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Japan is an extremely homogeneous society with non-Japanese, mostly Koreans and Chinese, making up only about 1% of the population. The Japanese people are primarily the descendants of various peoples who migrated from Asia in prehistoric times; the dominant strain is N Asian or Mongolic, with some Malay and Indonesian admixture. One of the earliest groups, the Ainu, who still persist to some extent in Hokkaido, are physically somewhat similar to Caucasians. Japanese is the offical language. Of major concern to Japanese government policy planners are the expected steady decline in the population during the 21st cent. (the population decreased for the first time in 2005) and the large and growing portion of the population that is elderly.
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Japan has a funny-looking written language made up of Kanji, Hiragana and Katana. While Hiragana is the phonetic equivalent of the Engrish alphabet, it is rarely used in conventional writing. Instead, Japanesians carve stylized Hiragana in the flesh of sworn enemies during ubiquitous honor duels. This angular writing style known as Katana stems from the limitations of Japan's most popular writing implement, the razor sharp hattori pwnzor. Similarly, Kanji (a simplified form of Chinese ideograms) is used very often in written Japanese - most words in Japanese are derived from the Chinese roots. Japanese can be considered a combination of Chinese and Engrish, with a confused grammar in the rikeness of Korean.
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Japan has four distinct seasons. Since the archipelago stretches over 1,800 miles from north to south, the climate varies greatly. The northern end of Japan has the same latitude as Quebec, Canada while the southern end has the same latitude as Key West, Florida. Most of Japan ... has a rainy season from mid-June to mid-July, and frequent typhoons from August through October.
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Busan-Fukuoka: JR Kyushu Ferry, 092-281-2315 (Japan) or 051-469-0778 (Korea), operates hydrofoil service several times each day, taking about 3.5 hours and costing ¥13,000 one way. Camelia Line, 092-262-2323 (Japan) or 051-466-7799 (Korea), operates a ferry which takes about 8 hours and starts at ¥9000; if overnight, it may stop and wait in front of Busan Port in the morning until Korean Immigration opens.
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Japan's population is estimated at around 127.4 million. For the most part, Japanese society is linguistically and culturally homogeneous with small populations of foreign workers, Zainichi Koreans, Zainichi Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese Brazilians and others. The most dominant native ethnic group is the Yamato people; the primary minority groups include the indigenous Ainu and Ryūkyūans, as well as social minority groups like the
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Under the terms of the agreement, Astellas has obtained exclusive rights to develop and commercialize XP13512 in Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan. Astellas plans to initiate Phase 1 clinical trials in the middle of the next year. XenoPort will receive an initial license payment of $25 million. In addition, XenoPort is eligible to receive clinical and regulatory milestone payments totaling up to $60 million, including milestone payments of $10 million at the initiation and $5 million at the subsequent completion of XenoPort's first Phase 3 clinical trial of XP13512 in RLS patients in the United States. XenoPort will receive royalties on any sales of XP13512 in the Astellas territory at a royalty rate in the mid-teens on a percentage basis.
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