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Saturday 28th January, 2012

    • Moderate quake hits Japan

    The Tokyo News.Net

    An undersea quake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale Saturday struck near the eastern coast of Honshu island in Japan, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor occurred at 0022 GMT at a depth of ...

    • UN official surveys typhoon damage in the Philippines

    The Tokyo News.Net

    The head of the United Nations office dedicated to disaster risk reduction wrapped up her visit to the Philippines today by comparing the damage caused by Typhoon Sendong to that of major tsunamis ...

    • Japan, Russia to boost economic, security ties

    San Diego Union-Tribune

    TOKYO -; The foreign ministers of Japan and Russia have agreed to strengthen economic and security cooperation but made no progress on resolving a long-standing territorial dispute over islands off ...

  • Japan scouts investment opportunities in Bengal

    New Kerala

    Kolkata, Jan 27 : A business delegation from Japan visited Kolkata on Friday where they held talks with the state authorities, expressing interest in investment possibilities in sectors such as ...

  • Russia and Japan will exchange opinion on prospects for concluding a peace treaty

    Itar Tass

    TOKYO, January 28 (Itar-Tass) - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gamba favoured on Saturday the development of relations with Russia in all spheres as a partner in the Asia-Pacific ...

  • Lavrov calls on Tokyo to give up preliminary conditions in relations with Moscow

    Itar Tass

    TOKYO, January 28 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes that progress in settling problems of a Peace Treaty between Russia and Japan is possible only under conditions of ...

  • Japan's electronics industry forced to eliminate tens of thousands of jobs

    Asia News Network

    NEC Corp's announcement on Thursday that it would cut 10,000 jobs globally followed a decision by electronic parts maker TDK Corp in October to slash 11,000 jobs, with both being examples of ...

  • Japan, land of the rising trade deficit

    Asia News Network

    For years, Japan prided itself as an exporting nation par excellence, importing raw materials from around the globe and turning them into finished goods prized the world ...

  • Tokyo stocks close flat

    General Sources

    AFP Friday, Jan 27, 2012 TOKYO - Tokyo stocks closed flat on Friday as investors cautiously looked to a European Union leaders meeting next week. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock ...

  • Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes Japan

    CBS News

    (AP) TOKYO - A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Yamanashi prefecture in central Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or ...

  • Japan's 'Nuclear Alley' conflicted over reactors

    News and Sentinel

    OHI, Japan (AP) -- International inspectors are visiting a rugged Japanese bay region so thick with reactors it is dubbed "Nuclear Alley," where residents remain deeply conflicted as Japan ...

  • Edano not banking on nuclear energy this summer

    The Asahi Shimbun

    Economy minister Yukio Edano said he does not expect any nuclear power plant to be operating this summer, but thermal power and conservation efforts should be enough for the nation to get ...

  • Road map released for Fukushima decontamination

    The Asahi Shimbun

    The Environment Ministry released a road map on Jan. 26 for decontaminating areas around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, hoping to provide encouragement for residents forced to flee the ...

  • NEC to cut 10,000 jobs, expects net loss of 100 billion yen

    The Asahi Shimbun

    Electronics giant NEC Corp. said Jan. 26 it will slash 10,000 jobs in Japan and abroad and forecast a net loss of 100 billion yen (about $1.3 billion) for the business year ending in ...

  • Red-faced NTT DoCoMo takes action to keep lines up

    The Asahi Shimbun

    NTT DoCoMo Inc. will invest more than 100 billion yen ($1.29 billion) to expand communications facilities to prevent a recurrence of a recent spate of embarrassing outages to its cellphone networks, ...

  • VOX POPULI: Contemplating existence of life on Red Planet

    The Asahi Shimbun

    Of all the other planets in the universe, Mars is the most familiar to us earthlings. Our image of Martians as octopus-like creatures invading our planet was established by "The War of the ...

  • SPORTS & LIFE: Mothers successfully juggle child care, sports

    The Asahi Shimbun

    This is Part 3 of a five-part series on the role of sports in the lives of Japanese people. It is based on a recent survey conducted by The Asahi ...

  • Japan becomes land of the rising yen

    The Globe And Mail

    Mount Fuji looms over the Tokyo skyline. This week, Japan reported its first annual trade deficit since 1980, caused by the impact of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and energy crisis and a decline ...

  • Prisoner escapes Japan jail in underwear

    Daily Nation

    Guolin "fell on his rear and turned over. Then he ran off at a steady trot". At the time the temperature was around 4 degrees C (39 degrees F). Prison breakouts are extremely rare in ...

  • Nuclear-free Japan not to lack power

    Turkish Daily News

    Kansai Power's nuclear power plant reactor No. 2 is seen in Ohi, Japan. Japan will be able to avoid power cuts this summer even if the nation's last few nuclear reactors cease ...

  • Strong quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning

    One News

    Quake jolts southern New Zealand A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted eastern Japan this morning, public broadcaster NHK said. The quake, at 7:43 am (2243 GMT on Friday), ...

  • Cabinet OKs child allowance bill; fight looms to gain passage by March

    News on Japan

    The Cabinet approved a bill Friday to create a new child allowance system starting April 1, replacing the present framework that expires at the end of ...

  • Glitches to cost DoCoMo execs

    News on Japan

    NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Ryuji Yamada and five other executives will face a pay cut over a series of communications service disruptions since last year, the company said Friday, while announcing a ...

  • Huge Yamanashi solar farm online

    News on Japan

    Landlocked Yamanashi receives plenty of sunshine and is trying to attract solar power plant projects. In addition to the one in Kofu, other projects are proceeding in the cities of Kai and ...

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