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Senators OK immigration overhaul
A sit-in by visa violators and their families entered its second day Tuesday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with protesters seeking government good will. The action at the bureau in Minato Ward is being organized by the Asian People’s Friendship Society, ...
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Rafsanjani Ahmadinejad aide cut from Iran presidential race
Out: Two-term former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (left) and incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's top aide, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been disqualified from Iran's June 14 presidential election. | ...
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Search for tornado survivors wraps up
MOORE, OKLAHOMA - The search for survivors and the dead was nearly complete Tuesday in the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb where a massive tornado flattened homes and demolished an elementary school, the fire chief said. Authorities lowered the death toll to 24, down from 51. Fire Chief Gary Bird said that he’s ';98 percent sure'; there are no more survivors or bodies ...
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Stalled abduction talks with N. Korea may resume soon
Modern history is the story of how liberal democracy, originating in Britain and America, spread around the world. This may sound like an absurd fantasy. In actuality, this Whiggish narrative of progress underpins most newspaper editorials, political commentary and speeches in the West, and ...
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Nomura lifts retail client asset target amid Japan stock boom
TOKYO | Wed May 22, 2013 3:48am EDT TOKYO May 22 (Reuters) - Japan's Nomura Holdings Inc said on Wednesday that it had raised its target for retail client assets to 100 trillion yen ($975 billion) by March 2016 after clearing the previous target of 90 trillion yen last month amid a sharp rally in Japanese stocks. Nomura had set the 90 trillion yen target in September of last ...
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Weak yen a help for Japan but headache elsewhere
TOKYO -; A steady decline in the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota and has won solid support from Japan's main trading partners, who are betting the impact on their own currencies will be offset by gains from a recovery in the world's third-largest economy. It's not such good news for entrepreneurs like Thamonwan Thawornthaweewong, whose Angry Bird fish balls, ...
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South Korea Japan US defense chiefs to meet
Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Korea, Rear Adm. William C. McQuilkin, left, salutes as Rear Adm. Michael S. White, commander of the Nimitz Strike Group, right, smiles from U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz upon its arrival at Busan port, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Ahead of the U.S. carrier’s visit to South Korea, North Korea on Friday called ...
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Tokyo stocks close up 1.60
TOKYO stocks have climbed 1.60 per cent to close at their highest level in more than five years, with investor appetite unabated because of a weak yen and record-setting levels on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index on Wednesday gained 246.24 points to 15,627.26, the best finish since late December 2007. The Topix index of all first-section issues was up 0.44 per cent, or 5.64 points, at ...
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Weak Yen Wont Stop Our Push Outside Japan Lexus
Mark Templin, Executive Vice President at Lexus said the luxury carmaker doesn't run its global business based on fluctuations in exchange ...
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Nikkei climbs 1.6 pct to 5-12-yr high on BOJ optimism Sony surges
Reset TOKYO (May 22): The Nikkei average climbed 1.6 percent to a fresh 5-1/2-year high on Wednesday, spurred on by the Bank of Japan's optimism about the economic outlook, while Sony Corp surged on reports it may consider a proposal to spin off its entertainment assets. Earlier in the day, the Bank of Japan kept policy steady as widely expected, and upgraded its assessment of the ...
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Nikkei closes on a high
(37 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo climbed 1.60 percent to close at their highest level in more than five years with investor appetite unabated on a weak yen and record-setting levels on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 246.24 points to 15,627.26, the best finish since late December 2007, while the Topix index of all first-section issues was up 0.44 percent, or 5.64 points, at ...
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Tokyo stocks up 1.12pc after BoJ stays pat
5 TOKYO: Tokyo stocks maintained early gains and were up 1.12 percent in early afternoon trade after the Bank of Japan made its widely-expected announcement of no new easing measures.The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 171.79 points at 15,552.81 soon after the afternoon session started while the Topix index of all first-section issues was up 0.72 percent, or 9.12 points, at ...
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Japan mulls bilateral talks with North Korea raising co-ordination concerns among allies
TOKYO - Japan's government is looking into re-opening official talks with North Korea to resolve questions over the abductions of Japanese citizens decades ago, raising concerns among allies who fear Tokyo's focus on that issue might weaken efforts to rein in Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. Chief Cabinet spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday that high-level talks with the ...
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Japans crocodile tears over Russias Kuril Islands
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a short time has demonstrated his capabilities and lack of fear in tackling problems using non-trivial methods. Abe likes Russia - it's in his genes. The Russian President said he was ready for a dialogue on the peace treaty with Japan on the principles of a draw. Did he decide to give the Japanese two of the four South Kuril Islands? Japanese Prime ...
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Japan Keeps Monetary Policy Steady
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Bank of Japan maintains policy cheers Abenomics
Japan's central bank pledged Wednesday to maintain its ambitious quantitative easing program, saying that economic conditions in the country are ...
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Nikkei up on BOJ optimism
(21 mins ago) Tokyo stocks maintained early gains and were up 1.12 percent in early afternoon trade after the Bank of Japan made its widely-expected announcement of no new easing measures. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 171.79 points at 15,552.81 soon after the afternoon session started while the Topix index of all first-section issues was up 0.72 percent, or 9.12 points, at 1,279.51, ...
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Bank of Japan sees economy improving
(1 hr 4 mins ago) Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up'' as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home. The Bank of Japan ended a policy meeting on Wednesday with no change to its strategy of doubling the monetary base for the sake of reaching a 2 percent inflation target and jolting the economy out of two ...
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Economic Report Bank of Japan ups economic outlook
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The Bank of Japan raised its economic assessment at the end of its two-day meeting on Wednesday, while holding its policy ...
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Asia Markets Japan stocks hold gains after central-bank meet
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks stayed on course for a fresh multiyear high Wednesday after the country's central bank raised its economic outlook, even as it left other elements of its monetary policy ...
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Researchers find high cesium in some Pacific plankton
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
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Kyle Bass Bets on Full-Blown Japan Crisis
Kyle Bass hopes he is wrong, and so may everyone else, as the danger predicted by the founder of Dallas-based Hayman Capital is nothing less than a full blown financial crisis in the world's third-largest economy, Japan. While the hedge-fund trade of the year has been to short the yen and buy Japanese stocks placed for an export boom, Mr. Bass sees in "Abenomics" - stimulus from ...
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Japan outlasts Denmark in thriller at Sudirman Cup
/enpproperty--> KUALA LUMPUR - Japan outgunned Denmark to top Gruop D after a nail-biting final group match at the 13th Sudirman Cup team badminton championships on Tuesday, while China overpowered Indonesia 5-0. The Japan-Denmark tie see-sawed with Denmark taking the lead after the first and third matches, only for Japan to equalize. After Denmark's mixed doubles pair of Joachim ...
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China-Japan trade will pick up
Economic and trade cooperation between China and Japan will get back on track if there is no further deterioration of the countries' already strained ties, leading Chinese think tanks said in an annual report released on ...
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Japan uses sound waves against Chinese sub
A Maritime Self-Defence Force patrol plane used sound waves emitted from a sonobuoy against a submarine detected in the contiguous zone around Minami-Daitojima island in Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday, according to government sources. The action against the submarine, which is believed to belong to the Chinese Navy, is an apparent demonstration that the MSDF is steadily monitoring the movement of ...
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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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