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Manufacturing expo opens in Tokyo
About 2,000 companies from 16 countries are showcasing their new products and technologies at Manufacturing World Japan 2013. The 3D printers use computer data to produce complicated structures from resin and other ...
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Abe aims to double foreign direct investment in Japan by 2020
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday stressed his resolve to double the outstanding balance of foreign companies' direct investment in Japan to about 35 trillion yen from the current level by ...
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Hackers break into Toyota server
The world's biggest auto maker said the security breach didn't compromise customer information because such data isn't stored on the site. But it urges those who visited the site from June 5 to June 14 to install anti-virus software. Toyota said unauthorized parties accessed one of its servers and tinkered with it so visitors to the Japanese home page were redirected to a ...
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LDP policy chief apologizes for remarks on nuclear disaster
The policy chief of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party apologized Wednesday over her remarks that drew criticism for making light of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear ...
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Abe Kenny affirm cooperation to realize Japan-EU FTA soon
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny affirmed on Wednesday their cooperation to realize a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union at an early ...
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University of Tokyo may switch to quarters
The University of Tokyo may replace its two-semester academic year with a quarter system to make it easier to shift to fall enrollment and line up with international ...
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Hashimoto may quit as party head If Nippon Ishin loses Tokyo race
Toru Hashimoto, coleader of major opposition Nippon Ishin No Kai (Japan Restoration Party), hinted Wednesday that he may step down from the post if the party loses in Sunday's election for the Tokyo metropolitan ...
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New batch of Filipino health workers leave for Japan
A new batch of Philippine health workers, prequalified to train for practicing their profession in Japan under a bilateral agreement, left the Philippines for Japan on ...
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Nikkei expected to edge down on Feds stimulus signals
TOKYO, June 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to lose ground on Thursday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank could trim its bond buying programme later this year, but losses may be contained by a weakening yen. Market players said the Nikkei was likely to trade between 13,000 to 13,300 on Thursday after rising 1.8 percent at 13,245 in ...
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Japan finds its land in China
For decades, China and Japan have not been able to settle the dispute on the Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku). Both countries consider the islands their own territory and find various historical reasons to prove their rightness. Numerous talks and meetings were conducted at the highest level, but the issue remains unresolved. A month ago, the territorial dispute flared up again. What can it lead ...
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No we cant - Japans conservative values collide with plan to mobilise women for economy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Days after Kaoru Shimada and other Japanese mothers rallied in Tokyo this year to press for more public daycare, she was shocked to read a local politician's blog blasting their "shameless" demands and asserting kids should be raised at ...
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AIRSHOW-Lockheed Mitsubishi sign deal for F-35 assembly in Japan
Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:02pm EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp has signed a contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd to begin work on a final assembly and checkout plant (FACO) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Japan, the top U.S. arms maker said on Wednesday. Steve O'Bryan, Lockheed vice president of the $392 billion F-35 program, announced the contract agreement at ...
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Asian stocks mixed ahead of Fed announcement Nikkei rallies on exports
Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday ahead of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech later in the day. The U.S. Federal Reserve two-day meeting ends today and investors are looking for clues on the outlook for ...
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New guidelines could allow Japanese nuclear reactors to restart
The Japanese government Wednesday announced new safety guidelines that could allow idled nuclear reactors to come back online next year. Prime ...
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Sell-off-plan hedge fund increases its stake in Japans Sony report
TOKYO -- The hedge fund that has called on Sony to list part of its profitable entertainment arm has boosted its stake in the company, a report said Tuesday, days ahead of a shareholders' ...
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Japans Abe fully prepared to restart talks with China
LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Japan must convince the world of its debt sustainability, and it is ready to restart dialogue with China following recent tensions over a group of disputed East China Sea islands, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on ...
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Japan to maintain spending at FY2013 level-Nikkei
June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:00pm EDT June 19 (Reuters) - Japan plans to cap spending, excluding debt payments, at the current level of about 70 trillion yen ($736.80 billion) for the next two fiscal years as part of efforts by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to improve fiscal health, the Nikkei reported. Ministries and agencies will be asked to tighten their belts to curb any rise in social ...
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Diverted United 787 passengers on way to Tokyo
SEATTLE -; Passengers from a United Airlines Denver-to-Tokyo flight that diverted to Seattle Tuesday when the Boeing 787 had an oil filter issue are on their way ...
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Kuwaits trade surplus with Japan widens for 1st time in 3 months
WAM TOKYO, June 19, 2013 (WAM) -- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan jumped 26.4 percent in May to JPY 107.7 billion (USD 1.1 billion) from a year earlier, expanding for the first time since February. Kuwait maintained black ink with Japan for the 64th consecutive month, Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, quoted the Finance Ministry as saying on Wednesday. Kuwait's overall exports to Japan ...
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After The Obama-Xi Summit Pressure On Japan To Concede On SenkakuDiaoyu
Washington , D.C. in February to meet President Obama, he was given only one hour forty-five minutes of Obama's time. During the just concluded G8 summit in Northern Ireland there was no Obama-Abe meeting. Leading up to the summit, the White House brusquely rebutted the Japanese foreign ministry's supplications, agreeing finally only to announce that the two would "meeting ...
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Overnighter Chasing Waves South of Tokyo
From the portside window of the 19-seat passenger plane, the island of Niijima, 100 miles southeast of Tokyo, looked like any other tropical paradise. There were volcanic mountaintops wreathed in white clouds, valleys of verdant green jungle, and beaches filled with sand so bright and white the whole coastline looked as if it had been sketched out in ...
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Japan finalises new nuclear safety regulations
James Vincent is a journalist for The Independent covering science and technology. In the past he has written freelance for Wired, the New Statesman and the Financial ...
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Japan Agrees Nuclear Power Plant Safety Rules
Japan's nuclear watchdog has approved new safety requirements for atomic power plants, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster. The new measures, approved by the Nuclear Regulation Authority, will take effect on July 8 when operators will be able to apply for inspections. If plants pass the inspections - a process expected to take several ...
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Tokyo Dreamliner flight from Denver must land in Seattle
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } Just one week after the much-heralded inaugural flight of the Denver-to-Tokyo nonstop flight began, a Tokyo-bound 787 Dreamliner made an emergency landing in Seattle less than four hours after taking off from Denver.United Airlines Flight 139 took off at 1:19 p.m. MDT Tuesday from Denver International Airport headed for Narita International Airport but was ...
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Japanese Nuclear Regulator Announces an Overhaul of Safety Guidelines
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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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