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Japans wartime brothels were wrong says 91-year-old veteran
1 of 2. 91-year-old former Japanese army medic Masayoshi Matsumoto points at a photograph of himself taken in the 1940s, during an interview with Reuters at his daughter's house in Sagamihara, south of Tokyo May 22, ...
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Britain told U.S. in early 1941 Japan might be preparing for war
The prospect of a clash over defense policy between South Korea's new president and the U.S. has been diminished by North Korea's own ham-fisted ...
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U.S. admits drone strikes have killed four Americans
Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped ';liberate'; a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
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Brutal meat cleaver murder in London blamed on radical Islam
LONDON - Two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one of them then went on video to explain the crime, shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into custody. The brutal daylight attack rocked the city ...
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Japans SoftBank to give US govt Sprint board choice WSJ
NEW YORK (AFP) - Japan's SoftBank is preparing to hand the US government an unusual degree of influence over operation of Sprint Nextel, after security concerns raised by the proposed cross-border takeover, The Wall Street Journal reports online."Tokyo-based SoftBank has agreed to give the (US) federal government the right to approve one of the directors it names to Sprint's ...
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Tokyo stocks plunge in afternoon trade
TOKYO shares have plunged more than three per cent in early afternoon trade as investors sold on weak Chinese data to lock in profits on recent rapid gains. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 3.20 per cent or 500.04 points to 15,127.22 at one point before narrowing its loss to 2.15 per cent by 1400 (AEST) on ...
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UPDATE 1-Mitsubishi Motors weighs capital shift dividends-sources
Wed May 22, 2013 11:50pm EDT * Automaker may propose 10-for-1 reverse stock split * May also seek capital reorganisation * To clear $9 bln in accumulated losses * Shares drop 11.5 pct, after recent strong gains By Kentaro Sugiyama and Yoko Kubota TOKYO, May 23 (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Motors Corp is taking steps toward resuming dividend payments after nearly a decade-long turnaround bankrolled by ...
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Japanese hospital tests powerful non-surgical radiation therapy for breast cancer
Interest in issues involving breast cancer and its treatment is at an all-time high, this after award-winning actress Angelina Jolie revealed that she had undergone a double mastectomy because of a high risk of the said disease. It should prove as good news for the medical world that Japanese cancer specialist Kumiko Karasawa has revealed on Wednesday that has started the world’s first ...
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Japanese Market Rallies As Yen Tumbles
Despite a weak lead from Wall Street, the Japanese stock market opened higher on Thursday, with investors picking up stocks on the back of the yen's decline against the U.S. dollar. Investors appear to be betting on strong corporate earnings as well.The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which opened more than 100 points up at 15,740 and zoomed to 15,942.6 subsequently, is currently trading at ...
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Japans trade deficit widens to USD8.6b in April
(MENAFN) Japan's Finance Ministry announced that the country's trade balance posted a deficit of USD8.6 billion last month, up by around 70 percent from a year earlier, reported AP.The ministry added that exports rose by 3.8 percent to USD56.3 billion, while imports gained 9.4 percent to USD64.9 billion.It said that the cost of oil purchases dipped, however, the value of imports of ...
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Japanese Exports to US Surge in April
Japan's exports to the United States rose for the fourth straight month in April on a year-on-year basis, surging 14.8 percent to 1.101 trillion yen ($10.69 billion), according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry.The April jump in U.S.-bound shipments was led by autos, organic compounds and mineral fuels, which soared 21.0 percent, 69.4 percent and 1,353.4 percent, ...
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China losing luster for Japan makers
With labour costs surging in China and domestic production recovering competitiveness thanks to the weaker yen, many Japanese manufacturers have been prompted to review their production in China. Japan Display Inc., the world's largest maker of small and midsize liquid crystal displays, reportedly plans to relocate part of its production in China to Japan. Other domestic manufacturing ...
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Japan needs more companies that cherish their female workers
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has trumpeted women's active involvement in the workforce as a pillar of the government's growth strategy. He aims to better utilise women's abilities to invigorate the nation's economy. Abe specifically asked for cooperation from the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) and other organisations in urging all listed companies to appoint at ...
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Active Fault May Block Restart of Tsuruga Reactor in Japan
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Japan govt natural for JGB yields to rise as share prices gain
TOKYO | Wed May 22, 2013 10:37pm EDT TOKYO May 23 (Reuters) - Japan's top government spokesman said on Thursday that it was natural for government bond yields to rise on the back of gains by Tokyo stocks and that he fully trusts the central bank's response to market moves. "I expect that the Bank of Japan will appropriately deal with it," Chief Cabinet Secretary ...
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FBI kills man possibly linked to Boston bombings suspects media reports
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shot dead a man Wednesday who was possibly linked to the Boston bombings suspects, US media reported.The shooting occurred in Orlando, Florida early Wednesday morning while a man was being questioned by an FBI agent in Florida, NBC News reported.FBI Special Agent Dave Couvertier later confirmed in a statement that an unidentified agent encountered the ...
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Japan is integral to the future of Asia PM Lee Hsien Loong
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Japan is integral to the future of Asia and called on Japan to deepen its strategic engagement with Southeast Asia and the wider ...
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Positive start for Nikkei
(1 hr 7 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo opened 0.72 percent higher after the yen fell against the US dollar on signals that the US Federal Reserve could soon scale back its aggressive stimulus measures. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which closed at its best level in more than five years yesterday, added 112.72 points to 15,739.98 at the ...
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Asia Markets Tokyo stocks soar as Sydney Seoul retreat
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Australian and South Korean stocks dropped Thursday on worries the Federal Reserve could downscale its bond purchases, while Japanese shares marched to fresh multiyear highs as several exporters got a lift from the weakened ...
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Japan passes bill to join Hague treaty on child abduction
Long accused of tolerating "kidnapping," Japan on May 22 approved a bill to join the Hague convention on resolving cross-border abductions of children from broken international ...
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Listed firms project 48 jump in fiscal 2013 net profits
Buoyed by the weakening yen, Japan's largest companies are projecting a 48.4-percent jump in combined net profits for the current fiscal year, building on an increase of 24.1 percent recorded for the previous ...
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Nikkei climbs 1.9 pct to new 5-12-year high Fast Retailing stars
* Bernanke remarks sees yen at 103 to dollar, aids exporters * Nikkei heads for fifth straight day of gain * Fast Retailing jumps as retail investors in hot pursuit By Dominic Lau TOKYO, May 23 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average soared 1.9 percent to a 5-1/2-year high on Thursday, aided by exporters as the yen weakened against the dollar after the U.S. Federal Reserve chief suggested the ...
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Japan stocks rise on weaker yen banks drop
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks on Thursday sidestepped concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve may downscale its monetary stimulus to rise further toward multiyear highs, with a weakened yen giving several exporters a lift and offsetting losses in banks. The Nikkei Stock ...
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Tokyo stocks open up 0.72
TOKYO stocks have opened 0.72 per cent higher after the yen fell against the dollar on signals that the US Federal Reserve could soon scale back its aggressive stimulus measures. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which closed at its best level in more than five years on Wednesday, added 112.72 points to 15,739.98 at the start on Thursday. The rise came despite the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...
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Japan ponders direct talks with Pyongyang
/enpproperty--> Japan is considering direct talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the government said on Wednesday, adding momentum to the cause after a top level aide to the prime minister made a surprise trip to Pyongyang. Bilateral talks are on the table as Tokyo seeks to salve the running sore of abductions of its nationals by DPRK spies in the 1970s and ...
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Japan focuses on next big export
Smart grids are the way of the future, according to a Japanese consortium of seven companies that want to invest in the cities of the future and pave the way for the next big export to come out of Japan.
Japan is already one of the leading high-tech industries of the world, producing gadgets and appliances that are sold globally, from cars and microwaves to robots for use in surgery, space and mines. The country is a major manufacturing hub, there are Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba and Nintendo appliances in homes across the globe and many of the world’s most famous export brands have their headquarters in Japan or were founded in Japan. Read more
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