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


Coffee consumptions in Japan and the world

Over 1,000 Starbucks in Japan

Which coffee chains do Japanese like?

Starbucks inside a city library

"McCafe" by Mcdonald's opened at Harajuku

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

McDonald's sales in a steep decline

Idaho Burger 360-410 yen

Sales of McDonald's Japan in February decreased by 12.1 percent from the same month in last year. In January, it dropped by 17.0 percent. Its monthly sales has been below the results of previous year eleven times in a row.


マクドナルド、2か月連続で売上げ2ケタ減　10年ぶりの低迷に　―J-CASTニュース
http://www.j-cast.com/2013/03/11168971.html


KFC x Dragon Ball Z, Colonel Sanders in the battle suit

Free BIG Mac. McDonald's 60 seconds rule

Mcdonald's Japan Hamburger General Election

"McCafe" by Mcdonald's opened at Harajuku

Amazon.co.jp 2012 Best Seller Anime DVD/BD Ranking

Karen and Tsukihi from "Nisemonogatari"

Amazon.co.jp's top ten best-selling anime DVDs and Blu-rays in the term from 12/1/2011 to 11/30/2012. The company names listed below each title is the anime production.

Amazon.co.jp 2012 Best Seller Adult PC Game Ranking

TYPE-MOON heroines

Amazon.co.jp revealed "Best of 2012" rankings. Here are the top ten best selling adult PC games on the website between 12/1/2011 and 11/30/2012.
*Links may require caution.*

Amazon.co.jp 2011 Best Seller Adult PC Game Ranking

Alicesoft

Amazon.co.jp's "Best of 2011" rankings, the top ten best selling adult PC games on the website between 12/1/2010 and 11/31/2011.
*Links may require caution.*

U.S. Navy Japan prohibits alcohol after 10 PM

U.S. Force Japan Sasebo Base

U.S. Naval Force Japan ordered the prohibition of alcohol between 10 pm to 8 am to all the bases in Japan. It earlier prohibited the officers from going out between 11 pm and 5 am after two officers were arrested for assaulting an Okinawan female.


日本の全基地に夜間禁酒令　米海軍　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNZO48860040X21C12A1CC1000/

Yahoo! Japan Search Word Ranking 2012

Yahoo! Japan on November 26th announced "2012 Search Word Ranking" listing the most searched words in this year between January 1st and October 31st.

Mercedes's anime "NEXT A-Class" on YouTube

Mercedes-Benz Japan on YouTube uploaded "NEXT A-Class", a 6 minutes promotion anime created in cooperation with Production I.G and Hakuhodo, informing the new 2013 A-Class.
In the video, the new A-Class driven by characters chases legendary ramen noodle truck in futuristic city of Tokyo.

NEXT A-Class with English Subtitles



メルセデス・ベンツのアニメが超絶クオリティ　貞本キャラ×Production I.G　―ねとらぼ
http://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1211/19/news067.html

Design for the New National Stadium Japan building chosen

The New National Stadium Japan

JAPAN SPORT COUNCIL announced that the conceptual building design by Zaha Hadid Architects in Britain was chosen for the New National Stadium Japan in Shinjuku, Tokyo. There were eleven finalists on the web site chosen among the applicants from all over the world.
The stadium costs 130 billion yen($1.6B) in total for construction and will possibly be used for Tokyo 2020 Olympics.


新国立競技場デザインはザハ・ハディド氏の作品に決定　―jp.WSJ.com
http://jp.wsj.com/japanrealtime/blog/archives/15446/

"Do you like Japan?" People in Asia answered

AUN CONSULTING, Inc. on November 6th revealed the results of survey measured people's degrees of Japanophile(how much they like Japan) in ten Asian nations. The survey was held on the internet collecting 1,000 valid responses(100 for each country) from people over 18.

LOVE - LIKE - DO NOT LIKE - HATE
From the top: Korean / Chinese / Taiwanese / Hong Konger / Thai / Malaysian / Singaporean / Indonesian / Vietnamese / Philipino

Which Japanese products or services do you like?
(average percentages of the 10 countries)

41-74% - Anime/Manga
25-71% - Food


意外? 中国では55%が日本を「大好き」「好き」と回答--アジア10カ国親日度　―マイナビニュース
http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2012/11/07/089/index.html

"From Japan with Love (And Dashi)": 3 min video tour of Japan

Daniel Klein, a film maker and a chef living in Minneapolis, Minnesota United States shot a beautiful video during his two weeks stay in Japan.

USJ celebrated 100Mth visitor

Universal Studios Japan

Universal Studios Japan(USJ) on October 29th reached the total number of visitors of 100 million.
The record was made in 11 years and 7 months since it opened in March 2001.


ＵＳＪ来場者、１億人を突破　開業11年７カ月　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASGF2900O_Z21C12A0EB2000/

2012 Miss International won by a Japanese lady

Ikumi Yoshimatsu

Ikumi Yoshimatsu a 25-year-old Japanese female model won Miss International 2012 held in Naha, Okinawa for the first time as Japanese.
"Women will be opinion leaders in next generation. I talked about what action I would like to take in my speech."
She works as the sightseeing ambassador of her home city, Tosu City, Saga from March 2012.


ミス・インターナショナル　吉松さん　日本人Ｖは初　―東京新聞
http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/national/news/CK2012102202000081.html

Mcdonald's Japan Hamburger General Election

McDonald's Japan revealed the result of "Hamburger General Election", collected 207,948 votes online from mobile phones between September 11th and 16th.

1 : Chicken Tatsuta
(Japanese Style Fried Chicken Sandwich)

2 : BIG Mac

3 : Teriyaki Mac Burger
(Burger with Teriyaki Sauce)

4 : Tsukimi Burger
(Fried Egg Burger)

5 : GraKoro
(Gratin Croquette Burger)

6 : Teritama
(Egg Burger with Teriyaki Sauce)

7 : Double Cheese Burger

8 :Shrimp Filet-O
(Fried Shrimp Cake Burger)

9 : Filet-O-Fish

10: Juicy Chicken Filet-O
(Chicken Filet Sandwich)


-FACTS-
Regular Sandwich Menu at McDonald's Japan
http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/menu/regular/index.html


マックがハンバーガー総選挙、“好きなバーガー”の人気No.1は？　―Narinari.com
http://www.narinari.com/Nd/20120919013.html

Tohoku Earthquake, 2,814 people are still missing

Bodies were temporary buried in the ground kept waiting to be cremated.

National Police Agency stated the number of people died of the Great East Japan Earthquake is 15,870, and 2,814 are still missing at the point of September 12th 2012.


震災死者１万５８７０人、不明２８１４人　１２日現在　―朝日新聞デジタル
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0912/TKY201209120483.html

90 percents of Japanese men think economically supporting family is husband's role

Annual income of women who have been jobless once after marriage

Japanese women: Approximately 70% are below 1.3M yen($16,500)
American women: Over 40% are below 1.42M yen($18,000)


Men who think economical support for family is husband's role

Japanese men: Approximately 90%
American men: Approximately 50%


Women who do not want husband to take child-care leave

Japanese women: 53%
American women: 29%


Research was conducted by the team of Ochanomizu University to women aged between 20 to 39(917 Japaneses/1,508 Americans) and men who have a child aged below 12(715 Japaneses/1500 Americans).


-FACTS-
It is still popular for Japanese women leaving job for a long time after marriage and having baby. However working as part timer is common among them.


男性の９割「経済的に家族支えるのは夫」　―SankeiBiz
http://www.sankeibiz.jp/econome/news/120826/ecc1208261501006-n1.htm

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

Cars swept away by tsunami

The Ministry of the Environment announced that 71,900 automobiles wrecked by Great East Japan Earthquake or 3.11 last year in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima were removed to temporal depositories.
17,200 wrecks in Iwate, 52,800 in Miyagi and 1900 in Fukushima were removed until July 11th 2011 and 42,500 were already disposed.


東日本大震災の被災自動車７万台、撤去ほぼ終了　―YOMIURI ONLINE
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20120810-OYT1T01122.htm

"MILD SEVEN" will be "MEVIUS" from Feb. 2013

"MILD SEVEN" families

Japan Tobacco(JT) changes the name of its long-selling brand cigarette "MILD SEVEN" to "MEVIUS" for domestic market from February 2013 and internationally in next one year in order..
Its smell, taste and price will stay the same.
"MILD SEVEN" the world's 5th best selling brand sells 76.5 billion cigarettes in the world, however it doesn't sell in the countries in Europe where the use of the word "mild" is prohibited by regulations. JT expands more of foreign markets with the new brand.
"MILD SEVEN" released in 1977 is the best-seller with 30 percents share in Japan.


ＪＴ、マイルドセブン改称　「メビウス」で海外拡販　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASGF0803W_Y2A800C1EA2000/

London 2012 Olympics, which players gather Japanese attention?

Homare Sawa, "Nadeshiko Japan" Japanese Women's Football Team


Which Olympic Game players and teams do Japanese pay attention to?

1: Nadeshiko Japan(Japanese Women's Football Team)
2: Kosuke Kitajima(Men's Breaststroke 100m/200m)
3: Kohei Uchimura and Japanese Gymnastics Team
4: Japanese Men's Football Team
5: Murofushi Koji(Men's Hammer Throw)
6: Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho(Women's Wrestling)
7: Japanese Women's Volleyball Team
8: Japanese Swimmers
9: Japanese Women's Table Tennis Players
10:Usain Bolt(Men's 100m)


The research was conducted on the internet by Nikkei Inc. acquired 1,030(515 male + 515 female) valid responses.


「なでしこ」が１位　ロンドン五輪の注目度ランキング
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZZO44215410X20C12A7000000/