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Japan to give fresh 40-billion-yen grant aid to Myanmar
The Japanese government plans to provide 40 billion yen in fresh grant aid to Myanmar for the country's infrastructure development, officials said ...
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Foreign travelers to Japan hit record-high
The number of foreigners visiting Japan reached a record high last month. Analysts say the weakening yen is making Japan a more affordable ...
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Olympics Japan hammer-thrower Murofushi loses IOC vote appeal
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday said it had rejected an appeal by Japanese hammer-thrower Koji Murofushi against his exclusion as a candidate for election to the IOC Athletes' Commission on the grounds of unfair campaigning at the 2012 London ...
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Honda Kagawa among 26 in Japanese squad for World Cup qualifier
(34 mins ago) Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa have been picked in Japan's 26-man squad for the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Australia next month. Japan has 13 points in Group B of Asian qualifying and can clinch its fifth straight World Cup appearance with a win or draw against Australia on June 4 at Saitama Stadium, AP reports. Australia is third with six points and needs to do well ...
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European markets dive following Nikkei slump
(1 hr 6 mins ago) Europe's main stock markets slumped at the start of trading today, with Frankfurt and Paris down more than 2 percent following a plunge in Tokyo. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index slumped 1.42 percent to 6,743.32 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 crashed 2.11 percent to 8,351.19 points and in Paris the CAC 40 shed 2.24 percent to 3,953.32, AFP reports. Tokyo ended ...
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Nikkei index futures fall below 14000 in after-hours trade
TOKYO | Thu May 23, 2013 4:57am EDT TOKYO May 23 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei index stock futures briefly dropped below 14,000 in after-hours trade, indicating possibly a further decline in the cash market on Friday after a 7.3-percent dive on Thursday. The index futures was last down 2.8 percent at 14,180. That compared with the benchmark Nikkei's close of 14,483.98 on ...
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EU stock markets slide after Tokyo dives
EUROPE'S main stock markets have slumped at the start of trading, with Frankfurt and Paris down more than 2.0 per cent following a plunge in ...
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Tokyo shares plummet 7.3
TOKYO share prices have plunged more than seven per cent on record volumes as investors panicked in the rush to take profit on weak Chinese data after months of sharp climbs. The Nikkei 225 index closed at Thursday's low of 14,483.98, down 1,143.28 points, or 7.32 per cent, the biggest daily fall since March 15, 2011, in the wake of a huge earthquake-tsunami and the ensuing nuclear ...
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ASIA CREDIT CLOSE Nikkei rout adds push to credit sell-off
Thu May 23, 2013 4:43am EDT SINGAPORE, May 23 (IFR) - A sell-off in Asian credit gained momentum after the Japanese stock market suffered a steep drop this afternoon. Investment-grade credits were already some 2bp wider in the morning as investors digested the content of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony last night to the US Congress. However, after lunch a 7.5%-plus drop in the Nikkei ...
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Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff
TOKYO (AP) -- Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission ...
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Japan confirms DPRKs missile launches
Japanese government confirmed the DPRK's missile launches on Saturday, saying none of the missiles have landed in Japan's territorial waters, Kyodo news agency reported. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency earlier reported that the DPRK launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday, citing the country's defense ministry. It is reported that the ...
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Hashimoto echoes Japans past failure
By Walden Bello The words were so brazen that they have created a firestorm globally. Characterized as "outspoken" and "brash" in the international media, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto has claimed that "comfort women" - the thousands of Asian women who were forced to serve as prostitutes during World War II - were "necessary" for the morale of Japanese ...
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Tokyo Seoul hold ugly nuclear option
if you are interested in contributing. North Korea's nuclear weapons program is undermining regional stability in Northeast Asia, with the present crisis on the Korean Peninsula again prompting the neighboring states into seriously reconsidering their national security policies. This is particularly the case for Japan, against which North Korea has deployed, ...
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Japan vice finmin Yamaguchi will closely monitor market moves
TOKYO | Thu May 23, 2013 4:37am EDT TOKYO May 23 (Reuters) - - Japan's vice finance minister Shunichi Yamaguchi said on Thursday he will closely monitor market moves after volatility in Japanese stocks, government bonds and the yen. Yamaguchi reiterated Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's comments on Wednesday that the central bank stands ready to respond to bond market ...
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Japan econmin Amari No need to be upset about sharp stock falls
TOKYO | Thu May 23, 2013 4:27am EDT TOKYO May 23 (Reuters) - Japanese Economics Minister Akira Amari said there was no need to be upset about Thursday's sharp falls in Tokyo stock prices, which were due to selling by market players who had been looking for a timing to take profits. "It's natural for the yen to rise in reaction to sharp falls in stock prices," Amari told ...
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Japan Shares Plunge 7 Following Negative Chinese Data
Japanese share prices Thursday experienced their worst one-day decline in two years, following the release of unexpectedly negative Chinese manufacturing ...
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China and Japan Show Signs of Economic Stress
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Perfect Storm Sparks Massive Nikkei Sell-Off
A perfect storm of yen strength, a spike in Japanese government bond yields and new evidence of weakness in China's economy were behind a major sell-off Thursday in Japan's equity markets, said experts. The ...
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Japans Gain Isnt South Koreas Pain
South Korea's economic problems aren't made in Japan. That isn't the way it looks in the two rival exporters' stock markets. Investors convinced that Japan's weakening yen will help its companies claw global market-share back from Korean competitors have bought almost $75 billion worth of Japanese stocks so far this year. Part of that appears to have come at the expense ...
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Wartime brothels were wrong Japanese veteran
/enpproperty--> SAGAMIHARA, Japan - When Masayoshi Matsumoto joined the Japanese army in 1943 and was sent to occupied China as a medic, he thought he was taking part in a righteous war to free Asia from the yoke of Western imperialism. Seven decades later, the 91-year-old retired Christian pastor says it's his mission to speak out about the injustice of the war and the sufferings of ...
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French shares decline tracking Nikkei loss
(31 mins ago) French share prices fell by 2.24 percent in initial trading on Thursday when confidence was hit by a fall of 7.32 percent on the Tokyo stock market. The Tokyo market had plunged in response to surprisingly weak figures for Chinese industrial activity, although sentiment had already been shaken by uncertainty over US monetary policy, AFP reports. The French CAC 40 index of ...
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Nikkei dives 7pc on profit taking
(1 hr 11 mins ago) Tokyo share prices plunged more than seven percent Thursday on record volumes as investors rushed to take profit following weak Chinese data and after months of climbing. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed down 7.32 percent, or 1,143.28 points, to 14,483.98, while the Topix index of all first-section issues was down 6.87 percent, or 87.69 points, at ...
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Japan government bonds gyrate 10-year yield jumps
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japanese government bonds swung wildly on Thursday, recouping morning losses after the Bank of Japan acted to stabilize the market ...
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Dollar sinks below 102 yen on Japan stock slump
stocks in Japan plunged on back of fears the U.S. Federal Reserve could begin to pare back its bond-buying program. In addition, weak data from China also weighed heavily on Asia markets. The dollar exchanged hands at 101.57 in recent trade, a more than 1% move south from levels seen late Wednesday in North America. Wall Street stocks finished lower on Wednesday and U.S. stock futures were ...
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Nikkei falls over 7 | Sensex down over 300 pts | Live Blog
TOKYO: The Nikkei share average plunged 7.3 per cent on Thursday, its biggest one-day percentage drop in two years after weak Chinese factory data rattled investors, prompting them to take profits from a recent rally buoyed by massive Bank ...
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Tokyo's new international airport making waves
Haneda airport was renamed Haneda International Airport with the opening of the new International Terminal, which will see several million passengers pass through it each year as the airport regains its status as a global airport with connections to major cities across the world.
When Haneda first opened in 1931 it was the largest civilian airport in the whole country and during the Second World War became a major US Air Base after the invasion of Japan and the country’s surrender. Read more
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