Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Dec 15, 2012

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(1) Masaaki Iwamoto, Satoshi Kawano and Jason Clenfield, Japan's Fear of Risk Is Getting Dangerous.
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... s-getting-dangerous

Excerpt in the window of print: Japan spends nearly as much on life insurance as the US, despite a population less than half as large.

Note:
(a) The Japanese have 844 trillion yen stashed at home and in low-interest savings accounts.
(b) Masaaki IWAMOTO  岩本 正明
(i) Satoshi KAWANO  河野 敏

* satoi 聡い; 敏い 【さとい】 (adj): "smart"
Jim Breen's online Japanese dictionary
(ii) Compare Yōhei KŌNO 河野 洋平 (former prime minister of Japan)
, where yō and kawa are Chinese and Japanese pronunciations of 河 or 川 ("no" is Japanese pronunciation).
(c) Aizawa Securities Co, Ltd  アイザワ証券 or 藍澤證券 株式会社
(founded in 1918 by AIZAWA Yahachi 藍澤 彌八)
(i) ai 《藍》 【あい】 (n): "dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)"
(ii) aiiro 藍色 【あいいろ】 (n): "indigo blue"
(iii) indigo dye
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye
(section 2.1 Plant sources)
(iv) For Persicaria tinctoria, see Polygonum tinctorum
http://hanazukan.hanashirabe.com/xs.php?fid=c1373
(photos)
(d) Ken OIKAWA, a professor of kinesiology at Tokyo Gakugei University
及川 研/ 東京学芸大学 (a national university which trains teachers)
(e) The article says, "Total expenditure on policies in Japan last year was $525 billion, second only to the US at $538 billion, according to a study by Swiss Re."

The "policies."  That is, insurance policies.
(f) Sōichiro Monji  門司 総一郎
(g) The family name of Toshiya ENOMOTO is 榎本.
(i) enoki (Japanese kanji: 榎; Chinese character: 朴; English: Japanese hackberry) (The "ki" in "enoki" is 木)
(ii) For Japanese hackberry, see Celtis jessoensis
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtis_jessoensis
(h) Toshio YAMAGISHI, a professor at Tamagawa University
山岸 俊男/ 玉川大学 (a private university at Tokyo funded by Kuniyoshi OBARA 小原 國芳)
(i) A sign that says, "とびだし注意."

The "tobidashi" is a noun whose corresponding verb is
tobidasu 飛び出す【とびだす】 (v): "(1) to jump out; to rush out; to fly out; (2) to appear (suddenly)"


(2) Christiana Larson, They're Divorcing. Sell! Sell! Sell!
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... ivorces-hurt-stocks

Note:
(a) The summary underneath the title in print:  As Chinese tycoons dump spouses investors often suffer.
(b) WANG Gongquan and mistress WANG Qin  王功权/王琴
(c) WANG Shi  王 石 (with actress 田 朴珺)
(d) WU Yajun  吴 亚军/ Longfor Properties  龙湖地产
(e) Toudou founder Gary WANG  王 微  (前妻 杨蕾; 新女友 谭元元)


(3) Andrew Roberts, In Some Stores, All Eyes Are on You.
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... ns-are-watching-you

A high-tech mannequin acts as a spy-cam on customers.

Note: EyeSee Mannequin. Almax, undated
http://www.almax-italy.com/en-US ... yeSeeMannequin.aspx

, which does not provide much information.