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  • Nippon Airways reports minor incident on modified Dreamliner Nippon Airways reports minor incident on modified Dreamliner

    TOKYO - Japan's All Nippon Airways said Friday a modified Dreamliner had suffered a "minor" setback while conducting a test flight of an aircraft this month, but assured it was not due to overheating of lithium batteries. All Nippon Airways, the Japanese airline that is the largest operator of Boeing's beleaguered Dreamliner, said an electric distribution panel overheated and blackened during ...

  • Japanese executive commits suicide in Gurgaon

    A senior Japanese executive committed suicide by jumping off a multi storey building in a residential complex in Gurgaon, Haryana, on Friday. Yushiharu Fuji, 54, jumped from a 15 storey high-rise apartment located in Phase 5, DLF City. Gurgaon Police have since taken custody of Fuji's body. Police said Fuji might have been depressed as he lived alone, and therefore, took the extreme step to ...

  • India Japan to strengthen investment trade ties

    India and Japan Friday agreed to further strengthen investment and trade ties by ensuring faster implementation of ongoing projects. Both the countries have agreed to support planned initiatives and projects in this year designed for strengthening business partnership to be organized by Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization ...

  • Chenni-Bangalore corridor to be strengthened with Japanese collaboration

    The meeting between H.E. Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry of India and H.E. Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan was held today in Tokyo considered the enhancement of the infrastructure in the region of the Chennai Bangalore Infrastructure Corridor(CBIC). At the meeting, India and Japan acknowledged the progress made in the CBIC project and the ...

  • Anand Sharma invites Japanese Inc to invest in India

    Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma, addressing the "India Investment Roundtable" jointly organized by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) of Ministry of Commerce and Confederation of Indian Industry in Tokyo today, invited leading Japanese companies to invest in India and become partner in the growth story of India for mutual benefit. India and Japan ...

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Casino Jack

Casino Jack

Casino Jack opens with its eponymous antihero, disgraced super-lobbyist and businessman Jack Abramoff (Kevin Spacey), delivering an increasingly angry defense of himself into a bathroom mirror. He is not practicing a speech, nor is his defense directed at anyone in particular. Rath ... ...

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  • Anand Sharma meets Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

    Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma, who is on a two-day visit to Tokyo for a comprehensive review of bilateral economic engagement with Japan, today called upon Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. During the meeting, Sharma apprised the Japanese prime minister of the progress made in the implementation of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project, which was ...

  • Nintendo to profit from game videos posted by users on YouTube

    Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has confirmed it will profit from videos uploaded by fans that feature its games. Clips posted to YouTube will now display advertising, with income going directly to Nintendo. According to the BBC, in a statement, the gaming firm said the move was part of an on-going push to ensure Nintendo content is shared across social media. Some fans have reacted angrily, ...

  • Employment rate of Japanese college graduates rise

    The employment rate for those who graduated from colleges in Japan in March rose for the second straight year to 93.9 percent as of April 1, up 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier, according to government data released Friday. But the rate is still 3 points below its peak in 2008, and around 24,000 graduates are believed to be jobless, reported Xinhua. The employment figures exclude ...

  • Stimulus boosts Japan growth

    Japan grew at a 3.5 percent clip in the first quarter relative to the same period last year, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ambitious program to combat deflation and revitalize the world's third-biggest economy began to yield results. Driven by private consumption, public investment and exports, Japan's economy expanded 0.9 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2012, marking the second ...

  • China challenges Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa

    published an article on May 8 implicitly asserting Chinese claims over Okinawa, a Pacific island long held by Japan that houses key US military bases. China is already involved in a tense dispute over Japan's moves to nationalise the nearby Senkaku/Diaoyu islets, which sit astride key shipping lanes and undersea energy resources. ...

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