Japan lawmakers agree to avert fiscal cliff election looms
By Tetsushi KajimotoTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed on Tuesday to quickly pass a deficit funding bill in parliament, in a move that will keep the country from ...
View ArticleFitch Little Scope for Near-Term Optimism on Japanese Economy
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View ArticleJapan lawmakers strike deal to avoid fiscal deficit
Japan had its worst September trade result in more than 30 years, as European crisis and a surge in antagonisms with its close economic partner China weighed ...
View ArticleChinese female student assaulted in Osaka
/enpproperty--> OSAKA - A 25-year-old female Chinese student was wounded on the face after she was sprayed and cut by an unknown female suspect on a local road early Tuesday in the western ...
View ArticleClean TeQ Holdings makes scandium recovery deals with Japanese titanium producer
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Clean TeQ Holdings (ASX: CLQ) has reached non-binding agreements with Japan's Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha (ISK) for the use of its proprietary Clean-iX ...
View ArticleJapan restarts reactor despite protests
The Japanese have begun building a huge sea wall around the world’s biggest nuclear plant in Kashiwazaki-Kariwa with the intention of restarting at least one of its seven reactors next April. ...
View ArticleIshihara Hiranuma unveil new party
Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara launched his new political party Tuesday along with five lawmakers, vowing to create a "stronger and tougher Japan" by tying up with other small parties ...
View ArticleOpposition meeting Noda poll conditions
The Democratic Party of Japan agreed Tuesday with two opposition parties on amendments to the deficit-covering bonds bill, ensuring its passage Thursday — a key condition Prime Minister ...
View ArticleWeeklys Hashimoto slur ousts Asahi exec
OSAKA — The president of the publisher of the weekly Shukan Asahi has quit over an article that cast Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's family background in a negative ...
View ArticleJapans Tepco sees no quick re-start for biggest nuclear plant
KARIWA, Japan (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co sees no imminent resumption of operations at the world's biggest nuclear plant, shut down after last year's Fukushima disaster, further ...
View ArticleJapan PM has decided on poll date reports
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has decided to dissolve Japan's parliament as early as Friday, with an election possibly next month, media say, in a move likely to unseat him from ...
View ArticlePolice warn parents after 5 cats dog poisoned in Chiba park
Police have warned parents to stop their children from touching food and other objects found lying on the ground in and around a park in Sakae, Chiba Prefecture, on suspicion that poisoned food is ...
View ArticleTokyo stocks end flat
Tokyo stocks closed flat on Tuesday in see-saw trade as an early bargain-hunting rally give way to the stubbornly high yen and fears about a US budget ...
View ArticleH1 sales jump 47.4 for Japanese ISP IIJ
IIJ , commented: 'Revenues and income in this first half fairly exceed our interim target as a result of continuous accumulation of monthly recurring type services orders and gradually ...
View ArticleJapans Abe We Want to Help Suffering Tibet People
The Dalai Lama gives a Tibetan shawl to Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party president Shinzo Abe, at the upper house members' office building in Tokyo, November 13, ...
View ArticleChinas anti-Japan ban may cost $100m
Anti-Japan activists chant slogans in Taipei. Japanese companies are starting to feel the pinch from a lack of Chinese demand as the countries argue over ownership of a group of disputed islands, ...
View ArticleShrinking Japan asks for more of the same James Saft
(James Saft is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) By James Saft (Reuters) - Japan is shrinking again and its government thinks the answer lies in more of the same policy the ...
View ArticleEx Tokyo Governor launches new conservative party
Former Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara on Tuesday launched a new conservative party with the aim of forming a "third force" to run in the next general ...
View ArticleVideo Will Sony score with new Bond phone
Can putting an Android-based phone in the hands of James Bond lead to a windfall for Sony? BNN learns more about the handset makers strategy with Peter Farmer, vice president of marketing in North ...
View ArticleBurger King Japan Is Going To Offer An All-You-Can-Eat Buffet
<p></p><p>Burger King Japan is going to offer an all-you-can-eat buffet of burgers, fries, onion rings and soda.</p> <p>The fast food chain is <a ...
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