Japan s Hottest Commodity Water
Morihiro Oguma's phone rang every day with calls from brokers representing foreign investors who wanted to buy his Japan Mineral water-bottling business. "In many cases I was told I could ...
View ArticleObama to meet China Japan PMs
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will meet next week with the premiers of China and Japan at a time of high tensions between Asia's two largest economies, the White House said ...
View ArticleAFC World Cup qualifying wrap Japan on the brink Uzbekistan climb
Japan have all but sealed their place at the 2014 World Cup after Shinji Okazaki's last-gasp goal handed them a 2-1 win over Oman on Wednesday.Following a swift counterattack, the striker scored ...
View ArticleJapanese iOS Pokedex doesnt mean Nintendo is abandoning its hardware
Those continuing to hope Nintendo will "pull a Sega" and bring its bestselling gaming properties to other platforms are probably getting their hopes up today. It was announced ...
View ArticleYen wilts with Japan bank policy pressure
THE yen slumped against other major currencies on Thursday after a Japanese politician tipped to win election said he would press the central bank to ease monetary ...
View ArticleDPRK Japan hold talks on relations in Mongolia
Government officials from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Japan started a two-day meeting to improve tiesin Mongoliaon ...
View ArticleJapan reopens stalled talks with DPRK on abductions
/enpproperty--> Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea began bilateral talks on Thursday in Mongolia as Tokyo hopes to use the opportunity to shed light on a series of ...
View ArticleTokyo stocks open up 0.78
AFP © <p>Pedestrians pass before a share prices board in Tokyo on November 15. Tokyo stocks opened 0.78 percent higher on Friday with sentiment buoyed by the weaker yen amid hopes for ...
View ArticleVOX POPULI Who would cry if DPJ loses power
Songwriter Yu Aku (1937-2007) kept goldfish as a child. He wrote that whenever one died, he would dig a hole in his yard and bury it. Other children in the neighborhood would do the same. But ...
View ArticleMarkets expect LDP-led government after election
Anticipating a return to power for the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan's financial markets on Nov. 14 responded swiftly to news that the Lower House will be dissolved in two days for a snap ...
View ArticleSnap election puts key policies on hold
Economic recovery, help for disaster survivors, and whether Japan goes nuclear-free are some of the policies and debates that have been shelved by the government's decision to call a snap ...
View ArticleNodas decision jolts party rank and file sends small rivals scrambling
Japan's ruling party, already deeply divided, has been thrown into further disarray by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's decision to call a Lower House election next ...
View ArticleXi Jinping center Li Keqiang third from right and members of the new Standing...
BEIJING -- Xi Jinping succeeded Hu Jintao as China's leader on Nov. 15, assuming the top posts in the Communist Party and the powerful military in a once-a-decade political transition unbowed by ...
View ArticleForex Flash Japans LDP party gears up for aggresive easing - Standard Chartered
Facebook Adds Job-Search Tool Social network becomes hub for job hunting, Pinterest adds business accounts, and malware hides in fake daily-deal ...
View ArticleDelta beats out Hawaiian Airlines in bid for new flights to Tokyo’s Haneda...
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View ArticleNikkei lifted by good sentiment
(56 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo opened 0.78 percent higher with sentiment buoyed by the weaker yen amid hopes for aggressive monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo ...
View ArticleJapan s Pain Is Wal-Marts Gain
promotion. That's the Japanese translation of Wal-Mart's "every day low prices" slogan. With Japan's economy on the cusp of a third recession since 2008, and household ...
View ArticleJapan Downgrades Economic View After Contraction Last Quarter
Japan 's government downgraded its view of the economy for a fourth month, the longest streak since the global financial crisis as slumping exports and weak demand threaten to tip the country ...
View ArticleJapan to set course for Dec 16 election
/enpproperty--> TOKYO - Japan is set to dissolve parliament's lower house on Friday for a Dec 16 election that is likely to return the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to ...
View ArticleJapan at Loss to What Chinas New Leadership Means
Japanese companies don't know what to expect from China's new leadership team as simmering tensions between Asia's two biggest economies curb sales, forcing firms to look further ...
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