Codelco cuts Japan 2013 copper premium by nearly 10
Chile's Codelco has offered its Japanese copper customers a 2013 term premium of $85/t, down 9% from its 2012 premium of $93, reflecting a slowdown in demand in Japan and the global economy, ...
View ArticleJapan Tobacco rises on government share sale delay
AFP © <p>This file photo shows Japan Tobacco (JT) official displaying 'Mild Seven Super Lights Eco Style' cigarrete boxes during a press preview in Tokyo, in 2005. JT shares ...
View ArticleMain opposition in top spot ahead of Japan vote
AFP © <p>Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Shinzo Abe, pictured during a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo, on November 16. Opinion polls ...
View ArticleBank of Japan preview
After it expanded its asset purchase programme in both September and October, we do not expect Bank of Japan (BoJ) to announce new substantial easing measures in connection with this week's ...
View ArticleTokyo stocks close at two-month high
Tokyo stocks finished Monday at a two-month high, adding 1.43 percent after the front-runner to become Japan's next prime minister said he would push for further monetary easing if elected.The ...
View ArticleWalkers World Japans looming crisis
Most of the world's media are currently obsessed with the new Chinese leadership, the prospect of the United States tumbling over the fiscal cliff and the latest grim news from the eurozone. The ...
View ArticleJapans PM says may dissolve parliament by Friday
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiko Noda bows before the debate with Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe, not seen, at Parliament in Tokyo, Wednesday, Nov. 14, ...
View ArticleJapanese opposition look set to win election
The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party is leading polls a month before Japan's parliamentary election. But many voters are ...
View ArticleJapans PM Calls for ASEAN Maritime Code of Conduct
Tokyo, Nov.19 (BNA) - Japan's prime minister has reportedly called on ASEAN leaders to create maritime rules at an early date to settle territorial disputes in the South China Sea. ...
View Article70th anniversary of Japanese germ massacre marked
A ceremony commemorating victims of Japan's germ warfare in China 70 years ago was held in a Zhejiang Province village on Sunday, after which non-governmental figures from China and Japan made ...
View ArticleJapan to Provide Myanmar $600 Million in Yen Loans for Economic Development
(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Japan plans to provide Myanmar with more than 600 million dollars in yen loans to assist with economic development. The new loans will be extended to refurbish a thermal ...
View ArticleWADA drop Osaka Rule for longer ban
The so-called Osaka Rule, which banned those guilty of serious doping offences from the following Olympic Games, has been dropped from the latest draft version of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ...
View ArticleJapan prosecutors to decide charges for US airman
TOKYO -; Police on Japan's Okinawa island have turned over to prosecutors a case involving a U.S. airman suspected of assaulting a teenager after a drinking ...
View ArticleUS troop accused of assault in Japan may face charges
Police on Japan's Okinawa island have turned over to prosecutors a case involving a U.S. airman suspected of assaulting a teenager after a drinking binge. The prosecutors will now decide ...
View ArticleBank of Japan should weaken Yen
FX Market Overview Welcome back. I hope your weekend was a good one. Good, like Lewis Hamilton's rather than OK like the England rugby and cricket teams. Good like Arsenal's and not rubbish ...
View ArticleJapan oppositions bond purchase plan criticised
Plans by Japan's prime ministerial front-runner to force the central bank to buy government bonds were criticised Monday as potentially "devastating" for the whole economy.Shinzo Abe, ...
View ArticleWilting Yen Points to Easing but Japan May Wait
Expectations for aggressive monetary easing by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) are driving the yen lower, but economists rule out such policy action when the central bank concludes a two-day policy meeting ...
View ArticleHoshide back on Earth after record spacewalks
ARKALYK, Kazakhstan — Akihiko Hoshide returned to Earth on Monday after completing a four-month mission to the International Space Station and setting a new record for spacewalks by a Japanese ...
View ArticleJapan opposition LDP remains election favorite poll
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Shinzo Abe speak at a parliamentary debate in Tokyo, in this November 14, 2012 file combination ...
View ArticleSapporos November snowfall latest in over 120 years
The first snowflakes of the winter season fell in Sapporo on Sunday, the latest November snowfall in over 120 years, according to the Japan Meteorological ...
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