Yanmar's coolest agricultural tractor

Yanmar revealed concept model of its new tractor designed by Kiyoyuki Okuyama known as the designer of Enzo Ferrari, Ferrari California and Chevrolet Camaro.
Its production model will be released for domestic market in 2015.
Yanmar celebrated the centennial anniversary of foundation in March last year.


スポーツカー意識したトラクター　ヤンマーが試作機　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDD250LE_V20C13A7TJ1000/


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7-Eleven "SEVEN CAFE" surpassed 100M cups

Convenience store 7-Eleven Japan on July 18 announced that it sold over 100 million cups of "SEVEN CAFE" drip coffee since the launch of the service in this January.
Currently, approximately 12,500 stores are serving coffee made inside each store. Each store sells 83 cups everyday in average.
It aims at 450 million cups in the first year.


「セブンカフェ」が1億杯突破、1日1店舗あたりの販売数は約83杯。　―Narinari.com
http://www.narinari.com/Nd/20130722333.html


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TEPCO to pay 500M bonus to employees

Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc(TEPCO) on July 22 will pay 100,000 yen to all employee who is holding an administrative position as a section chief or above, for putting the breaks on drain of human resources. Approximately 5,000 employees will receive this bonus which amount to 500 milliom yen in total.
It cut 30 percent of salary in managers grades and 20 percent in other grades. 1,286 employees resigned their post voluntarily including 51 managers by this June.


東電管理職に１０万円一時金　社員優遇に疑問符　―東京新聞 TOKYO Web
http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/economics/news/CK2013072002000120.html


Members of a USS crew filed suit against TEPCO

Tohoku Earthquake, 2,814 people are still missing

71,900 cars wrecked by 3.11 earthquake and tsunami were removed

Radio active caesium detected from 0.1% of children in Fukushima

The former PM Hatoyama joined Anti-nuclear demonstration

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A man burned the city hall with petrol bombs

Takarazuka City Hall

A 63-year-old jobless man at 9:40 am on July 12th burned Takarazuka City Hall throwing two petrol bombs at a reception desk.
600 staffs and citizens evacuated from the building and 5 were injured.
The man arrested deposed that he lost his temper for receiving the demand letter of property tax he has been defaulted.
The office cancelled all of its business on July 12th.


火炎瓶で市役所ロビーが炎に ５人けが　―NHKニュース
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20130712/t10015994841000.html


Man restrained on selling plaster casts of female genitalia

Yabusoba, the famous traditional soba restaurant was destroyed in a fire

11 yo boy plunged into a train in Osaka

A man with knife took 4 hostages at a Toyokawa Shinkin Bank

Two thunderbolts killed ladies at park in Osaka

8yo girl voted instead of her father

A 36-year-old father let his 8-year-old daughter to vote on early voting of the House of Councillors election on July 10th at a polling station in Kasai City, Hyogo.
"We have to validate the vote as long as we could not specify her vote in the box." the Committee for Election Administration in the city said.
The early voting could be accepted until July 20th, the day before the voting day.


参院選:８歳児が投票…父親の用紙に記入し投票箱へ…兵庫　―毎日jp
http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20130711k0000m040050000c.html


Man restrained on selling plaster casts of female genitalia

Stalking cases rose 36 percent

Yabusoba, the famous traditional soba restaurant was destroyed in a fire

U.S. Forces officer became naked and urinated inside an internet cafe

Family arrested for hiding a machine gun and grenades in their house

Summer bonuses increased 64,000 yen

Average amount of summer bonuses received by Japanese workers are 559,000 yen, 64,000 yen increase from the last summer Nippon Life Insurance Company(Nissay) revealed.
The research was done on the internet acquired 10,386 participants.
According to the result, the ratio of people who responded that their bonus was increased was 51.7 percent in twenties and was 35.1 percent in fifties. On the other hand, the people who said that it decreased was 6.0 percent in twenties and was 15.3 percent in fifties.
It is assumed that the fact that more percentages of people are working as a temporary employee or a contracted employee whose compensation structure is apt to reflect corporate performances of company in twenties compared to older generations affected the result.


夏のボーナス６万４０００円増　日生調　―MSN産経ニュース
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/news/130703/fnc13070316560015-n1.htm


630,000 are "NEET" among the Japanese young

One out of five workers is over 60

Japanese salary in 2012 was the lowest in 22 years

Educational expenses of Japanese family is 1.91M yen

Annual income of Japanese keeps dropping