Obon-dama is the O-bon version of the New Year’s gift. It refers to pocket money given to children by grandparents when they return home for the Obon holidays.
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It is suspected that a Chinese business is producing and selling seedlings of the popular Shine Muscat grape grown by the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization without permission. There is no effective countermeasure because the application for variety registration in China was not filed within the deadline.
A European court has affirmed an earlier ruling that Spanish football club FC Barcelona has not been able to demonstrate genuine use of trademarks in a dispute with US-based fashion company Kule.