1. Targeting new fan base, Bandai opens Tokyo Gundam theme park
2. Social game firms give up controversial sales tactic
3. Rare earths have Japan scurrying
4. Work force chills out earlier in 2012
5. Companies finding ways to keep aging work forces energized
6. Tohoku’s new role: hub for renewables
7. A 21st-century Shibuya emerges
8. Ozawa’s return could stymie Noda
9. Japan steps back into Myanmar
10. Companies can no longer afford to stick to Japan’s old hiring traditions
11. As foreign visitors return to Japan, public, private sectors aim for more
12. Nation sitting on JGB powder keg
13. Reshaping core operations sends retailers’ profit way up
14. North Korea rattles region in year of leadership transition
15. Japan retailers fly high in Asia

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