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  • Japan clarifies report on North Korean missile launches

    While confirming North Korea's missile launches Saturday, the Japanese government clarified none of the missiles landed in its territorial waters, Xinhua reported. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, citing its country's defence ministry, had reported that North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan. The ministry had detected two missiles being launched in the ...

  • Japan Biotech Ventures Surge as Abenomics Cash Spurs Speculation

    Japanese biotech ventures promising to make jet fuel from algae and to produce synthetic cartilage are soaring in Tokyo trading as cash pumped into the economy by the central bank cascades into speculative investments. Five of the ...

  • JPY rallies on comments from Japanese EconMin USD bullish momentum picking up

    USD/JPY traded 100 pips lower from the Friday close during early interbank trade after the Japanese EconMin said over the weekend that the Yen correction had gone far enough. The USD index broke above an important technical resistance level at 84.10 on Friday and bullish dollar momentum seems to be picking up some steam. There are no data releases of note on today's calendar and most of the ...

  • Nikkei set to scale fresh 5 12-yr highs on weak yen upbeat U.S. data

    TOKYO, May 20 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average is set to extend its record-breaking run on Monday, as further weakness in the yen and signs of an improving U.S. economic outlook bolsters prospects for higher Japanese corporate earnings in the current business year. Wall Street's record closing highs on Friday is also expected to underpin the market, likely pushing it to a fresh 5-1/2 ...

  • TABLE-Foreign brokers set to buy Japanese stocks

    TOKYO, May 20 (Reuters) - Following are orders for Japanese stocks placed through six foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Monday. Japanese Stocks: BUY 14.0 million ...

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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) [DVD]

Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) [DVD]

At its core, Akira Kurosawas Seven Samurai is little more than a great yarn extremely well spun. Its story is so simple, it can be summarized in a single sentence: Small Japanese farming village is threatened by bandits and hires seven ronin (masterless samurai) to protect them ... ...

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  • Japan Stock Futures Rise as U.S. Data Tops Estimates Yen Gains

    stock futures rose, indicating the Nikkei 225 Stock Average will extend gains that took it the highest level in 5 1/2 years, after U.S. leading indicators and consumer sentiment advanced more than estimated. The yen gained against the dollar. Nikkei 225 Stock Average futures climbed 1.1 percent, after the gauge closed at the highest level since December 2007. The yen climbed as much as ...

  • Japan Data On Tap For Monday

    Japan is scheduled to release a batch of data on Monday, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. On tap are final March figures for the leading and coincident indexes, plus April numbers for machine tool orders, convenience store sales, department store sales and Tokyo condominium sales. In addition, the Cabinet Office will release its monthly economic report for May.The ...

  • Analysis - Little sign Abe can shake up Japans inbound FDI

    By Stanley WhiteTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to make Japan "the world's easiest country for companies to do business in" as part of his economic revival plan, which so far has been largely met with ...

  • Japans Sham Currency War - The Hidden Objective Behind Japans Massive Kamikaze Quantitative Easing

    US$ dollars have been flooding the financial markets ever since Bernanke launched quantitative easing, allegedly to turnaround the US economy. These huge amounts of US$ toilet papers are mainly in financial markets (and in central banks) outside of the United States. A huge chunk is represented as reserves in central banks led by China and Japan. If truth be told, the real value of the US$ ...

  • North Korea fires fourth missile in two days into Sea of Japan

    North Korea has fired its fourth missile in two days despite international condemnation against the tests. Meanwhile, UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged a return to talks on the Korean peninsula to mitigate ...

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