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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 1:34 am ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s top aid official said the government will likely triple its annual civilian support to Afghanistan to $1 billion as it ends a military refueling mission to the war-torn county.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 25 minutes ago
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- China, rejecting calls from Europe and Japan, will keep the yuan from gaining against the dollar until exports revive, state researchers said.
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New York Times - 2 hours 27 minutes ago
If the economy is getting stronger, why is the dollar getting weaker? As the stock market surged anew on Monday and into Tuesday, and the price of gold marched ever higher, the dollar took its biggest tumble since July, The New York Times’s Javier C. Hernandez reported.
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Cycle News - Mon Nov 9, 2:43 pm ET
Continuing its strategic alliance with off-road series in Asia and Europe, the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) Series will send two top American racers to compete in the final round of the Japan National Cross Country (JNCC) Series, the AAGP, at the Sugo Circuit on November 22, 2009. FMF Makita Suzuki's Josh Strang from New Zealand, who finished second overall in the 2009 Can-Am Grand ...
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The Forex Market - Mon Nov 9, 7:08 pm ET
TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan's current account surplus expanded 0.2% from a year earlier in September, the Ministry of Finance said Tuesday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 6:00 pm ET
The CEO of American Airlines says Japan Airlines would be taking a risk and suffer financially if it breaks ties with American and joins an alliance with Delta Air Lines.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 5:51 pm ET
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The following events and economic reports may influence trading in Asia’s local bonds and currencies today. Bond yields and exchange rates are from the previous trading session unless stated otherwise.
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The Sudbury Town Crier - Mon Nov 9, 6:52 pm ET
As a fresh-faced 18-year-old in the Army, Bob Mugford had a front row seat to history as a member of the Honor Guard Company for Gen. Douglas MacArthur in postwar occupied Japan.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 4:24 am ET
The deepening debate over the future of a major U.S. Marine base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has opened a broad rift in Washington's most important alliance in Asia ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to the region this week.
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New York Times - Tue Nov 10, 3:03 am ET
Japan said Tuesday it will dramatically increase its non-military aid for projects including clearing land mines and rehabilitating former Taliban fighters.
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Time Magazine - Mon Nov 9, 10:49 pm ET
While more police officers patrol Tokyo's subway and train stations in preparation for U.S. President Barack Obama's two-day trip to Japan this week, people in other parts of the country have already sent the American President a message
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Bloomberg - 33 minutes ago
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japan Airlines Corp. ’s application for financing from a state-affiliated fund won’t be decided upon before next year, the lender’s president said, delaying the carrier’s restructuring.
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 10, 4:06 am ET
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Aeon Co. , Japan’s largest supermarket retailer, plans to raise 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) from what may be the country’s first public convertible bond sales this year.
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 10, 3:11 am ET
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. hired Arif Imam , a former managing director at Morgan Stanley, and three other directors from rivals including Credit Suisse Group AG to boost its Japan equity sales business.
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 10, 3:00 am ET
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. hired Arif Imam , a former managing director at Morgan Stanley, and three other directors from rivals including Credit Suisse Group AG to boost its Japan equity sales business.