Rare earths pact to boost Indo-Japanese ties
Indo-Japan bilateral ties . India and Japan are likely to sign an inter-governmental agreement on rare earths, whereby New Delhi would woo Japanese investors for the metal's extraction and ...
View ArticleDeputy Premier Receives a Japanese Delegation
Manama, Nov. 12. (BNA) - Deputy Premier Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa received at the Gudaibiya Palace today, in the presence of the Education Minister Dr. Majid bin Al Nuaimi and the ...
View ArticleJapanese economy contracted in the third quarter of 2012
According to Bank of Japan (BoJ), country’s economy contracted by 0.9 percent compared with the second quarter of 2012. On a year-on-year basis, Japan’s GDP shrank by 3.5 percent in the ...
View ArticleForex Flash Japan could return to moderated growth path – BNP
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - In 2013, the Japanese economy might to return to a moderate growth path. "Domestic demand will remain underpinned by reconstruction demand. Moreover, consumption ...
View ArticleFat-blocking Pepsi to hit store shelves in Japan
TOKYO A new "fat-blocking" Pepsi with fiber is set to be released in Japan. PepsiCo Inc. on Tuesday plans to launch a version of its namesake soda, called Pepsi Special, with a fat-blocking ...
View ArticleJapans Light Show Dazzles With 7 Million LED Lights
Attracting international attention as well as countless tourists, the light show is located at a botanical garden on the island of Nagashima in Kuwana. The tunnel opened on Nov. 3 and will be on ...
View ArticleOsaka Mayor Imposes Saturday Classes To Stamp Out Delinquency
The mayor of Osaka, Japan's third largest city, has warned that students will have to attend school on Saturdays as a way to improve educational standards and reduce juvenile ...
View ArticleWhat Japans Slumping GDP Means For the Yen
In the Details Taking a look at the numbers, the preliminary gross domestic product report showed a 3.5% annualized contraction for the world's third largest economy. This is the worst drop in ...
View ArticleSumo Harumafuji crashes to defeat at Kyushu basho
Newly promoted yokozuna Harumafuji got a painful dose of reality Monday, when he was sent crashing to his first loss at the hands of local boy Okinoumi on just the second day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo ...
View ArticleJapan aims for half of rare earth supplies from outside China
Japan is to diversify its sources of rare earths away from China and expects to get half its supplies of the elements from countries other than China from the middle of next year, Trade Minister ...
View ArticleFisheries nations set to discuss bluefin tuna
After defeating a proposal in 2010 to ban the export of an endangered fish that is a key ingredient of sushi, Japan and Asian nations argued it should be left to quota-setting international fisheries ...
View ArticleSmiling refrigerators high-speed toilets and the sad story of Japans wasted...
FORTUNE -- Is Japan's research and development spending going down the toilet? Some of the innovation, for example, at the country's leading ...
View ArticleCrown Prince’s Court Chief Receives Japanese Ambassador
Manama-Nov-12(BNA)His Royal Highness Crown Prince's Court Chief Shaikh Khalifa bin Daij bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa today received Japanese Ambassador Shigeki Sumi and discussed bilateral relations ...
View ArticleFilm withdrawn from Tokyo festival to debut early
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - A Chinese film that was pulled out of this year's Tokyo International Film Festival in relation to the ongoing Diaoyu Islands dispute will hit Chinese screens on ...
View ArticleJapan With a Hedge
Well-documented are Japan's economic woes. No longer the world's second-largest economy, the land of the rising sun is plagued by unfavorable demographics, soaring debt, tepid (at best) ...
View ArticleAsian markets down on US fears Japan data
HONG KONG -- Asian markets were mixed on Monday as news that Japan's economy shrank in the July-September quarter and fears over the U.S. "fiscal cliff" offset another round of healthy ...
View ArticleNoda tight-lipped as Japan awaits announcement of general election
/enpproperty--> The Japanese people are counting down the days in anticipation of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolving the House of Representatives and calling a general election. ...
View ArticleJapans Scandal-hit Olympus Returns to Black
Olympus Corp posted a net profit of 12.5 billion yen (156.9 million dollars) in July-to-September, a turnaround from a net loss of 30.9 billion yen in the same period last year, the company said ...
View ArticleChina rips Dalai Lama over island dispute with Japan
Nov. 4, 2012 - FILE of the Dalai Lama at a religious lecture in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on a 12-day visit to deliver speeches and take part in a ...
View ArticleJapan With a Hedge
Well-documented are Japan's economic woes. No longer the world's second-largest economy, the land of the rising sun is plagued by unfavorable demographics, soaring debt, tepid (at best) ...
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