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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 ...

  • Japanese economy has begun to recover central bank

    Japan's central bank said Wednesday that it will continue pursuing its current stimulus program and that the country's economy "has begun to recover" thanks to a reversal in the decline of exports, which account for 40 percent of Japanese GDP. "Domestic demand remains resilient due to the effects of the monetary relaxation measures" and the recently-approved stimulus policies, the Bank of Japan ...

  • 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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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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  • Japan bonds stability ‘extremely desirable’Kuroda

    TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said Friday it is "extremely desirable" for the nation's debt market to be stable, adding that the central bank will run market operations flexibly and strengthen communication with the market to head off volatility in bond ...

  • U.S. admits drones killed four Americans

    The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the ';main culprit'; for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...

  • Nikkei advances 2pc by break

    (45 mins ago) Tokyo stocks surged in the morning, staging a rebound from the previous day's plunge, the worst one-day drop for the benchmark Nikkei index since Japan's March 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. The Nikkei, which tumbled 7.3 percent yesterday, was 2.65 percent, or 383.92 points, higher at 14,867.90 by the break after jumping more than three percent in the first few minutes of ...

  • Tokyo stocks rebound by break

    TOKYO stocks surged on Friday morning, staging a rebound from the previous day's plunge, the worst one-day drop for the benchmark Nikkei index since Japan's March 2011 quake-tsunami ...

  • Japan’s Abe reiterates commitment to reforms

    TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Responding to the recent sharp increases in long-term interest rates, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated his commitment to fiscal consolidation, as he tried to put aside any doubts about his resolve to undertake painful ...

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