Japan

Type: Country

Name: Japan

population: 128,137,504

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 20 mins ago - 7 reports

Tokyo denies 'ghosts' keeping PM Shinzo Abe out of residence

The brick home, which was centrestage for two failed but bloody coups, is rumoured to be haunted. ... [Published Indian Express - 20 mins ago]

Entities: Shinzo Abe, Tokyo, Coup d'état

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 59 mins ago - 5 reports

PM to talk civil n-cooperation during Japan visit

Civil nuclear cooperation talks will be high on the agenda, besides economic and regional and international issues, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh goes to Japan on a three-day visit Monday to attend the postponed bilateral summit.The prime minister, ... [Published ProKerala.com - 59 mins ago]

Entities: Japan, Thailand, Bilateral, Nuclear

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 11 reports

Abe on trip to Myanmar as Japan prime minister

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is traveling to Myanmar on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Tokyo bids to reassert its position as a top economic partner after decades of frosty relations with the previous military regime. ... [Published Zaman - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Shinzo Abe, Japan, Thein Sein, Yangon (Rangoon)

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 15 reports

Korean Sex Slaves Snub Osaka Mayor Hashimoto Apology Stunt

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (Reuters) A Japanese politician has apologised for saying that forced prostitution was a military necessity for his country's army during the Second World War - after two of the former sex slaves demanded his resignation. Osaka ... [Published International Business Times Australia - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Tōru Hashimoto, Sex-Slavery, Osaka, Prostitution, South Korea

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 11 reports

Federal Reserve System

Asian markets mixed in volatile trade

Asian markets have been mixed in rollercoaster trade after routs sparked in part by fears of tighter US monetary policy, with Tokyo ending higher a day after suffering its worst drop since the March 2011 quake-tsunami disaster.Regional markets swung wildly ... [Published BigPond News - 3 hours ago]

Entities: IwaiCosmo Holdings Inc, Federal Reserve System, Tokyo

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 12 reports

Topix

*Japan stocks inch up a day after rout

SPA -- Japanese stocks inched up Friday, recouping some of the 7 per cent lost the previous day after an unexpected drop in a Chinese business confidence index, dpa reported.The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average closed up 128.47 points, or 0.89 per cent, ... [Published Saudi Press Agency - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Japan, Index, Business Confidence, Topix

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 6 reports

Manufacturing

Tokyo stocks close 0.89% higher

Tokyo have shares closed higher on Friday in a rollercoaster session a day after the Nikkei index suffered its worst one-day drop since Japan's March 2011 quake-tsunami disaster.The benchmark Nikkei, which plunged 7.3 percent on Thursday, ended the week's ... [Published Radio TV Hong Kong - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Tokyo, Nikkei Index, Federal Reserve System, Manufacturing

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 11 reports

Global equities slump

LONDON, May 23: European stock markets slumped on Thursday, with most indices dropping more than 2.0 per cent after Tokyo shares plunged owing to weak Chinese data and signs that the US Federal Reserve may soon taper massive stimulus measures, analysts ... [Published DAWN Group - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Index, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve System, Tokyo

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 15 reports

Japan On The Brink.

br />!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--> Baltic Dry Index. 828 - 01 LIR Gold Target by 2019: $30,000. Revised due to QE programs. "We need only take our heads out of the sand to see clearly that interventionism not only has failed to provide ... [Published London Irvine Report - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Japan, Hans Redeker, China, 24 (TV Series)

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 9 hours ago - 21 reports

Nikkei rallies in early trading after previous day plunge

Stocks rallied in Japan early Friday after the previous day's rout with the Nikkei-225 index gaining more than 3 percent to again top the 15,000 mark. The index, which fell more than 7 percent or 1,140 points Thursday for the 11th-largest loss ever, had ... [Published Individual.com - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Nikkei Index, Federal Reserve System, Index, Japan, Tokyo Stock Exchange

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 15 reports

'Comfort women' cancel meeting with Japan mayor

OSAKA, Japan - Two South Korean women forcibly drafted into Japanese military brothels during World War II have cancelled a meeting with a Japanese mayor who sparked outrage by calling them a wartime necessity.Outspoken Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto and ... [Published ABS-CBN News - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Japan, Hashimoto (Japan), South Korea

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 15 reports

Japan Vows Not to Help N. Korea without Return of Abductees

Tokyo, May 22 (Jiji Press)--Japan will not provide North Korea with any form of humanitarian aid unless Pyongyang safely returns all Japanese abductees in the reclusive country, Keiji Furuya, minister in charge of the abduction issue, said Wednesday. ... [Published Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies - May 23 2013]

Entities: North Korea, Japan, Keiji Furuya, Humanitarian Aid, Abduction

Quotes

...in the preceding month of August, calling on all parties involved to be prudent, shelve controversies, and resolve disputes peacefully, because "sovereignty over national territory cannot be compromised, but natural resources can be shared" he stated

President Ma attends opening ceremonies of 2013 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum [Published Office of the President, Taiwan - 17 mins ago]

Report Published: "Feedwater Heaters for Nuclear Power - Global Market Size, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2020"

Report Published: "Feedwater Heaters for Nuclear Power - Global Market Size, Competitive Landscap ... [Published SBWire - 21 mins ago]

...Here's what I thought when reading the advert: "WANTED: team of specialist scientists needed for intrepid exploration of the Earth below the sea. Seven weeks of hard but rewarding work out on the ocean waves. Beards optional!"

Under the sea [Published Planet Earth Online - 28 mins ago]

"Data management is at the core of the information-driven economy and will play a critical role in the implementation of big data and analytics."

Software market set for modest growth this year [Published Computer Reseller News UK - 30 mins ago]

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