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Markets Would Feel Ozawa Victory
If market players like volatility, they should be rooting for a victory by Ichiro Ozawa in the race to be Japan's prime minister.
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Japan Frees Chinese Crew
Japan said 14 crew members of a Chinese fishing vessel seized last week were free to go, an apparent move to defuse mounting tension between the two Asian giants — but the boat's captain was still being held.
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China's Yen Buying Riles Japan
Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda called for talks with China over its recent yen buying spree, which has helped drive the Japanese currency higher.
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Nomura Bulks Up in North America
Nomura Holdings has hired a team of natural-resource bankers and is opening offices in Houston and Toronto this month, its latest moves to expand in North America.
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Japan, China Trade Jabs Over Collision
The captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with Japanese vessels could stand trial, officials in Japan said Thursday. China called the prospect "absurd."
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ANA to Launch Low-Cost Carrier
Taking advantage of the growing travel boom between China and Japan and the financial woes of the airline's arch rival, All Nippon Airways said it is set to launch a low-cost carrier by the second half of next year.
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ANA's Low-Cost Carrier Far From Takeoff
Before All Nippon Airways shareholders get excited about the airline's plans for a low-cost carrier, more details need to be known.
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7-Eleven Makes Bid for Casey's
Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has offered $40 a share, or $1.5 billion, to acquire smaller rival Casey's General Stores.
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Investors Shrug Off Warnings About Yen
Japan's finance minister made it clear the government will intervene to tame the yen's rises if deemed necessary, but investors ignored the warning and pushed the yen to a 15-year high.
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Japan Panel Favors DoCoMo on Mobile TV
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Web-Bargain Luxury Comes to Japan
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China Buys More Japanese Bonds in July
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Euro Rises After Portugal Debt Sale
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Maritime Collision Fuels China-Japan Row
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Mizuho Sees Acquisitions as Route to Asia Expansion
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MUFG Buys a Stake In China Fund Firm
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Japanese Political Battle Jolts Bonds
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Kan Leads Ozawa in Public Opinion Polls
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Japan's Race to Somewhere
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BOJ Holds Policy Steady
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Samsung Mobile Display to Boost 2011 Production
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Japan's Kan Takes On Rival in Debates
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Japanese Capital Spending Slips
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Aeon Looks Beyond Japan
The Daily Yomiuri Online
- China calls off joint gas seabed talks / Move response to seizure of fishing vessel
BEIJING--China, reacting bitterly to Japan's handling of the collision of a Chinese fishing boat with two Japan Coast Guard patrol ships near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, has postponed talks on a bilateral treaty on joint maritime gas field development, it was learned Saturday....
- Largest forest reserve to be set / 240,000-hectare Hokkaido swath tabbed for biodiversity protection
A forest reserve area of about 240,000 hectares will be established in national forests extending from the Daisetsu to Hidaka mountain ranges in Hokkaido next month, it has been learned....
- Organ donor group sees jump in people choosing 'don't harvest'
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- Muraki relieved, critical of probe
"I don't want them [prosecutors] to take away any more of my time," bureaucrat Atsuko Muraki said at a press conference Friday after her exoneration, recalling her 15 month-long ordeal since her arrest....
- Record heat raises sea temps, lowers fishermen's hauls of saury
This year's scorching summer led to a record high in the average ocean surface temperature around Japan in August, severely reducing hauls of Pacific sauries....
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Japan Real Time
Toyota Locked in Messy Battle with Former In-house Counsel
It's rare for in-house lawyers to sue their former employers, and it's particularly uncommon to see a legal battle as pitched as Biller v. Toyota.
Picture Japan: Storm Over?
A rainbow arcs over a Japanese Coast Guard patrol boat anchored at Ishigaki island, Okinawa, September 13.
- Japan Digest: Prisoner Art Show, Nago Election, Territorial Protests
A roundup of news from Japanese newspapers, news wires and websites on Monday, September 13, 2010.
- The Week Ahead: Kan v. Ozawa, Schwarzenegger Visit, Tokyo Game Show
- Samurai in Venice: The Other Japanese Movie
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Japanese Men Vacation With Virtual Girls
More than 1,500 male fans of the Japanese dating-simulation game LovePlus+ have flocked to resort town Atami for a date with their videogame character girlfriends.
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Student Wrestlers Strain to Lift Dying Sport
Yohei Yamaoka is an unlikely sumo enthusiast: he's five foot two and 154 pounds and attends Tokyo's elite university.
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Tokyo Toy Show
The International Tokyo Toy Show attracts traders and visitors by introducing the latest products from various toymakers in Japan and abroad.
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Electric Cars: Still Stuck in First Gear
Electric-car fever is rising again. But to appreciate the obstacles standing in the way, you don't need to talk to skeptics. Instead, you can listen to the people who believe in electric vehicles, and are investing in those beliefs.
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Judging the Democratic Party of Japan
Voters deliver a clear message: No tax hikes, please.
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Japan's Old Roads
Kumano Kodo's secluded and spiritual hiking trails offer prettier vistas and more culture than Mount Fuji.
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