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  • Japanese man becomes oldest person to climb Everest at 80

    A former extreme skier became the oldest person to climb Mount Everest on Thursday at the age of 80. Japanese Yuichiro Miura also conquered the 29,028ft peak at 70 and 75, the Mirror reported. But his record may not last, his old rival Min Bahadur Sherchan, 81, is hot on his heels. Miura said that he never imagined he could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. He first broke the ...

  • Japans stock slump a good thing

    Koll: Tokyo Nikkei 7% plunge Thursday more 'sign of health' than 'sign of worry' Nikkei has rallied 46% since the start of 2013 thanks to PM Abe's fiscal policies Japan's central bank affirmed buying of long-term debt in support of Abe JP Morgan forecasts Japan's Topix to climb 17% by end of ...

  • Asia Markets Japan stocks end up after roller-coaster ride

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares ended modestly higher Friday after a roller-coaster ride that subjected the Nikkei Stock Average to a swing of more than 3% on both sides of the previous day's ...

  • It was all too much for the Nikkei

    Up by the stairs, down by the elevator. Yesterday's equity sell-off in Japan highlights the somewhat shaky foundations that this year's equity rally has been built upon. Optimism is contagious, but pessimism is arguably more infectious. Shortly after hitting a resistance zone around 16,000 the Nikkei 225 lost the most ground in one day since the tragic earthquake of 2011, plummeting ...

  • Ex-comfort women citing ‘political game’ cancel meet with Hashimoto

    No so happy: People opposing Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's remarks about wartime 'comfort women' hold up signs saying 'Don't forgive Hashimoto' while attending a rally in front of Osaka City Hall on Friday. | ...

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Grown Ups

Grown Ups

Watching Grown Ups is much like watching someones terrible home movies: It is obvious that the people on screen had a grand ol time and enjoyed themselves immensely while the camera was rolling, but that sense of fun not only fails to translate into a pleasurable viewing experience for ... ...

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  • Obama defends drone strikes sees narrower terrorist threat

    President Barack Obama sought to move the U.S. beyond the war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terrorist threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida. Obama also offered his most vigorous public defense yet of targeted drone strikes as legal, effective and necessary. ';Neither I, nor any ...

  • Nikkei recoups 2.6 after nose-diving over 1140 points in last session

    The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the ';main culprit'; for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...

  • Nikkei rises 0.9 pct in turbulent trade after Thursdays plunge

    * Nikkei may stay volatile for a while - traders * Nikkei support seen at 13,800 short-term, 13,000 mid-term - analysts * Futures-led trade swings market - traders By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, May 24 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average rose in turbulent trade on Friday following the previous day's 7.3 percent dive, but the extreme volatility and worries that Japan's bull-run may be running ...

  • Japans Nikkei Goes for Wild Ride for Second Day

    Japan's stock market witnessed a second-straight day of heightened volatility on Friday, swinging from gains of 3 percent to deep losses before bouncing back again, leaving traders puzzled as to what was going on in Asia's biggest stock market. The Nikkei, which rose about 3 percent in early trade, fell more than 3 percent in the final hour of Tokyo trade before paring those losses. ...

  • Nikkei ends rollercoaster session in positive territory

    (34 mins ago) Shares in Tokyo closed 0.89 percent higher today in a rollercoaster session that came a day after the Nikkei suffered its worst one-day drop since Japan's March 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which on tumbled 7.3 percent yesterday, finished 0.89 percent, or 128.47 points, higher at 14,612.45, while the broader Topix index of all first-section ...

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