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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 ...

  • Japan has many attractions for foreign tourists

    "The Land of the Rising Sun" - Japan - attracts a large number of tourists from all over the world. The country, which will host the 2020 Olympic Games, has a lot to offer to its visitors. These tourists are being ferried from Takamatsu Airport to Setouchi Triennale 2013, a unique festival of contemporary art spread out and interlaced with the numerous islands dotting Japan's picturesque ...

  • 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 ...

  • Sony Aims To Achieve FY14 View Targets Profit In Electronics Business

    Quote ), Wednesday, at its Corporate Strategy Meeting, said it expects to achieve financial targets for fiscal year 2014 announced on April 12. The firm aims returning ...

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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Who hasn't looked at a ten-year-old picture of himself and cringed at the sight? Those terrible clothes, that ridiculous haircut. What was I thinking? you ask yourself. How could it have possibly been socially responsible to go out into public looking like that? This phenomenon is the central joke of "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery," a hilarious spoof of James Bond movies and the Swin ... ...

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  • Japan mulling to restart inter-governmental talks with DPRK

    Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in Tokyo on Wednesday that Japan is mulling to resume the stalled inter-governmental talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in an effort to resolve abduction issue.Suga said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is resolute to resolve the issue and that Japan seeks every possibility to communicate with the DPRK to make the issue ...

  • Japans central bank keeps policy unchanged says economy picking up as trade deficit grows

    TOKYO - Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home, though the trade deficit widened in April, for the tenth straight month. The Bank of Japan ended a policy meeting on Wednesday with no change to its strategy of doubling the monetary base to reach a 2 per cent inflation ...

  • Japanese Olympian remains banned at IOC

    (39 mins ago) Former Olympic champion Koji Murofushi of Japan has lost his appeal against disqualification from an election to become an IOC member representing athletes. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it dismissed the Japanese hammer thrower's challenge of an IOC decision excluding him, after claims he excessively lobbied fellow athletes ahead of voting at the London Olympics. ...

  • Japan BoJ sees economy picking up

    The BoJ left monetary policy unchanged. The Bank did not comment on the rise in JGB yields, which might force it to bring asset purchases forward. Today's trade data confirm that demand in overseas economies is picking up. The seasonally adjusted trade deficit improved to JPY764.4 billion in ...

  • Sony Board to Discuss Spin-off of Stake in Entertainment Business

    TOKYO – Sony's board will examine the proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to sell off a stake in its entertainment division, but refused to give a timetable for when it would reply, ...

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