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Drink makers fight to win water market 08/21/2007 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The market for bottled water is shaping up to be one of the biggest areas of growth in the beverage industry, sparking a price war among the major players. In some cases, retail prices have been cut by as much as 44 percent. In 2006, the market for mineral water, including import!s, grew to about 175 million cases, up 70 percen..

Koike refuses to back down 08/16/2007 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Defense Minister Yuriko Koike came out swinging Wednesday by vowing to stick to her resolve to replace Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya--unless she herself is replaced in the Cabinet reshuffle expected on Aug. 27. Koike's decision to replace Moriya with Tetsuya Nishikawa, chief of the Defense Ministry secretariat, triggered a feud wit..

Indirectly Speaking / Know-it-all teachers not all that bright Mike Guest Special to The Daily Yomiuri A few months back (on April 29) we heard fictional Japanese English teacher, Ijiwaru-sensei, offer up some criticisms of non-Japanese English teachers, and we responded to Ijiwaru's claims. At that time, I promised that native English-speaking Whiner-sensei, who epitomizes highly critical forei..