You believe that the U.S. rating agencies know no mercy? Then you have never heard of Dadong. The great Chinese credit rating agency uses to what Standard & Poor's and Co. threaten to for months: She France from A + to AA credit rating downgraded. “Sorry France, you were just dadongt,” headlined the Wall Street Journal.

Also 3 days after Steve Jobs's death to lie in front of the Apple store in Tokyo's Ginza district countless flowers. Many Japanese are doing the technology visionary last respects. Steve Jobs enjoys great respect in the land of High Tech. And the Apple founder was a young man in the land of the rising sun his inspiration.

Yakiniku is a Japanese barbecue, friends or family eat in restaurants, which are traditionally run by Koreans. A table-top grill in the center, rich in many small pieces of meat and beer from it. The barbecue joint in the middle of the table makes yakiniku a social event. So it was before.In Tokyo's Ueno district , a center of Japanese barbecue food culture, has opened an innovative company launched the first yakiniku restaurant, serving exclusively individual tables.

In March, the first published study results of the credit card company MasterCard to financial education of women worldwide. The women in Thailand thus achieved the best result compared to the 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific. Another surprise represented Vietnam at the fourth Office came to rest already, even before Singapore on the 5th Place.

Regular power cuts in the Tokyo region have found an end for now. By early June, when air conditioners are switched on again increased, the power supply would be sufficient, so the electricity company Tepco. But people will continue to be encouraged to reduce their personal energy consumption.

After a further explosion in the reactor 2 and a fire in the number 4 has been Japan's darkest day behind. Embassies have withdrawn their personnel, foreign nationals from traveling or flee to the west of the country. Even in Tokyo for the first time an increased radiation was measured, but according to the government should not be harmful.

In China, Internet users may purchase access to an iTunes account for 200 yuan. Once paid, the buyer receives a given iTunes login with a matching password. While 24 hours may be so consumed music, movies, or applications worth 150 €. On China's largest online platform Taobao.com selling this illegal business is offered.

In Japan is spreading a new form of payment. In the small gym in Tokyo Convenience Fitness Nippori Arakawa district there are no membership or entrance fees. The customer pays only the minutes spent on a fitness machine. A machine for stretching exercises per 10 minute unit costs 500 yen per 15 minutes billed.

The shiitake mushroom Enstammt originally from the forests of Japan and China. In East Asia, he is the most widely cultivated edible mushroom in Europe after the second mushroom, the number The available in Japanese stores shiitake mushrooms come from farms. The origin is Japan, according to most of all packaging.

On 1 October will open in Japan increases the tobacco tax by 40 percent. This is still much less than in Western Europe or the U.S., but in Japan it is the highest price increase for 4 years.According Chain smokers have begun a large supply of cigarettes to store. A man in Tokyo who bought cigarettes in the same 1000 value of 300,000 yen.