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Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s 10-year bonds rose on speculation the yen’s advance to a 14-year high against the dollar will diminish earnings at companies dependent on overseas sales, boosting demand for the relative safety of debt.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s securities regulator said it is investigating an employee of Prudential Life Insurance Co. and a former executive of a Tokyo-based communications equipment company for alleged insider trading.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Zinc exports from Japan may drop by 33 percent in 2010, after reaching a record this year, as domestic demand rises from the lowest level in more than three decades, a Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s government bond futures rose on speculation the yen’s gain toward a 14-year high against the dollar will dim the outlook for exporters’ earnings, boosting demand for the relative safety of debt.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Kokuyo Co. , a maker of stationery and desks, will buy the rights to operate The Conran Shop home-furnishing outlets in Japan to expand beyond office products.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s government bonds may rise on speculation the yen’s gain toward a 14-year high against the dollar will dim the outlook for exporters’ earnings, boosting demand for the relative safety of debt.
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Thursday that Japan supports the U.S.'s strong dollar policy. "It is desirable that the currencies should move stably, and that Japan supports the U.S. strong dollar policy," he told a regular press conference.
TOKYO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- An airline "open skies" agreement between the United States and Japan will be signed by year's end, authorities announced.
Top Japanese scientists, including four Nobel laureates, have criticised the new government for plans to slash research budgets, warning the country will loose its high-tech edge.
Herman Van Rompuy, the European Union's new president, may not be very well known around the world but he's already winning fans in Japan -- as a poet rather than a politician.
A 13-year-old Vietnamese-American won a spot in the International Junior Original Concert and performed his composition in Japan, reports the Arizona Republic.
A funds scandal involving Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama widened on Wednesday as local media reported that his millionaire mother made dubious donations to the new leader.
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Kerosene stocks held by Japanese refiners were almost flat from a week earlier at 3.13 million kiloliters as of Nov. 21, the Petroleum Association of Japan said Thursday.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Chubu Electric Power Co. , Japan’s third-biggest power producer, said it will buy about a 0.4 percent stake in the Chevron Corp.
Australia's venomous redback spiders are on the march in Japan, where they are believed to have arrived years ago as stowaways on cargo ships, a wildlife expert warned Wednesday.
Forget the Transformers and Astroboy: Japan's latest robots don't save the world -- they cook snacks, play with your kids, model clothes, and search for disaster victims.
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