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Holding strong <http://www.japaninc.com/The_DPJ_holds_strong_in_polls>

The DPJ remains unshaken

By Tobias Harris

With eight days until the campaign officially begins,
the DPJ continues to hold a commanding position in
public opinion polls...

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Mothers, Korean dramas and content on
demand<http://www.japaninc.com/Korean_dramas_on_the_Internet>

By Dave McCaughan

“I love to watch Korean drama series and comedy shows
on Internet at night without being bothered by anybody.”

Every week we talk to people as part of our McCann PULSE
program. Every week I thought it might interest you to hear
one of the more interesting quotes we pick up.

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Trade School <http://www.japaninc.com/Trade_School>

By the Mad Hedge Fund Trader

I am asked daily about my favorite financial books by the
legions of subscribers who are using my blog to educate
themselves about the markets. That is one of my goals.
Below are my picks, which are entertaining if not insightful.
I have left out books about specific trading systems
guaranteeing windfall profits, because they all eventually
blow up. The good books on the current financial crisis have
yet to be written...

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*Election specials*

Tohoku - Ozawa's backyard <http://www.japaninc.com/Tohoku_Ozawa_backyard>

The Tohoku regional block is comprised of Aomori, Miyagi, Akita,
Yamagata, Fukushima — and Iwate, Ichiro Ozawa's "fiefdom."
These six prefectures combine to elect thirty-nine Diet members,
twenty-five from single-member districts and fourteen from
proportional representation. In 2005, the LDP won seventeen of
twenty-five SMDs, with the DPJ taking seven and an independent
winning the remaining one seat. In PR voting, the LDP won six seats,
the DPJ five, and one each for Komeito, the JCP, and the SDPJ...

Hokkaido - a DPJ stronghold<http://www.japaninc.com/Hokkaido_a_DPJ_stronghold>

In 2005, the DPJ managed to win eight of twelve single-member
districts in Hokkaido, while equaling the LDP with three of the block's
eight proportional representation seats. By receiving three of eight
seats, the DPJ in Hokkaido outperformed the DPJ nationwide,
winning 33 percent of the vote and 37.5 percent of the seats,
compared with 31.02 percent of the vote nationwide and 33.9
percent of the 180 PR seats...

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