No progress on US-Japan base deal talk: Japan
December 18, 2005Tokyo, Dec.
No progress on US-Japan base deal talk: former defense chief
December 18, 2005Tokyo, Dec.
Japan resumes US beef imports
December 18, 2005Japanese consumers will eat US beef for the first time in two years this week. A shipment of 4.3 tonnes of chilled beef and 300 kilograms of cow tongue and diaphragm arrived by air freight in Osaka on Friday.
Consumption tax hike likely, says Japan's LDP
December 18, 2005Extract not available.
Japan's Tanigaki sees cap on bond issuance
December 18, 2005TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said on Monday the government would likely be able to limit new government bond issuance to below 30 trillion yen ($260 billion) in the next fiscal year. '
Japanese budget shrinks
December 18, 2005Mon 19 Dec 2005 Printer friendly Send to friend Japanese budget shrinks JAPAN'S budget for the next fiscal year starting in April will shrink to 79.90 trillion (686.7 billion), down sharply from 82.18 trillion for the current year.
Honda to Mass Produce Next-Generation Thin Film Solar Cell
December 18, 2005Extract not available.
Japanese Stocks Higher, Dollar Lower
December 18, 2005Japanese Stocks Higher, Dollar Lower','http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/18/AR2005121800812.html','TOKYO -- Japanese stocks rose Monday morning as traders sought bargains after the Nikkei dropped last week.
FOREX-Dollar slips to 7-week low vs yen
December 18, 2005The yen has soared, especially against high-yielding currencies such as the New Zealand and Australian dollars, as investors have taken profits on bets against the Japanese currency and forced others to cover huge short positions.
Sony on track to double videogame player sales
December 18, 2005LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Corp. is on track to double the number of PlayStation Portable video game players sold in North America to around 6 million at the end of its first holiday season this year.
Raging blizzards kill six in Japan
December 18, 2005Record snowfall throughout much of Japan and the coldest December for a decade has caused at least six deaths and brought large parts of the country to a standstill.
JPMorgan, Credit Suisse See Japanese Stocks Beating U.S., Europe in 2006
December 18, 2005The forecasts, part of the year-end flood of predictions by Wall Street firms, reinforce investor interest in Japan. Foreigners have been net buyers of Japanese stocks for 42 of the past 49 weeks.
Japan's Nikkei Gains, Led by Honda, Exporters on Oil's Drop; Takeda Slides
December 18, 200519 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose for the first day in four. Exporters such as Honda Motor Co. and Canon Inc. paced the advance after oil prices had their biggest slide in almost three months.
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Japan's Bonds Advance on Expectations Sales of Government Debt to Decline
December 18, 200519 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese bonds rose on expectations the government will announce plans tomorrow to cut new debt sales during the fiscal year starting April.
China, Japan face great challenge to break stalemate of bilateral ties
December 18, 2005The relationship of the two countries in 2005 has reached the lowest level since bilateral ties were normalized in 1972.
Time to remove life support: Government should heed BOJ
December 18, 2005By NORIKO HAMA To end or not to end. That is the question. The Bank of Japan says yes. The government says no. The BOJ feels the time is ripe to do away with the policy of 'quantitative easing.' The govern- ment feels it is premature to do so.
Japan's Bonds May Advance on Expectations Government Debt Sales to Decline
December 18, 200519 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese bonds may gain after a newspaper report said the government will cut debt sales in the fiscal year starting April.
Japanese Stocks Gain, Led by Honda, Exporters on Oil's Drop; Inpex Slides
December 18, 200519 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks rose, sending the Nikkei 225 Stock Average higher for the first day in four. Exporters such as Honda Motor Co. and Canon Inc. advanced after oil prices had their biggest drop in almost three months.
Japan's Stocks May Gain, Led by Toyota on Oil Price Drop; Inpex May Slide
December 18, 200519 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks may rise, sending the Nikkei 225 Stock Average higher for the first day in four. Exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Canon Inc. may gain after oil prices had their biggest drop in almost three months.
Sony's robot attains enlightenment with third eye
December 18, 2005TOKYO (Reuters) - Robots may not be able to do everything humans can, but the latest version of Sony's humanoid robot has something many people might find useful: a third eye.
Japan's Bonds May Strengthen on Reports Government Plan to Cut Debt Sales
December 18, 200519 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese bonds may gain after a newspaper report said the government will cut debt sales in the fiscal year starting April.
Sony robot can think out of the box
December 18, 2005Sony's humanoid robot QRIO places a polystyrene cube on a target point to provide a demonstration of its ability.
Nishimura served another warrant
December 18, 2005The three have admitted to the allegations, according to the investigators, who quoted Nishimura as saying, 'I needed as much money as I could get for my political activities.'
Heavy snow blankets coast of Sea of Japan
December 18, 2005Pedestrians make their way through the snowfall in front of JR Nagoya Station. A low pressure system developing southeast of Hokkaido caused strong winds in coastal areas of the affected regions and rough conditions at sea, the agency said.
HP moves to embrace Toshiba HD-DVD format
December 18, 2005The decision is the latest sign of a looming "format war" between the competing standards for a new generation of digital video players that can record high-definition films and video games.
GSK India to ally with two more Japan firms
December 18, 2005The new product licensing proposals are in the therapeutic segments of ICU-based cardiovascular therapy and diabetology.
Japan to set budget at 80 trillion yen, first fall in four years: report
December 18, 2005TOKYO : The Japanese government plans to set the next fiscal year's state budget at around 80 trillion yen (692 billion dollars), the first contraction in four years, in a move to rein in spending.
Toyota joins price hike fray
December 18, 2005Toyota joins price hike fray Kumar Dipankar / New Delhi Come new year, the car prices are set for upward revision. Few carmakers have already hinted at the quantum of price increase expected, the rest are equating the revised tag for 2006.
Beef Alert: Japanese Begin Meatpacker Inspection
December 18, 2005Extract not available.
Visto Powers Vodafone K.K. Launch of Japan's First 'True Push' Wireless Email
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Tokyo bourse head to resign over system woes-media
December 18, 2005Earlier this month the TSE acknowledged that its system's failure to cancel a huge errant trading order by Mizuho Securities had contributed to losses from the mistake and added to market turmoil. -
Two Individuals Scoop Total $22 Million From J-Com Stock Trades in Japan
December 18, 200519 (Bloomberg) -- Two individual Japanese investors made a combined 2.56 billion yen ($22 million) buying J-Com Co. shares following a wrong sell order by Mizuho Securities Co. on J-Com's exchange debut, Dec. 8.
Tokyo bourse head to resign over system woes
December 18, 2005TOKYO: Tokyo Stock Exchange President Takuo Tsurushima, will resign as early as Tuesday over system faults that have raised worries about the dependability of transactions at Asia's largest bourse, Japanese media reported on Sunday.
Tokyo court asks for Intel evidence - AMD
December 18, 2005Extract not available.
Japanese just love our dollar bonds
December 18, 2005Extract not available.
Heavy snow in Japan causes train derailment
December 18, 2005A 67-year-old man was found dead in Fukui prefecture in western Japan after he apparently fell to the ground while shovelling snow from the roof of his house, local police said. Nearly two meters (6.5 feet) of snow had fallen in the area.
Permanent Japan Visa Exemption Likely
December 18, 2005The Japanese government is expected to permanently exempt visa requirements for short-stay Koreans after next February.
Japan holds its consumption tax
December 18, 2005JAPAN must overcome a decade of deflation and cut government spending, and will not raise the nation's consumption tax in fiscal 2007 from the current 5 percent, a top policy-maker of the ruling party said yesterday.
The Sony VPL-HS1 projector, for the office or home user
December 18, 2005The Sony VPL-HS1 projector, for the office or home user I'm sure you have all seen a presentation at one stage or other and have noticed the move away from school technology - overhead projectors are just not used anymore.
Sony TRV-50E Video Camera
December 18, 2005The Sony TRV-50E is available from FotoCats, contact them on (011) 615-8870. There's more to what meets the eye with Sony's new TRV-50E. -
Honda to mass-produce solar batteries - report
December 18, 2005TOKYO: Honda Motor Co, Japan's third-biggest auto maker, plans to build a 10 billion yen ($NZ93.50 million) factory to produce solar batteries, the Japanese business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) reported on Sunday.
Japan govt new bond issuances to be kept at 30 trln yen next fiscal - report
December 18, 2005But the figure is likely to remain within the 18 trln yen range thanks to stable long-term interest rates, the Nikkei said General outlays are projected to total somewhere in the 46 trln yen range, compared with 47.28 trln yen in fiscal 2005.
Japanese students won't forget ID -- it's on their phone
December 18, 2005TOKYO, Dec 16 (AFP) - A cellphone is the last thing a typical student would forget to take to class, so a Japanese university said Friday it would incorporate identification cards into mobile handsets.
Investing: Japan bulls get new life
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Earthquake Rocks Northern Japan
December 18, 2005Lynda Fisher - All Headline News Staff Writer Tokyo, Japan (AHN) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 rocked northern Japan early Saturday. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Japanese just love our dollar
December 18, 2005By Liam Dann A passion for buying kiwi dollar bonds - which may increase the risk of a 'hard landing' for the economy - is unlikely to abate anytime soon, says an expert working for Japan's largest investment bank.
Learning the ancient Japanese art of bonsai
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High-level Dubai delegation to attend economic partnership forum in Osaka
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Japan to set budget at 80 trln yen, first fall in four years: report
December 18, 2005The Japanese government plans to set the next fiscal year's state budget at around 80 trillion yen (692 billion dollars), the first contraction in four years, in a move to rein in spending.
Toyota Motor domestic sales fall for first time in three years
December 18, 2005Toyota Motor's car sales in Japan will likely fall by 20,000 units from last year, marking its first year-on-year dip in three years, a business daily reports.
Executives promoted at Toyota's Indiana operations
December 18, 2005PRINCETON, Ind. - Two executives at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana have been promoted, and a third executive is joining the company from a Toyota plant in Japan.
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Japan considering talks with N.K. this month
December 18, 2005'(We are) considering a date possibly within this year,' Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was quoted as saying during a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
U.S. beef shipment to mark restart of import arrives in Japan
December 18, 2005About 130 kilograms of beef delivered by the U.S. Meat Export Federation to commemorate the resumption of beef imports by Japan arrived at Narita International Airport Sunday. ..
Japan Uses Tech To Catch Gropers
December 18, 2005The samples taken are compared with fiber samples from the suspect's clothes on a powerful microscope. A similar investigation method is used by Tokyo police in about 150 molestation cases a year.
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Junichiro Koizumi
December 18, 2005Seeking revenge like so many warlords of Japanese myth and history, Koizumi reserved particular wrath for the 37 lawmakers from his own Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who had opposed the postal-system bill.
Japan turns corner, this time for real
December 18, 2005In most stockmarkets the resignation of the stock exchange president over a 35 billion ($400 million) trading fiasco and a looming government budget would cause a flutter of uncertainty, but not in today's Japan.
Heavy snow hits Sea of Japan coast, other regions in Japan
December 18, 2005Extract not available.
DCCI team to participate in Dubai-Osaka Economic
December 18, 2005The delegation includes Rajaa Al-Gurg, DCCI's member of Board of Directors, Sultan Lootah, Director of Promotion Department and Nuha Safar, Director of Public Relations and Events, according to a statement from the DCCI.
Aso says Japan wants better ties with South Korea
December 18, 2005Japan is prepared to deal with issues from the past and work toward improving relations with neighbor South Korea where it has been criticized for failing to show remorse for past atrocities, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Sunday. '
Japan to Make Visa Waver for Koreans Permanent
December 18, 2005Japan has confirmed it plans to make a visa waiver for short-term Korean visitors permanent, the Asahi Shimbun reported Sunday quoting Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Kazuo Kitagawa.
Tokyo-Pyongyang Talks Possible This Month
December 18, 2005Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso has said arrangements are being made for another round of bilateral meetings with North Korea within this year.
Japanese students won't forget ID - it's on their phone
December 18, 2005A cellphone is the last thing a typical student would forget to take to class, so a Japanese university said it would incorporate identification cards into mobile handsets.
2006 Honda Civic Si: You Say You Want Some Revolutions?
December 18, 2005IF you're a car company looking to design a small, powerful engine, you've probably concluded that you'll want forced induction - a means of cramming lots of air down the engine's throat - of some sort.
Japan win U-19 rugby tournament
December 18, 2005Staff ReportLAHORE: Japan defeated South Korea in the final to win the Asian Under-19 Rugby Tournament at the Fortress Stadium here on Saturday.
Japanese officials inspect shipment of U.S. beef as import goes into full swing
December 18, 2005Customs and quarantine officials in Japan on Sunday inspected the first beef shipment from the U.S. Meat Export Federation since the easing of an import ban imposed two years ago after America's first case of mad cow disease, officials said.
Asia threatened by xenophobia in China, Japan and Korea
December 18, 2005A report by the International Crisis Group claims tensions in the eastern Asia are on the increase. "
Price cuts to inflict pain on Japanese drug-makers
December 18, 2005TOKYO: A planned 6.7 percent cut in the price of prescription drugs in Japan will be a headache for the country's small drug makers, which depend on domestic sales, and could spur further consolidation in the industry, analysts say.
Toyota's sales in Japan fall for 1st time in 3 yrs
December 18, 2005As a result, monthly Vitz sales have consistently failed to reach its target of 10,000 units since August.
Honda's Tea-rrific Asimo robot
December 18, 2005Extract not available.
Japanese to Examine Deep Earth
December 18, 2005Shikyu will start its drilling process to collect soil samples in the deep earth in 2007. For drilling of the earth center that French writer Jules Verne imagined at the 19th century, almost 150 scientists will participate.
Tokyo | Toss up
December 18, 2005Tatiana Totmianina is thrown in the air by her partner Maxim Marinin as the Russian pair perform on their way to winning the gold medal in the pairs free skati. |
Korean carmakers take chapters from Japanese success manual
December 18, 2005Korean carmakers take chapters from Japanese success manual After test-driving a Honda Civic, Michael Gurin bought a 2006 Hyundai Sonata because of its roomier rear seat, additional safety features and lower price.
Gov't to set FY 2006 budget at 80 trillion yen, 1st fall in 4 years
December 18, 2005Gov't to set FY 2006 budget at 80 trillion yen, 1st fall in 4 years TOKYO, Dec.
Japans Invest USD 2 M in Bulgaria-Based Thracian Museum
December 18, 2005Business: 18 December 2005, Sunday.A super modern museum of Thracian tombs unearthed in Bulgaria will be constructed in the village of Alexandrovo by the Japanese 'Jayka' foundation.
China, Japan face challenge to break stalemate of bilateral ties
December 18, 2005BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Due to controversial shrine visits, history textbook distortion and unilateral oil field exploration, Japan has experienced chilly relations with China this year.
Tokyo bourse head to resign over system woes - reports
December 18, 2005TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Stock Exchange President Takuo Tsurushima, will resign as early as Tuesday over system faults that have raised worries about the dependability of transactions at Asia's largest bourse, Japanese media reported on Sunday.
Tokyo Stock Exchange head to resign over botched trade
December 18, 2005TOKYO : The president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange will resign as early as Tuesday to take responsibility for a massive loss on the markets stemming from a trader making a simple error in an order, reports said.
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