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Chinese women and Japanese men split the eight swimming golds on offer at the East Asian Games on Wednesday. After four days at the pool, Japan holds a slight lead with 17 golds to China's 15. China won in all four women's events: the 100-meter backstroke, the 400-meter freestyle, the 200-meter breaststroke and the 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay.
(RTTNews) - Japan's gross domestic product expanded by just 0.3 percent in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the previous three months, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday in its final report.
(RTTNews) - Following the release of Japan's final third quarter gross domestic product report at at 6:50 pm ET, the Japanese yen remained stable against its major rivals.
(RTTNews) - Japan is scheduled to release final third quarter numbers for gross domestic product at 6:50 pm ET. Ahead of the data, the Japanese yen stabilized against its major rivals.
TOKYO - Volkswagen AG will buy a 20 percent stake in Suzuki Motor Corp. for 222.5 billion yen ($2.5 billion), forming one of the world's biggest auto alliances and giving the two carmakers a boost in fast-growing Asian markets.
Talks on the relocation of a major American military base have been suspended, deepening a deadlock between the United States and Japan.
(RTTNews) - Japan is scheduled to release final third quarter numbers for gross domestic product on Wednesday, headlining a modest day for Asian economic news.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese bonds gained for a second day as signs that the nation’s recovery is losing momentum boosted demand for the relative safety of government debt.
Stocks in Asia closed lower Tuesday after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warned the U.S. economy would continue to struggle and Japan unveiled billions in new stimulus spending.
Tokyo - Japan's economy expanded an annualized 1.3 per cent in the July-September quarter, much slower than the preliminary figure of 4.8 per cent announced last month, the government said Wednesday. That corresponded to an expansion of 0.3 per cent ...
Revised figures also showed that personal spending had improved because of government subsidies.
B.N.E., a surreptitious graffiti writer, painter and “sticker” whose tag has become ubiquitous, is the focus of a Manhattan exhibition sponsored by an ad agency.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The yen rose as stock markets fell around the world and a report showed Japan’s economy expanded more slowly than initially reported, deepening concern that the pace of the global recovery is flagging.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Japan and the U.S. halted talks aimed at resolving a dispute over where to relocate a U.S. military base in Okinawa, Kyodo News reported Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada as saying.
A look at North Korea's nuclear program:
Myanmar and Vietnam won two gold medals each at the Southeast Asian Games, as eight finals were decided before the formal opening of the event later Wednesday. Ya Min K-Khine, a 16-year-old from Myanmar, won individual gold in women's taekwondo, while the country's sepak takraw women's team also won a gold.
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