Manmohan Singh meets Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda in Cambodia
Yoshihiko Noda met today to review the bilateral relations and ways in which these could be pushed further. Singh and Noda, who met on the sidelines of East Asia Summit, shared the view that the ...
View ArticleJapan Tobacco rises by more than 7 due to government share sale delay
TOKYO -- Japan Tobacco (JT) shares jumped more than 7 percent in Tokyo trade on Monday after the government said it would delay selling part of its stake in the former ...
View ArticleJapan to grant Myanmar USD602m loan
(MENAFN) Japan made an offer to provide Myanmar with a USD602 million loan to be used in developing several sectors in the country, reported Xinhua News, citing the New Light of Myanmar.The ...
View ArticleTokyo Osaka bourses get merger green lights
AFP © <p>The Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange were given the nod from their shareholders Tuesday for a merger that will create the world's third-largest bourse, the ...
View ArticleBank of Japan on hold as expected poised to ease further
Bank of Japan (BoJ) as expected did not announce any new stimulus in connection with today's monetary meeting after it raised its purchases in both September and ...
View ArticleShareholders approve Japan bourses merger
(1 hr 42 mins ago) The Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange were given the nod from their shareholders for a merger that will create the world's third-largest bourse, the Tokyo ...
View ArticleJapan to give fresh infra loan of $22.6 billion to India
PHNOM PENH: Japan will give a fresh loan of about $22.6 billion for the second phase of Dedicated Freight Corridor and an infrastructure project in South India, Prime ...
View ArticleObama confers with China Japan leaders amid their South China Sea disputes
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia President Obama closed his Asian tour in diplomatic talks with leaders of Japan and China, their economic message overshadowed by security tensions over disputed waters and ...
View ArticleIn talks with Obama Noda again plays up TPP
PHNOM PENH — Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told U.S. President Barack Obama during a meeting Tuesday in Cambodia that he hopes Japan can participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade ...
View ArticleIshihara rattles saber against China
Shintaro Ishihara, the new head of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), remained true to his China-hawk form Tuesday by saying Japan should "simulate" possessing nuclear arms as a ...
View ArticleJapan joins 15 nations in talks on FTA
PHNOM PENH — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its six regional partners, including Japan, China and India, declared Tuesday the start of negotiations for a free-trade agreement ...
View ArticleAnime Film Draws Japan’s Biggest Box Office Opening of the Year
, as the latest installment is referred to locally, saw more than 770,000 admissions at only 224 screens on Saturday and Sunday. By comparison, the previous biggest weekend ...
View ArticleIn Japan thugs sit like theyre taking a crap
In years past, you'd always see them outside convenience stores and in parking lots, coping a squat next to their Subarus and Hondas, smoking cigarettes. They were tough looking. They were ...
View ArticleActor arrested over indecent exposure
The emergence of amateur dancers in Osaka's strip club scene is behind the pair of busts of establishments in Osaka over the last two months. On November 3 at 12:20 p.m., officers from the ...
View ArticleTokyo stocks close down
A man walks towards the Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters building in Tokyo November 20, 2012. BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Tuesday that 3 percent inflation, a target proposed by the main ...
View ArticleWhite House says no agreement yet on allowing Japan in on free trade talks
The White House said Tuesday the United States and Japan did not reach agreement during talks in Cambodia about allowing Japan into 11-nation free trade talks amid concerns raised by U.S. automakers ...
View ArticleJapan ruling party stands tough on territorial spat
An aerial view shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship, fishing boats from Taiwan and Taiwan's Coast Guard vessel sailing side by side near Uotsuri island (top), a part of the disputed islands in ...
View ArticleDiaoyu tension takes toll on Japans economy
/enpproperty--> Japan did not seem to worry about its economic ties with China when the political front was frigidly cold during the five-and-a-half years of Junichiro Koizumi's premiership. ...
View ArticlePolitical chaos stirred up by Japanese right
For hawkish Israeli politicians, it is the right moment to defeat Hamas, the Islamist Palestinian party that has ruled the Gaza Strip since winning ...
View ArticleCanadians off to Japan for final stop on ISU GP Circuit
Canada will send six athletes to the sixth and last stop on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Miyagi, Japan. The 2012 NHK Trophy will take place from November 23-25, 2012, at the Sekisui Heim ...
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