Thursday 17th May, 2012
Japan's escaped penguin alive and well in Tokyo Bay
A one-year-old Humboldt penguin, which escaped from its enclosure in Tokyo Sea Life Park after climbing a rock face and skirting a barbed wire fence two months ago, is seen at Tokyo Bay. TOKYO -- A ...
New Japan auto chief promises to keep production
TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda took the helm at Japan's auto industry group Thursday with a promise to keep production and jobs at home to help along the country's ...
Japan melons fall short at 'only' $15,700 for two
TOKYO (AFP) - A box set of two cantaloupe melons has been sold at auction in Japan for one million yen (S$15,750), but in a possible sign of the financial times, went for less than half the all-time ...
Japan GDP Is best of a bad bunch
News on JapanJapan's economy kicked off the year generating growth that puts most rest of the industrialized world to shame. Gross domestic product expanded at an annualized rate of 4.1% in the ...
RUBBER-Tokyo futures up 3.6 pct, still cautious on Greece
General SourcesTOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - Key TOCOM rubber futures rebounded 3.6 percent on Thursday, coming off a more than four-month low hit earlier in the session, but political and financial crises in ...
Tokyo's fugitive penguin found alive and well
The GuardianAfter Penguin Number 337 made a daring bid for freedom from a Tokyo aquarium and vanished into the waters of Tokyo Bay two months ago, many feared the worst for the adventurous feathered ...
Market Optimism on U.S. and Japan Offset by Greek Fears
International Herald TribuneBRUSSELS - European stocks were little changed Thursday despite brighter news from Japan and the United States as broader market sentiment continued to be overshadowed by mounting fears of the ...
How Japan Became a Leader in Disaster Preparation
TimeJust before noon on the morning of Sept. 1, 1923, a massive earthquake shook Japan's Kanto Plain, hitting the busy industrial cities of Tokyo and Yokohama. The quake leveled buildings and sent ...
Figures show recovery in Japan
Independent.ieJapan's economy grew at an annual rate of 4.1% for January-March amid a gradual recovery from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami of the previous year.The Cabinet Office said the ...
Toshiba Rises After Ending TV Production in Japan: Tokyo Mover
General SourcesJapan , as falling prices and the strong yen erode earnings at the company's unprofitable TV-making unit. Toshiba climbed 5.6 percent, the most since Oct. 7, to close at 322 yen on the Tokyo ...
Tokyo stocks rebound, close up 0.86%
General SourcesTokyo stocks reversed early losses to finish 0.86 percent higher Thursday, as Japan reported better-than-expected growth figures although concerns over political turmoil in Greece continued to ...
Japan's economy grows in wake of disasters
Euro NewsAccording to government data, Japan’s economy grew by one percent between January and March compared to the previous three months. It means the Asian nation has outperformed the US, Germany, ...
Nigeria: Country Receives Japan's N2 Billion Grant for Solar Energy
All AfricaThe Nigerian government Wednesday received a grant of N2billion from the government of Japan to support the nation's drive to boost power generation capacity, through solar energy. The ...
S.Korea, US, Japan to hold talks on N.Korea
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This file photo shows Lim Sung-Nam (L), South Korean negotiator for six-nation talks, along with his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama, prior talks in Tokyo, in 2011. ...
Growth in Japan exceeds expectations
RTEA rise in domestic demand and a boost in exports kept it on the recovery path. Economy Minister Motohisa Furukawa said the economy, hit hard by last year's quake-tsunami disaster and a surging ...
Japan machinery orders decline 2.8% in March month-on-month
The China PostTOKYO -- Japan's core machinery orders fell 2.8 percent in March from the previous month, official figures showed Wednesday, matching market ...
Japan to pay US$4.4 billion for 10% stake in Australian gas field
The China PostTOKYO -- Japan's government and several major firms are to buy a 10-percent stake in an Australian natural gas field as the country seeks alternatives to atomic power, a spokeswoman for one of ...
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi freezes Iran transactions
General SourcesNew York District Court earlier this month. The move stems from a U.S. court decision in 2007 that ordered Iran to pay more than $2.6 billion to survivors and victims' family members of the ...
Tokyo Apartment Supply Has Biggest Increase Since 1994
General Sourcesthe Real Estate Economic Research Institute said in a report released in Tokyo today. Japanese developers introduced 4,211 apartments into the market last month, compared with 2,336 a year ...
Japan Grows 1%, but ‘Grexit’ Shadow Weighs on Asian Growth
IBTimesGDP growth rate of 4.1 per cent. The government data also showed a revision of the growth estimate for the final three months of 2011as flat from a 0.2 per cent contraction. ...
Toshiba stops making LCD TVs in Japan
Times of IndiaToshiba Corp said on Thursday it has halted domestic production of LCD televisions in the face of price falls. The decision by Japan's leading chip maker to stop producing LCD TVs domestically ...
Japan's economy grows 4.1 per cent amid recovery
Times of IndiaTOKYO: Japan's economy grew an at annual rate of 4.1 percent in the first quarter amid a gradual recovery from last year's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. The Cabinet Office said ...
Japan’s economy expand more than expected in first quarter
MENAFNJapanese economy grew more than expected during the first quarter, where Japan’s GDP showed unexpected growth supported by the reconstruction from last year’s earthquake that boosted ...
Japan GDP - 05.16.2012
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Japan revised March industrial output up 1.3 pc
Times of Indiaoverseas demand and post-quake rebuilding in Japan is boosting production. The figure compared with an initial reading for March of a 1.0 percent rise, following a 1.6 percent fall in February. The ...
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