Steering wheel problem leads Toyota to recall 2.7mn cars
TOKYO - Japan's largest carmaker Toyota has said it will recall 2.7 million cars worldwide because of problems with the steering wheel and water pump system of nine models including the Toyota ...
View ArticleSkier Vonn released from US hospital
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has backed an Australian-led plan to protect medical workers and maintain access to hospitals in war-torn Syria, Foreign Minister Bob Carr has told ...
View ArticleHiroshima Nagasaki Mayors Ask Obama to Visit A-Bomb Sites
The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki met with U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos on Wednesday to congratulate U.S. President Barack Obama on his reelection and submit a request for Obama to visit the ...
View ArticleJapan Dissolves Parliament Yen Sold
(EUR) EUR/USD was the strongest currency in the market overnight able to ignore risk aversion from US equities losses. Day highs near 1.2780 traded after the FOMC minutes were released. The USD ...
View ArticleNikkei climbs by break
(1 hr 15 mins ago) Tokyo stocks rose 0.96 percent on Thursday morning on the back of a weaker yen while struggling Sony dived more than 10 percent after announcing it would take on more debt. The ...
View ArticleJapan Domestic Solar Shipments Rise 80 Percent JPEA Says
Japan 's domestic shipments of solar cells and modules rose 80 percent in the July-September quarter after the government started an incentive program for clean energy in the first month of ...
View ArticleFour Japanese free agents seek move to majors
TOKYO (AP) -- Pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa of the Hanshin Tigers was one of four professional baseball players in Japan who became unrestricted free agents Wednesday in hopes of moving to Major League ...
View ArticleDate set for Japan elections
Japanese parliamentary elections have been tentatively set for December 16, media reports said on Thursday after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda pledged to dissolve the parliament by Friday if the ...
View ArticleJapan PM to dissolve Lower House tomorrow
After keeping the nation guessing for weeks, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has finally declared that he will dissolve the Lower House of Parliament ...
View ArticleJapans 3rd political force remains inchoate
Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's attempt to form an alliance with Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) and Your Party to create a third political force with an eye on the next ...
View ArticleConvertible Bonds Issue Wipes 10 Off Sony Stock
Sony tumbled over 10 percent on Thursday, a day after the consumer electronics maker said it will raise 150 billion yen ($1.9 billion) through a sale of convertible bonds to help finance a series of ...
View ArticleSony shares dive 10 over $1.9 bln bond issuance
AFP © <p>This file photo shows Sony's Alpha NEX series digital SLR cameras and their E-mount lenses on display during a press preview in Tokyo, in October. Shares in Sony dived more ...
View ArticleJapan LDPs Abe want to work with Bank of Japan to reverse strong yen
TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of Japan's main opposition party, Shinzo Abe, said on Thursday he wants to work with the Bank of Japan to reverse the trend for yen strength as it hurts the ...
View ArticleJPY collapses to 6-month low vs USD market pricing in Japans Abe headlines
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Japan opposition leader Mr. Abe, who might become Japan's next Prime Minister if he wins the next Japanese elections on Decemeber 16, had not enough reassuring the ...
View ArticleDollar flat against yen in Asia Japan polls eyed
TOKYO — The dollar was flat against the yen in Asia Thursday after climbing in New York on hopes Japanese elections next month will the opposition win, and pave the way for further central bank ...
View ArticleForex Yen weakens across the board Japan LDPs Abe catalyst
FXstreet.com (San Francisco) - Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe said on Thursday he supports the Bank of Japan's efforts to weaken the yen. Because Abe ...
View ArticleNikkei gains on easing hopes
(5 mins ago) Tokyo stocks rose 1.90 percent Thursday as the yen fell on speculation that Japan's premier will be unseated in elections next month by a challenger who wants ...
View ArticleJapan school restoration wins US monuments prize
The 2012 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize has been awarded to the Architectural Consortium for Hizuchi Elementary School in the city of Yawatahama in Ehime Prefecture. The school is a ...
View ArticleNHK announcer Morimoto arrested for groping woman in train
NHK announcer Takeshige Morimoto, who anchors the "Ohaiyo Nippon" program on Saturday and Sunday, was arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly groping a woman on a train in ...
View ArticleTough lessons to be learned from Japans 20-year stretch of economic struggles
recession , technically defined as two successive quarters of economic contraction."I cannot deny the possibility that Japan has fallen into a recession phase," Japan's economy ...
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