The first low energy transfer utilizing this network was the rescue of Japan's Hiten lunar mission in 1991.

Many experts attribute Japan's high life expectancy to the Japanese diet, which is particularly low in refined simple carbohydrates, and to hygienic practices.

# Pipe dream rumors: reflect public desires and wished-for outcomes .( e. g. Japan's oil reserves were low and thus World War II would soon end.

Japan's high population density, relatively high cost of labor, limited space, preference for shopping on foot or by bicycle, and low rates of vandalism and petty crime, provide an accommodating environment for vending machines.

Since U. S. saving rates were very low ( roughly one-third of Japan's ,) the deficit was mostly covered by borrowing from abroad, turning the United States within a few years from the world's greatest creditor nation to the world's greatest debtor.

Before that point, MITI had been able to keep the exchange rate artificially low, which benefited Japan's exporters.

Due to the town's rural nature, low income and low population Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, Japan's richest man at the time, was able to build a large ski area and hotel without the kind of " organized opposition of environmentalists " which stymied his plans elsewhere in Japan.

Renhō has criticized Japan's diplomacy with China and its refusal to recognize Taiwan, stating that " Japan is too polite when dealing with China, taking a low profile " and " Taiwan is my father's country.

Unfortunately, the A1 passenger car that was under development in 1935 was unlikely to sell well due to Japan's low economy.

Japanese consumers prefer the crispy texture and sweetness of Fuji apples ( which is somewhat reminiscent of the coveted Nashi Pear ) almost to the exclusion of other varieties and Japan's apple imports remain low.

The revelation of the scandal and the subsequent settlement and apology have been recognized as unique in Japan's corporate culture, where consumer safety is usually a low priority.

Noh and Kabuki, Japan's traditional dramatic forms both saw their birth and evolution in Kyoto, while Bunraku, Japanese puppet theater, is native to Osaka.

Japan's Nihonshoki gives his birth year as 461, and describes him as the son of Gonji, the younger brother of the 21st king Gaero, making him the stepbrother of Dongseong.

Japan's creation narrative can be divided into the birth of the deities ( Kamiumi ) and the birth of the land ( Kuniumi ).

During Japan's initial conquest it captured of oil (~ 5. 5 × 10 < sup > 5 </ sup > tonnes ) left behind by retreating Allied forces, and by 1943 was able to get production in the Dutch East Indies up to, 76 percent of its 1940 output rate.

* 1971: the yen moves to a floating exchange rate, contributing to a short slump in Japan's economic boom.

On November 28, 2003, au by KDDI launched EV-DO Rev 0 service in the " CDMA 1X WIN " brand, and revolutionized Japan's mobile telecommunication industry by introducing fixed rate data subscription plans at a data rate of 2. 4 Mbit / s.

For example, the exchange rate of Canadian dollars for Japanese yen ( 99 % of Japan's oil is imported ) is 85 % correlated with crude prices.

The best example for an disflated economy is Japan. In 1990 Japan's output growth rate was 5. 2 %, unemployment rate was 2. 1 % and inflation rate was 2. 4 %. But in 1992 the output growth rate fell to 3. 4 %, unemployment rate rose to 2. 2 % and inflation rate decreased to 1. 75. In the year 2000 the output growth rate was 2. 8 %, unemployment rate was 4. 7 % and inflation rate was-1. 6 %.

It seems that title has been passed to Bank of Japan governors, due to Japan's position as the world's largest and lowest rate creditor.

* Tamagawa, Akita, location of Japan's highest flow rate hot spring, the Tamagawa Hot Springs, in Akita Prefecture

Sent as an observer, with instructions to report up the line to Roosevelt, to Congress, and to the Navy brass that the conditions in the Pacific were deplorable, the men had third – rate equipment to fight Japan's first class planes.

Japan's high rate of private saving is offset by its high public debt.

The approval rate for Koizumi's Cabinet, in fact, leapt to 46 points when the election was called, and subsequently recovered 50 %, a very high rate by Japan's standard.

This was necessary because steelmaking is very dependent on economy of scale, and because JFE was suffering from a shrinking domestic market for crude steel due to Japan's population decline and Japan's economic slump.

However, as Ikitsuki has been traditionally been dependent on specialty catches, namely squid ( ika ), and flying fish ( ago ), the island has weathered Japan's shrinking fishing industry better than most other rural communities.

A significant percentage of Japan's workers are salarymen.

Until the mid-1980s, Japan's 74, 500 trade unions were represented by four main labor federations: the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan ( 日本労働組合総評議会 nihon rōdō kumiai sōhyōgikai, commonly known as Sohyo ), with 4. 4 million members — a substantial percentage representing public sector employees ; the Japan Confederation of Labour ( zen nihon rodo sodomei, commonly known as Domei ), with 2. 2 million members ; the Federation of Independent Labour Unions ( 中立労連 Churitsu Roren ), with 1. 6 million members ; and the National Federation of Industrial Organizations ( 新産別 Shinsanbetsu ), with only 61, 000 members.

Japan's industrial revolution is said to have started here, stimulated by the young students ' train station.

Tange also enrolled in the film division at Nihon University's art department to dodge Japan's drafting of young men to its military and seldom attended classes.

The young company's national aspirations were conveyed by its original brand mark, which evoked Japan's imperial rising sun flag.

However, dying at the young age of 28, Takasugi was not to become one of Japan's famous leaders in the subsequent Meiji era.

Badi frequently has approximately 500-1000 pages, including several pages of glossy colour and some black and white photographs and drawings of young, fit men in their teens and early twenties ( these photographs are censored in accordance with Japan's rules ; while they feature explicit depictions of sex, genitals — and most pubic hair — are obscured ).

After building up massive funds from shady dealings in Japan's post-war era, he uses this money to tempt people-especially young people-to bet their lives for the chance to win a large amount of money.

Motoyoshi, like many of Japan's smaller towns, had a declining population as young people increasingly moved to the large regional cities of Kesennuma and Sendai, or further South to Tokyo.

In flashbacks highlighting episodes from his past life, the viewer sees Mishima's progression from a sickly young boy to one of Japan's most acclaimed writers of the post-war era ( who keeps himself in perfect physical shape, owed to a narcissistic body cult ).

Jiro, a young boy of both Japanese and Ainu descent, was a foundling raised by a kindly innkeeper and her daughter in the village of Sai on the Shimokita Peninsula during the last years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, several years before the start of Japan's Meiji Restoration.

A blood-thirsty TV producer notices that this street-fighting young man was the " Youth A " and pushes to have him join " Lethal Fight ," a fictional combat arena modeled after Japan's K-1 tournament.

Before World War II, in a context of cordial relations with Germany, and in an effort to promote healthy activities for young people throughout the country, Japan's Ministry of education launched the movement among Japanese universities through its 「 奨健会ワンダーフォーゲル部 」 ( shôkenkai wandaafôgeru bu, promotion of health WanderVogel association ).

Miho Takagi is a promising young speedskater who was born and raised in Makubetsu and is on Japan's Olympic Team for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

The younger generation embraced the modan garu lifestyle embodied by Naomi, who provided a role model for independent young women in the Japan's cities.

From Niigata, Sakaguchi was one of a group of young Japanese writers to rise to prominence in the years immediately following Japan's defeat in World War II.

More importantly, his presence as the lead character, along with trimming ( though not outright deletion ) of protracted dialogue regarding the arranged marriage between the Japanese heroine and a scientist ( a concept unfamiliar to Westerners ), scenes evincing an active affair between her and the young naval officer – hero ( a concept unlikely to be accepted by many parents of the film's youthful target audience ), and a raging debate in Japan's Diet over the U. S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and continued nuclear testing ( a concept not likely to be approved of by American veterans of the recent war ), served to ease American audiences into comfortable relationships with characters, whose mere nationality might otherwise have made them pariahs.