Five dead in Japan family suicide
(17 mins ago) A family of five -- including three young children -- found dead in a van in central Japan are believed to have been a suicide, a police official said Friday. The five -- a man and a ...
View ArticleJapan downgrades economy for fourth month
news ) , marking the longest such sequence since the 2008-09 financial crisis and underlining the view that the country is slipping back into recession as the global slowdown bites.Weakening ...
View ArticleJapan chooses SAIC for mine countermeasure
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a contract to provide software and ancillaries for its MCH-101 helicopter Airborne Mine Countermeasures ...
View ArticleJapan set for polls no clear winner likely
coalition government with differing policies on the country's economic woes, territorial disputes and other problems.Polls show that nearly half of the electorate is undecided on which party to ...
View ArticleOsaka mayor ex-Tokyo governor discuss political co-op
/enpproperty--> TOKYO - As the presidents of two new parties, former Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto held talks Friday morning to discuss political cooperation ...
View ArticleJapanese LDP vows to win general election
TOKYO - Shinzo Abe, the president of main Japanese opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Friday vowed to win the upcoming general election ahead the Diet dissolution, reported by the local media. ...
View ArticleJapan Downgrades Economic View For Fourth Straight Month
The Japanese government on Friday cut its assessment of the economy for a fourth month in a row, in the longest bout of downgrades since the global financial crisis after official data showed the ...
View ArticleDonald takes lead at Japan golf event
Luke Donald has carded a seven-under 64 in the second round of the Dunlop Phoenix Japanese golf event to grab the lead from Australian Brendan ...
View ArticleJapan heading to the polls again to elect seventh PM in six years
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolved the lower house of parliament Friday for an election next month, in a political gamble widely expected to strip his centre-left party of ...
View ArticleJapan N.Korea in talks on abduction missiles
AFP © <p>This picture taken on November 15, shows Sugiyama Shinsuke, the head of Asia Pacific region of Foreign Affairs Ministery of Japan, giving a speech to journalists on the bilateral ...
View ArticleAsian markets mixed on Eurozone recession and Japan election
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Market expectations ahead of Japan's elections in December continue to push equities higher, with the Nikkei Stock Average rallying 2.2% on Friday, as the opposition ...
View ArticleJapanese Elections – Impact on N225 and USDJPY
Nikkei 225 has recovered significantly from its recent low due to elections euphoria. Most of the Japanese polled do not like the incumbent Cabinet (including Prime Minister Noda), and the ...
View ArticleJapan Friday reduced the forecast for its economy
Good Morning, - USDJPY running a bit out of steam, despite the parliament will be dissolved today and the government has revised down the outlook of Japan's economy. LPD said in their economic ...
View ArticleLower house dissolved Japan ready for election
(2 hrs 15 mins ago) Japan's lower house of parliament was dissolved Friday ahead of a general election on December 16 expected to result in a change of government. Lower house speaker Takahiro ...
View ArticleJapan cuts economic forecast for 4th month
(2 hrs 13 mins ago) Japanese government Friday downgraded the economic situation assessment for the fourth straight month in the monthly economic report of November. Japan's economy ...
View ArticleViolent crimes by aging Japanese soars
(1 hr 55 mins ago) The number of elderly criminals being caught by Japanese police has rocketed, the justice ministry said, with pensioners committing almost 50 times more assaults than two decades ...
View ArticleJapan stocks rally with Nikkei Average ending 2.2 higher on yen weakness
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japan stocks rallied hard Friday, outpacing regional markets and standing tall in a week of hefty losses for global equities, as the yen's recent weakness on ...
View ArticleJapan Signs Deal With India on Rare Earth Production Supply
Japan signed an agreement to import 4,100 tons of rare earths a year from India in its second deal this month to diversify supply from China for the metals used in mobile phones and hybrid cars to ...
View ArticleJapans parliament dissolved ahead of elections
Japan's prime minister has dissolved the lower house of parliament, paving the way for a general election that's likely to end his party's three-year rule. His gamble could open the ...
View ArticleJapan on course for sixth PM in seven years
Democratic Party of Japan 's (DPJ) has seen its support sink since sweeping to power in a historic victory three years ago, warned of the dangers of just talking tough. "We have promoted ...
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