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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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Is Sony Un-Japanese Enough to Change
Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favors long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking value. Struggling electronics ...
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Shintaro Ishihara Framing WWII as Japanese aggression is self-persecution
Japan's right-wing politician Shintaro Ishihara claimed on May 18 that if Japan's crimes during World War II were to be framed as Japanese aggression, this would in fact mean self-persecution, Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan's national newspapers, ...
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Japan exports disappoint full benefits of weak yen yet to show
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports rose less than expected in April from a year earlier due to weak demand from Europe and China, highlighting the challenges confronting the world's third-biggest economy as policymakers try to engineer a sustained ...
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Tokyo stocks open up 0.39
TOKYO stocks have opened 0.39 per cent higher with investor sentiment staying bullish after US shares closed at new all-time highs and despite worse-than-expected Japanese trade ...
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Japan stocks climb Mitsubishi Motors Sony jump
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks extended gains early Wednesday, with exporters spurred after two Federal Reserve members suggested the central bank wasn't close to slowing monetary stimulus in the U.S. The Nikkei Stock ...
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Japans trade deficit widens as imports surge
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japan's trade deficit widened sharply in April, as export growth was tepid while imports surged, according to Finance Ministry data released Wednesday. The trade gap grew to 880 billion yen ($8.6 billion) from March's 364 billion deficit, as exports rose just 3.8% from a year earlier, well below Dow Jones Newswires and Reuters forecasts for a gain of 5% and ...
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Japans trade deficit expands 70 in April
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's trade deficit expanded a worse-than-expected 70 percent on year to $8.6 billion in April, government data showed Wednesday, as a weaker yen made imports costlier.The monthly trade deficit came to 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion), 69.7 percent higher than the year-before deficit of 518.4 billion yen, finance ministry data showed.The deficit was the biggest for the month ...
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Fish-gulping cormorants maneuvered by a fisherman duck underwater to catch sweetfish in the Chikugogawa river.
ASAKURA, Fukuoka Prefecture--The reflection of 3,000 fireworks colored the surface of the Chikugogawa river in the Harazuru hot springs area of Haki district here on May 20, commemorating the opening of the "ukai" traditional cormorant fishing season and heralding the start of ...
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Japan Trade Deficit Y879.936 Billion In April
Japan saw a merchandise trade deficit of 879.936 billion yen in April, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday.That missed forecasts for a shortfall of 620.6 billion yen following the downwardly revised deficit of 364.0 billion yen in March.Exports were up 3.8 percent on year, also missing forecasts for a gain of 5.4 percent after adding 1.1 percent in the previous month.Imports climbed an ...
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Japans Nikkei rises 0.3 in opening minutes
NASDAQ traded symbols and their current financial status. Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. S&P/Dow Jones Indices (SM) from Dow Jones & Company, Inc. SEHK intraday data is provided by SIX Financial Information and is at least 60-minutes delayed. All quotes are in local exchange ...
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Sony shares hit 2-year high on report of spin-off proposal
TOKYO | Tue May 21, 2013 8:14pm EDT TOKYO May 22 (Reuters) - Shares of Sony Corp rose 6.3 percent to 2,300 yen, a two-year high, on Wednesday after the Nikkei newspaper reported Sony is considering evaluating a proposal from top shareholder Third Point LLC to spin off its movie and music ...
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Japan Hotel trading and investment market likely to exhibit further improvements.
Jones Lang LaSalle releases Hotel Intelligence Japan 2013 research report.Jones Lang LaSalle's Hotels & Hospitality Group is pleased to announce that Hotel Intelligence Japan 2013 has been released today. ...
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Japans Nikkei set to rise ahead of BOJ meeting
TOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average is likely to open higher on Wednesday, ahead of the outcome of the Bank of Japan meeting, buoyed by the U.S. Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes closing at record highs on Federal Reserve officials' reassurance on the central bank's stimulus programme. The Nikkei is likely to trade between 15,350 and 15,550, strategists said, while Nikkei ...
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TABLE-Foreign brokers set to sell Japanese stocks
TOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) - Following are orders for Japanese stocks placed through six foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Wednesday. Japanese Stocks: SELL 15.1 million ...
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Prepping for the BOJ Nikkei
After rising to its highest level since 2008, the Nikkei traded sideways on Tuesday ahead oif the BOJ meeting tomorrow. The BOJ is not expected to alter policy after its enormous injection of stimulus at the April meeting. This makes BOJ Governor Kuroda's comments after the meeting at 0730 BST/ 0230 ET, even more important. Traders will be trying to gauge from Kuroda 1, the BOJ's view ...
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UPDATE 1-Is Sony un-Japanese enough to entertain change
Tue May 21, 2013 7:02pm EDT By Tim Kelly TOKYO May 22 (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favours long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking value. Struggling electronics giant Sony Corp, though, with more foreign and fewer bank shareholders, may ...
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Dow Jones industrial average posts 22nd high of the year
Federal Reserve presidents and sent the Dow Jones industrial average to its 22nd high of the year Tuesday. Regional Fed Presidents James Bullard ...
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Bank of Japan may seek to ease bond market jitters policy seen on hold
Reuters © Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda arrives at the G7 Finance Ministers meeting in Aylesbury, southern England May 10, 2013. REUTERS/Alastair ...
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Japan Rate Decision On Tap For Wednesday
The Bank of Japan is on Wednesday scheduled to conclude its monetary policy meeting and then announce its decision on interest rates, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. The BoJ is widely expected to hold rates at 0.10 percent, although some additional stimulus may be introduced.Japan also will see April figures for imports, exports and trade balance. Imports are ...
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Cardiffs Bradley Davies picked to captain Wales on tour to Japan
Bradley Davies, of Cardiff Blues, has been named as Wales captain for the tour of Japan after a period in the wilderness. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty ...
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How a Japanese Scientist Developed the Tornado Rating System
Rescue efforts continued Tuesday to uncover survivors from the tornado that came through Moore, Oklahoma. It has been preliminarily declared a category F4, that is Fujita Scale 4. The system of rating tornadoes was developed by Ted Fujita, a scientist from Japan. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Harold Brooks, research meteorologist for the National Severe Storms Laboratories in Norman, ...
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The new consoles from Microsoft Nintendo and Sony
NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. Tuesday's unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from ...
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Sony to assess spin-off proposal for entertainment business Nikkei
(Reuters) - Sony Corp is considering evaluating a proposal from top shareholder Third Point LLC to spin off part of its movie and music business, Japanese daily Nikkei ...
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In Japan Citizen Radiation-Tracking Project Goes Big Time
A post-Fukushima effort to crowdsource radiation data in Japan has since become the largest source of radiation data in the country. And it’s now set to expand to other parts of the world. Catherine Winter reports from ...
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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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