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Japan PM visit boosts huge Myanmar industrial zone
YANGON (AFP) - Japan's premier on Saturday backed the development of a major industrial zone near Yangon on a visit to Myanmar aimed at deepening economic ties with the former junta-ruled nation.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe observed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding at the Thilawa project on the first day of a trip promoting Japanese business in a country which desperately needs ...
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Radiation leak at Japan lab small impact expected
TOKYO (AP) -- A nuclear research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the ...
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Japans Abe in Myanmar on landmark visit
Shinzo Abe, accompanied by a large business delegation, is visiting Myanmar - the first by a Japanese leader in more than three decades as the Japanese attempt to reassert its position as a top economci partner after decades of poor relations with the previous military regime. The Japanese prime minister has visited Myanmar's mausoleum, which commemorates the national hero, General Aung ...
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Japan leads at mens World Gymnastics Cships
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Russia's Evgeni Krylov fell on his opening tumbling pass and was injured at the World Gymnastics Championships, putting the perennial powerhouse's medal hopes in question. It wasn't immediately clear what Krylov's injury was or whether he'd be able to continue. He was unable to put any weight on his left foot and had to crawl off the podium. ...
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9.0-Magnitude quake shakes Japan
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit the sea off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 8:05 a.m. Beijing Time Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks ...
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Four Japanese tourists seriously injured in Australia crash
Four tourists were seriously injured early on Thursday in a crash involving a minibus and a truck in Bundaberg, 220 miles north of Brisbane in Australia's Queensland, the Department of Community said.About 10 tourists, believed to be from Japan, were on the minibus when the crash happened, the Department of Community said."Four were taken to Bundaberg Hospital with serious head and ...
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Kobe Steel mulls shutting blast furnace in western Japan -Nikkei
TOKYO | Sat May 25, 2013 4:24am EDT TOKYO May 25 (Reuters) - Kobe Steel Ltd is considering shutting a blast furnace in Kobe, western Japan, to cut production capacity by 20 percent, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday, as it tries to turn around its loss-making iron and steel business. Its iron and steel operations posted an ordinary loss of 50.2 billion yen ($496.1 million) ...
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Radioactive substances leak at lab after incident in Japan
Japanese nuclear authorities said Saturday that radioactive substances leaked from a nuclear physics laboratory of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency in Ibaraki prefecture after an incident on Thursday, local media reported.About 55 researchers and others who engaged in an experiment to generate particles by applying a proton beam to gold may have been exposed to radiation as a result of inhaling ...
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DoCoMo counting on RD to stay ahead
NTT DoCoMo Inc., despite being Japan’s biggest mobile phone carrier, has been struggling against tough smartphone competition from KDDI Corp. and Softbank Corp., which is leading in that area. But one edge that the cellphone behemoth — it has more than 60 million subscribers ...
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Radiation leak at Japanese nuclear lab
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority said Saturday radioactive substances leaked into the atmosphere at a nuclear physics laboratory in Ibaraki prefecture. The leak occurred Thursday outside the controlled area at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency facility, Kyodo reported. Fifty-five researchers and others involved at the lab may have been exposed by inhaling the substances, but no one was ...
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Russia Japan try to bridge gaps on thorny issues
MOSCOW, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Japan managed to move their positions closer on certain issues, pledging to speed up talks on reaching a peace treaty for the first time since the end of WWII, as leaders of the two countries met here on Monday. Following his talks with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters that they have instructed ...
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Japanese officials secretly visit North Korea
In a move that apparently surprised its allies--the US and South Korea--Japan recently sent a secret delegation to North Korea. Leading the visit, Isao Iijima, an advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, landed in Pyongyang on May 14, departing three days later. During his visit, he met with senior leaders of the North Korean regime including Kim Yong-nam, the president of the Presidium of the ...
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Japanese politician Toru Hashimoto apologizes for comfort women comments
A Japanese politician on Friday apologised to women forcibly drafted into military brothels during World War II after his comments about them being a military necessity sparked outrage. Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto issued the apology hours after he was due to meet two former "comfort women", but the elderly South Korean women cancelled over fears of becoming political pawns in a ...
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe reluctant to move into haunted official residence report
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Photo: EPA Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been in office for five months and reporters who follow him every day still have one question: why hasn’t he moved into the Prime Minister’s Official Residence? Despite his extremely tight schedule, a security detail-escorted limousine takes Abe to the prime minister’s office every morning, a ...
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Okinawans angry with Hashimoto say sex services dont curb crime
Citing the failure of similar attempts decades earlier, Okinawan residents have criticized Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's recent suggestion that U.S. military members use legal sex services to curb sexual ...
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BIZ BRIEF Mitsubishi Motors to reduce capital to write off accumulated loss
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said May 24 it will reduce its capital and capital reserves by 924.85 billion yen ($9.08 billion) to write off its accumulated loss and create an environment for an early resumption of dividend ...
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S. Korean women cancel meeting with Osaka mayor
South Korean women shout slogans during a demonstration on Wednesday in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, calling for the resolution of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Issue. Provided to China ...
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Anthony Hilton Britain’s malaise will last for a while but at least it’s better than Japan
I remember a conversation with Paul Fisher in his office deep in the bowels of the Bank of England one day last summer when he said Japan was still struggling after 20 years to get back on its feet following its financial crash so we should not expect too much too soon from the United ...
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Cannes Sony Classics Nabs Jim Jarmuschs Only Lovers Left Alive
). "It would take a stake through the heart to keep Barker, Bernard and Leiner away from a good movie," said Jeremy Thomas about Sony Pictures Classics' ...
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Bollywood hopes Cannes will can the ‘B-word’
Sealed: Indian star Aishwarya Rai arrives for the screening of 'Blood Ties' at the 66th international film festival in Cannes, on France's Mediterranean coast, on Monday. | ...
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Is Sony Worried About Falling Android Sales or the Strength of Samsung
Sony's lowered estimates for their smartphone sales during the 2014 fiscal year. Originally pencilled in as 1.8 trillion yen, they Japanese company have dropped this to 1.5 trillion yen. What has brought this on? Samsung. The Xperia range of Android smartphones has been making steady improvements, with the current flagship Xperia Z proving to be a solid mid to high end handset. I found the ...
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Thailand-Japan plan two-way tourism traffic flows.
In an effort to address a gap in travel between Thailand and the island of Kyushu in Japan, a tourism exchange was recently organized in the city of Fukuoka between the Thai Government and the private sector of ...
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BestWorst Daily ETF Returns Japan Funds Fall
The SPDR Russell/Nomura Small Cap Japan ETF ( ) lost 5.40 percent on Thursday, May 23, the biggest loss for a handful of Japan-based funds that underperformed that day. Markets were down, with the S'P 500 losing 4.84 points, or 0.29 percent, to close at 1,650.51, and U.S.-listed ETF assets fell to $1.523 trillion overall. Top 10 1-Day Performers, Excluding Leverage/Inverse Funds and ...
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Yen rises amid Japanese stock volatility
THE yen has gained against the euro and the US dollar as heavy volatility in the Japanese equity market reverberated through the currency ...
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US markets turn sober after Japan plunge
THE 7.3 per cent plunge in Japanese stocks during the week injected needed sobriety into US markets, but they showed a resilience that cheered investors worried about protecting the year's ...
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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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