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  • Japan Upgrades Economic View Amid Export Recovery

    economy for the first time in two months, as a weak yen helped revive the country's exports and factory output. "The Japanese economy is picking up slowly," the Cabinet Office said in its May monthly report. This was an upgrade from previous month's assessment when it said that economy was showing "signs of picking up while weakness can be seen in some ...

  • Japanese firms profit from weaker yen

    Japan’s earnings season has drawn to a close with the sharply weaker yen helping inflate profits at some of the nation’s top exporters, but some commentators warn that the depreciation is not all good ...

  • Majority reject Japan mayors comments on comfort women poll

    A large majority of Japanese people disagree with a high-profile politician who said women forced to provide sex during World War II were a military necessity, polls issued Monday ...

  • Hezbollah guerrillas join Syrian Army in attack on rebel-held Qusair

    War zone: This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens shows Syrians inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings following airstrikes by government forces on Qusair on Saturday. | ...

  • Sub lurking near Okinawa identified but Onodera mum

    Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Monday the government has identified the country whose submarine was detected while submerged the previous day near Okinawa and will call for such encroachments to cease. Onodera did not disclose the country, saying the vessel did not intrude into Japanese territorial waters, but a government source said Sunday that the sub apparently belongs to the ...

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Man on the Moon

The primary problem faced by filmmakers who attempt to make biopics of well-known celebrities is the impossibility of capturing a person's essence in two hours of screen time. Biographers write hundreds, sometimes thousands, of pages trying to explain their subjects and what made them unique. To do this in a two- or three-hour movie is close to impossible, which is why so many biopics are deeply ... ...

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  • Yahoo Japan Says 22 Million User IDs May have Been Stolen

    IDG News Service (Tokyo Bureau) - Yahoo Japan, the country's largest Web portal, said up to 22 million user IDs may have been leaked during a hack that was discovered last week. The company emphasized that the IDs are already public information, and no passwords or other private data were affected. Yahoo Japan IDs are used along with password to log in to the site, and are often displayed ...

  • Japans Cabinet Office makes upward revision

    The Japanese economy is picking up slowly, the Cabinet Office said Monday in its upwardly revised May monthly assessment report. While noting the "economy is picking up slowly," the report, released on the office's website, said: "Exports show signs of picking up. Industrial production is picking up slowly. Corporate profits show movements of improvement, mainly among large ...

  • Bank of Japan raises economic outlook

    LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The Bank of Japan said in its May report issued Monday that the nation's economy was slowly improving, marking an upgrade from its views in the April update, according to reports. The previous outlook had mentioned signs of recovery but with weak spots, a Reuters report said, while Dow Jones Newswires said the upgrade was the first in two months. Japanese stocks ...

  • Nikkei hits fresh 5 12-year high on weak yen

    yen and as the Japanese government raised its assessment of the economy in May for the first time in two months. Signs of an improving economy and Wall Street's record closing high on Friday cemented the positive mood in markets. By the midday break, the Nikkei had climbed 1.4 percent to 15,347.01 after rising as high as 15,356.31, the highest since December 2007. The Nikkei has gained 48 ...

  • Russia Japan try to bridge gaps on thorny issues

    MOSCOW, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Japan managed to move their positions closer on certain issues, pledging to speed up talks on reaching a peace treaty for the first time since the end of WWII, as leaders of the two countries met here on Monday. Following his talks with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters that they have instructed ...

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