Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:35 AM EST
Japan's finance minister expressed concern Wednesday about the effectiveness of U.S. sanctions on Iran and their potential impact on Japanese banks.
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Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:48 AM EST
An internal investigation at Olympus Corp. found that five current and former auditors are responsible for a combined 8.38 billion yen ($109 million) in losses linked to the Japanese company's accounting scandal, and plans to sue them.
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Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:21 AM EST
Japan's nuclear crisis has turned Mizuho Nakayama into one of a small but growing number of Internet-savvy activist moms.
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Tue Nov 8, 2011 5:28 AM EST
Japan's ruling party is debating whether the country should join negotiations for a sprawling, U.S.-backed Pacific free trade zone that big exporters insist is vital to keeping Japan competitive — but that farmers fear will ruin them.
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Sun Nov 6, 2011 8:23 AM EST
Japan's royal household says Emperor Akihito has been hospitalized with a fever and a cold.
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Wed Nov 2, 2011 5:20 AM EDT
Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday its net profit for the July-September quarter slipped 4.3 percent from a year earlier, but the automaker raised its earnings outlook for the full-year on projections of higher sales.
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Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:35 AM EDT
Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. said Thursday its net loss grew to 70.3 billion yen ($925 million) for the six months through September, battered by the strong yen and weak software sales.
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Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:18 AM EDT
Like his five predecessors, Japan's new prime minister is unlikely to last much more than a year unless he can unify his divided party and persuade the opposition to help solve the country's myriad problems.
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Sun Aug 7, 2011 12:00 AM EDT
Gazing down on the gray, rubble-strewn valley, as a backhoe lifts twisted metal into one of hundreds of piles, Takako Abe clutches her walker and points to where her house once stood.
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Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:15 AM EDT
More than a dozen ships heaved inland by Japan's tsunami in March sit with red bellies and propellers exposed among the demolished houses of this once-bustling fishing town, a jarring daily reminder of the ocean's awesome power.
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Tue May 10, 2011 8:07 PM EDT
Japan and Germany are limiting or phasing out reliance on nuclear power after the Fukushima accident — moves that could raise petroleum prices — but most of the rest of the world is undaunted in its pursuit of nuclear energy.
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Sat Apr 9, 2011 2:39 AM EDT
Wearing gas masks and baggy gray body suits, a special U.S. Marine Corps unit trained to rescue people in chemical, biological or nuclear emergencies held drills Saturday with Japanese counterparts, standing ready to help out if needed around the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.
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Sat Mar 5, 2011 11:38 AM EST
A new language can be heard on the slopes of this popular ski resort in northern Japan: Chinese.
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Mon Dec 27, 2010 5:42 AM EST
Japan has been overtaken by China as the world's No. 2 economy. Its flagship company, Toyota, recalled more than 10 million vehicles in an embarrassing safety crisis. Its fourth prime minister resigned in three years, and the government remains unable to jolt an economy entering its third decade of stagnation.
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Sat Nov 6, 2010 8:18 PM EDT
Acknowledging that its global economic status is declining, Japan's government is declaring it will work to "open up the country" and redouble efforts to forge free trade agreements to boost its economic prospects.
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Thu Nov 4, 2010 3:20 AM EDT
World leaders head to back-to-back economic summits in Asia next week, but regional political tensions — some spawned by China's growing assertiveness — could undermine attempts to project unity amid a faltering global economic recovery.
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:17 AM EDT
The leaders of India and Japan signed a broad agreement Monday aimed at increasing trade and agreed to speed up talks toward a civilian nuclear energy deal — despite sensitivity in Japan over India's past atomic test blasts.
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Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:41 AM EDT
Governments and businesses around the world need to recognize the immense economic value of preserving species and ecosystems and incorporate that into their decision-making, a U.N. report said Wednesday.
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Wed Oct 6, 2010 4:52 AM EDT
The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said Wednesday that Washington and Tokyo need to make sure their security alliance is in good working order to cope with rapid changes in Asia.
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Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:47 PM EDT
Japan declared an end Tuesday to a dispute with China over a high-seas collision last month and the two countries agreed to resume exchanges and projects that had been stopped because of the incident.
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Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:48 AM EDT
Veteran Japanese lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa is widely unpopular and could be indicted for political finance violations next month. He also could become Japan's third prime minister in a year.
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Thu Sep 9, 2010 8:51 PM EDT
Japan's Defense Ministry stressed the importance of U.S. military forces in Japan and cast a wary eye on China's military expansion in an annual report Friday, as diplomatic tensions with China rose following a collision near disputed islands.
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Sun Sep 5, 2010 12:05 PM EDT
When Mio Honzawa starts fifth grade next April, her textbooks will be thicker.
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Wed Jul 7, 2010 1:36 AM EDT
In Japanese, it's called a "twisted parliament," and it doesn't bode well for the country's future.
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Wed Jun 9, 2010 4:36 AM EDT
Japan has gone through prime ministers at a dizzying rate — Naoto Kan is the sixth in the last four years, and 14th over the last two decades — the highest turnover among major industrialized countries.
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