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Nikkei up as softer yen boosts exporters
Sydney - Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday, thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street plus a softer yen, outperforming the rest of Asia which anxiously seeks clarity on the Federal Reserve's next policy ...
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Oldest man’s death should prod Japan to act quickly
If ever there were a wake-up call for Japan, the second-most indebted nation, the death of Jiroemon Kimura is it. On one level, Kimura is a good-news story. He was the last man born in the 1800s when he died on June 12 at the ripe, and some might say enviable, age of ...
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U.S. Taliban to open talks on ending Afghan war
Leaders of the G-8 agree on a plan to clamp down on money launderers, illegal tax evaders and corporate tax avoiders, while pushing for immediate peace talks on ...
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Softbank prevails in Sprint Nextel deal as Dish abandons bid
U.S. satellite television provider Dish Network Corp. announced Tuesday it has dropped plans to submit a revised bid for Sprint Nextel, paving the way for Softbank Corp.’s rival offer to be accepted. Dish Network said it still saw ';strategic value'; in a merger with Sprint but that it would not submit a revised offer by Tuesday’s deadline due to Sprint’s decision to ...
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Call for revising Japan-US military agreement
/enpproperty--> WASHINGTON - The US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement needs revision in order to better catch US military personnel who commit rape in Japan, a Japanese Diet member said Tuesday. Tomoko Abe, a member of Japan's House of Representatives, made the remarks on the sidelines of an event in Washington co-hosted by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, the Council on Foreign ...
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Zaccheroni prepares to lead Japan against native Italy
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...
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UPDATE 2-Japan finds highly toxic strontium in Fukushima groundwater
Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:40am EDT * Strontium-90 is a by-product of nuclear fission * Tepco says levels exceed legal limits * Discovery may complicate efforts to release groundwater into ocean (Adds comments from expert) By Osamu Tsukimori and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima ...
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Japan grew 1.2 in first quarter and may seek further stimulus
Japan’s economic growth accelerated in the first quarter more than expected as the recovery remained intact with the beginning of the year. The expansion supports the cautious policy from the BoJ and fuels the debate over the need to take more action to protect growth ...
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Sell-offs across Asia as Nikkei drops 6.4 on BoJ disappointment World Bank weighed
Asian stocks slipped on Thursday as Nikkei triggered sell-offs across the region after falling more than 6%, which places the index in a bear market, while the dollar/yen fell towards the 94-mark on BoJ’s lack of action to calm markets, pushing exporters ...
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Asian stocks jump as Nikkei recovers some losses following strong U.S. data
Asian stocks jumped Friday as strong U.S. data lifted confidence about the ability of the U.S. economy to withstand any cut in stimulus. The upbeat retail sales and jobless claims triggered a rally on Wall Street and soothed the panicking Asian markets ahead of next weeks Federal Reserve policy ...
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Japanese yen on downward track
Japanese yen fell against dollar and major currencies amid the recent attempts to back to the downward trend since the beginning of the week amid the recent instability in money ...
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Zaccheroni urges Japanese to play to strengths
Japan must use brains not brawn if they are to reignite their FIFA Confederations Cup dreams,Samurai Bluecoach Alberto Zaccheroni said ...
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UNESCO register adds archive of pre-modern Japan mission to Spain
A collection of materials related to a 17th century mission sent by a Japanese feudal lord to Europe and the world's oldest autographic diary left 10 centuries ago by a Japanese regent have been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said ...
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Asia Markets China stocks fall Japan jumps ahead of Fed meet
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Chinese and South Korean stocks fell Wednesday on caution ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary-policy decision later in the day, while Japanese shares rallied on a weakened yen and strong overnight gains on Wall ...
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Japanese Market Up Sharply On Trade Data Weaker Yen
The Japanese stock market is trading sharply higher on Wednesday with investors going on a buying spree, buoyed by encouraging trade data, a weaker yen and the overnight strong close on Wall Street.With several key stocks from across various sectors surging higher, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index is currently trading up 278.7 points or 2.1 percent at 13,286.Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, the biggest ...
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Japans opposition leader slams party co-leader over controversial words
The Japan Restoration Party's co-head Shintaro Ishihara slammed the party's another leader, Toru Hashimoto, over the latter's controversial wartime sexual slavery remarks that have hurt public support for the party, according to local media.Ishihara said the improper words made by Hashimoto over the wartime military brothels a "great nuisance", adding that Hashimoto ...
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Taiwan market Sony to launch Handycam camcorder GW88V
GW88V features Exmor R CMOS image sensor to support Full HD video recording and 20.4-megapixel photography, 10x optical zoom, operability at 10m under water and low temperatures up to -10 degrees C, shockproof of 10m fall and IP5X dustproof, Sony Taiwan ...
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Nikkei rises 1.3 pct on weak yen Fed hopes Softbank soars
* Investors still cautious ahead of Fed outcome * Softbank soars after Dish abandons Sprint bid * Tepco tumbles as highly toxic substance found at plant By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose to a one-week high on Wednesday morning, underpinned by optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve would temper worries about an imminent roll back of its stimulus ...
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Asian markets subdued as Fed looms Nikkei rallies
the rest of Asia was restrained as investors waited for clarity on the Federal Reserve's next policy step. Major currencies were subdued as well ahead of the outcome of the ...
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Japan look to avoid early exit face Italy next
RECIFE, Brazil (AFP) - The task facing both, Asian champions Japan and three-time world champions Italy is clear cut in Recife at the Confederations Cup.An Italian win on Wednesday, on the heels of Sunday's success over Olympic champions Mexico should propel the Azzurri into the semi-finals, while also ending the Blue Samurais' interest in this summer's event.The pressure is off ...
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Japan logs $10.4 billion trade deficit for May
Money traders work under a screen indicating the U.S. dollar is traded at 100.845 yen at a foreign exchange company in Tokyo, Friday, May 10, 2013. INQUIRER file photo TOKYO – Japan’s trade deficit for May expanded 9.5 percent from a year earlier to $10.4 billion, official data showed Wednesday as import costs rose on a weak yen. Data from the finance ministry showed Japan incurred ...
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Tanzania Japan seal $32m agreement on flyover project
Tanzania and Japan on Tuesday signed an agreement of more than $32 million to finance a flyover project in Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital of the East African country.The two countries sealed the grant agreement of 52.5 billion Tanzanian shillings ($32.8 million) on the project in Dodoma, where Japanese Ambassador to Tanzania Masaki Okada said the initiative is meant to de-congest Dar es ...
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Japan is moving away from goal of normal country
For decades, Japan has been aspiring to become a "normal country" politically. But Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is apparently moving the country toward the opposite direction.He has angered many people in neighboring countries and around the world with revisionist comments on Japan's war crimes during World War II.Such remarks, in an attempt to whitewash the country's militarist ...
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Japanese Exports Soar on Weak Yen
Japanese exports rose a stronger-than-expected 10.1 percent in May from a year earlier, compared with a 3.8 percent rise the previous month in a sign that a ...
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Japan Seen Ending Protectionism Avoid ‘Second-Rate’ Role
Japan sees an urgency in overhauling policies that favor domestic industries as it seeks to revive the economy and join talks on a Pacific-region trade deal, the government's ambassador to the U.S. said. "For the first time, people are seriously thinking that we need to change some things," Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae said today during a Bloomberg Government breakfast in ...
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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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