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Diplomatic dividend Toledo Blade TO READ the headlines, there is no reason to believe President Obama achieved a lot during his trip to East Asia, with stops in Japan, Singapore, China, and South Korea. At the same time, it was...
Nov 24 - Japanese cabinet ministers increased pressure on the Bank of Japan on Tuesday to respond to deflation, with one saying that the central bank was "asleep at the wheel". [ID:nT322574] The remark was the latest in a row...
Whaling ships from Japan left today for Antarctic waters on an annual five-month voyage in pursuit of about 1,000 minke whales and a small number of endangered fin whales. The seasonal hunts, during the Antarctic summer, are...
Hey! Who’s that raising a shot glass right next to the leader of the free world? Yes, it’s our beloved Wilson Sonsini CEO turned Japanese ambassador, John Roos raising a toast to what we can only guess is a lasting...
SANAA (AFP) – A Japanese engineer freed after nine days held hostage by tribesmen near the Yemeni capital Sanaa voiced his relief at his release and said he just wanted to see his wife and take a shower. Sanaa
Tuesday 24th November, 11:51 AM JST TOKYO — Prosecutors are considering indicting a former secretary of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama over false statements in Hatoyama’s political fund reports amounting to more than 200 million...
Japan's finance minister has urged the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to take on a more aggressive role in fighting deflation. Hirohisa Fujii said the Japanese government would 'exchange views' and find a solution with the Bank of Japan....
A daily miscellany of information by Michael Kesterton Michael Kesterton From Tuesday's Globe and Mail We're in a crash “The Milky Way's neighbourhood may be teeming with invisible galaxies, one of which appears to be crashing...
Prosecutors are considering indicting a former secretary of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on charges of violating the political funds control law over false donation statements made by Hatoyama's political fund management body,...
The public could be slapped with a new environment tax from fiscal 2010 at about the same time the government scraps "temporary" gasoline tax rates implemented decades ago, Deputy Prime Minister Naoto...
