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The leader of Japan's tiny Social Democratic Party threatened on Thursday to leave the ruling coalition if her views on a U.S. military base were ignored, the latest sign of strains that are complicating policy decisions.
A reconsideration of the alliance by Japan’s new leaders is not a pulling away from the U.S. but part of a broader effort to outgrow Japan’s failed postwar order, political experts say.
Japan needs a "green tax" on fossil fuels to fight global warming, the country's environment minister said Wednesday, even as he downplayed chances that upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen will produce a legally binding international agreement.
Japan's envoy to climate change talks expressed doubt Wednesday that a final agreement would be reached at the UN summit on tackling global warming that starts next week in Copenhagen.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- American Airlines and TPG offered to invest as much as $1.1 billion in Japan Airlines Corp. , double the size of a bid led by Delta Air Lines Inc.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Japan government bond yields may extend last month’s biggest drop this year as the Bank of Japan will ease monetary policy again after this week’s 10 trillion yen ($114 billion) measure, Kokusai Asset Management Co. said.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Japan Tobacco Inc. rose the most in two months in Tokyo trading after the Mainichi newspaper reported the nation’s cigarette tax may be increased less than the amount sought by the Health Ministry.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s government lacks the will to legalize casinos and let the industry compensate for declining tax revenue amid deflation, pachinko maker Universal Entertainment Corp . said.
Following the Bank of Japan’s decision to offer extra short-term funding to banks, a board member signaled that the bank was open to taking more steps if needed.
Japan Shares Up; Weaker Yen Strengthens Exporters
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Japan will urge China to make deeper cuts in carbon dioxide emissions at climate change talks next week in Copenhagen, Nikkei English News reported, without saying where it got the information.
A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced to death an arsonist who killed 16 people when he set fire to an all-night adult video parlour, one of Japan's deadliest crimes in years.
Japan's bar hostesses, often dubbed "modern geisha", plan to form their first trade union next month to fight for better wages and conditions, a labour official said on Wednesday.
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s Vice Finance Minister Rintaro Tamaki met with U.S. Treasury officials while on a visit to Washington this week to attend a seminar at the International Monetary Fund.
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Investors should favor shares of Unicharm Petcare Corp., Japan’s largest maker of pet products, as the country’s aging population turns to dogs and cats for companionship, according to Ichiyoshi Research Institute Inc.
American Airlines and its Fort Worth equity partner, TPG, have offered to invest $1.1 billion in the struggling Japan Airlines.
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