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Glutes on Fire on the Kumano Kodo Trail

Edit Huffington Post 13 Apr 2016
Hiking the Kumano Kodo Trail in Southeastern Japan is no walk in the park. The Kumano Kodo Trail is actually a network of trails in the remote, mountainous Kii Peninsula, southeast of Osaka and Kyoto ... The hike ended in Nachi-san, the site of Nachi-Taisha, the most important shrine on the Kumano Kodo trail, and Nachi no Taki, a spectacular waterfall over 400 feet high....

Aman’s Japan: Town and Country

Edit Vanity Fair 12 Apr 2016
At the Aman Toyko, spa-goers are invited to reflect the traditional practice of Misogi. This water-based act of purification is undertaken before any journey, wherein guests are welcome to soak in hot baths or steam facilities to relax and unwind prior to beginning their treatment ... Next, an extensive signature treatment featuring a Shiatsu massage and a camphor-powder scrub ensues. [Side note ... Enlarge SlideshowPhotos.1/11 ... X ... Kumano Kudo ... ....

11 things that make Wakayama Japan's best-kept secret

Edit CNN 07 Apr 2016
Wakayama, Japan (CNN)"Wakayama? Wakawhat? Wakawhere?". Overshadowed by the neighboring city of Osaka, this humble Japanese prefecture is home to arguably Japan's most delicious ramen, a 1,700-year-old fire festival and a giant open-air bath fed by a hot spring ... 1 ... Read More ... How to get there ... 2 ... 3. Walk Kumano Kodo. Japan's Kumano Kodo pilgrimage hike in Wakayama. Japan's best unknown hike, Kumano Kodo is the perfect Kii Mountain getaway....

Japan has to print more cash as bank runs continue from negative interest rates

Edit The Examiner 07 Apr 2016
And the second is the elimination of cash altogether, and making the currency an entirely digital construct ... It will print 1.23 billion such notes in fiscal 2016, 180 million more than a year earlier ... The total amount of cash stashed at home is estimated to have surged by nearly ¥5 trillion to some ¥40 trillion in the past year, Hideo Kumano, chief economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute, said. - Zerohedge ... ....

2 yrs after tax hike, buying still weak

Edit The Japan News 01 Apr 2016
Although family incomes are tending to rise overall, take-home pay has barely grown due to increasing expenses such as higher social insurance premiums ... Slide 1 of 1. The Yomiuri Shimbun ... “Compared with older generations, people in this age bracket have lower wages and feel uneasy about the future due to reasons such as problems with the pension system,” said Hideo Kumano at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute Inc ... Decision time nearing ... ....

BOJ runs groupthink risk as board dissenters depart

Edit The Japan News 31 Mar 2016
Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) — Bank of Japan Gov ... “For this to happen, it’s better to have a group with diverse ideas.” ... ‘Sleeping board’ ... “The BOJ is a group of like-minded bureaucrats, and the board is one of the few channels in which it has interaction with the outside world,” said Hideo Kumano, a former BOJ official who is now chief economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute ... The BOJ declined to comment ... Click to play ... + - ... Please wait......

Cash Piles Up in Japan While Spending and Investment Wane

Edit Bloomberg 25 Mar 2016
“Japan’s virtuous economic cycle is quite weak,” said Hideo Kumano, an economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute and a former BOJ official ... ....

Insight: Bank of Japan scrambles to find positives in negative rates

Edit Yahoo Daily News 14 Mar 2016
By Leika Kihara ... A government press relations official said there was nothing to add beyond remarks made publicly by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga that no such rift exists ... "Given the confusion caused by the January move, I don't think the BOJ will be able to cut rates again for the time being," said Hideo Kumano, a former BOJ official who is now chief economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute ... TABLOID WARNINGS ... APOLOGIES....

Bank of Japan’s Kuroda still wants to raise sales tax

Edit Asia Times 07 Mar 2016
Haruhiko Kuroda really wants to raise the sales tax next year despite the country falling into recession the last time it was increased. BOJ Gov. Kuroda ... “Kuroda can’t help but indicate he wants the tax increase,” Hideo Kumano, an economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute, told Bloomberg Monday after Kuroda’s remarks. “We don’t know if his calculation is right ... ....

Kuroda Says Impact of Next Sales Tax Rise to Be Less Than 2014's

Edit Bloomberg 07 Mar 2016
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Monday that the impact of a sales tax increase scheduled for April 2017 would be much less than the hike in 2014 -- which sent Japan into a recession ... “Kuroda can’t help but indicate he wants the tax increase,” Hideo Kumano, an economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute, said Monday after Kuroda’s remarks. “We don’t know if his calculation is right ... 16 ... 29 ... ....

Tucking 10,000 Yen Bills Under the Mattress Spells Worry for Abe

Edit Bloomberg 24 Feb 2016
Demand for 10,000 yen bills is steadily rising in Japan, even as the nation’s population falls and the use of credit cards and other forms of electronic payments increase ... Safe maker Eiko Co. says shipments of its products have doubled since autumn last year ... "The negative-rate policy is likely to intensify the preference of Japanese households to keep cash at home,” said Hideo Kumano, an economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute ... ....

Regional ‘antenna shops’ intrigue, entice foreign tourists in Tokyo

Edit The Japan News 23 Feb 2016
The Yomiuri Shimbun “Antenna shops” throughout Tokyo — shops run by local governments from all over Japan offering local specialties — are going to great lengths to attract foreign visitors, by providing services such as tax-free shopping and foreign language assistance ... It is home to a store selling Kumanofude brushes, a traditional product from the town of Kumano ... The shop also provides tourist information on Kumano in English ... + - ... ....

FLASH: Anthony wins gold, Hildebrandt and Miller take silver at Klippan Open in Sweden (USA ...

Edit Public Technologies 21 Feb 2016
(Source. USA Wrestling). Print. By Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling . Feb. 21, 2016, 11.18 a.m. (ET) Victoria Anthony of the USA won five matches at 48 kg on the way to a gold medal at respected Klippan Lady Open in Sweden. Photo by Jennifer Gutches ... Anthony stopped 2016 Canadian Olympian Jasmine Mian in the championship finals, 5-3 ... Army WCAP) at 75 kg/165 lbs ... KLIPPAN LADY OPEN ... 21 ... Bronze - Yuzuru Kumano (Japan) ... - ... WIN Yuzuru Kumano (Japan), 4-3....
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