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  1. Tokyo Motor Show kicks off today. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors show off electric car prototypes with built-in solar panels
  2. Japan's economic contrast: Wine retailer Enoteca's operating profit up 60%; discount clothier Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing sees record profit
  3. Japan's consumer groups cheer government's release of poverty data http://bit.ly/49WFZ9
  4. Japan's Orix, No. 1 in car-sharing, adding depots in Tokyo (248 depots, 6,500 members). Why is car-sharing so big in a train-centric city?
  5. Sony's gaming boss Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai: Making gaming profitable is "my mission in life." Also wants more PS3 downloads http://bit.ly/koetd
  6. Strange scene: In front of the Yodobashi Camera store in Akihabara, you get a glimpse of Japan's Dragon Quest IX craze. http://bit.ly/MosHZ
  7. Sony gets cozy with Google: http://bit.ly/QUUr5
  8. Climate Change: 64% of Japanese want drastic greenhouse gas emissions cuts (25% by 2020 from 1990 levels) proposed by PM Hatoyama; 19% "nay"
  9. Anyone for an $11,200 TV? At CEATEC, Toshiba shows its new TV with the Cell chip, 3-terabyte HDD & other goodies. http://bit.ly/aAdbg
  10. More TVs: Sep. 5, Toshiba to show flat TV with mutimedia Cell chip--same in Sony PS3 gaming console. CellTV channel surfs videos like icons?
  11. Panasonic isn't alone in 3D TV push. Sony and Sharp (world No. 2 & No. 3 biggest in TVs) also to offer 3D sets as early as 2010.
  12. Ex-MP Shoichi Nakagawa found dead at home. Lost his seat in Aug. election. Known for his slurred speech at G7 FinMin confab in Rome in Feb.
  13. Panasonic in 3D: Company betting that 3D TVs, cameras, etc. can lift brand, tapping Hollywood's 3D craze. http://bit.ly/g81hl
  14. Toyoda on Toyota: The world's largest car maker is "grasping for salvation" (a reference to author Jim Collins' metric). http://bit.ly/KLzxx
  15. calling all foodies: if ever in rapid city, south dakota, eat here: http://www.cornexchange.com/
  16. Digg.com users ask Tim Geithner: http://bit.ly/26ecmS These make me think I should be crowdsourcing my questions before interviews (tx gen)
  17. Sony's PlayStation 3 price cut dilemma: Damned if you do, damned if you don't. http://bit.ly/MBWko
  18. WW2 anniversary: Met a former zero fighter pilot at controversial Yasukuni Shrine, where souls of Japan's war dead (& captors) are enshrined
  19. Will policies matter in Japan's next election? Opposition Democrats release policy "manifesto" http://bit.ly/16C8jS or http://bit.ly/GQkCS
  20. Wanted: Medical tourists in Japan. Japan now sees this as one way to help its closed healthcare industry. http://bit.ly/HC0dr