Japan appoints new ambassador to China
The Japanese government officially approved the appointment of Masato Kitera as its new ambassador to China at a cabinet meeting Thursday morning. Kitera, 60, graduated from Tokyo University, began ...
View ArticleForex Flash Japan exports to limit growth - Capital Economics
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Japan keeps showing negative trade balances since mid last year, and past month exports revealed another -6.5% decrease from a year earlier. "The latest data ...
View ArticleNikkei jumps 1.6 pc to 6-12-month closing high
Nikkei average climbed 1.6 percent to a 6-1/2-month closing high on Thursday, boosted by gains in automakers and electronics companies on expectations that a sharply ...
View ArticleFalling yen lifts Japan stocks eyes on China data
By Dominic Lau TOKYO (Reuters) - The yen fell to a 7-1/2-month low versus the dollar on Thursday, lifting Japan's Nikkei share average to a six-month high, on mounting expectations of ...
View ArticleFour Japanese tourists seriously injured in Australia crash
Four tourists were seriously injured early on Thursday in a crash involving a minibus and a truck in Bundaberg, 220 miles north of Brisbane in Australia's Queensland, the Department of Community ...
View Article9.0-Magnitude quake shakes Japan
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit the sea off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 8:05 a.m. Beijing Time Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks ...
View ArticleJapanese midfielder Makoto Hasebe extends contract with Wolfsburg
Japanese international and Wolfsburg midfielder Makoto Hasebe extends his running contract until 2014 with the German Bundesliga champion 2009, the club announced on Thursday. Midfielder Hasebe ...
View ArticleJapan leads at mens World Gymnastics Cships
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Russia's Evgeni Krylov fell on his opening tumbling pass and was injured at the World Gymnastics Championships, putting the perennial powerhouse's medal hopes in ...
View ArticleJapanese Comic Books have Special Appeal for Women
Midtown Comics in Manhattan is mostly a man's world. Customers browsing rows of action-hero-filled comic books are almost exclusively young men. The magazine rack holds only the likes of Details ...
View ArticleSan Francisco Travel Association Announces New Marketing Representation In Japan
The San Francisco Travel Association, in partnership with San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has retained AVIAREPS Marketing Garden Ltd. (AMG) as their new marketing representation office in ...
View ArticleJapan’s crime networks among 1st with relief supplies
Tons of relief goods have been delivered to victims of Japan's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami from a dark corner of society: the "yakuza" organized crime networks. Yakuza ...
View ArticleFitch Street InterView Japanese Tech Giants - Fallen Angels
Fitch: Risk Avoidance Drives Reinsurers' Investment; Some Favour Shorter Asset Duration Fitch Ratings expects reinsurers to continue to abide by their core investment principles in the face of ...
View ArticleEditorial Prep for big Tokyo quake pressing issue on 1st anniversary of 311
In the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, concerns have been growing over the possibility of another major earthquake striking Japan's capital. Experts point out ...
View ArticleEditorial Japan must lead in NPO revolution
We have reached the one-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami -- let us pray once again for the souls of those who lost their lives to the disaster, and for the recovery of ...
View ArticleEditorial Support system needed to banish lonely deaths from Japans cities
A number of so-called "lonely deaths" have been discovered across Japan this year, some weeks or even months after the people passed away. In many of these cases, a physically or mentally ...
View ArticleEditorial Japan has duty to help other nations through ODA
One point of note in the recently completed Ministry of Foreign Affairs whitepaper on Japan's overseas Official Development Assistance (ODA) programs is how many of the nations that came to this ...
View ArticleEditorial Japan must take more active role in nuclear security
Japan barely left an impression at the Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul on March 26 and 27. This is despite a major debate on the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, as ...
View ArticleInsider trading clouds confidence in Japanese financial market
"The securities market is like a mirror. You can polish it, but never stain it." The president of Nomura Securities Co. said this about four years ago, after one of the firm's traders ...
View ArticleEditorial Japan must be more humble toward foreign care workers
Thirty six applicants passed the first care worker exam held for foreign care workers under Japan's Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with Indonesia and the Philippines. While the passing ...
View ArticleSeoul alarmed over rise of Japan right wingers
(2 hrs 24 mins ago) South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan warned of signs of a rightward shift in Japanese politics, including an increasingly aggressive stance on territorial issues. ...
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