Japan
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Who Needs Germ-Fighting Vacuum Cleaner Bags?
My trusty Electrolux dealer dropped off a box of vacuum cleaner bags the other day. What stopped me from ripping it right open was not the label, I’m sorry to say, but the price. Thirty bucks for 24 bags. A dollar and a quarter each. Electrolux bags have always been pricey, but even with handy […]
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We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us
For the first time, more Japanese companies favor a tax on carbon-dioxide emissions than oppose it, according to a poll released by the nation’s Environment Agency yesterday. “The poll indicates there is a growing perception among Japanese firms that voluntary corporate efforts alone cannot curb carbon-dioxide emissions,” an agency official said.
