Wednesday, January 03, 2007

China Japan News Roundup

Facing a declining rate of new birth and population, Japan is set to put out a new policy to encourage couples to have more babies, including monetary compensations to parents with a young kid from under 2 years old, etc. (Asahi Shimbun)

Today's the last for the New Year Holiday week long celebration in Japan, major roads surrendering Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka are seeing 10-15 mile long traffic jam. Called U-Turn Rush in Japan, it is a returning traffic from visiting families outside of the metropolitan areas. (Yomiuri Shimbun)

A tug of war is breaking in China, Should restaurants charge fees for opening bottles brought in by consumers? As Chinese New Year is coming, more restaurants are looking for ways to increase revenue, however, a western habit that charges to open wine or champagne bottles is not readily accepted in China, currently it seems that public opinions are against such a fee. (Xinhua)

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