As ever in Japan, however, the picture is more mixed than all this would suggest.
In response some countries such as India and Japan have created women-only subway cars.
At its peak, Japan had more than 600 such cafes, mostly in Tokyo and Kyoto.
In Japan, auto firm Toyota topped the charts, with a nomination rate of 59%.
Even more than in Canada, in Japan projects like this are gravy-laden for the favored few.
Tsutsumi is a living demonstration of how money and political power intersect in present day Japan.
Japan is under intense pressure to revive its long-moribund economy, especially as it sinks into recession.
In Japan the government is using its fibers in experimentally wiring an entire Japanese town, Nara.
Japan is going to wake up not just its consumers but its producers, too.
This could happen if Japan's sovereign-debt rating falls another notch, which given the country's worsening finances could easily happen.
Suddenly Japan, lacking those critical factors, finds itself in the wrong quadrant, while the party moves on.
Japan's giant trading houses, for example, worry about Indonesia defaulting on its debt to them, leading to casualties.
China has passed Germany to become the third-largest auto market in the world, after the U.S. and Japan.
And he insisted that Japan needs to keep land mines to deter possible attacks on the country's coastline.
That's not just for Japanese food -- French and Italian cuisine in Japan's capital city are sublime, too.
Last year, competitors represented countries ranging from Japan and Russia to Portugal, the United States and the Philippines.
Ms Bokova replaces outgoing Director General Koichiro Matsuura of Japan who has led the organisation for two terms.
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We keep urging Tokyo to spend more money, but Japan has been trying that shop-worn approach for years.
Productivity may be higher in Japan, but factories struggle with high taxes, high utility costs and costly shipping.
Of course, much of spotlight has been on Toyota's rise in Japan, but Chinese automakers also have ambitions.
So you could say Europe, U.S. and Japan are all about the same, 2.5% or something like that.
Also, a lot of the official documents are stored in Japan, with restricted access.
In addition to this, we will play close attention to sales results from Japan.
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Japan's 29% tax grab, for example, has climbed by nine percentage points of GDP since 1970.
"Our analysis indicates that Europe and Japan would remain most vulnerable, " the analysts added.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index lost 2.2 percent to 13, 475.64, echoing U.S. stock markets losses Friday.
And Japan issues more long-term debt, making it less susceptible to swings in market confidence.
In World War II, there was actually an effort to draft nurses had we invaded Japan.
He won't touch Japan or South Korea, where the returns are only 2% on equity.
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