2005.02.06

Curse of part-time work shatters Japan's middle-class dreams (AFP). Isao Munakata calls himself a house-husband. At age 33, he has never been able to find a full-time job, despite holding a graduate degree, and devotes his many free hours to volunteer work. 2005.02.06

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Japan's Matsushita, Hitachi to join hands in plasma panel business: report (AFP). Rival  Japanese consumer electronics giants will reportedly join hands in the plasma panel business in an effort to try to dent South Korean dominance in the arena. 2005.02.06

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Nine found dead in Japan's latest apparent group suicides (Canadian Press). Nine bodies are found in two cars in central Japan in what appears to be the country's latest group suicides. 2005.02.06

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