Japans social game firms form self-regulatory body
TOKYO - Japan's major social game site operators including Gree Inc. and DeNA Co. formed a self-regulatory body Thursday to improve the ways services are provided to users amid growing concern ...
View ArticleChina slaps anti-dumping tariffs on European Japanese steel tubes
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China said it will impose five-year anti-dumping tariffs on high-performance stainless steel tube imports from the European Union and Japan, highlighting commercial tensions ...
View Article1 in 3 Japanese young men feel they cant marry
/enpproperty--> One out of three Japanese men in their 20s think they may not be able to marry, despite their wish to do so, with about 60 percent citing economic insecurity as the main reason, a ...
View ArticleNorth Korea still taking foreigners Japanese NGO
AFP © <p>"Abductions are being carried out now. This is ongoing," Shigeo Iizuka (pictured in 2011), the chairman of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North ...
View ArticleJapan U.S. to start defense guidelines review in Dec.
Japan and the United States plan to launch working-level talks early next month on revising the guidelines for bilateral defense cooperation, Jiji press reported Friday, citing government officials. ...
View ArticleNippon Steel Sumitomo forecasts $376 mn profit
Sumitomo Metal Corp , the world's No.2 steelmaker created from Nippon Steel's acquisition of Sumitomo Metal last month, said it expects to post 30 billion yen ($376 million) in recurring ...
View ArticleProfit slump adds to Japan woes Survey
The Bank of Japan remains under pressure to add to monetary stimulus after it expanded its asset-purchase program for the second time in two months last ...
View ArticleJapanese students visiting Pittsburgh describe life after tsunami
Twenty-three Allderdice High School students went to Japan in June, touring the disaster area and visiting Hitachi Daini High School, which the Japanese students visiting Pittsburgh ...
View ArticleJapans Yakult agrees to extend share talks with Danone
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese drink maker Yakult Honsha Co Ltd (2267.T) said on Friday that it and Danone SA (DANO.PA) have agreed to continue talks on the French food company possibly taking a bigger ...
View ArticleHow Virtual Pop Star Hatsune Miku Blew Up in Japan
for the Japanese . Miku is not human. She is a virtual idol, a holographic star. Miku is crowdsourced, ever-evolving, famous software. Not even her fans know, or care, how to taxonomize her. ...
View ArticleNikkei closes in negative column
(17 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo closed 0.90 percent lower today, hit by a still-strong yen, while concerns about Europe and the US economic recovery also weighed on trading. The benchmark Nikkei 225 ...
View ArticleJapan stocks fall fifth day on stronger yen Greek rescue
Japanese stocks fell, with the Nikkei 225 (NKY) Stock Average heading for its longest losing streak in nine weeks, after exporters declined on a stronger yen and amid concern Greece's bailout ...
View ArticleJapan earthquake and tsunami recovery still underway
Some debris from near the fukushima nuclear plant is being hauled to other parts of the country, ground up into mulch and burned. Officials say, the debris has not triggered any elevated radioactive ...
View ArticleEarthquake hits northern Japan no tsunami warning issued
TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 shook northern Japan on Friday, public broadcaster NHK said. No tsunami warning was issued, and there were no immediate reports of ...
View Article5.5 Magnitude Quake Struck North Japan
Tokyo-Nov-9(BNA)A 5.5-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale struck North Japan today morning. No losses or damages have been reported. The Japanese Government has not issued any alerts warning of ...
View ArticleTokyo shares close 0.90 lower
TOKYO stocks have closed 0.90 per cent lower, hit by a still-strong yen, while concerns about Europe and the US economic recovery also ...
View ArticleNo bailout for Japan electronics minister hints
(1 hr 45 mins ago) A senior Japanese politician hinted Friday that a government bailout was not on the cards for the nation's struggling electronics giants, after embattled Sharp cast doubt on ...
View ArticleJapanese recession risks on the rise
TOKYO -- Japan's core machinery orders plunged more than expected in September in another sign that the world's third-largest economy was slipping into recession, dragged down by a slowing ...
View ArticleAmazon decides to cut price of Kindle e-reader ahead of Nov. launch in Japan
TOKYO -- Internet shopping giant Amazon has cut the cost of the Japanese version of its Kindle e-reader even before the first customers get their hands on the ...
View ArticleJapan govt debt rises to record high in September
/enpproperty--> TOKYO - Japan's government debt registered a record-high 983.30 trillion yen (about $12.4 trillion) at the end of September mainly due to spending on reconstruction following ...
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