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  • Japanese economy has begun to recover central bank

    Japan's central bank said Wednesday that it will continue pursuing its current stimulus program and that the country's economy "has begun to recover" thanks to a reversal in the decline of exports, which account for 40 percent of Japanese GDP. "Domestic demand remains resilient due to the effects of the monetary relaxation measures" and the recently-approved stimulus policies, the Bank of Japan ...

  • 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 ...

  • Sony board examines hedge fund spin-off plan

    (MENAFN - Arab News) Sony chief Kazuo Hirai said Wednesday the company was examining a hedge fund proposal to sell off part of its entertainment unit in a bid to boost profits in its core business. Hirai told a press conference board members have started discussing the idea raised by key shareholder Daniel Loeb, whose investment fund Third Point suggested spinning off as much as 20 percent of ...

  • Japans ANA to resume Dreamliner flights Sunday

    Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) on Thursday said it would put its Dreamliner fleet back into service this weekend, several days ahead of schedule. ANA, the single biggest operator of Boeing's flagship 787, plans to use the high-tech planes for two domestic flights from Chitose airport in Hokkaido to Haneda in Tokyo, earlier than its original plan for June 1. "Modifications for ...

  • Veteran fears beginning of the end for Japan as bond market buckles

    Yields on 10-year Japanese bonds (JGBs) have doubled in a month and spiked dramatically to 1pc on Thursday, triggering a 7.3pc crash in the Nikkei stock index. It was the biggest one-day fall since the tsunami two years ago, comparable with wild moves seen at the height of the Asian crisis in 1998. The contagion effect set off a retreat from stocks across the world, though Wall Street later ...

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Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

The only things that George A. Romeros 1978 Dawn of the Dead and the new remake by music video director Zack Snyder have in common are (1) there are flesh-eating zombies taking over the world and (2) a group of human survivors take refuge in a shopping mall. Thats whe ... ...

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  • Panel English should be regular primary class

    A council directly under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has recommended English become a regular subject at primary schools, as part of efforts to rejuvenate the national education ...

  • The market freak-out over Japan today was premature

    because of "the unreasonable increase in the volatility of long-term rates." If debt-servicing costs go wild, Japan will have lost its chance to grow out of two lost decades. "There's a window in time where there's room to make the necessary adjustments [i.e. structural reforms]," said Ken Courtis, managing director of Starfort Holdings, at a World Economic ...

  • Japanese distiller aims to revolutionise whisky drinking

    whisky drinkers, and until recently that meant holing up in a small, dark den designed for serious drinking. But the country's leading distiller has been revolutionising drinking culture with the aid of a pint glass and a more than generous slug of soda.The whisky highballs introduced by Suntory, the privately owned Japanese drinks conglomerate that has the lion's share of the ...

  • Kenya Envoy Japan seeking closer ties with Kenya

    Japan will scale up its operations in the country by drafting stout policy frameworks and constructing developmental projects to accelerate growth in Kenya. Japanese ...

  • Streamlined News Japans World Team Racing Together This Weekend

    PHOENIX, Arizona, May 23. MOST of the members of Japan's world championship swim team will race this weekend at the Japan Open in Kanagawa, one of the few meets the team will race in together before heading to Barcelona. On the men's side, Kosuke Hagino will be the busiest swimmer, scheduled to race in four events. He is slated to swim five individual events in the world ...

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