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Fukuda remains tight-lipped over Cabinet reshuffle

kyodo.co.jp     9 hrs ago   1 related          

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda remained tight-lipped Friday over whether he will reshuffle his Cabinet before the upcoming extraordinary Diet session as expected by some members of the ruling coalition parties. ''I have never said...                

Kuwaiti PM's visit to boost ties with Japan in all aspects -- Al-Otaibi

zawya.com     9 hrs ago          

By Miyoko Ishigami TOKYO, July 25 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti Ambassador to Japan Abdul Rahman Al-Otaibi said Friday that the upcoming visit of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah will further expand...                

Services on list for trade talks

news.com.au     8 hrs ago          

SERVICES and investment will be centre stage during free trade negotiations with Japan next week, as Australia tries to ease the way for professional services and telecommunications firms seeking to set up shop in Japan.                

Japan's 'Grim Reaper' says will step down in reshuffle (AFP)

yahoo.com     16 hrs ago          

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama, dubbed the "Grim Reaper" for ordering a record number of executions, said Friday he would step down in any cabinet reshuffle. "'The Grim Reaper' will quit," he told...                

Japan's Nukaga: Mulled econ with BOJ gov on Friday

finanznachrichten.de     19 hrs ago   1 related          

TOKYO, July 25 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga said on Friday that he had exchanged views with Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa earlier in the day on the Japanese economy. Nukaga told a news...                

FM: China ready to enhance cooperation with Japan on disaster reduction

xinhuanet.com     yesterday   1 related          

BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday China is ready to promote cooperation with Japan on disaster prevention and reduction. "It is very necessary for China and Japan, two seismically active...                

Clean up with technology

thehindubusinessline.com     yesterday          

The G8 leaders flew in on personal jets… and talked of saving energy.. Just about everything that you need to do can be done with a dollop of technology. At least that is what the Japanese seem to think. Take the hotel room in...                

Suspect in stabbing of book shop clerk says he did it on impulse

keralanext.com     yesterday   2 related          

TOKYO — A 33-year-old man arrested over Tuesday’s fatal stabbing of a bookshop clerk in Tokyo has told police that he decided to kill someone on the spur of the moment after having trouble with his family over his job, police...                

131 injured as 6.8 quake hits northeastern Japan

keralanext.com     yesterday   4 related          

TOKYO — A total of 131 people, mainly in Iwate and Aomori prefectures, were injured as a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northeastern Japan early Thursday. East Japan Railway Co said it will...                

More than 100 injured in earthquake in Japan

iht.com     yesterday   308 related          

More than 100 injured in earthquake in Japan : A powerful earthquake rattled parts of northern Japan early Thursday, injuring more than 100 people, triggering landslides and cutting power to thousands of people, officials said....                

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