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• European data grim
  Reuters - Dire economic data underlined the severity of recession in Europe on Tuesday, while Toyota Motor Corp said it would halt all production in Japan in response to plunging demand.
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• Toyota to suspend production for 11 days in Japan
  AP - Toyota is suspending production at all 12 of its Japan plants for 11 days over February and March, a stoppage of unprecedented scale for the nation's top automaker as it grapples with shrinking global demand.
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• Times Square bash left about 40 tons of trash
  AP - One million revelers packed into Times Square plus a ton of confetti and countless noisemakers equals a whole lot of garbage — about 40 tons, according to the city Department of Sanitation.
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• Japan's economic package to reach 73 billion dollars: report
  Japan is set to unveil a stimulus package worth eight trillion yen (73 billion dollars) in a bid to shore up the economy, a report said on Saturday.
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• U.S. beats Japan to claim baseball bronze
  The United States won an 8-4 slugfest over Japan to exit the final Olympic Baseball tournament with the bronze medal on Saturday.
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Blog and News Digest

• Japan Has Double the Robots of Everyone Else, Density-Wise [Robots]
  all this CES news, let's talk about robots—specifically, which countries are chock full of them. Unsurprisingly, Japan has the densest robot population, with 295 industrial automatons per every 10,000 workers. Perhaps a little more eyebrow-raising is Singapore's place on
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• Dell USB Digital TV Tuner announced for Inspiron Mini family
  ...standards like ATSC in the US, DVB-T in Western Europe, ISDB-T 1-seg (a.k.a. One Seg) in Japan, and the emerging CMMB standard in China." It...
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• Lenovo, Dell and TDK layoff thousands, bum out thousands more
  Read: Dell to axe 1,900 jobs Read: Japan's TDK to cut 8,000 jobs, close four plants Read: Layoff Blog...
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• The Ten Biggest Selling Games In Japan For December [Only In Japan]
  Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has crunched data for December sales, and tallied up the ten biggest games in Japan.
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• Japan's scariest suspension bridge
  This rickety old suspension bridge in Japan is the stuff of nightmares. The sound of the wind adds to the dreadfulness. (via Japundit)
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• Valkyria of the Battlefield Goes Budget Priced [Only In Japan]
  Ask anyone with eyes, they'll tell you: Valkyria of the Battlefield: Gallian Chronicles looks great.
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• Barclays Hires Bankers in Japan
  
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• 360 Not So Big in Japan
  New numbers from Famitsu show how little Japanese gamers care about Microsoft's console.
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