lunge (outer lining of the lungs and internal chest wall). it makes up about 70% of mesothelioma cases. Peritoneal mesothelioma starts in the lining of the abdominal cavity.
Because of that, be careful with meshotelioma ^_^.

Toyota Motor Corp has decided to resume theconstruction of a new plant in China, Which was suspended due to the global economic crisis, in view of the rapid ecpansion of the local auto market, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday. The plant in Changchun city, wich will be built as a joint venture with major chinese automaker FAW Group Cor, may become operational by the end of March 2011.
Toyota held a groundbreaking ceremony for theplant, which will have an annual production capacity of 100,000 units, in October 2008. But the largest Japanese automaker froze the plan on back of the economic crisis at the time. The company alredy has a plant in Chanchun, production the gasiline-electric hybrid car.
China is expeted to over take the united states as the largest auto market in terms of new care sales volume ths year

The Amazon Japan online retailer has revealed with cover image from the january issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki magazine that a 2010 television anime adaptation of Natsume Ono's House of Five Leaves ( Sarai-ya Goyou) manga has been green-lit. The anime will run during Fuji TV'S popular Naoitamina Late-night timeslot. Vis Media has been posting installment from this manga in English on it's Siglkki website since this May.
The manga follows the lives of the House Five Leaves gang members in Edo-era japan during the height of the shougun rule. In particular, the masterless samurai (rounin) Akitsu Masanosuke finds himself desperate for work after being let go by one lord after another for his naivety. He become the bodyguard of the House of Five Leaves gang's charismatic leader Yaichi and discovers there is more to the gang leader than his criminal activities would suggest. The manga has been running since 2005, and six volumes have been published in japan.

source: Moon Phase Comments

Nokia corp said Tuesday it axing 220 jobs at research and development units in Japan as the world's largest mobile maker continues to cut costs.
Last week it announced 330 job cuts in finland and Denmark at is R&D operation that globaly employ 17,000 workers.
Nokia said it will continue "significant sourcing activities" in japan. "Japanese manufactures are importent partners who play a critical role Nokia's global supply chain strategy and with whom Nokia continues to develop its world-class logistic operation," the Finish company said.
The cuts will not affect Japanese operation of Nokia Siemens Networks, the company's network infrastructure sector, not Vertu, Nokia's Luxury handset line, the company said. Nokia employs 123,350 people worldwide. Last year, it sold 468 million handset, up 7 % on 2007.

The first volume of the novel will ship with a different cover artwork animed at the North American mass-market readers. Yen Press had planned to bundle the slip jacket with the original Japanese artwork exclusively with the December issue of Yen Plus magazine before deciding on the additional online release.