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  • Japanese man becomes oldest person to climb Everest at 80

    A former extreme skier became the oldest person to climb Mount Everest on Thursday at the age of 80. Japanese Yuichiro Miura also conquered the 29,028ft peak at 70 and 75, the Mirror reported. But his record may not last, his old rival Min Bahadur Sherchan, 81, is hot on his heels. Miura said that he never imagined he could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. He first broke the ...

  • Japan stocks slip into losses after Kuroda remarks

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks tumbled back into losses in Friday afternoon trading as the yen strengthened sharply, despite comments from Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's remarks ...

  • Sony to Sell $1.5 Billion in Corporate Bonds in Japan

    The five-year bonds, to be issued in June, will be the first sale to retail investors in Sony's history as the company looks to widen its fundraising ...

  • Sony to tap consumers for 150 billion yen

    investors to raise 150 billion yen ($1.48 billion). Most of the proceeds will be used to roll over 110 billion yen of debt due for repayment at the end of the year, with the remainder to be used to invest in plant and equipment. "The bond is primarily for ...

  • Nikkei reverses gains extends Thursdays 7.3 slide

    TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average reversed gains on Friday afternoon as profit-taking set in after the index rebounded earlier from the previous session's 7.3 percent slide. The Nikkei slipped 1.2 percent to 14,313.86 in the afternoon session after ending 2.7 percent higher in morning ...

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

While it isnt nearly as bad as being stuck on a planet full of wookies and lame C-grade guest stars for Life Day, the new animated feature Star Wars: The Clone Wars should take its place as one of the worst offshoots of George Lucass seemingly never-ending empi ... ...

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  • Japans Meiji Yasuda can start buying 10-yr JGBs at 1 pct

    TOKYO | Fri May 24, 2013 1:00am EDT TOKYO May 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co said on Friday it will shift some of the money earmarked for foreign bonds to Japanese government bonds given their rise in yields. Japan's third-largest private life insurer said it can start buying 10-year Japanese government bonds at 1 percent and 20-year debt at 1.7 ...

  • Nikkei falls below 14000 in sharp afternoon sell-off

    TOKYO | Fri May 24, 2013 12:50am EDT TOKYO May 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell below 14,000 for the first time in three weeks at one point on Friday afternoon, extending the previous session's 7.3 percent plunge. The Nikkei was down 2.3 percent at 14,154.87 by 0448 GMT after trading as low as ...

  • Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms says marketing executive

    Dennis van Schie, global head of marketing for Sony Mobile, has commented that the firm will extend cooperation and view ODM firms as strategic partners in product development to increase flexibility in R&D and ...

  • Korean grannies cancel meet with Osaka mayor over war brothel remarks

    OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Two elderly South Korean women forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels abruptly cancelled a meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto after he refused to withdraw remarks asserting the brothel system was "necessary" at the ...

  • Japans PM Abe defends policies as markets settle

    TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's top leaders are defending the economic strategies championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, though the central bank chief acknowledged a need for better communication with financial markets, a day after Tokyo shares suffered their worst loss since the 2011 tsunami ...

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