Japanese news 27/12 2007

-Parents seek to have teacher's suicide recognized as workplace casualty (Mainichi)

-Japanese media on humpback catch postponement (David @ Tokyo)

-Narita airport eyes rise in annual flights to 300,000 from 200,000 (Japan Today)

-Man slapped with jail term for forcing mentally retarded stepson to steal (Mainichi)

-Master Translator Donald L. Philippi (Japan Newbie)

-The MacroTrends BehindTop 2007 Products (Clast)

-The Man who Makes Umbrellas of Happiness (PingMag Make)

-Preteen-panty pervert arrested for 1994 murder (Mainichi)

-Japan Post booked net loss of 442 bil. yen in last 6 months (Breitbart)

-4-yr-old boy dies after getting head stuck in Chinese-made electric reclining bed (Japan Today)

-Japanese mayor resigns in US base row (Yahoo)

-Gov't buys screening rights for U.S. documentary on abduction of Megumi Yokota (Mainichi)

-160 tonnes of whale meat for school lunches (David @ Tokyo)

-Toyota struggling to push up sales in Japan. Displaying cars at mall (J-CAST)