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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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Nikkei set to pull back from 5-12-year highs on Bernanke remarks
TOKYO, May 23 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average is expected to retreat from a 5-1/2-year high on Thursday after U.S. Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke suggested the central bank could scale back stimulus in coming months. The Nikkei is likely to trade between 15,550 and 15,700, strategists said, while Nikkei futures in Chicago closed at 15,640 on Wednesday, down 0.2 percent from the Osaka ...
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Nuclear regulators acknowledge fault below Tsuruga reactor is active
The Nuclear Regulation Authority accepted on Wednesday an assessment that a reactor at the Tsuruga plant in western Japan is sitting above an active fault, making it increasingly difficult for the facility to resume ...
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Ama divers seek cultural designation
Ama female divers from the Toba-Shima area have formed a group to preserve their traditions, as part of a bid by the Mie prefectural government to have the divers declared a national cultural property and UNESCO intangible cultural heritage ...
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Sumo Hakuho Kisenosato win to keep title within reach
Yokozuna Hakuho dispensed with Kotooshu, and Kisenosato did a hatchet job on Aran to improve to 11-0 with four days remaining at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on ...
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Japan no longer sanctions child abduction in mixed-marriage cases
Tokyo lawmakers unanimously approve Hague convention to settle child custody in broken international marriages. But Japanese domestic laws and legal loopholes still need to change, say ...
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Japan rates may torpedo recovery
By James Saft (Reuters) - Spiking interest rates in Japan threaten to undermine, and possibly end, the recovery being engendered by Abenomics. That could reverse gains not only in Tokyo stocks, but in stock markets world-wide which have benefited from Japanese liquidity. While a rebound in activity has allowed the Bank of Japan to upgrade its assessment of conditions for a fifth straight ...
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Japans Daiichi says key details concealed in Ranbaxy sale
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Japanese owners of Ranbaxy on Wednesday accused former shareholders of the Indian company of concealing key information about a US probe into the safety of medicines made by the New Delhi-based firm.Last week, Ranbaxy Laboratories pleaded guilty in the United States to charges of making and distributing adulterated drugs at its two Indian plants of Paonta Sahib and Dewas ...
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Japan reaches historic low in April trade deficit
TOKYO -- Japan on Wednesday posted its worst April trade deficit as a weak yen ramped up import costs and helped extend the run of monthly shortfalls to the longest in more than three ...
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REFILE-Panasonic to stop making silicon wafers at Oregon factory-Nikkei
Wed May 22, 2013 2:50pm EDT May 23 (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp will stop making silicon wafers, used in solar cells, at a factory in Oregon next month as it centralizes production at a plant in Malaysia, the Nikkei reported. Having shut down a plant in California last year, the company will have no processing facilities in the United States, the newspaper said. Panasonic makes silicon ingots at ...
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Japan mulls resuming talks with N. Korea official
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan is considering direct talks with North Korea, the government said 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 North Korean spies in the 1970s and 1980s, an issue that inflames public opinion at ...
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Japan considering resuming NK talks
Japan is considering direct talks with North Korea, the government said 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 North Korean spies in the 1970s and 1980s, an issue that inflames public opinion at home.But any ...
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San Francisco Bay Area awarded ’16 Super Bowl
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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Confident rookie Straily outduels Darvish in A’s victory
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - Oakland rookie right-hander Dan Straily was well aware of the ace pitcher and the powerful lineup he was facing. Now everyone can take notice of Straily, who on television before his latest start saw plenty of highlights touting Yu Darvish being on the mound. Straily allowed only two singles while facing 22 batters — just one over the minimum for his seven scoreless ...
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Wagner Kudo propel Kashiwa into Asian Champions League quarterfinals
Closer to the goal: Jorge Wagner celebrates after Kashiwa's second goal on Wednesday. Reysol defeated Jeonbuk Motors 3-2 to reach the Asian Champions League quarters. | ...
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Asian shares mixed Tokyo ends at 5-year high
A visitor takes a picture of an electronic stock board on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday despite a strong lead from Wall Street as markets awaited testimony from the US Federal Reserve chief, but Tokyo stocks finished at their highest level in five years. AP PHOTO/ITSUO INOUYE HONG KONG--Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday ...
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Washington alienated by Tokyo rightists
South Korean President Park Geun-hye's rhetoric proved to have an impressive reach on a recent visit to the US. A series of speeches in Washington caused a panic in Japan, far across the Pacific.The panic stemmed from a declaration at a banquet where Park expressed her willingness to address the North Korea issue in concerted efforts with China and the US after the North suspends its ...
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Pacy racing pigeon Bolt sets new world record
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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Ai Weiwei uses obscenity-filled music video to mock state power in China
BEIJING - Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers — and even sits on the toilet — in the artist’s new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking China’s state power. The video accompanying the visual artist’s single ';Dumbass'; — released Wednesday but blocked online in mainland China — is ...
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30 of indecent assault victims were staring at mobiles
About 30 percent of victims of indecent assaults in Osaka last year were using cellphones, smartphones or portable music players at the time of the attack, Osaka Prefectural Police investigative sources said. Of some 860 indecent assaults reported in 2012 to the prefectural force, about 14 percent of the victims said they were using mobile or smartphones and another 15 percent said they were ...
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Olympus fears compact camera sales will keep falling
Olympus Corp. fears sales of its compact cameras may fall by half next fiscal year, extending a decline as consumers increasingly use smartphones to take pictures. Volume sales will drop to about 1.35 million units as early as the year starting in April, Chief Executive Officer Hiroyuki Sasa said in an interview in Tokyo on Monday. The company forecasts it will sell 2.7 million compact cameras ...
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BOJ maintains monetary easing policy upgrades economic appraisal
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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Kyoto papers seek heritage status
Preserving history: The 'Toji Hyakugomonjo' documents, mainly minutes of discussions about the management of Toji Temple in Kyoto between the eighth to late 19th century, will be recommended for UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. | ...
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Hell hath no fury Pope an exorcist
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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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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