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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.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan, Asia’s biggest wheat importer, bought 106,000 metric tons of milling wheat at a regular tender today, the Ministry of Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries said.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s two-year government notes rose for the first time in four days before reports this week that economists said will show consumer prices declined for an eighth month and the jobless rate climbed.
Venomous redback spiders, named after their fiery markings, are invading Japan's Osaka region, a wildlife expert recently warned.It is believed that that they actually arrived years ago aboard a cargo ship coming from Australia, most likely in a container of Australian woodchips.Japan Wildlife Research Centre official Toshio Kishimoto reports that as many as a dozen people have been bitten ...
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s notes rose before reports this week that economists said will show consumer prices fell for an eighth month and the jobless rate climbed.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s exports fell at the slowest pace in a year in October as worldwide government spending boosted demand, sustaining the economic recovery.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s alternative stock-trading systems handled a record amount of transactions in October, restoring their lead over the country’s third-largest exchange.
HONOLULU - Despite an uptick in the number of visitors from the West Coast and Japan, nearly 2 percent fewer tourists arrived in Hawaii in October compared to the same month last year, according to new data.
After Japan's largest bank confirms plans to sell up to $11 billion in new shares, investors are watching for similar stock dilution from the other big financial firms. But that doesn't mean that they're rushing for the exits.
Google reportedly plans to launch a fee-based service in Japan next year that will allow users to read complete books on their computers at a price.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s 10-year bond futures rose for a second day before reports this week that economists said will show consumer prices dropped for an eighth month and the jobless rate increased.
Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it is axing 220 jobs at research and development units in Japan as the world's largest mobile phone maker continues to cut costs.
Japanese publisher Level-5 announced this week that yet another new game in the Professor Layton series of Nintendo DS puzzley adventure games is in the works. Titled Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracles , the game's due out sometime next fall in Japan. Set after the events of the most recent title ( Professor Layton and the Specter's Flute ) but still before ...Curious Village , the title ...
Japan's exports drop 23.2 percent in October
Some highlighted reviews from this week's issue of Famitsu magazine in Japan, covering all the games coming out next week in that country: - New Super Mario Bros. Wii (10/10/10/10, 40 points): It's no longer news, exactly, when a game receives a perfect score in Famitsu , is it? This is the fourth game this year to get the prize, despite the fact that only 13 titles have scored 40 in the ...
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