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Japan stocks on path for 3rd straight day of gains
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks rose Tuesday to stay on course for a third straight day of gains, with the real-estate, insurance and brokerage firms advancing alongside exporters after a strong finish on Wall Street. The Nikkei Stock ...
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Soccer-Japan will have edge over Italy says Prandelli
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 17 (Reuters) - Japan are favourites to beat Italy in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday because of their Italian manager and the fact they have had more rest, according to Azzurri coach Cesare Prandelli. He believes Japan's Italian coach Alberto Zaccheroni's familiarity with his compatriots might cause Italy problems. "Japan will have the slight edge, I ...
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Will abenomics lift up Japan’s economy
Ian Bremmer Abenomics, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to awaken the "animal spirits" trapped inside Japan's economy, is moving full speed ahead. Fiscal stimulus and monetary easing continue, and work to roll out a "Growth Strategy" to promote structural and regulatory reforms is moving forward. Corporate earnings and consumer spending are up, and despite ...
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Japan Industrial Production On Tap For Tuesday
Japan is on Tuesday scheduled to release final May numbers for industrial production, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.Little change is expected from last month's preliminary reading that showed a gain of 1.7 percent on month and a decline of 2.3 percent on year.Japan also will see final May numbers for machine tool orders; the preliminary reading suggested a ...
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Report Sony raises internal estimates for PS4 sales after strong E3
Sony is getting busy trying to parlay its successful E3 into a sense of momentum for the PlayStation 4 leading up to its release this holiday season. Exhibit A for this effort is Sony Computer Entertainment International CEO and President Andrew ...
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Juicing Baseballs Japan Sees Record Number of Home Runs
There’s been a record number of home runs in Japanese baseball this season: 60 percent more homers than this time last year in fact. So many that Japanese players started to wonder, is there something different with the ball? Turns out, there ...
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Sony Announces 2 More Spider-Man Sequels
Sony surprised industry watchers today with the announcement of release dates for two additional sequels in the Spider-Man franchise. Since the rebooted series currently has only one film under its belt so far, the move is a strong show of confidence in the upcoming sequel and in the performance of the character in a marketplace that's about to become very crowded with superhero content. ...
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Chinas economy at risk of turning Japanese
Despite a history of conflict and competition, China and Japan share a contiguous geography and development models. China may also share Japan's economic fate.Japan's post-war economic recovery was based on an export-driven model, using low-cost labour to drive manufacturing. Consciously or unconsciously, China followed the same model when the country started to open up economically ...
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Abenomics Mobilizes Japan Homebuyers to Action Mortgages
Bank of Japan unveiled a plan in April to target a 2 percent inflation rate in two years, leading to an increase in benchmark bond yields. That's boosting developers such ...
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Eight arrested after clash among Tokyo protesters
Tokyo police said eight people were arrested following fistfights between anti-Korean nationalists and counterprotesters who dubbed them "racists." The arrests came after several protests staged in a predominantly Korean neighborhood of Tokyo by a far-right anti-immigrant group Zaitokukai. The group's full name translates to Citizens Group that will not Forgive Privileges for ...
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Stocks post gains Monday
U.S. markets posted gains Monday, as economic data looked positive in reports not considered particularly major newsmakers. Trading might prove muted for the first half of the week, as investors wait for the results of a two-day meeting of Open Market Committee at the ...
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Culture mash 5 ways to learn more about Japan
The coming weeks are rich in opportunities for Seattleites to experience many facets of Japanese culture: a silent film, museum exhibitions, a photography book and a close look at Noh. Dig ...
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Merkel says Japan PM to introduce structural reforms
G8 summit that his country would undertake structural reforms in the foreseeable future and return to budget consolidation in the medium term. Japan's cabinet rubber-stamped a set of measures last Friday to boost economic growth that so far have failed to impress markets and made Abe promise to take more steps after next month's upper house elections. "For me, it was very ...
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G8 urges Europe to move on bank reform Japan to fix budget
European Central Bank from next year. Germany, the euro zone's largest economy, has long worried that it could face potentially unlimited liabilities if countries in the single currency area pool their funds to cope with failing banks in the future. In a statement which will form part of a final communique at a summit ...
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Sony Sets Release Dates for Third and Fourth Amazing Spider-Man Films
'Amazing Spider-Man 2': Chris Cooper to Play Green Goblin The move sets the course for the marquee superhero franchise for the next five years. The threequel had been mentioned, but never a fourth ...
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Japan to give Sahel $1bn in aid
Japan said Sunday it would give $1 billion in aid to help stabilize the Sahel region of Africa, months after the deaths of 10 Japanese in a hostage crisis there. The money is part of a $14 billion aid package to be given to Africa over five years, which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Saturday at the start of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development. "Japan will ...
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Tokyo is not a market for the faint-hearted
Whoosh! That is not the sound of Shinzo Abe's famed three arrows hitting their mark, but rather of Japan's stock market dropping on disappointment that they have not done so yet. In three weeks the Topix has fallen 18 per cent and is one bad day away from its level when the first arrow - unprecedented quantitative easing - was fired. The index is now trading at its lowest level ...
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FBI to meet Tokyo flight in Newark after passenger claimed he had poisoned everybody aboard
NEWARK, N.J. - FBI agents are going to meet an incoming flight at a New Jersey airport after reports that a passenger claimed he'd poisoned everybody on board. United Airlines Flight 116 from Tokyo is scheduled to land at 2 p.m. Eastern on Monday at Newark Liberty Airport, outside New York City. An FBI spokesman says the passenger stood up and made the statement several hours ago and that ...
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8 Arrested in Tokyo Fights Involving Anti-Korean Group
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Cashin Japan Is Playing a Dangerous Game
Monetary policy in Japan could trump news from the Fed this week, and the kind of inflation the Bank of Japan is creating - with little or no velocity - is a "dangerous game", said Art Cashin, UBS Financial Services director of floor ...
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Japans Deflationary Destiny Ordained By Demographics And The BOJ
Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Last week saw the likely death of Abenomics. It is not a foregone conclusion but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will need to come out fighting in a very un-Japanese way to save his program of national regeneration. In a few short weeks he has gone from hero to zero. Most likely, Abe will soon be the umpteenth one-year Japanese leader in ...
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Metro race finds party chiefs take to streets
Manu Ginobili ran onto the floor as fans stood and screamed. He went to the bench, and they chanted his name. The sights and sounds of so many San Antonio spring nights were back Sunday — and the real party might be just a ...
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Chen says China pressured NYU to ditch him
Activist Chen Guangcheng charged that China waged an ';unrelenting'; pressure campaign that led New York University to end his studies as he voiced fear for academic freedom in the United States. The blind self-taught lawyer, one of the most emblematic Chinese human rights campaigners, spoke out after adamant denials from the private New York university, which said it never planned to ...
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Pope marks Harley anniversary blessing thousands of riders bikes
The Toronto Comics Arts Festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, has of late made its name bringing over cutting-edge Japanese artists for signings, live drawing sessions and speaking events. The atmosphere at this year’s event, held in May, in many ways like ...
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Maternity leave day care still elude many working mothers
While moms work: Children of Shiseido Co. employees play Friday in the Kangaroom day care facility in its head office in Minato Ward, Tokyo. | SATOKO ...
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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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