Marubeni to build Oita solar plant
Trading house Marubeni Corp., which has investments in wind farms in the U.K. and geothermal plants in Indonesia, said Monday it will build an 81.5-megawatt solar power plant in ...
View ArticleWilliams ends tournament drought
LUXEMBOURG — Venus Williams won her first WTA tournament in more than two years, beating Monica Niculescu of Romania 6-2, 6-3 to take the Luxembourg Open title on ...
View ArticleJapan China South Korea island disputes threaten global economy
Island disputes between Japan, China, and South Korea are threatening financial stability in East Asia, and with it, the global economy. The next US administration should push publicly and ...
View ArticleNissan Recalls Thousands of Sedans in US
Japanese automaker Nissan has announced it is recalling thousands of Altima sedans made in the United States because of steering bolts that may not have been tightened properly during production. ...
View ArticleIndia and Japan gear up for third trilateral dialogue in US
trilateral dialogue mechanism with the US next week. Ahead of PM Manmohan Singh's visit to Japan next month, the second India-Japan 2+2 Dialogue was also held ...
View ArticleForeign Ministry Undersecretary Receives Japanese Delegation
Manama, Oct. 22 (BNA)-- Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Abdullah Abdullatif Abdullah met today with Japanese Ambassador to Bahrain Shigeki Sumi, who was accompanied by Foreign Ministry Director For ...
View ArticleJapans Toyota Industries buying Oregon-based Cascade for $759M
Japanese transportation equipment company Toyota Industries, a sister company of automaker Toyota Motor Corp., is buying one of its suppliers, U.S. parts maker Cascade, in a deal valued at $759 ...
View ArticleDispute adds to Tokyos woes
/enpproperty--> Japan's exports to China dropped sharply in September, hit by the row over the Diaoyu Islands, adding to market concerns about the outlook for the world's third-largest ...
View ArticleJapan suffers record-high trade deficit in 1st half
Japan posted a record-high trade deficit in the first half of fiscal 2012 (April to September). Amid the global economic downturn, the country`s exports declined while imports sharply increased, ...
View ArticleSony folds up Foldinghome PS3 project after 100M hours
announced the closure in a blog post today , saying it made the decision after consulting researchers at Stanford University. Folding@home was one of the more innovative initiatives that a game ...
View ArticleJapan to join currency wars as exports slump
news ) is poised to join the world's "currency wars" as it battles a triple crisis of crashing exports, recession and a suffocatingly-strong yen.The country's exports plunged ...
View ArticleJapan Stock Futures Gain on Weaker Yen Export Earnings Outlook
stock futures rose after the yen weakened for an eighth day against the dollar, the longest losing streak in seven years, boosting the earnings outlook for exporters. Australian equities ...
View ArticleYamanaka team creates iPS prototype in 3 months
A team led by Japanese Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka created the world's first prototype of an induced pluripotent stem cell, or iPS cell, only 3 months after the project ...
View ArticleFewer firms want to keep staff till 65
The ministry conducted a nationwide survey in June of about 140,000 firms with more than 30 employees. The survey says 48.8 percent of these companies allow their staff to keep working until 65 and ...
View ArticleNarita Airports ID checks could be grounded
The operator of Narita Airport is considering doing away with checking the identities of airport users in a bid to fend off competition from Haneda Airport, although the police are keen to retain ...
View ArticleJoyce dreams of increasing Qantas Japan flights
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has flagged the possibility of more flights to Japan as a result of the introduction of the Boeing 787 ...
View ArticleKristen Stewart makes sure to greet fans at Tokyo Airport
Kristen was probably exhausted after her plane flight to Japan, but she made sure to sign autographs for her screaming fans and she was even wearing the locket Rob gave ...
View ArticleAlien plant species invading Fukushima restricted zone
Alien plant species have been flourishing on idled rice paddies in Fukushima Prefecture, where entry is restricted due to the accident at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power ...
View ArticleCeleb portrait seller accused of tax evasion
The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has accused a Tokyo-based company that sells portraits of celebrities such as the pop idol group AKB48 of tax evasion totaling about 50 million yen, it was learned ...
View ArticleBOJ lowers 8 regions economic assessments
The Bank of Japan on Monday lowered its economic assessments for eight of the nation's nine regions from three months ago, citing slack manufacturing activities amid a slowdown in overseas ...
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