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BestWorst Daily ETF Returns Japan Funds Fall
The SPDR Russell/Nomura Small Cap Japan ETF ( ) lost 5.40 percent on Thursday, May 23, the biggest loss for a handful of Japan-based funds that underperformed that day. Markets were down, with the S'P 500 losing 4.84 points, or 0.29 percent, to close at 1,650.51, and U.S.-listed ETF assets fell to $1.523 trillion overall. Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and ...
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Yen rises amid Japanese stock volatility
THE yen has gained against the euro and the US dollar as heavy volatility in the Japanese equity market reverberated through the currency ...
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US markets turn sober after Japan plunge
THE 7.3 per cent plunge in Japanese stocks during the week injected needed sobriety into US markets, but they showed a resilience that cheered investors worried about protecting the year's ...
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T Magazine All the Rage | Japanese Whiskey Takes Manhattan
Suntory’s Hibiki 12-year whiskey with a food pairing by the chef David Bouley, served at an event at Noguchi Museum in Long Island City. Over the past week, hordes of bartenders, distillers, liquor reps and booze hounds have descended thirstily upon New York City for the fourth ...
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Panel 70 chance of Nankai Trough quake by 2040s
A government research panel says there is a 60 to 70 percent probability that a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8 to 9 will occur off Japan's Pacific coast in the next 30 ...
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CO2 density rising above intl. standard in Japan
Weather officials say the average density of carbon dioxide in Japan is rising above the international standard at all 3 observation points in the country. Carbon dioxide is one of the greenhouse gases associated with global ...
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Nagoya Castle structures restored
At the Nagoya Castle compound in central Japan, restoration work has been completed on the entrance and reception room of the main residential building for the first time in 70 ...
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Abe goes to Myanmar as Japan Inc. eyes Asias cheapest wages
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday becomes the first Japanese leader to visit Myanmar in 36 years as his nation's companies seek to invest in the former dictatorship, which has some of the cheapest labor in ...
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Sumo Hakuho awaits ozeki rival
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho and ozeki Kisenosato both powered to their 13th wins on Friday to set up a mouth-watering showdown at the Summer Grand Sumo ...
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Suga Japan to watch N.Korea with US S.Korea
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary has indicated that Japan will closely monitor North Korea, following its senior official's expression of willingness to hold a dialogue with relevant nations on easing tensions on the Korean ...
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Japan must continue efforts to deactivate Fukushima nuclear plant - UN agency
IAEA's Director of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology Juan Carlos Lentijo (right), speaks with Shift Superintendent Ikuo Izawain at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Photo: IAEA/Greg ...
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The Prime Minister of Japan Wants Everyone to Know Hes Not Afraid of Ghosts
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet on Friday formally denied months-long rumours that the premier had not moved into his official residence over fears the mansion is haunted. The conservative leader took office in December but has yet to move into the 11-room brick home in central Tokyo, the longest holdout among any of his predecessors, according to local media. Abe’s ...
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Video South Korean comfort women want apology from Japan
Former so-called 'comfort women' from South Korea cancel their meeting with Japan's Mayor of Osaka after he said forcing women into wartime military brothels was "necessary". Lily Grimes ...
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Does Japanese market volatility signal the end of Abenomics
Does Thursday’s temporary 7.3 percent plunge in Japanese stocks spell the end to Abenomics? Unlikely. Since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was swept to power in December on a promise to defeat deflation and revive the world’s third-largest ...
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Yen trade volatile in Asia along with Japan market
TOKYO--Yen trading was volatile in Asia on Friday in tandem with wild swings on the Tokyo stock market, but some analysts said the Japanese currency's weakening trend was likely to ...
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Osaka mayor under fire from international community
Osaka mayor under fire from international community . MAY 25, 2013 00:47. . Toru Hashimoto, mayor of Osaka and co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, has come under mounting criticism from the international community or his absurd remarks about ...
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After years of cajoling Japan inks global custody pact
child custody situations in which parents from the United States are forced to return home without the children that the other parent took to another country without permission or legal authority to do so. That has long been a common situation where Japan is concerned, with many Japanese mothers summarily taking children back to their home country and thereafter resisting all attempts of the ...
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Rugby Fickle nature of sport drove me back to Japanese club -Ellison
After being out injured for six months, Tamati Ellison admits the fickle nature of rugby was one of the main reasons he opted to head back to Japan. Ellison, 30, will join the Ricoh company side in Japan at the end of the Super 15, despite having played for the All Blacks last year and being seen as a test certainty this season. The midfield back said he enjoyed the Dunedin ...
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Landmark Case In U.S. Civil Court On Rape By U.S. Military In Japan Eleven Years Ago
Catherine Fisher with a picture of her attacker. Picture: Gran Ole In a landmark case, on September 6, 2012, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Circuit Court Judge gave standing to an Australian woman to collect a Japanese civil judgment against a former US Navy sailor for raping her in Japan 11 years ago. A civil judgment by a Tokyo court in 2004 ordered sailor Bloke T. Deans to pay 3 million yen in ...
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All-Japan stint for karter Cabrera
PRODIGIOUS karter Gabe Tayao-Cabrera competes today and tomorrow in the All-Japan Junior Championships at Suzuka International Circuit in Suzuka City, Mie prefecture. Cabrera, fresh off his victories in the Formula 125 Open Junior, KF2-KF3 and the Yamaha Cup Novice races of the recent Asian Karting Open at Carmona Racetrack in Cavite, will race at Suzuka as the lone Filipino recruit of ...
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Japans J-League still blazing trails at 20
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Japan's J-League was a trailblazer for Asian football when it debuted in 1993 and now, as it celebrates its 20th anniversary, it is still pointing the way forwards for the region.Gone are the days when J-League clubs spent lavishly to recruit the likes of Gary Lineker, Zico and Pierre Littbarski, who lit up the early years of Japan's first professional league.With ...
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McDonald’s Mega Potato Fries To Clog Arteries In Japan
Kotaku ) that McDonald’s is now offering its largest calorie item in the history of the chain with the Mega Potato. It holds the equivalent of two large fries, but at almost half the price. Unfortunately for you McDonald’s french fry fans, the Mega Potato is only available in Japan. You could hop on a plane to grab some, but you have to be fast. The Mega Potato will only be on ...
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Cannes Sony Pictures Classics Acquires The Lunchbox for North America
, a mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together by leaving notes in a lunchbox, but their fantasy gradually threatens to overwhelm ...
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WTO to examine Japan-China steel duties dispute
World Trade Organization said Friday its dispute settlement board had agreed to a request from Japan to create a panel to examine its dispute with China over steel duties. Japan had requested for a panel to evaluate its complaint against China for imposing duties on steel tube imports, which Beijing claims were being sold at prices below market levels. Japan charged that the duties violated ...
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Japan told to lean on Myanmar
The Japanese government needs to ensure it's getting a return on its investments in Myanmar by making human rights a priority, Human Rights Watch said. Japanese Prime ...
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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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