Japan

"It was a very sweet feeling after holing the putt," said Edoardo, No. 1 on the European Challenge Tour. "When I saw the ball in the bunker, it was lying OK, and I just said, 'Francesco, just knock it on the green anywhere, and I'm going to hole the putt,"' said Edoardo, who won last week's Dunlop Phoenix in Japan. Italy made its move with three straight birdies between 11 and 13. "We deserved it as we attacked from the first day with every putt and every shot and we tried to make as many birdies as possible,"

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"The (UAE central bank's) move offers stability to the market, but it also reflects the seriousness of the problem," said Masafumi Yamamoto, chief FX strategist for Japan at Barclays Capital. "Given the great amount of uncertainty over how the rescue will be conducted and the impact on financial firms, the market continues to be nervous about the Dubai developments."

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"Given the yen's appreciation and the Dubai credit scare, companies may cut capital spending further in future. The Bank of Japan, as a result, is likely to come under pressure to respond to this new phase of economic worries," said Yasuhiro Onakado, chief economist at Daiwa SB Investments.

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"The high-speed, low-cost and intelligent Chi-X trading platforms have significantly reduced costs and improved execution performance for investors in Europe and Canada, and we're excited by the prospect of bringing the same benefits to investors in Japan," said Ron Gould, CEO for Chi-X Asia-Pacific. "At the same time, both platforms have also helped to increase overall liquidity in their respective markets in part by bringing in new investors that didn't previously participate, and we believe that the same will ultimately be true in Japan. "

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"The basic strategy for the volume zone is local engineers," said Mr Otsuki. The factory also bought tooling from local suppliers. "Before they always brought in tooling from Japan," Mr Otsuki said.

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"We've just scratched the surface," says Wray, but referring to tough jurisdictions such as the US, China and Japan, where Betfair does not take bets, he admits "regulatory issues are a challenge".

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"I have one more week in Japan, where I defend my title in Nippon Series and then I will spend time with the family in Chandigarh," said Jeev.

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"Exhaustive plans were developed and put in place well in advance of the start of the testing window. Unfortunately, the particular viruses and malware(malicious software) that attacked the test delivery system were not detected by the anti-virus software at the testing centres," said Ramesh Nava, Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, Japan and Africa, Prometric.

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"It was a very sweet feeling after holing the putt," said Edoardo, No. 1 on the European Challenge Tour. "When I saw the ball in the bunker, it was lying OK, and I just said, 'Francesco, just knock it on the green anywhere, and I'm going to hole the putt,'" said Edoardo, who won last week's Dunlop Phoenix in Japan. Italy made its move with three straight birdies between 11 and 13. "We deserved it as we attacked from the first day with every putt and every shot and we tried to make as many birdies as possible,"

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"All I want," he writes in a chapter titled "Let's Change Our Thinking on Japanese," "is to strive to decrease by even one the number of people who, having taken great pains to come into this world, go out of it empty-handed, without having known the wonderful Japanese language." If people around the world learn Japanese, he writes, "and are able to read Japanese newspapers, periodicals and every variety of book, it is certain that the number of misunderstandings and the amount of friction between Japan and other countries will diminish. . . . I am asking Japan to use its power to unlock its international linguistic closed-door isolation."

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