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  • Hack attack led to theft of 22 million IDs at Yahoo Japan

    Yahoo Japan faced a hack attack, which reportedly led to a theft of 22 million user ids that constitutes one tenth of its 200 million members. A file of ID details was stolen from the administration system at Yahoo Japan, which was spotted late on 16th May. In a report by BBC, the tech firm cut the net access as soon as it detected the attack. Although the firm was not sure if the data had ...

  • Video Sensing property revival Japanese buyers scurry for shelter

    Japan's property sector has been down in the dumps for decades. But the country's massive stimulus drive is finally convincing people to buy again as they bet interest rates and prices will ...

  • Japan holds steady vows market steps to curb bond turbulence

    Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, May 22, 2013. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday that the central bank would closely monitor moves in the government bond market and respond with flexibility in its purchases of government debt and in its market operations. (YUYA ...

  • Sony shares boom on spin-off speculation

    Shares of Sony spiked to their highest level in two years Wednesday on reports that the company is considering a spin off of its movie and music ...

  • Asian shares mixed Tokyo ends at high

    ASIAN shares have closed mixed despite a strong lead from Wall Street as markets awaited testimony from the US Federal Reserve chief, but Tokyo stocks finished at their highest level in five ...

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Its his second year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and wunderkind wizard-in-training Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) has his hands full. Before he even arrives, he is begged by a nervous house elf named Dobby (a fully digital creation voiced by Toby Jones) that he must not return to Hogwarts because he will be in grave danger. Like thats anything new. ...

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  • Carlyle plans to raise $2 bln for Japan investments

    "I’m drawn to cinema because I have absolute faith in its transformative power, in its ability to raise human awareness," says Nandana ...

  • Entertaining change Sony to look at activists spin-off idea

    By Tim KellyTOKYO (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favours long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking value.Struggling electronics giant Sony Corp, though, with more foreign and fewer bank shareholders, may prove something of an exception. ...

  • Osaka mayor hits back at international criticism of his remarks

    OSAKA, May 17 (Xinhua)--Toru Hashimoto, co-leader of the opposition Japan Restoration Party and the mayor of Osaka, rebutted U.S.criticism about his remarks that the "comfort women" system run by the Japanese military during World War II was a necessity, local media reported on Friday. The reports cited some Twitter comments written by the mayor saying that what the Japanese military ...

  • Japan holds steady upgrades economic outlook

    Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, May 22, 2013. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday that the central bank would closely monitor moves in the government bond market and respond with flexibility in its purchases of government debt and in its market operations. (YUYA ...

  • Sony mulls hedge funds entertainment sale idea

    TOKYO -; Sony's CEO Kazuo Hirai says the company's board will discuss a proposal by U.S. hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb to spin off up to 20 percent of its movie, TV and music ...

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