Japan eyes Mozambique for cheaper coal gas
Japan signed a memorandum of understanding with resource-rich Mozambique on Monday as it ramps up its hunt for new sources of energy after it shuttered all but two of its nuclear reactors.The deal ...
View ArticleJapans economic recovery and political turmoil
After two lost decades it has become easy to underestimate Japan's strengths and overstate its problems. Japan's economy will continue to be one of the world's five largest at least ...
View ArticleTeam finds new methane hydrate deposits near Japan
A Japanese team of researchers has found new deposits of a prospective new energy source called methane hydrate in the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. The team says it's very likely ...
View ArticleLDP on roll ahead of lower house election
The victory of a Liberal Democratic Party candidate over one from the Democratic Party of Japan's junior coalition partner in a by-election Sunday is likely to reinforce the view within the ...
View Article4 Japanese lessons for withstanding big storms
Few countries know bad weather like Japan, where typhoons hit regularly and winds can reach up to 94 mph, as they did earlier this year. And judging by some of the engineering and planning in the ...
View ArticleUSJ welcomes 100 millionth visitor
The visitor, Yumiko Yamashita, 41, from Tokyo, was congratulated by Snoopy and Sesame Street characters and given a special free one-year pass that allows her to enter the park without waiting in ...
View ArticleJapan eyes Mozambique’s resources
Maputo - Japan signed a memorandum of understanding with resource-rich Mozambique on Monday as it ramps up its hunt for new sources of energy after it shuttered all but two of its nuclear ...
View ArticleCanada Japan to start trade talks next month
comprehensive agreement that will unlock the full potential of our relationship and benefit workers and businesses in both countries," Fast said in a statement. Canada is trying to conclude a ...
View ArticleJapan Securities Clearing Corporation Launches New IRS Clearing Service Using...
Calypso Technology Inc. , the global capital markets platform provider, announced today that Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC), a member of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, has gone live ...
View ArticleHow K-pop triumphed over J-pop A swaggy story of underdog ambition
A Korean producer, m-flo's Taku Takahashi, cuttingly summarized the flipping of the script when he recently tweeted, "fuck JPOP 2012." Just how did J-pop crater, and K-pop purloin its ...
View ArticleNo embargo of rare earths on Japan firms
Exports decline due to sluggish economy not islands: Expert Declining exports of rare earths are due to sluggish global demand and not tension with Tokyo, industry leaders said. No embargo has been ...
View ArticleJapanese nurse urges compassion
/enpproperty--> Despite the fact that attitudes toward Japanese living in China have changed dramatically since September, Kawahara Keiichiro, 28, is determined to continue volunteering in ...
View ArticleJapan Unemployment Rate Steady At 4.2 In September
10/29/2012 7:40 PM ET The unemployment rate in Japan was a seasonally adjusted 4.2 percent in September, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Tuesday - in line with ...
View ArticleJapan Household Spending Falls 0.9 In September
10/29/2012 7:46 PM ET Average household spending in Japan was down 0.9 percent on year in September, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Tuesday, standing at 266,705 yen.That ...
View ArticleJapan industrial output falls unemployment steady
TOKYO -; Japan's industrial output contracted by 4.1 percent in September from August and 8.1 percent from a year earlier as automakers and steel mills cut production due to shrinking demand ...
View ArticleHonda cuts net profit forecast
Honda slashed its net profit forecast for the fiscal year 2012 by 20 percent due to estimated sales decline in China, the Japanese automaker said Monday. Honda cut its net profit forecast for the ...
View ArticleChinese ships again probe territorial waters around disputed Japan-controlled...
Four Chinese maritime surveillance ships were seen in Japan's territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands on Sunday after ignoring warnings to stay clear, the Japan Coast Guard has said. The ships ...
View ArticleIndia US Japan discuss maritime security China
Senior officials of India, the US and Japan Monday held their third trilateral dialogue that focused on firming up strategies to combat piracy, bolstering maritime security and leveraging their ...
View ArticleHonda enters tie-up with Malaysias Proton
Proton will enter a partnership with Japan's Honda, the companies have said, in the troubled Malaysian car manufacturer's latest stab at revival through a foreign tie-up. In a statement to ...
View ArticleYoshiwara soapland chain busted for prostitution 39 arrested
Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Saturday busted the operator of a chain of erotic bathhouses based in the Yoshiwara district of Taito Ward on prostitution ...
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