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Sony Corp and other Japanese electronics makers will likely post robust earnings recoveries for the last quarter on strong year-end sales, and lighter post-holiday inventory bodes well for their outlook. Following the global downturn in 2008, Panasonic Corp, Canon as well as Sony have slashed costs and pursued mergers and acquisitions to boost competitiveness, and are now ready to reap the benefits of their turnaround measures as the economy recovers and consumers cautiously loosen their purse strings.

US Christmas demand was better than expected. In January-March a year earlier, they were forced to almost halt output to clear inventory. This year, they don't need to worry about that   -Ryosuke Katsura

 

The Lake Cowichan Secondary School senior girls' and boys' volleyball teams were honoured for their play at a recent school assembly. Girls' team coaches Adrian Achurch and Sean Battye handed out certificates to,left to right, Jordyn Wear, Grace Shave, Holly Hughes, Serene Zabok, Shelly Jones and Hailey Hudson. Those not in the photo include Katelyn Atchison, Ally Earle, Natasha Charles, Jinet Monti-Slatta, Shelby Wilcox, Kirsten Carpentier and Taylor Johnson.  

Singer Crystal Kay (23) has been given her first regular role in a television drama series. She will appear in NTV's "Hidarime Tantei EYE," which is scheduled to premiere on January 23. "Hidarime Tantei EYE" started out as a one-episode special in October, but the network decided to develop it into a complete series for this winter.  

Jay Gallery will have an exhibition of Ryosuke Cohen from this coming December 23 until January 4 next year. During the exhibition, Ryosuke Cohen himself will come over from Osaka to Seoul on Dec. 26 and will show his Fractal performance at Jay Gallery on December 27(Sun) 3 p.m. After the performance, a snug wine party will follow suit.  

Liu Qing of China won the gold of women's 800m at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong on Thursday. Liu clocked 2:06.41 for the title, followed by Akari Kishikawa of Japan in the second place at 2:07.21. The bronze medal was taken by Manami Mashita of Japan at 2:07.42. Earlier in the men's 800m final, Ryosuke Awazu of Japan won the gold at 1:50.66.  

Chinese women and Japanese men split the eight gold medals in the swimming pool yesterday at the East Asian Games. After four days of swimming events, Japan holds a slight lead with 17 golds to China's 15. China won in all four women's events: the 100-meter backstroke, the 400 freestyle, the 200 breaststroke and the 4x100 freestyle relay.  

After three days of damp surfaces, disrupted and rescheduled plays, the first gold in the mixed doubles should have dawned on the Victoria Park Tennis Centre court yesterday (December 9) -- the eighth day of the Fifth East Asian Games currently being held in Hong Kong. But the backlog and the headaches continue to mount for umpires and officials dealing with the Games only programme hiccup. Otherwise, it was a relatively quiet day in the Games with 15 other gold at stake. And Hong Kong grabbed anoth  

Chinese women and Japanese men split the eight swimming golds on offer at the East Asian Games yesterday. After four days at the pool, Japan holds a slight lead with 17 golds to China's 15. China won in all four women's events: the 100m backstroke, the 400m freestyle, the 200m breaststroke and the 4x100m freestyle relay.  

Chinese women and Japanese men split the eight gold medals in the swimming pool Wednesday at the East Asian Games. After four days of swimming events, Japan holds a slight lead with 17 golds to China's 15. China won in all four women's events: the 100-meter backstroke, the 400 freestyle, the 200 breaststroke and the 4x100 freestyle relay.  

Japanese top backstroker RyosukeIrie won again in the East Asian Games (EAG) swimming pool with a time of 52.76 seconds in the men's 100m backstroke final on Wednesday. The silver medal was taken by South Korean Park Seonkwan at 54.66 followed by He Jianbin of China in the third place at 55.61.