Japan-rescued Chinese sailors board Chinese vessel
Sixty four Chinese crew members embarked on a Chinese rescue ship on Monday morning after being saved by Japanese rescuers from a boat that caught fire on Saturday in waters near Okinawa, Chinese ...
View ArticleEU Japan urge US to curb reach of derivatives rules
LONDON -- Britain, France, Japan and the European Union have called on the United States to limit the cross-border reach of its new derivatives rules to avoid fragmenting markets at a time of ...
View ArticleJapan reports USD7b trade gap in Sep
(MENAFN) Japan's Finance Ministry announced that in September, the country's trade balance posted a deficit of nearly USD7 billion, reported Xinhua News.The ministry said that the trade gap ...
View ArticleJapan September Trade Gap JPY 558.555 Bln Exports Down 10.3
10/21/2012 9:47 PM ET Japan posted a merchandise trade deficit of 558.555 billion yen in September, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday - sinking into the red for the 10th time in the last 12 ...
View ArticleJapans reactionaries get marching orders
tensions between Japan and its neighbors. Koreans, Chinese, and other Asians suffered horribly from Japanese imperialism, and despite repeated apologies and some payment of reparations, many in ...
View ArticleWhy Microsofts Surface will be no-show in Japan
When Microsoft's Surface tablet is launched worldwide on Oct. 26, it will be a no-show in Japan. Is Microsoft snubbing Japan because of its growing irrelevance as a market? Or is Microsoft wary ...
View ArticleSamurai suit up for auction
A rare Samurai suit worn by a fearsome band of Japanese warrior women is set to be auctioned - and expected to fetch tens of thousands of ...
View ArticleJapan posts lowest September exports in three decades
The Japanese government has warned the country's trade figures for September show an alarming drop in exports to key economic partners. Shipments abroad have been the lowest in over 30 ...
View ArticleUS ROK China Japan to attend ASEAN Summit in Cambodia
U.S. President Barack Obama, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda have already confirmed their participation in the 21st ASEAN ...
View ArticleUL provides Japan S Mark certification testing in Taiwan
The government in Japan has been encouraging domestic home appliance firms to produce products that can save energy. Products that fit the requirements of Japan's safety measure, S Mark, can be ...
View ArticleJapan posts worst trade figures
Japan posted its worst September trade figures in more than 30 years, official data showed Monday, as the global slowdown and a territorial spat with China weighed on the world's third-largest ...
View ArticleTokyo stocks end mixed
Tokyo stocks ended mixed on Monday as late bargain-hunting recouped some of the morning session's losses, which followed a sharp fall on Wall Street last week and poor September trade ...
View ArticleJapan Trade Hit By Europe Crisis China Tensions Deficit Widens
TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s trade deficit widened in September as exports plunged 10.3 percent from a year earlier, weighed down by Europe’s debt crisis and a surge in antagonisms with ...
View ArticleAsian Stocks Mixed On US Cues Japanese Data
10/22/2012 5:19 AM ET Asian stock markets turned in a mixed performance on Monday, weighed down by worries about the pace of global growth and disagreements between EU leaders over how to resolve the ...
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 ArticleDeer caught after romp in Sapporo residential district
According to police, the deer, about 1.5 meters long and weighing around 90 kilograms, was first spotted at around 4:30 a.m. in Teineku Ward near Route No. 5, NTV reported. Police and city ...
View ArticleTerritorial claim blamed for fall in Japan exports to China
Japan's exports to China have fallen sharply, for the second month in a row.Trade data shows that shipments dropped by 14.1% last month, compared to the same time next year.The decline is being ...
View ArticleShip flying Cambodia flag detained in RF waters in Sea of Japan
VLADIVOSTOK, October 22 (Itar-Tass) - The Repun fishing vessel registered in the port of Phnom Pen and flying the Cambodian flag has been detained by Russian border guards in the Sea of Japan (East ...
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