Japan News This Week 27 November 2011

今週の日本

3 Olympus Executives Resign Ahead of Crucial Meeting

New York Times

Gangster son takes on conservative Osaka mayor

BBC

Olympus directors have to quit, says former chief Michael Woodford

Guardian

Giants ex-GM Kiyotake tells his side of the story

Japan Times

¿Un cuarteto de Tokio sin japoneses?

El Pais

L'aïkido, cet art martial qui amadoue les ennemis du sport

Rue 89

中行日本神户分行正式开业

Caijing

Fukushima and Okinawa – the “Abandoned People,” and Civic Empowerment

Japan Focus

Japan basketball team hires female head coach

Yahoo Sports

Last Week's News

Statistics

Worker hourly productivity, 2009 (purchasing power parity, in US dollars)

1) Luxembourg (74.0)
2) Norway (73.3)
3) Ireland (60.2)
4) USA (57.4)
5) Belgium (56.5)
6) Holland (56.4)
7) France (54.5)
8) Germany (53.3)
9) Sweden (48.8)
10) Australia (48.1)

20) Japan (38.2)

Source: OECD


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