Tag Archives: Japan

FASHIONABLE JAPAN

October 23, 2012 – 11:24 am

by Becky Sun Beauty writers know to watch Japan, the home of sometimes wacky and sometimes wonderful trends. On October 18, 2012, in the US, the National Geographic Channel aired an episode of Taboo on Japanese “bagel heads” — just what it sounds like, thanks to saline injections in the forehead. Three weeks earlier, when […]

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FOOD AS MEDICINE

August 28, 2012 – 11:40 am

by Becky Sun When Westerners don’t feel so good, most likely they’ll reach for a pill. In East Asia, the instinct is to eat or drink something — but not just anything. To restore their energy in the heat of summer, Koreans turn to samgyetang, a hot soup made with a whole young chicken and […]

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Asian Americans speed past Latinos in US growth

July 11, 2012 – 7:55 am

by Amber Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING Asian immigrants account for the largest number of new arrivals to the States, helping Asian Americans surpass Latinos as the country’s fastest growing racial/ethnic group. According to a Pew Research Center report, about 36% of US immigrants arrived from Asian countries in 2010, compared to 31% from Latin America (PewSocialTrends.org, […]

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FUELING OUTRAGE

May 29, 2012 – 1:42 pm

by Sumaa Tekur There’s panic in the air, with changes in gas prices affecting middle-class consumer buying power everywhere. No matter where they are, consumers are tweaking family budgets to accommodate this additional expense. Crude oil prices have increased by an average 12% since January (BBC.co.uk, 23 March 2012). Although the US, Europe and Japan […]

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A NEW WAY TO WOO CHINESE CONSUMERS

May 15, 2012 – 12:47 pm

by Becky Sun It used to be that Chinese mainlanders were too poor to travel. But as personal incomes rose, they started venturing farther and farther from home. In the past few years, the world’s top tourist and shopping destinations have been wooing them with Chinese signage, interpreters, and even slippers and rice porridge at […]

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Japanese workers warm up to cold-weather ideas

January 17, 2012 – 2:28 pm

by Misako Kitaoka WHAT’S HAPPENING Just as the Japanese government promoted “Super Cool Biz” to encourage offices and individuals to conserve electricity during the hot summer months, it is promoting “Warm Biz” this winter by asking people to bundle up, eat warming foods, and to keep the thermostat at 20°C (68°F) or lower. The result […]

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