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  • April sees Japan trade deficit jump to 879.9bn yen April sees Japan trade deficit jump to 879.9bn yen

    TOKYO - Japan's trade deficit rose substantially more than expected in the month April to 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion), which is a 70% jump over the trade deficit during the corresponding month a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.. The deficit, for the tenth consecutive month, was wider than what many economists had forecast. A survey from the Nikkei business daily ...

  • UN agency to open nuclear emergency preparedness centre in Fukushima UN agency to open nuclear emergency preparedness centre in Fukushima

    22 May 2013 150 Experts from the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are heading to Japan to launch an emergency preparedness and response centre in Fukushima, the coastal city devastated two years ago when a massive earthquake and tsunami set off meltdowns at a nuclear power plant. The IAEA, supported by the Government of Japan, will designate a new Response and ...

  • Japanese parliament ratifies Hague Convention

    The Japanese parliament on Wednesday ratified the Hague Convention, which deals with the treatment of children internationally abducted by a parent. The House of Councillors unanimously approved the government's bid to join the treaty in the morning, following approval last month in the House of Representatives. The government hopes Japan will be able to join the convention this fiscal ...

  • Nikkei slumps 3.7 pct on weak China data 10-yr JGB prices turn higher

    Reset TOKYO (May 23): Japan's Nikkei stock average tumbled 3.7 percent on Thursday, in a dramatic turnaround from a 5-1/2-year high hit in morning trade and was on track for its biggest daily drop in two years, as weak Chinese factory activity data rattled investors. The sharp turnover in the Japanese stock market prompted investors to seek safety in government bonds, with the ...

  • Japanese Octogenarian Becomes Oldest to Reach Everest Summit

    KATHMANDU -- An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's highest ...

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Robinsin Crusoe on Mars [DVD]

Robinsin Crusoe on Mars [DVD]

Because it is the closet planet to Earth, Mars has always held a special attraction to both scientists and science-fiction writers. The red planet is so close and yet so far, and it has long captured the imaginations of those who would dare to ruminate on what lies bey ... ...

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  • Will U.S. Yield Follow Japans Higher

    Is the chart of Powershares DB 3x Inver Jap Gov Bond ETN (JGBD) Yield reflecting incipient inflation concerns by Japanese bond investors? Of course, inflation is exactly what the BOJ wants, but that does not preclude an investor exodus from the bond market, which by definition will drive up interest rate costs for the Japanese government. Does the relentless climb in JGB Yield suggest that the ...

  • Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Everest

    Eighty-year-old Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest person to scale Mount Everest, his management office said Thursday. In his third successful attempt to climb the 8,848-meter peak, Miura and his Sherpas left the last base camp at 8,500 meters shortly after 2 a.m. local time and reached the summit less than seven hours later, according to information received by the office in Tokyo. Miura ...

  • Far-right Japan Restoration Party defends wartime abuse of “comfort women”

    Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, a leader of the far-right Japan Restoration Party (JRP), set off a firestorm in Asia and within Japan last week, by declaring that the Japanese army's policy of keeping thousands of women as sex slaves throughout Asia during World War II was necessary. At a May 13 press conference, Hashimoto declared: "If you want them [troops fighting a war] to have a rest ...

  • As yen tumbles Japans gain isnt South Koreas pain

    Thu May 23, 2013 12:41am EDT * Yen down 20 percent vs dollar over past year, won up by a third against yen * Weaker yen won't necessarily undercut South Korea's competitiveness * Currency fluctuations don't immediately translate into market share By Wayne Arnold and Vikram Subhedar May 23 (Reuters) - South Korea's economic problems aren't made in Japan. That isn't the way ...

  • STOCKS NEWS THAILAND-Bank of Ayudhya up after Japan MUFG stake bid report

    Thu May 23, 2013 12:34am EDT Shares in Bank of Ayudhya Pcl rose after a local newspaper cited a financial market source as saying that Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) had offered to acquire General Electric's stake in the Thai bank at 40 baht per share. The potential acquisition of the 25.3 percent stake, or around 1.54 billion shares, from GE Capital International Holding ...

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