Category: Japan
Japan holds unprecedented military exercise in US amid tensions with China over islands
Japanese troops will converge on California’s southern coast in the next two weeks as part of an unprecedented military exercise with US troops aimed at improving that [...]
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Edwina Hart leads Welsh government trade mission to Japan
Wales’ Economy minister Edwina Hart is leading a trade mission to Japan in an attempt to boost investment in Wales and promote Welsh businesses. Last year Welsh [...]
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Japan consumer mood improves in May
Japanese consumer confidence improved in May, a Cabinet Office survey showed on Monday, pointing to firm private consumption on the back of government’s stimulus [...]
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Japan, SA look at motor partnership
South Africa and Japan were collaborating on ways to develop the local manufacture of automotive components – a move aimed at increasing jobs, sustaining the industry [...]
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Japanese man hanged self in cell, Malaysia police say
A Japanese man who was found dead in a Malaysian detention cell is believed to have hanged himself, police said. Authorities arrested 33-year-old Nobuhiro Matsushita on June [...]
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Japan current account surplus doubles as income gains, exports rise
Japan’s current account surplus doubled in April from a year earlier, and bank lending posted its biggest annual rise in over three years, in a fresh sign the [...]
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More Japanese firms show interest in Phl
Japanese entrepreneurs and companies are taking more interest in the Philippines following the recent series of upgrades in credit rating. Risal Commercial Banking Corp. [...]
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Japan’s Marubeni says to cut Gavilon energy arm out of takeover
Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp said it will cut Gavilon’s energy business out of its planned takeover of the US commodity merchant, reducing the size of the [...]
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Japan Q1 GDP growth revised up to 1.0 pct qtr/qtr
Japanese gross domestic product grew 1.0 percent in January-March from the previous quarter, revised up from a preliminary estimate, Cabinet Office data showed on Monday, [...]
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Job-cutting foreign banks risk missing Japan trading bonanza
Japan’s stock trading boom has turned long-suffering equities desks in Tokyo into profit drivers for global investment banks, with those that resisted the urge to cut [...]
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Abenomics: the effect on the yen
Japan’s quarterly growth figures for the first three months of the year have been revised up. The positive data adds to signs that prime minister Shinzo Abe’s [...]
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Japan revises up Q1 growth to 4.1pct
Japan has revised up its first quarter economic growth to 1 per cent, giving prime minister Shinzo Abe a boost as he seeks to strengthen his grip on power in next [...]
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Japan set to take casino gamble
A group of Japanese lawmakers are close to hitting the jackpot in their bid to legalise casinos, betting the revenue bonanza could challenge Macau for the title of global [...]
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Japanese troops head to California for military exercise with US Marines
Japanese troops will converge on California’s southern coast in the next two weeks as part of a military exercise with US troops aimed at improving that country’s [...]
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France, Japan join forces for larger share of nuclear market
Japan and France on Friday agreed to boost nuclear cooperation to secure a larger share of global atomic energy markets as Tokyo’s pro-nuclear government looks to [...]
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