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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 hospital tests powerful non-surgical radiation therapy for breast cancer

    Interest in issues involving breast cancer and its treatment is at an all-time high, this after award-winning actress Angelina Jolie revealed that she had undergone a double mastectomy because of a high risk of the said disease. It should prove as good news for the medical world that Japanese cancer specialist Kumiko Karasawa has revealed on Wednesday that has started the world’s first ...

  • Japanese Market Rallies As Yen Tumbles

    Despite a weak lead from Wall Street, the Japanese stock market opened higher on Thursday, with investors picking up stocks on the back of the yen's decline against the U.S. dollar. Investors appear to be betting on strong corporate earnings as well.The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which opened more than 100 points up at 15,740 and zoomed to 15,942.6 subsequently, is currently trading at ...

  • Japans trade deficit widens to USD8.6b in April

    (MENAFN) Japan's Finance Ministry announced that the country's trade balance posted a deficit of USD8.6 billion last month, up by around 70 percent from a year earlier, reported AP.The ministry added that exports rose by 3.8 percent to USD56.3 billion, while imports gained 9.4 percent to USD64.9 billion.It said that the cost of oil purchases dipped, however, the value of imports of ...

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  • Japanese Exports to US Surge in April

    Japan's exports to the United States rose for the fourth straight month in April on a year-on-year basis, surging 14.8 percent to 1.101 trillion yen ($10.69 billion), according to preliminary figures released by the Finance Ministry.The April jump in U.S.-bound shipments was led by autos, organic compounds and mineral fuels, which soared 21.0 percent, 69.4 percent and 1,353.4 percent, ...

  • China losing luster for Japan makers

    With labour costs surging in China and domestic production recovering competitiveness thanks to the weaker yen, many Japanese manufacturers have been prompted to review their production in China. Japan Display Inc., the world's largest maker of small and midsize liquid crystal displays, reportedly plans to relocate part of its production in China to Japan. Other domestic manufacturing ...

  • Japan needs more companies that cherish their female workers

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has trumpeted women's active involvement in the workforce as a pillar of the government's growth strategy. He aims to better utilise women's abilities to invigorate the nation's economy. Abe specifically asked for cooperation from the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) and other organisations in urging all listed companies to appoint at ...

  • Japan govt natural for JGB yields to rise as share prices gain

    TOKYO | Wed May 22, 2013 10:37pm EDT TOKYO May 23 (Reuters) - Japan's top government spokesman said on Thursday that it was natural for government bond yields to rise on the back of gains by Tokyo stocks and that he fully trusts the central bank's response to market moves. "I expect that the Bank of Japan will appropriately deal with it," Chief Cabinet Secretary ...

  • Positive start for Nikkei

    (1 hr 7 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo opened 0.72 percent higher after the yen fell against the US dollar on signals that the US Federal Reserve could soon scale back its aggressive stimulus measures. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which closed at its best level in more than five years yesterday, added 112.72 points to 15,739.98 at the ...

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