Executive's suicide adds to Tokyo jitters
January 19, 2006TOKYO Shares of Livedoor, the Internet company at the heart of the sell-off in Tokyo stocks this week, were routed on Thursday as investors dumped the issue amid a widening investigation.
Foreign Affairs: NZ Joins 16 Nations Urging Japan To Stop Whaling
January 19, 2006There is no scientific justification to use lethal methods to provide information on whale populations.'Whales are iconic mammals which New Zealanders value highly.
Toyota to Introduce Camry in Super Bowl Ad
January 19, 2006DETROIT -- Toyota Motor Corp. aims to break new ground -- and tug on some heartstrings -- with a bilingual ad that will run during this year's Super Bowl.
Japan misleads public about anti-whaling actions
January 19, 2006The PR release first tries to imply co-operation by showing images of the two groups near the Japanese ships. Then it shows the Sea Shepherd attempts to foul their ships propeller.
Union members will refuse to work Japanese Ships
January 19, 2006News Union members will refuse to work Japanese Ships Thursday, 12 January 2006, 12:08 pm Press Release: Maritime Union of New Zealand Maritime Union of New Zealand media release FOR IMMEDIATE ...
Australia takes whaling concerns directly to Japan
January 19, 2006News Australia takes whaling concerns directly to Japan Thursday, 19 January 2006, 4:33 pm Press Release: Australian Government Australia takes whaling concerns directly to Japan: major ...
Konica Minolta exits camera business with help from Sony
January 19, 2006Extract not available.
Japan's latest stockmarket snafu
January 19, 2006Extract not available.
Japanese executive tied to scandal found dead
January 19, 2006An executive linked to the latest Japanese stock-market scandal has been found dead of an apparent suicide. Hideaki Noguchi, 38, vice-president of H.S. Securities Co.,
Maori Fisheries Does Not Fund Japanese Whaling
January 19, 2006News Maori Fisheries Does Not Fund Japanese Whaling Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 12:56 pm Press Release: Te Ohu Kaimoana 18 January 2006Maori Fisheries Money Does Not Fund Japanese WhalingThe Maori...
Japan Leaves Economic View Unchanged
January 19, 2006TOKYO -- The Japanese economy shows continued strength in private consumption and capital expenditure, the government said Thursday in its latest monthly economic assessment. It was the sixth straight month that it expressed the same view.
Japan Official Nixes U.S. Beef Demands
January 19, 2006TOKYO -- Japan's agriculture minister rejected U.S. demands that Tokyo accept beef from cows older than 20 months, saying Japan would not change the condition under which the ban on U.S. beef imports was lifted last December. '
Executive linked to Japan's embattled Livedoor found dead
January 19, 2006Executive linked to Japan's embattled Livedoor found dead TOKYO (AP) - The investigation into Internet startup Livedoor Co.
Tokyo Stock Exchange's Weakness Exposed
January 19, 2006TOKYO -- An unfolding scandal at an Internet startup and a market sell-off that followed are exposing a stunning weakness at the Tokyo Stock Exchange that could undermine global investors' confidence in the exchange.
Investment Group Sues Japanese Media Co
January 19, 2006NEW YORK -- A New York-based investment group sued a Japanese media company Thursday, saying it had been wrongfully accused of being associated with members of Japanese organized crime. Cerberus Capital Management LP filed the lawsuit in U.S.
Asian Shares End Mostly higher As Tokyo Rebounds
January 19, 2006Singapore Thursday January 19, 7:19 PM Asian Shares End Mostly higher As Tokyo Rebounds SINGAPORE (AP)--Most Asian shares bounced back with Japan on Thursday - a day after a nosedive on Tokyo's bourse dragged down markets across the region.
Apparent Suicide Linked To Japan Livedoor Scandal
January 19, 2006Faces In The News Apparent Suicide Linked To Japan Livedoor Scandal Greg Levine, 01.19.06, 12:53 PM ET NEW YORK - What's the big deal? It happens all the time.
Asia ADRs rebound as Japan steadies
January 19, 2006The Bank of New York Asia American Depositary Receipt Index was last 2.34 points higher to 135.91 and the overall Composite Index was up 1.78 points to 140.07.
NTT, Telifonica tie international data net
January 19, 2006Advertise | Site Map RSS | Search TOKYO, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Telecom carriers NTT Communications and Telefonica International will link their international data networks and extend service across much of the world.
Basic Patent Granted for Hitachi Chemical's CMP Slurry Based on Self-activated Cerium Oxide Particles
January 19, 2006Basic Patent Granted for Hitachi Chemical's CMP Slurry Based on Self-activated Cerium Oxide Particles01/20/2006 - Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. has obtained a basic patent of its CMP slurry which is based on self-activated cerium oxide particles.
Debacle exposes Tokyo weakness
January 19, 2006Worried about its ability to handle a massive number of trading orders, Asia's largest bourse delayed the start of the afternoon session by 30 minutes on Thursday.
Rapid jump in 'net trading seen behind Tokyo's woes
January 19, 2006Configuration Management Database (CMDB) technologies enable IT a... Featured The more heavily organizations rely on everyday applications, the less attention they want to pay to them. Rather than paying expensive support staffs to manage c...
China challenges dominance of USA, Europe and Japan in scientific research according to UNESCO Science Report
January 19, 2006Expenditure on R&D in China climbed from 0.83% of GDP in 1999 to 1.23% in 2002.
UPDATE: Analysts See Chance Of Tokyo Bounce
January 19, 2006NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- It seems a foregone conclusion that the tumble in the Tokyo stock market over the last week will continue when Japanese investors wake up on Thursday.
Europe Moves Ahead With Weather Satellite BlacklistOfficial: Genesis Pre-Launch Test SkippedReport: Japan to L
January 19, 2006European government officials may resent the fact that the U.S.
Japanese Stocks May Advance, Led by Inpex; Livedoor's Plunge May Deepen
January 19, 200620 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks may advance, led by commodity producers such as Inpex Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., after prices of oil, gold and copper jumped. Konica Minolta Holdings Inc.,
Japan's Bonds May Fall on Speculation Central Bank Is Positive on Growth
January 19, 200620 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's government bonds may fall, rounding out a weekly drop, on speculation central bank governor Toshihiko Fukui will signal he is optimistic about the economy after a policy meeting today.
Tokyo market rallies after panic
January 19, 2006Extract not available.
Japanese entrepreneur and hero takes tumble from ladder of success
January 19, 2006A Livedoor group is accused of falsifying its earnings through illegal accounting practices.
U.S. stocks follow Tokyo equities up (2nd Update)
January 19, 2006Tokyo stocks had lost nearly 6 percent in two sessions as a corporate scandal spooked Japanese investors. But Thursday the Nikkei 225 settled up at 15,696.28 after recovering 355.10 points, or 2.31 percent.
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Japan's Aso Says Countries Shouldn't Criticize Koizumi's War Shrine Visits
January 19, 200619 (Bloomberg) -- Countries should not criticize visits to a war memorial by Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, the nation's foreign minister Taro Aso said. ''
Japan Shares Rally as Topix Gains the Most in 20 Months; Livedoor Plunges
January 19, 200619 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's Topix index staged the biggest rally in 20 months, rebounding from a three-day slide that cut almost $400 billion in value from the world's second-largest equity market.
Tokyo selling deluge drowns Nikkei board
January 19, 2006SHARES in Tokyo tumbled yesterday after a flood of sell orders on the world's second-biggest stock market stumped its computer system.
Indian finance minister hopes to sign free trade deal with Japan before China
January 19, 2006Indian finance minister hopes to sign free trade deal with Japan before China India's finance minister said Wednesday that his government hopes to conclude a free trade agreement with Japan before it concludes one with China. '
Tokyo Stock Exchange Seeks to Double Processing Capacity After Shutdown
January 19, 200619 (Bloomberg) -- The Tokyo Stock Exchange, reeling from the first two shutdowns in its 56-year history, wants to almost double the number of orders it can process by the end of the year, its president said.
Japan Economy Recovers as Companies Boost Spending, Hiring Government Says
January 19, 200619 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's economy is recovering as companies boost investment and an improvement in the labor market encourages consumers to spend, the government said in its economic report for January. ''
Japan marks quake anniversary amid new safety fear
January 19, 2006Tearful mourners lit candles and prayed in silence in the western Japanese city of Kobe today on the 11th anniversary of a devastating earthquake, while others held drills to try to prepare themselves for the next big quake.
Japan firms must be 'family friendly' - minister
January 19, 2006Making Japanese companies 'family friendly' is one of the most important steps needed to fight a falling birthrate, the social issues minister said today.
Tokyo sharemarket loses $430 billion
January 19, 2006More than $430 billion - nearly three times the annual value of the New Zealand economy - has been slashed from the Japanese sharemarket this week in panic selling but the New Zealand sharemarket is not expecting fallout.
Japan to compensate foreign ex-leprosy patients
January 19, 2006TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government is set to compensate former leprosy patients from foreign countries who were incarcerated in isolation centres during Japanese colonial rule, media said on Thursday.
Net firm, building scandal cloud Japan politics
January 19, 2006Analysts said, though, that it was too soon to say whether either affair posed any real threat to Koizumi's economic reforms or would affect the race to succeed him when his term as ruling party president, and hence premier, ends in September. '
Nintendo Revolution Console By Thanksgiving
January 19, 2006Has it really been four months since the Revolution controller was revealed?
Dead whale dumped at Japan's doorstep
January 19, 2006Critics say the whale meat goes to upmarket Japanese restaurants.Japan last June announced plans to double its annual catch of minke whales to 850.
Taiwan packaging and testing firms bullish about orders from Japanese IDMs
January 19, 2006Extract not available.
Worries for recovering Japan
January 19, 2006For the Japanese economy, it has been an extraordinary week. The Nikkei 225-stock index hit a five-year high.
Tokyo plans to add capacity for trades
January 19, 2006TOKYO Tokyo Stock Exchange executives announced plans Thursday to double their computers' capacity for executing and clearing trades by the end of this year, a day after the exchange nearly collapsed under a barrage of electronic orders.
Toyota unveils all-new Camry
January 19, 2006TOYOTA Motor Corp. unveiled the all-new 2007 Camry and Camry Hybrid at the 2006 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit.
Newswatch: LCD TV beats PDP TV in Japan?s 40-inch and larger flat-panel TV market
January 19, 2006Extract not available.
Sumo-sized jellyfish plague Japan
January 19, 2006A slimy jellyfish weighing as much as a sumo wrestler has Japan's fishing industry in the grip of its poisonous tentacles.
Funds leave the US, bound for Japan
January 19, 2006Funds leave the US, bound for Japan Wednesday, 18 Jan 2006 09:11AM Investors have shunned US equity funds, channeling funds into Japanese equity funds instead.
Japanese Tears
January 19, 2006By Ed Bowsher (TMFArkle) January 19, 2006 The Tokyo stock market closed early on Tuesday. Disaster! Sell now before it's too late! Or maybe not.
Japan's woes add to angst of investors around world
January 19, 2006Extract not available.
Toyota to introduce Camry in Super Bowl ad
January 19, 2006Toyota to introduce Camry in Super Bowl ad DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press DETROIT - Toyota Motor Corp. aims to break new ground - and tug on some heartstrings - with a bilingual ad that will run during this year's Super Bowl.
Japanese whaling industry accuses Greenpeace of PR propaganda
January 19, 2006Greenpeace yesterday disputed fresh claims it is using an incident, where an activist was thrown into the ocean from an inflatable raft by a Japanese whaling boat's harpoon rope, as a public relations (PR) exercise.
International condemnation for Japan's whaling
January 19, 2006The UK is totally opposed to any activity that undermines the present moratorium on commercial whaling.
Dollar Falls Against Yen, Erases Gains Versus Euro After bid Laden Tape
January 19, 200619 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell against the yen and erased earlier gains versus the euro after a man identified as al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned of more attacks against the U.S. in an audiotape broadcast by al-Jazeera television. ''
High Drama on the Tokyo Exchange
January 19, 2006Taizo Nishimuro, who had a distinguished career as president and chairman of Toshiba, likely had no inkling of the melodrama in store for him when he became chairman of the Tokyo Stock Exchange last year.
Honda ad's cinematic flourish shows there's life in old media
January 19, 2006Extract not available.
The man who closed Tokyo
January 19, 2006By DEREK DeCLOET Thursday, January 19, 2006 Posted at 7:44 AM EST Globe and Mail Update Ever since he dropped out of university, Japanese entrepreneur Takafumi Horie has worked to become famous. This week, he succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.
HP and Hitachi to jointly improve enterprise security
January 19, 2006HP and Hitachi to jointly improve enterprise securityby Thursday 19 January 2006HP and Hitachi are to conduct joint work on key security and privacy technology issues.
United Airlines: Official Site - Sponsored Link
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NTT DATA SANYO SYSTEM Denies the Information Released by AuctionCities and AuctionVideo
January 19, 2006Extract not available.
Research and Markets: Toyota Motor Corporation is the Second Major Automotive Manufacturer in the World
January 19, 2006Extract not available.
Afternoon rally can't compensate for Japan-inspired early sell-off
January 19, 2006Thu 19 Jan 2006 Printer friendly Send to friend Afternoon rally can't compensate for Japan-inspired early sell-off FTSE REPORT SUSAN NELSON A SHARP sell-off in Japan sent a sharp chill over equity markets yesterday.
Net stock cracks Tokyo; how it can happen here
January 19, 2006Extract not available.
Tokyo closes early as shares slide
January 19, 2006A surge in sell orders threatened to crash the exchange's computerised trading system, after Japanese stocks went into free-fall.
US dollar, pound and euro rates go up; yen down
January 19, 2006Business Sections World Asia India Sports Business Science / Tech Health Entertainment Features Home Services E-mail Chat E-cards City guide Matrimonial Yellow pages Personalities Netindia123.com ...
Honda's 'dream' generates a buzz
January 19, 2006Honda's 'dream' generates a buzz Category Channel Men are buzzing about the new Honda ad, but general brand perceptions aren't really moving.
Tokyo stocks higher after 3-day slide
January 19, 2006News Trading will be cut short by 30 minutes from today JAPANESE stocks rallied today, rebounding from a three-day slide that cut almost US$400 billion ($652 billion) in value from the world's ...
Honda's 'dream' generates a buzz
January 19, 2006Honda's 'dream' generates a buzz Category Channel Men are buzzing about the new Honda ad, but general brand perceptions aren't really moving.
Panic on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
January 19, 2006Panic on the Tokyo Stock Exchange The Tokyo Stock Exchange ... The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) is a premier...
Selling stampede shuts down Tokyo market
January 19, 2006TOKYO, Wed: A flood of sell orders forced the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) to close early as investors stampeded from the world's second-largest share market today, spooked by a fallout from an investigation into a high-flying Internet firm.
Sell-off from 'Livedoor shock' exposes weakness at Tokyo stock market(updated 02:59 p.m.)
January 19, 2006Unable to process a flood of sell orders Wednesday, Asia's biggest bourse _ and the world's second biggest after New York _ halted trading 20 minutes early, the first time the market stopped trading for a capacity problem.
Sony Unveils New HD Products in XDCAM Line
January 19, 2006The Sony XDCAM HD family of optical products includes two camcorders and two decks. The same Professional Disc media used in the standard definition version of the XDCAM system is also compatible with the new HD version.
Japan is a peace-loving country: Koizumi
January 19, 2006Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi asserted Wednesday that Japan has reflected on its militaristic past and is now a peace-loving country, countering claims by China and South Korea that it hasn't properly atoned for wartime atrocities.
Heavy selling forces early closure of Tokyo stock market
January 19, 20060600 GMT) close because its stock transactions reached nearly four million as of 2.25 p.m.
Video Disc Players, Big TVs, and Fast Phones: Our man in Tokyo scours the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Veg
January 19, 2006TOKYO -- I've been writing about prototype high-definition video disc players for a long time, so it's great to finally be able to report that they're coming.
Japan's Livedoor says broke no laws in acquisition
January 19, 2006By Yukari Iwatani Kane TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Livedoor Co. (
Japan M&A changes at risk?
January 19, 2006By Alison Tudor TOKYO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The scandal enveloping deal-maker Livedoor Co. (
Sony Unveils New HD Products in XDCAM Line
January 19, 2006The Sony XDCAM HD family of optical products includes two camcorders and two decks. The same Professional Disc media used in the standard definition version of the XDCAM system is also compatible with the new HD version.
Maglev Elevators Set to Debut in Japan
January 19, 2006TOKYO -- Elevators controlled by magnetic levitation are set to debut as early as 2008, promising speedier, quieter and more comfortable lifts.These elevators use magnets in place of wheels and guide rails to travel up and down.
Japan's Watanabe Says Coping With Rising Interest Rates Will Be 'Headache'
January 19, 200618 (Bloomberg) -- Coping with higher interest rates will be a ''headache'' for the Japanese economy, and the central bank is mulling how to limit the impact on bonds, said Hiroshi Watanabe, Japan's vice finance minister for international affairs.
Tokyo exchange to lift capacity by 80 pct; govt warns
January 19, 2006The TSE has upgraded its systems three times in the past year but still found itself on Wednesday unable to cope with surging trade volume that threatened to bump up against full capacity.
S. Korea Ambassador Criticizes Koizumi's Shrine Visits
January 19, 2006Japanese Prime Minister's visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine sends a wrong message to those who wish to revive militarism, Ra Jong-yil, the South Korean ambassador to Japan said on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Japanese securities official dead
January 19, 2006Authorities said tests would be needed to confirm the cause of death.Kyodo, quoting police in the Okinawa capital Naha, said that Noguchi apparently slit his wrist at a Naha hotel on Wednesday.
Takeda UK extends contract with Binley's
January 19, 2006| | Takeda UK extends contract with Binley's Binley's Posted on: 18 Jan 06 Jan 05. Takeda UK, one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in the UK top 50, has renewed their CRM data contract with Binley's for 5 more years.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants to lift trade capacity
January 19, 20060200 GMT) on Thursday, the end of the morning session, 2.2 million trades had been executed, while orders totaled 4.1 million, the exchange said.
Japan's Livedoor says broke no laws in acquisition
January 19, 2006TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Livedoor Co. <
Opposing shrine visits is not against Japan: former Chinese diplomat
January 19, 2006What we oppose is Japanese Prime Minister (Junichiro Koizumi)'s visits to the shrine where 14 Class-A war criminals are honored,' said Wu Jianmin, president of China Foreign Affair University and a former ambassador to France. '
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Gold Prices Rise on Demand From Japanese Speculators, Asian Jewelry Makers
January 19, 200619 (Bloomberg) -- Gold rose for the first day in three on demand from Japanese speculators and Asian jewelers, who assessed that bullion was cheap following declines this week. Gold fell 2.1 percent yesterday, the most since Dec.
Rumour Central: IBM to buy NetApp. Hitachi to do CAS
January 19, 2006By Chris Mellor IBM & NetApphere are rumours flashing around Wall Street that IBM is going to buy Network Appliance. NetApp shares had a second day of gains on Thursday, 12th January, with a heavy volume of trades.