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Tokyo stocks close up 1.60
TOKYO stocks have climbed 1.60 per cent to close at their highest level in more than five years, with investor appetite unabated because of a weak yen and record-setting levels on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index on Wednesday gained 246.24 points to 15,627.26, the best finish since late December 2007. The Topix index of all first-section issues was up 0.44 per cent, or 5.64 points, at ...
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Weak Yen Wont Stop Our Push Outside Japan Lexus
Mark Templin, Executive Vice President at Lexus said the luxury carmaker doesn't run its global business based on fluctuations in exchange ...
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Nikkei climbs 1.6 pct to 5-12-yr high on BOJ optimism Sony surges
Reset TOKYO (May 22): The Nikkei average climbed 1.6 percent to a fresh 5-1/2-year high on Wednesday, spurred on by the Bank of Japan's optimism about the economic outlook, while Sony Corp surged on reports it may consider a proposal to spin off its entertainment assets. Earlier in the day, the Bank of Japan kept policy steady as widely expected, and upgraded its assessment of the ...
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Nikkei closes on a high
(37 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo climbed 1.60 percent to close at their highest level in more than five years with investor appetite unabated on a weak yen and record-setting levels on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 246.24 points to 15,627.26, the best finish since late December 2007, while the Topix index of all first-section issues was up 0.44 percent, or 5.64 points, at ...
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Sony shares boom on spin off speculation
Shares of Sony spiked to their highest level in two years Wednesday on reports that the company is considering a spin off of its movie and music ...
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Japan mulls bilateral talks with North Korea raising co-ordination concerns among allies
TOKYO - Japan's government is looking into re-opening official talks with North Korea to resolve questions over the abductions of Japanese citizens decades ago, raising concerns among allies who fear Tokyo's focus on that issue might weaken efforts to rein in Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. Chief Cabinet spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday that high-level talks with the ...
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Japans crocodile tears over Russias Kuril Islands
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a short time has demonstrated his capabilities and lack of fear in tackling problems using non-trivial methods. Abe likes Russia - it's in his genes. The Russian President said he was ready for a dialogue on the peace treaty with Japan on the principles of a draw. Did he decide to give the Japanese two of the four South Kuril Islands? Japanese Prime ...
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Japan Keeps Monetary Policy Steady
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Bank of Japan maintains policy cheers Abenomics
Japan's central bank pledged Wednesday to maintain its ambitious quantitative easing program, saying that economic conditions in the country are ...
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Nikkei up on BOJ optimism
(21 mins ago) Tokyo stocks maintained early gains and were up 1.12 percent in early afternoon trade after the Bank of Japan made its widely-expected announcement of no new easing measures. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 171.79 points at 15,552.81 soon after the afternoon session started while the Topix index of all first-section issues was up 0.72 percent, or 9.12 points, at 1,279.51, ...
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Bank of Japan sees economy improving
(1 hr 4 mins ago) Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up'' as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home. The Bank of Japan ended a policy meeting on Wednesday with no change to its strategy of doubling the monetary base for the sake of reaching a 2 percent inflation target and jolting the economy out of two ...
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Economic Report Bank of Japan ups economic outlook
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The Bank of Japan raised its economic assessment at the end of its two-day meeting on Wednesday, while holding its policy ...
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Asia Markets Japan stocks hold gains after central-bank meet
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks stayed on course for a fresh multiyear high Wednesday after the country's central bank raised its economic outlook, even as it left other elements of its monetary policy ...
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Researchers find high cesium in some Pacific plankton
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
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Japanese Market Rallies On Stimulus Hopes Weaker Yen
The Japanese stock market is trading notably higher on Wednesday with a stronger U.S. dollar and the overnight positive close on Wall Street triggering some hectic buying almost across the board. Investors appear to be betting on expectations of additional stimulus from the central bank as well.The benchmark Nikkei 225 index is trading at 15,544.5, up 163.5 points or 1.1 percent from its ...
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Kyle Bass Bets on Full-Blown Japan Crisis
Kyle Bass hopes he is wrong, and so may everyone else, as the danger predicted by the founder of Dallas-based Hayman Capital is nothing less than a full blown financial crisis in the world's third-largest economy, Japan. While the hedge-fund trade of the year has been to short the yen and buy Japanese stocks placed for an export boom, Mr. Bass sees in "Abenomics" - stimulus from ...
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Japan outlasts Denmark in thriller at Sudirman Cup
/enpproperty--> KUALA LUMPUR - Japan outgunned Denmark to top Gruop D after a nail-biting final group match at the 13th Sudirman Cup team badminton championships on Tuesday, while China overpowered Indonesia 5-0. The Japan-Denmark tie see-sawed with Denmark taking the lead after the first and third matches, only for Japan to equalize. After Denmark's mixed doubles pair of Joachim ...
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China-Japan trade will pick up
Economic and trade cooperation between China and Japan will get back on track if there is no further deterioration of the countries' already strained ties, leading Chinese think tanks said in an annual report released on ...
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Japan uses sound waves against Chinese sub
A Maritime Self-Defence Force patrol plane used sound waves emitted from a sonobuoy against a submarine detected in the contiguous zone around Minami-Daitojima island in Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday, according to government sources. The action against the submarine, which is believed to belong to the Chinese Navy, is an apparent demonstration that the MSDF is steadily monitoring the movement of ...
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Japanese scholars slam Tokyo on history
A group of Japanese intellectuals on Tuesday rebutted their government's territorial claim to Dokdo and urged Japan to have a correct understanding of history. During a press conference in Busan, they called on Shimane prefecture to rethink its annual observance of Takeshima (Dokdo in Japanese) Day, designated in 2005 to underline its sovereignty claim to the Dokdo islets in the East Sea. ...
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Japan emerges as solar beacon
Japan had some optimistic economic news last week showing that the country's GDP expanded by 0.9 per cent last quarter – its quickest pace in a year. The data suggest that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive stimulus measures may be working. They certainly seem to be working to improve this reputation: investors are more confident in a Japanese leader than any time since ...
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Visa violators continue sit-in at Immigration
A sit-in by visa violators and their families entered its second day Tuesday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with protesters seeking government good will. The action at the bureau in Minato Ward is being organized by the Asian People’s Friendship Society, ...
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Japan’s cellphone lineups for summer 2013 — fit and focused
Lean and focused would be a good way to characterize the recently launched lineups from Japan's three top cellphone carriers. While NTT DoCoMo Inc. had released 18 kinds of smartphones last summer, it trimmed down to 9 for this ...
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Sony shares rise on report company may discuss spinoff
Shares of Sony Corp. rose 9.3 percent in the United States on Tuesday after Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported the company's board may discuss spinning off its entertainment division. American depositary receipts in Tokyo-based Sony advanced to close at $22.91 in New York, their biggest gain since May 14, when investor Daniel Loeb's Third Point proposed selling as much as 20 ...
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Japans trade deficit hits $8.6B due to weaker yen
TOKYO -; Japan's trade deficit widened to a larger-than-expected 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion) in April as its weakening currency accentuated surging import ...
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Osaka sees first InterContinental hotel built
Osaka is a major travel destination within Japan and the wider Asian region for business travelers and leisure tourists alike. The city is an economic powerhouse and part of the backbone of the Japanese economy. It makes sense for InterContinental to finally open a hotel here then.
Osaka is the second command center of the Japanese economy after Tokyo, with a daytime and nighttime population that reflects the massive draw of the city as an economic powerhouse. Read more
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